| First Author | Ma Y | Year | 2013 |
| Journal | Development | Volume | 140 |
| Issue | 10 | Pages | 2203-11 |
| PubMed ID | 23633513 | Mgi Jnum | J:197025 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:5490674 | Doi | 10.1242/dev.089789 |
| Citation | Ma Y, et al. (2013) Fascin 1 is transiently expressed in mouse melanoblasts during development and promotes migration and proliferation. Development 140(10):2203-11 |
| abstractText | Fascins, a family of actin-bundling proteins, are expressed in a spatially and temporally restricted manner during development and often in cancer. Fascin 1 has a clear role in cell migration in vitro, but its role in vivo in mammals is not well understood. Here, we investigate the role of fascin 1 in the melanocyte lineage and in melanoma cells. Fascin 1 knockout causes hypopigmentation in adult mice owing to migration and cell cycle progression defects in melanoblasts, the melanocyte precursor cell. Study of live embryo skin explants reveals that E14.5 fascin 1-null melanoblasts migrate slower, and generate fewer and thinner pseudopods. By contrast, fascin 1 expression drives faster migration and lamellipodia protrusion in melanocytes in vitro. In addition, fascin 1 depletion retards melanoblast proliferation in vivo and melanoma cell growth in vitro. These data indicate that fascin 1 not only promotes cell migration in mouse melanocytes but it also has a role in growth and cell cycle progression. |
