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Dr. Shoeb Ahmad (Assistant Professor), Department of Zoology, AKI’s Poona College of Arts, Science and Commerce,
Camp, Pune-01, Maharashtra Page 1
Neural Competence and Neural Induction
Organs are complex structures composed of numerous types of tissues. In the
vertebrate eye, for example, light is transmitted through the transparent corneal
tissue and focused by the lens tissue (the diameter of which is controlled by muscle
tissue), eventually impinging on the tissue of the neural retina. The precise
arrangement of tissues in this organ cannot be disturbed without impairing its
function. Such coordination in the construction of organs is accomplished by one
group of cells changing the behavior of an adjacent set of cells, thereby causing
them to change their shape, mitotic rate, or fate. This kind of interaction at close
range between two or more cells or tissues of different history and properties is
called proximate interaction, or induction*
. There are at least two components to
every inductive interaction. The first component is the inducer: the tissue that
produces a signal (or signals) that changes the cellular behavior of the other tissue.
The second component, the tissue being induced, is the responder.
Not all tissues can respond to the signal being produced by the inducer. For
instance, if the optic vesicle (presumptive retina) of Xenopus laevis is placed in an
ectopic location (i.e., in a different place from where it normally forms) underneath
the head ectoderm, it will induce that ectoderm to form lens tissue. Only the optic
vesicle appears to be able to do this; therefore, it is an inducer. However, if the
optic vesicle is placed beneath ectoderm in the flank or abdomen of the same
organism, that ectoderm will not be able to respond. Only the head ectoderm is
competent to respond to the signals from the optic vesicle by producing a lens
Figure-1 Ectodermal competence and the ability to respond to the optic vesicle
inducer in Xenopus. (1) The optic vesicle is able to induce lenses in the anterior
portion of the ectoderm, but not in the presumptive trunk and abdomen (2). If the
optic vesicle is removed (3), the surface ectoderm forms either an abnormal lens or
no lens at all. (4) Most other tissues are not able to substitute for the optic vesicle.
Dr. Shoeb Ahmad (Assistant Professor), Department of Zoology, AKI’s Poona College of Arts, Science and Commerce,
Camp, Pune-01, Maharashtra Page 2
This ability to respond to a specific inductive signal is called competence. Competence is not
a passive state, but an actively acquired condition. For example, in the developing chick and
mammalian eye, the Pax6 protein appears to be important in making the ectoderm competent
to respond to the inductive signal from the optic vesicle. Pax6 expression is seen in the head
ectoderm, which can respond to the optic vesicle by forming lenses, and it is not seen in other
regions of the surface ectoderm. Moreover, the importance of Pax6 as a competence
factor was demonstrated by recombination experiments using embryonic rat eye tissue. The
homozygous Pax6-mutant rat has a phenotype similar to the homozygous Pax6-mutant
mouse, lacking eyes and nose. It has been shown that part of this phenotype is due to the
failure of lens induction (Figure-2) But which is the defective component—the optic vesicle
or the surface ectoderm? When head ectoderm from Pax6-mutant rat embryos was combined
with a wild-type optic vesicle, no lenses were formed. However, when the head ectoderm
from wild-type rat embryos was combined with a Pax6-mutant optic vesicle, lenses formed
normally (Figure-3). Therefore, Pax6 is needed for the surface ectoderm to respond to the
inductive signal from the optic vesicle. The inducing tissue does not need it. It is not known
how Pax6 becomes expressed in the anterior ectoderm of the embryo, although it is thought
that its expression is induced by the anterior regions of the neural plate. Competence to
respond to the optic vesicle inducer can be conferred on ectodermal tissue by incubating it
next to anterior neural plate tissue
Figure-2 Induction of optic and nasal structures by Pax6 in the rat embryo. (A, B) Histology
of wild-type (A) and homozygous Pax6 mutant (B) embryos at day 12 of gestation shows
induction of lenses and retinal development in the wild-type embryo, but neither lens nor
retina in the mutant. Similarly, neither the nasal pit nor the medial nasal prominence is
induced in the mutant rats. (C) Newborn wild-type rats show prominent nose as well as
(closed) eyes. (D) Newborn Pax6 mutant rats show neither eyes nor nose .
