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Review
. 2020 May;598(9):1741-1752.
doi: 10.1113/JP277835. Epub 2019 Jun 13.

New insights into ion channel-dependent signalling during left-right patterning

Rajeev Tajhya  1 , Markus Delling  1
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New insights into ion channel-dependent signalling during left-right patterning

Rajeev Tajhya et al. J Physiol. 2020 May.
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Abstract

The left-right organizer (LRO) in the mouse consists of pit cells within the depression, located at the end of the developing notochord, also known as the embryonic node and crown cells lining the outer periphery of the node. Cilia on pit cells are posteriorly tilted, rotate clockwise and generate leftward fluid flow. Primary cilia on crown cells are required to interpret the directionality of fluid movement and initiate flow-dependent gene transcription. Crown cells express PC1-L1 and PC2, which may form a heteromeric polycystin channel complex on primary cilia. It is still only poorly understood how fluid flow activates the ciliary polycystin complex. Besides polycystin channels voltage gated channels like HCN4 and KCNQ1 have been implicated in establishing asymmetry. How this electrical network of ion channels initiates left-sided signalling cascades and differential gene expression is currently only poorly defined.

Keywords: Calcium signalling; embryonic node; flow sensing; polycystin; primary cilia.

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