Development, Vol 101, Issue 3 461-478, Copyright © 1987 by Company of Biologists

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Distribution of laminin and collagens during avian neural crest development

JL Duband and JP Thiery
Laboratoire de Physiopathologie du Developpement, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France.

The distribution of type I, III and IV collagens and laminin during neural crest development was studied by immunofluorescence labelling of early avian embryos. These components, except type III collagen, were present prior to both cephalic and trunk neural crest appearance. Type I collagen was widely distributed throughout the embryo in the basement membranes of epithelia as well as in the extracellular spaces associated with mesenchymes. Type IV collagen and laminin shared a common distribution primarily in the basal surfaces of epithelia and in close association with developing nerves and muscle. In striking contrast with the other collagens and laminin, type III collagen appeared secondarily during embryogenesis in a restricted pattern in connective tissues. The distribution and fate of laminin and type I and IV collagens could be correlated spatially and temporally with morphogenetic events during neural crest development. Type IV collagen and lamin disappeared from the basal surface of the neural tube at sites where neural crest cells were emerging. During the course of neural crest cell migration, type I collagen was particularly abundant along migratory pathways whereas type IV collagen and laminin were distributed in the basal surfaces of the epithelia lining these pathways but were rarely seen in large amounts among neural crest cells. In contrast, termination of neural crest cell migration and aggregation into ganglia were correlated in many cases with the loss of type I collagen and with the appearance of type IV collagen and laminin among the neural crest population. Type III collagen was not observed associated with neural crest cells during their development. These observations suggest that laminin and both type I and IV collagens may be involved with different functional specificities during neural crest ontogeny. (i) Type I collagen associated with fibronectins is a major component of the extracellular spaces of the young embryo. Together with other components, it may contribute to the three-dimensional organization and functions of the matrix during neural crest cell migration. (ii) Type III collagen is apparently not required for tissue remodelling and cell migration during early embryogenesis. (iii) Type IV collagen and laminin are important components of the basal surface of epithelia and their distribution is consistent with tissue remodelling that occurs during neural crest cell emigration and aggregation into ganglia.

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