Dr. Shoeb Ahmad (Assistant Professor), Department of Zoology, AKI’s Poona College of Arts, Science and Commerce,
Camp, Pune-01, Maharashtra Page 3
Figure-3 Recombination experiments showing that the induction deficiency of Pax6-
deficient rats is caused by the inability of the surface ectoderm to respond to the optic
vesicle.
Cascades of Induction: Reciprocal and Sequential Inductive events:
Another feature of induction is the reciprocal nature of many inductive interactions. Once the
lens has formed, it can then induce other tissues. One of these responding tissues is the optic
vesicle itself. Now the inducer becomes the induced. Under the influence of factors secreted
by the lens, the optic vesicle becomes the optic cup, and the wall of the optic cup
differentiates into two layers, the pigmented retina and the neural retina (Figure 4) Such
interactions are called reciprocal inductions.
Dr. Shoeb Ahmad (Assistant Professor), Department of Zoology, AKI’s Poona College of Arts, Science and Commerce,
Camp, Pune-01, Maharashtra Page 4
At the same time, the lens is also inducing the ectoderm above it to become the
cornea. Like the lens-forming ectoderm, the cornea-forming ectoderm has achieved
a particular competence to respond to inductive signals, in this case the signals
from the lens. Under the influence of the lens, the corneal ectodermal cells become
columnar and secrete multiple layers of collagen. Mesenchymal cells from the
neural crest use this collagen matrix to enter the area and secrete a set of proteins
(including the enzyme hyaluronidase) that further differentiate the cornea. A third
signal, the hormone thyroxine, dehydrates the tissue and makes it transparent.
Thus, there are sequential inductive events, and multiple causes for each induction.
Figure-4 Schematic diagram of the induction of the mouse lens. (A) At embryonic day 9, the
optic vesicle extends toward the surface ectoderm from the forebrain. The lens placode (the
prospective lens) appears as a local thickening of the surface ectoderm near the optic vesicle.
(B) By the middle of day 9, the lens placode has enlarged and the optic vesicle has formed an
optic cup. (C) By the middle of day 10, the central portion of the lens-forming ectoderm
invaginates, while the two layers of the retina become distinguished. (D) By the middle of
day 11, the lens vesicle has formed, and by day 13 (E), the lens consists of anterior cuboidal
epithelial cells and elongating posterior fiber cells. The cornea develops in front of the lens.
(F) Summary of some of the inductive interactions during eye development.

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Neural competence and induction

  • 1. Dr. Shoeb Ahmad (Assistant Professor), Department of Zoology, AKI’s Poona College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Camp, Pune-01, Maharashtra Page 1 Neural Competence and Neural Induction Organs are complex structures composed of numerous types of tissues. In the vertebrate eye, for example, light is transmitted through the transparent corneal tissue and focused by the lens tissue (the diameter of which is controlled by muscle tissue), eventually impinging on the tissue of the neural retina. The precise arrangement of tissues in this organ cannot be disturbed without impairing its function. Such coordination in the construction of organs is accomplished by one group of cells changing the behavior of an adjacent set of cells, thereby causing them to change their shape, mitotic rate, or fate. This kind of interaction at close range between two or more cells or tissues of different history and properties is called proximate interaction, or induction* . There are at least two components to every inductive interaction. The first component is the inducer: the tissue that produces a signal (or signals) that changes the cellular behavior of the other tissue. The second component, the tissue being induced, is the responder. Not all tissues can respond to the signal being produced by the inducer. For instance, if the optic vesicle (presumptive retina) of Xenopus laevis is placed in an ectopic location (i.e., in a different place from where it normally forms) underneath the head ectoderm, it will induce that ectoderm to form lens tissue. Only the optic vesicle appears to be able to do this; therefore, it is an inducer. However, if the optic vesicle is placed beneath ectoderm in the flank or abdomen of the same organism, that ectoderm will not be able to respond. Only the head ectoderm is competent to respond to the signals from the optic vesicle by producing a lens Figure-1 Ectodermal competence and the ability to respond to the optic vesicle inducer in Xenopus. (1) The optic vesicle is able to induce lenses in the anterior portion of the ectoderm, but not in the presumptive trunk and abdomen (2). If the optic vesicle is removed (3), the surface ectoderm forms either an abnormal lens or no lens at all. (4) Most other tissues are not able to substitute for the optic vesicle.
