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Differential distribution of erbB receptors in human glioblastoma multiforme: expression of erbB3 in CD133-positive putative cancer stem cells. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2010; 69:606-22. [PMID: 20467331 DOI: 10.1097/nen.0b013e3181e00579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Glioblastomas are the most common primary central nervous system tumors in adults, and they remain resistant to current treatments. erbB1 signaling is frequently altered in glioblastomas, suggesting thaterbB receptor family members may represent targets for molecular therapy. We performed a comprehensive analysis of erbB receptor and ligand expression profiles in a panel of 9 glioblastomas andcompared them to nonneoplastic cerebral tissue containing neocortex and adjacent white matter. Quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and Western blot analysis showed that erbB1signaling and erbB2 receptors exhibited highly variable deregulation profiles in the tumors, with patterns ranging from underexpression to overexpression; in contrast, erbB3 and erbB4 were downregulated. We next performed immunohistochemistry to determinethe distribution patterns of erbB receptors among the main neuralcell types in the tumors with special reference to the putative tumor stem cell population. Results revealed intertumoral and intratumoral heterogeneity in all 4 erbB expression profiles, but each receptor exhibited a distinct distribution pattern among glial fibrillary acidic protein-, Olig2-, NeuN-, and CD133-positive populations. Although erbB1 immunoreactivity was detected in only small subsets of CD133-positive putative tumor stem cells, erbB3 immunoreactivity was prominent in this population, suggesting that erbB3 may represent a new potential therapeutic target.
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Fietz SA, Kelava I, Vogt J, Wilsch-Bräuninger M, Stenzel D, Fish JL, Corbeil D, Riehn A, Distler W, Nitsch R, Huttner WB. OSVZ progenitors of human and ferret neocortex are epithelial-like and expand by integrin signaling. Nat Neurosci 2010; 13:690-9. [PMID: 20436478 DOI: 10.1038/nn.2553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 552] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2010] [Accepted: 04/19/2010] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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A major cause of the cerebral cortex expansion that occurred during evolution is the increase in subventricular zone (SVZ) progenitors. We found that progenitors in the outer SVZ (OSVZ) of developing human neocortex retain features of radial glia, in contrast to rodent SVZ progenitors, which have limited proliferation potential. Although delaminating from apical adherens junctions, OSVZ progenitors maintained a basal process contacting the basal lamina, a canonical epithelial property. OSVZ progenitor divisions resulted in asymmetric inheritance of their basal process. Notably, OSVZ progenitors are also found in the ferret, a gyrencephalic nonprimate. Functional disruption of integrins, expressed on the basal process of ferret OSVZ progenitors, markedly decreased the OSVZ progenitor population size, but not that of other, process-lacking SVZ progenitors, in slice cultures of ferret neocortex. Our findings suggest that maintenance of this epithelial property allows integrin-mediated, repeated asymmetric divisions of OSVZ progenitors, providing a basis for neocortical expansion.
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- Simone A Fietz
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
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Alunni A, Hermel JM, Heuzé A, Bourrat F, Jamen F, Joly JS. Evidence for neural stem cells in the medaka optic tectum proliferation zones. Dev Neurobiol 2010; 70:693-713. [DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Sirko S, von Holst A, Weber A, Wizenmann A, Theocharidis U, Götz M, Faissner A. Chondroitin Sulfates Are Required for Fibroblast Growth Factor-2-Dependent Proliferation and Maintenance in Neural Stem Cells and for Epidermal Growth Factor-Dependent Migration of Their Progeny. Stem Cells 2010; 28:775-87. [DOI: 10.1002/stem.309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Weimer JM, Yokota Y, Stanco A, Stumpo DJ, Blackshear PJ, Anton ES. MARCKS modulates radial progenitor placement, proliferation and organization in the developing cerebral cortex. Development 2009; 136:2965-75. [PMID: 19666823 DOI: 10.1242/dev.036616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The radial glial cells serve as neural progenitors and as a migratory guide for newborn neurons in the developing cerebral cortex. These functions require appropriate organization and proliferation of the polarized radial glial scaffold. Here, we demonstrate in mice that the myristoylated alanine-rich C-kinase substrate protein (MARCKS), a prominent cellular substrate for PKC, modulates radial glial placement and expansion. Loss of MARCKS results in ectopic collection of mitotically active radial progenitors away from the ventricular zone (VZ) in the upper cerebral wall. Apical restriction of key polarity complexes [CDC42, beta-catenin (CTNNB1), N-cadherin (CDH2), myosin IIB (MYOIIB), aPKCzeta, LGL, PAR3, pericentrin, PROM1] is lost. Furthermore, the radial glial scaffold in Marcks null cortex is compromised, with discontinuous, non-radial processes apparent throughout the cerebral wall and deformed, bulbous, unbranched end-feet at the basal ends. Further, the density of radial processes within the cerebral cortex is reduced. These deficits in radial glial development culminate in aberrant positioning of neurons and disrupted cortical lamination. Genetic rescue experiments demonstrate, surprisingly, that phosphorylation of MARCKS by PKC is not essential for the role of MARCKS in radial glial cell development. By contrast, the myristoylation domain of MARCKS needed for membrane association is essential for MARCKS function in radial glia. The membrane-associated targeting of MARCKS and the resultant polarized distribution of signaling complexes essential for apicobasal polarity may constitute a critical event in the appropriate placement, proliferation and organization of polarized radial glial scaffold in the developing cerebral cortex.
