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The Journal of Neuroscience, July 15, 2000, 20(14):5358-5366
The "Waiting Period" of Sensory and Motor Axons in Early Chick Hindlimb: Its Role in Axon Pathfinding and Neuronal Maturation
Guoying Wang and Sheryl A. Scott Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132
During embryonic development motor axons in the chick hindlimb grow out slightly before sensory axons and wait in the plexus region at the base of the limb for ~24 hr before invading the limb itself (Tosney and Landmesser, 1985a). We have investigated the role of this waiting period by asking, Is the arrest of growth cones in the plexus region a general property of both sensory and motor axons? Why do axons wait? Does eliminating the waiting period affect the further development of motor and sensory neurons?
Here we show that sensory axons, like motor axons, pause in the plexus region and that neither sensory nor motor axons require cues from the other population to wait in or exit from the plexus region. By transplanting older or younger donor limbs to host embryos, we show that host axons innervate donor limbs on a schedule consistent with the age of the grafted limbs. Thus, axons wait in the plexus region for maturational changes to occur in the limb rather than in the neurons themselves. Both sensory and motor axons innervate their appropriate peripheral targets when the waiting period is eliminated by grafting older donor limbs. Therefore, axons do not require a prolonged period in the plexus region to sort out and project appropriately. Eliminating the waiting period does, however, accelerate the onset of naturally occurring cell death, but it does not enhance the development of central projections or the biochemical maturation of sensory neurons.
Key words: waiting period; chick; hindlimb; axon pathfinding; neuron development; motor neuron; sensory; dorsal root ganglion; cell death; trkA; substance P; central projections
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