The preplacodal region: an ectodermal domain with multipotential progenitors that contribute to sense organs and cranial sensory ganglia

• Autores: Andrea Streit
• Localización: International journal of developmental biology, ISSN 0214-6282, Vol. 51, Nº. 6-7, 2007 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Ear development / coord. por Fernando Giráldez Orgaz, Bernd Fritzsch), págs. 447-461
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The otic primordium belongs to a group of related structures, the sensory placodes that contribute to the paired sense organs - ear, eye and olfactory epithelium - and to the distal parts of the cranial sensory ganglia. Recent evidence suggests that despite their diversity, all placodes share a common developmental origin and a common molecular mechanism which initiates their formation. At the base of placode induction lies the specification of a unique "placode field", termed the preplacodal region and acquisition of this "preplacodal state" is required for ectodermal cells to undergo otic development. Here I review the molecular mechanisms that sequentially subdivide the ectoderm to give rise to the placode territory.