UNC-40, a C-elegans homolog of DCC (Deleted in Colorectal Cancer), is required in motile cells responding to UNC-6 netrin cues

作者：Chan SSY^*; Zheng H; Su MW; Wilk R; Killeen MT; Hedgecock EM; Culotti JG

来源：Cell, 1996, 87(2): 187-195.

DOI：10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81337-9

UNC-6 netrin, a laminin-related protein secreted from neuroglia and neurons along the ventral midline, orients migrating cells and pioneering growth cones on the nematode epidermis. UNC-5, a cell surface protein expressed on motile cells and pioneer axons, orients movements away from UNC-6 sources. UNC-40, a homolog of the cell surface proteins DCC (Deleted in Colorectal Cancer) and neogenin, is also expressed on motile cells and pioneer neurons. UNC-40 acts cell autonomously to orient movement toward UNC-6 sources. For cells coexpressing UNC-5, it helps orient movement away from UNC-6 sources. Finally, UNC-40 helps determine the dorsoventral position of cells undergoing purely longitudinal migrations. Together with the recent report that DCC is a netrin receptor in vertebrates, our results suggest that UNC-40 is a component of UNC-6 receptors on motile cells.

• 出版日期1996-10-18