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We report that a membrane-tethered form of aPKC(aPKC-CAAX) suppresses primary neurogenesis and promotes cell proliferation. Unexpectedly, both endogenous aPKC and aPKC-CAAX show some nuclear localisation. A constitutively active aPKC fused to a nuclear localisation signal has the same phenotypic effect as aPKC-CAAX in that it suppresses neurogenesis and enhances proliferation. Conversely, inhibiting endogenous aPKC with a dominant-negative form that is restricted to the nucleus enhances primary neurogenesis. These observations suggest that aPKC has a function in the nucleus that is important for cell fate specification during primary neurogenesis. In a complementary experiment, overexpressing basolateral Lgl2 causes depolarisation and internalisation of superficial cells, which form ectopic neurons when supplemented with a proneural factor. These findings suggest that both aPKC and Lgl2 affect cell fate, but that aPKC is a nuclear determinant itself that might shuttle from the membrane to the nucleus to control cell proliferation and fate; loss of epithelial cell polarity by Lgl2 overexpression changes the position of the cells and is permissive for a change in cell fate.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1242\/dev.034454","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,7,24]],"date-time":"2009-07-24T17:49:07Z","timestamp":1248457747000},"page":"2767-2777","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":40,"title":["The apicobasal polarity kinase aPKC functions as a nuclear determinant and regulates cell proliferation and fate during<i>Xenopus<\/i>primary neurogenesis"],"prefix":"10.1242","volume":"136","author":[{"given":"Nitin","family":"Sabherwal","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Life Sciences, Michael Smith Building, University of Manchester,Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Akiko","family":"Tsutsui","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Life Sciences, Michael Smith Building, University of Manchester,Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sarah","family":"Hodge","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Life Sciences, Michael Smith Building, University of Manchester,Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jun","family":"Wei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY,UK."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andrew D.","family":"Chalmers","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY,UK."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nancy","family":"Papalopulu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Life Sciences, Michael Smith Building, University of Manchester,Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"237","reference":[{"key":"2021042621340910200_REF1","unstructured":"Asashima, M. and Grunz, H. 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