eprintid: 10189175 rev_number: 8 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/18/91/75 datestamp: 2024-04-30 15:48:53 lastmod: 2024-04-30 15:48:53 status_changed: 2024-04-30 15:48:53 type: article metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Azzarelli, Roberta creators_name: Guillemot, Francois creators_name: Pacary, Emilie title: Function and regulation of Rnd proteins in cortical projection neuron migration ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C08 divisions: D10 keywords: Rho GTPases, Rnd, cortical development, neuronal migration, Plexin note: © 2015 Azzarelli, Guillemot and Pacary. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. abstract: The mammalian cerebral cortex contains a high variety of neuronal subtypes that acquire precise spatial locations and form long or short-range connections to establish functional neuronal circuits. During embryonic development, cortical projection neurons are generated in the areas lining the lateral ventricles and they subsequently undergo radial migration to reach the position of their final maturation within the cortical plate. The control of the neuroblast migratory behavior and the coordination of the migration process with other neurogenic events such as cell cycle exit, differentiation and final maturation are crucial to normal brain development. Among the key regulators of cortical neuron migration, the small GTP binding proteins of the Rho family and the atypical Rnd members play important roles in integrating intracellular signaling pathways into changes in cytoskeletal dynamics and motility behavior. Here we review the role of Rnd proteins during cortical neuronal migration and we discuss both the upstream mechanisms that regulate Rnd protein activity and the downstream molecular pathways that mediate Rnd effects on cell cytoskeleton. date: 2015-02-06 date_type: published publisher: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA official_url: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2015.00019 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 2139310 doi: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00019 medium: Electronic-eCollection lyricists_name: Azzarelli, Roberta lyricists_id: RAZZA09 actors_name: Azzarelli, Roberta actors_id: RAZZA09 actors_role: owner funding_acknowledgements: [INSERM]; [Marie Curie Actions (Intra European Fellowship)]; [Medical Research Council (MRC) post-doctoral fellowship]; MC_U117570528 [MRC]; MC_U117570528 [Medical Research Council]; 10089 [The Francis Crick Institute] full_text_status: public publication: Frontiers in Neuroscience volume: 9 article_number: 19 pages: 13 event_location: Switzerland citation: Azzarelli, Roberta; Guillemot, Francois; Pacary, Emilie; (2015) Function and regulation of Rnd proteins in cortical projection neuron migration. Frontiers in Neuroscience , 9 , Article 19. 10.3389/fnins.2015.00019 <https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2015.00019>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10189175/1/Function%20and%20regulation%20of%20Rnd%20proteins%20in%20cortical%20projection%20neuron%20migration.pdf