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Article Dans Une Revue PLoS ONE Année : 2012

Protein tyrosine phosphatase 4A3 (PTP4A3) is required for Xenopus laevis cranial neural crest migration in vivo.

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Uveal melanoma is the most common intraocular malignancy in adults, representing between about 4% and 5% of all melanomas. High expression levels of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 4A3, a dual phosphatase, is highly predictive of metastasis development and PTP4A3 overexpression in uveal melanoma cells increases their in vitro migration and in vivo invasiveness. Melanocytes, including uveal melanocytes, are derived from the neural crest during embryonic development. We therefore suggested that PTP4A3 function in uveal melanoma metastasis may be related to an embryonic role during neural crest cell migration. We show that PTP4A3 plays a role in cephalic neural crest development in Xenopus laevis. PTP4A3 loss of function resulted in a reduction of neural crest territory, whilst gain of function experiments increased neural crest territory. Isochronic graft experiments demonstrated that PTP4A3-depleted neural crest explants are unable to migrate in host embryos. Pharmacological inhibition of PTP4A3 on dissected neural crest cells significantly reduced their migration velocity in vitro. Our results demonstrate that PTP4A3 is required for cephalic neural crest migration in vivo during embryonic development.

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hal-01183649 , version 1 (10-08-2015)

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Selma Maacha, Nathalie Planque, Cécile Laurent, Caterina Pegoraro, Océane Anezo, et al.. Protein tyrosine phosphatase 4A3 (PTP4A3) is required for Xenopus laevis cranial neural crest migration in vivo.. PLoS ONE, 2012, 8 (12), pp.e84717. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0084717⟩. ⟨hal-01183649⟩
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