  • 2. Dr. Shoeb Ahmad (Assistant Professor), Department of Zoology, AKI’s Poona College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Camp, Pune-01, Maharashtra Page 2 This ability to respond to a specific inductive signal is called competence. Competence is not a passive state, but an actively acquired condition. For example, in the developing chick and mammalian eye, the Pax6 protein appears to be important in making the ectoderm competent to respond to the inductive signal from the optic vesicle. Pax6 expression is seen in the head ectoderm, which can respond to the optic vesicle by forming lenses, and it is not seen in other regions of the surface ectoderm. Moreover, the importance of Pax6 as a competence factor was demonstrated by recombination experiments using embryonic rat eye tissue. The homozygous Pax6-mutant rat has a phenotype similar to the homozygous Pax6-mutant mouse, lacking eyes and nose. It has been shown that part of this phenotype is due to the failure of lens induction (Figure-2) But which is the defective component—the optic vesicle or the surface ectoderm? When head ectoderm from Pax6-mutant rat embryos was combined with a wild-type optic vesicle, no lenses were formed. However, when the head ectoderm from wild-type rat embryos was combined with a Pax6-mutant optic vesicle, lenses formed normally (Figure-3). Therefore, Pax6 is needed for the surface ectoderm to respond to the inductive signal from the optic vesicle. The inducing tissue does not need it. It is not known how Pax6 becomes expressed in the anterior ectoderm of the embryo, although it is thought that its expression is induced by the anterior regions of the neural plate. Competence to respond to the optic vesicle inducer can be conferred on ectodermal tissue by incubating it next to anterior neural plate tissue Figure-2 Induction of optic and nasal structures by Pax6 in the rat embryo. (A, B) Histology of wild-type (A) and homozygous Pax6 mutant (B) embryos at day 12 of gestation shows induction of lenses and retinal development in the wild-type embryo, but neither lens nor retina in the mutant. Similarly, neither the nasal pit nor the medial nasal prominence is induced in the mutant rats. (C) Newborn wild-type rats show prominent nose as well as (closed) eyes. (D) Newborn Pax6 mutant rats show neither eyes nor nose .
  • 3. Dr. Shoeb Ahmad (Assistant Professor), Department of Zoology, AKI’s Poona College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Camp, Pune-01, Maharashtra Page 3 Figure-3 Recombination experiments showing that the induction deficiency of Pax6- deficient rats is caused by the inability of the surface ectoderm to respond to the optic vesicle. Cascades of Induction: Reciprocal and Sequential Inductive events: Another feature of induction is the reciprocal nature of many inductive interactions. Once the lens has formed, it can then induce other tissues. One of these responding tissues is the optic vesicle itself. Now the inducer becomes the induced. Under the influence of factors secreted by the lens, the optic vesicle becomes the optic cup, and the wall of the optic cup differentiates into two layers, the pigmented retina and the neural retina (Figure 4) Such interactions are called reciprocal inductions.
  • 4. Dr. Shoeb Ahmad (Assistant Professor), Department of Zoology, AKI’s Poona College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Camp, Pune-01, Maharashtra Page 4 At the same time, the lens is also inducing the ectoderm above it to become the cornea. Like the lens-forming ectoderm, the cornea-forming ectoderm has achieved a particular competence to respond to inductive signals, in this case the signals from the lens. Under the influence of the lens, the corneal ectodermal cells become columnar and secrete multiple layers of collagen. Mesenchymal cells from the neural crest use this collagen matrix to enter the area and secrete a set of proteins (including the enzyme hyaluronidase) that further differentiate the cornea. A third signal, the hormone thyroxine, dehydrates the tissue and makes it transparent. Thus, there are sequential inductive events, and multiple causes for each induction. Figure-4 Schematic diagram of the induction of the mouse lens. (A) At embryonic day 9, the optic vesicle extends toward the surface ectoderm from the forebrain. The lens placode (the prospective lens) appears as a local thickening of the surface ectoderm near the optic vesicle. (B) By the middle of day 9, the lens placode has enlarged and the optic vesicle has formed an optic cup. (C) By the middle of day 10, the central portion of the lens-forming ectoderm invaginates, while the two layers of the retina become distinguished. (D) By the middle of day 11, the lens vesicle has formed, and by day 13 (E), the lens consists of anterior cuboidal epithelial cells and elongating posterior fiber cells. The cornea develops in front of the lens. (F) Summary of some of the inductive interactions during eye development.