KAUCKA, Marketa, Bara SZAROWSKA, Michaela KAVKOVA, Maria Eleni KASTRITI, Polina KAMENEVA, Inga SCHMIDT, Lucie PEŠKOVÁ, Alberto Joven ARAUS, Andras SIMON, Jozef KAISER and Igor ADAMEYKO. Nerve-associated Schwann cell precursors contribute extracutaneous melanocytes to the heart, inner ear, supraorbital locations and brain meninges. CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES. BASEL: SPRINGER BASEL AG, 2021, vol. 78, No 16, p. 6033-6049. ISSN 1420-682X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00018-021-03885-9.
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Original name Nerve-associated Schwann cell precursors contribute extracutaneous melanocytes to the heart, inner ear, supraorbital locations and brain meninges
Authors KAUCKA, Marketa (203 Czech Republic, guarantor), Bara SZAROWSKA, Michaela KAVKOVA (203 Czech Republic), Maria Eleni KASTRITI, Polina KAMENEVA, Inga SCHMIDT, Lucie PEŠKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Alberto Joven ARAUS, Andras SIMON, Jozef KAISER (203 Czech Republic) and Igor ADAMEYKO.
Edition CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES, BASEL, SPRINGER BASEL AG, 2021, 1420-682X.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10601 Cell biology
Country of publisher Switzerland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 9.207
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14110/21:00124590
Organization unit Faculty of Medicine
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00018-021-03885-9
UT WoS 000674208000001
Keywords in English Endothelin 3 and endothelin receptor B; Extracutaneous pigment cell; Glial precursor; Hypopigmentation-associated deafness; Peripheral nerves; Targeted recruitment
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Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
Melanocytes are pigmented cells residing mostly in the skin and hair follicles of vertebrates, where they contribute to colouration and protection against UV-B radiation. However, the spectrum of their functions reaches far beyond that. For instance, these pigment-producing cells are found inside the inner ear, where they contribute to the hearing function, and in the heart, where they are involved in the electrical conductivity and support the stiffness of cardiac valves. The embryonic origin of such extracutaneous melanocytes is not clear. We took advantage of lineage-tracing experiments combined with 3D visualizations and gene knockout strategies to address this long-standing question. We revealed that Schwann cell precursors are recruited from the local innervation during embryonic development and give rise to extracutaneous melanocytes in the heart, brain meninges, inner ear, and other locations. In embryos with a knockout of the EdnrB receptor, a condition imitating Waardenburg syndrome, we observed only nerve-associated melanoblasts, which failed to detach from the nerves and to enter the inner ear. Finally, we looked into the evolutionary aspects of extracutaneous melanocytes and found that pigment cells are associated mainly with nerves and blood vessels in amphibians and fish. This new knowledge of the nerve-dependent origin of extracutaneous pigment cells might be directly relevant to the formation of extracutaneous melanoma in humans.
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