PAR-1 Phosphorylates Mind Bomb to Promote Vertebrate Neurogenesis

Olga Ossipova, Jerome Ezan, Sergei Y. Sokol

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Abstract

Generation of neurons in the vertebrate central nervous system requires a complex transcriptional regulatory network and signaling processes in polarized neuroepithelial progenitor cells. Here we demonstrate that neurogenesis in the Xenopus neural plate in vivo and mammalian neural progenitors in vitro involves intrinsic antagonistic activities of the polarity proteins PAR-1 and aPKC. Furthermore, we show that Mind bomb (Mib), a ubiquitin ligase that promotes Notch ligand trafficking and activity, is a crucial molecular substrate for PAR-1. The phosphorylation of Mib by PAR-1 results in Mib degradation, repression of Notch signaling, and  stimulation of neuronal differentiation. These observations suggest a conserved mechanism for neuronal fate determination that might operate during asymmetric divisions of polarized neural progenitor cells.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)222-233
Number of pages12
JournalDevelopmental Cell
Volume17
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 Aug 2009

Keywords

  • CELLBIO
  • DEVBIO

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