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Effect of the Steel gene product on melanogenesis in avian neural crest cell cultures. 1994

R Lahav, and L Lecoin, and C Ziller, and V Nataf, and J F Carnahan, and F H Martin, and N M Le Douarin
Institut d'Embryologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et du Collège de France, Nogent-sur-Marne.

Mutations at the Steel (Sl) and dominant white spotting (W) loci affect three embryonic lineages: primordial germ cells, hemopoietic stem cells and neural-crest-derived melanocytes. The gene products of these loci are a peptide growth factor, called here stem cell factor (SCF), and its tyrosine kinase receptor, the proto-oncogene c-kit. We have studied how chicken recombinant SCF affects the development of melanocytes from quail neural crest cells in secondary culture under defined conditions. We observed that the total number of neural crest cells, of melanocytes and of their precursors was higher in the presence than in the absence of SCF. Labelling with bromodeoxyuridine showed that SCF had a modest and transient mitogenic effect on the neural crest population. SCF also enhanced the differentiation rate of melanocyte precursors, recognized by the "melanocyte early marker" monoclonal antibody (MelEM MAb), and of melanocytes, since the proportion of both subpopulations significantly increased in the presence of SCF. Finally, SCF increased the survival of the neural crest population since in its presence the total number of cells remained stable while it gradually declined in control cultures. Our results support the notion that SCF sustains the survival of the neural crest population and stimulates the rate of the melanogenic differentiation process.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008544 Melanocytes Mammalian pigment cells that produce MELANINS, pigments found mainly in the EPIDERMIS, but also in the eyes and the hair, by a process called melanogenesis. Coloration can be altered by the number of melanocytes or the amount of pigment produced and stored in the organelles called MELANOSOMES. The large non-mammalian melanin-containing cells are called MELANOPHORES. Melanocyte
D009432 Neural Crest The two longitudinal ridges along the PRIMITIVE STREAK appearing near the end of GASTRULATION during development of nervous system (NEURULATION). The ridges are formed by folding of NEURAL PLATE. Between the ridges is a neural groove which deepens as the fold become elevated. When the folds meet at midline, the groove becomes a closed tube, the NEURAL TUBE. Neural Crest Cells,Neural Fold,Neural Groove,Cell, Neural Crest,Cells, Neural Crest,Crest, Neural,Crests, Neural,Fold, Neural,Folds, Neural,Groove, Neural,Grooves, Neural,Neural Crest Cell,Neural Crests,Neural Folds,Neural Grooves
D011518 Proto-Oncogene Proteins Products of proto-oncogenes. Normally they do not have oncogenic or transforming properties, but are involved in the regulation or differentiation of cell growth. They often have protein kinase activity. Cellular Proto-Oncogene Proteins,c-onc Proteins,Proto Oncogene Proteins, Cellular,Proto-Oncogene Products, Cellular,Cellular Proto Oncogene Proteins,Cellular Proto-Oncogene Products,Proto Oncogene Products, Cellular,Proto Oncogene Proteins,Proto-Oncogene Proteins, Cellular,c onc Proteins
D011784 Quail Common name for two distinct groups of BIRDS in the order GALLIFORMES: the New World or American quails of the family Odontophoridae and the Old World quails in the genus COTURNIX, family Phasianidae. Quails
D002454 Cell Differentiation Progressive restriction of the developmental potential and increasing specialization of function that leads to the formation of specialized cells, tissues, and organs. Differentiation, Cell,Cell Differentiations,Differentiations, Cell
D002455 Cell Division The fission of a CELL. It includes CYTOKINESIS, when the CYTOPLASM of a cell is divided, and CELL NUCLEUS DIVISION. M Phase,Cell Division Phase,Cell Divisions,Division Phase, Cell,Division, Cell,Divisions, Cell,M Phases,Phase, Cell Division,Phase, M,Phases, M
D002470 Cell Survival The span of viability of a cell characterized by the capacity to perform certain functions such as metabolism, growth, reproduction, some form of responsiveness, and adaptability. Cell Viability,Cell Viabilities,Survival, Cell,Viabilities, Cell,Viability, Cell
D002478 Cells, Cultured Cells propagated in vitro in special media conducive to their growth. Cultured cells are used to study developmental, morphologic, metabolic, physiologic, and genetic processes, among others. Cultured Cells,Cell, Cultured,Cultured Cell
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D016184 Receptors, Colony-Stimulating Factor Cell surface receptors for colony stimulating factors, local mediators, and hormones that regulate the survival, proliferation, and differentiation of hemopoietic cells. Colony-Stimulating Factor Receptors,Hematopoietic Growth Factors Receptors,Receptors, Hematopoietic Growth Factors,CSF Receptors,Colony-Stimulating Factor Receptor,Hematopoietic Growth Factor Receptor,Colony Stimulating Factor Receptor,Colony Stimulating Factor Receptors,Receptor, Colony-Stimulating Factor,Receptors, CSF,Receptors, Colony Stimulating Factor

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