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NEURON
Volume 83, Issue 3, Pages 558-571Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.06.022
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- Japanese Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) [KAKENHI 24240071]
- NIH [NS045892, NS050968, NS073159, HD032116, NS28478]
- Cell Science Research Foundation
- Kanae Foundation for the Promotion of Medical Science
- TOYOBO Biotechnology Foundation
- JSPS
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Defects in ependymal (E) cells, which line the ventricle and generate cerebrospinal fluid flow through ciliary beating, can cause hydrocephalus. Dishevelled genes (Dvls) are essential for Wnt signaling, and Dvl2 has been shown to localize to the rootlet of motile cilia. Using the hGFAP-Cre; Dvl1(-/-);2(flox/flox);3(+/-) mouse, we show that compound genetic ablation of Dvls causes hydrocephalus. In hGFAP-Cre;Dvl1(-/-); 2(flox/flox);3(+/-) mutants, E cells differentiated normally, but the intracellular and intercellular rotational alignments of ependymal motile cilia were disrupted. As a consequence, the fluid flow generated by the hGFAP-Cre;Dvl1(-/-); 2(flox/flox); 3(+/-) E cells was significantly slower than that observed in control mice. Dvls were also required for the proper positioning of motile cilia on the apical surface. Tamoxifen-induced conditional removal of Dvls in adult mice also resulted in defects in intracellular rotational alignment and positioning of ependymal motile cilia. These results suggest that Dvls are continuously required for E cell planar polarity and may prevent hydrocephalus.
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