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- Jill M Weimer
- UNC Neuroscience Center and the Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Moore AR, Filipovic R, Mo Z, Rasband MN, Zecevic N, Antic SD. Electrical excitability of early neurons in the human cerebral cortex during the second trimester of gestation. Cereb Cortex 2009; 19:1795-805. [PMID: 19015375 PMCID: PMC2705693 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhn206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Information about development of the human cerebral cortex (proliferation, migration, and differentiation of neurons) is largely based on postmortem histology. Physiological properties of developing human cortical neurons are difficult to access experimentally and therefore remain largely unexplored. Animal studies have shown that information about the arousal of electrical activity in individual cells within fundamental cortical zones (subventricular zone [SVZ], intermediate zone, subplate [SP], and cortical plate [CP]) is necessary for understanding normal brain development. Here we ask where, in what cortical zone, and when, in what gestational week (gw), human neurons acquire the ability to generate nerve impulses (action potentials [APs]). We performed electrical recordings from individual cells in acute brain slices harvested postmortem from the human fetal cerebral cortex (16-22 gw). Tetrodotoxin-sensitive Na(+) current occurs more frequently among CP cells and with significantly greater peak amplitudes than in SVZ. As early as 16 gw, a relatively small population of CP neurons (27%) was able to generate sodium APs upon direct current injection. Neurons located in the SP exhibited the highest level of cellular differentiation, as judged by their ability to fire repetitive APs. At 19 gw, a fraction of human CP and SP neurons possess beta IV spectrin-positive axon initial segments populated with voltage-gated sodium channels (PanNav). These results yield the first physiological characterization of developing human fetal cortical neurons with preserved morphologies in intact surrounding brain tissue.
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- Anna R. Moore
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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Whalley K, Gögel S, Lange S, Ferretti P. Changes in progenitor populations and ongoing neurogenesis in the regenerating chick spinal cord. Dev Biol 2009; 332:234-45. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.05.569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2008] [Revised: 05/26/2009] [Accepted: 05/27/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Neocortical neurogenesis: morphogenetic gradients and beyond. Trends Neurosci 2009; 32:443-50. [PMID: 19635637 DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2009.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2009] [Revised: 05/12/2009] [Accepted: 05/13/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Each of the five cellular layers of the cerebral neocortex is composed of a specific number of a single predominant 'class' of projection neuron. The projection neuron class is defined by its unique morphology and axonal projections to other areas of the brain. Precursor cell populations lining the embryonic lateral ventricles produce the projection neurons. The mechanisms regulating precursor cell proliferation also regulate total numbers of neurons produced at specific developmental periods and destined to a specific neocortical layer. Because the newborn neurons migrate relatively long distances to reach their final layer destinations, it is often assumed that the mechanisms governing acquisition of neuronal-class-specific characteristics, many of which become evident after neuron production, are independent of the mechanisms governing neuron production. We review evidence that suggests that the two mechanisms might be linked via operations of Notch1 and p27(Kip1), molecules known to regulate precursor cell proliferation and neuron production.
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Rehermann MI, Marichal N, Russo RE, Trujillo-Cenóz O. Neural reconnection in the transected spinal cord of the freshwater turtle Trachemys dorbignyi. J Comp Neurol 2009; 515:197-214. [PMID: 19418545 PMCID: PMC2697850 DOI: 10.1002/cne.22061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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This paper provides the first evidence that freshwater turtles are able to reconnect their completely transected spinal cords, leading to some degree of recovery of the motor functions lost after injury. Videographic analysis showed that some turtles (5 of 11) surviving more than 20 days after injury were able to initiate stepping locomotion. However, the stepping movements were slower than those of normal animals, and swimming patterns were not restored. Even though just 45% of the injured turtles recovered their stepping patterns, all showed axonal sprouting beyond the lesion site. Immunocytochemical and electron microscope images revealed the occurrence of regrowing axons crossing the severed region. A major contingent of the axons reconnecting the cord originated from sensory neurons lying in dorsal ganglia adjacent to the lesion site. The axons bridging the damaged region traveled on a cellular scaffold consisting of brain lipid-binding protein (BLBP)- and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)-positive cells and processes. Serotonergic varicose nerve fibers and endings were found at early stages of the healing process at the epicenter of the lesion. Interestingly, the glial scar commonly found in the damaged central nervous system of mammals was absent. In contrast, GFAP- and BLBP-positive processes were found running parallel to the main axis of the cord accompanying the crossing axons.
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- María Inés Rehermann
- Departamento de Neurofisiología Celular y Molecular, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, CP11600, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Suter DM, Tirefort D, Julien S, Krause KH. A Sox1 to Pax6 switch drives neuroectoderm to radial glia progression during differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells. Stem Cells 2009; 27:49-58. [PMID: 18832594 DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2008-0319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The transcription factors Sox1 and Pax6 are expressed sequentially during early mouse embryonic neurogenesis. Sox1 expression starts upon formation of neuroectoderm, whereas Pax6 is subsequently expressed in radial glial cells, the latter giving rise to most neurons of the cerebral cortex. Here we used mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells to study the role of Sox1 and Pax6 in regulating differentiation of neural progenitors. For this purpose, we investigated the effect of overexpression and knockdown of Sox1 and Pax6, using three differentiation protocols. We show that (a) expression of Sox1 or Pax6 in uncommitted ES cells favored neuroectodermal lineage choice; (b) continuous Sox1 expression maintained cells at the neuroepithelial stage and prevented expression of Pax6 and other radial glial cell markers; (c) Sox1 knockdown facilitated exit from the progenitor stage, whereas Pax6 knockdown decreased formation of radial glia; (d) forced Pax6 expression in neuroepithelial cells triggered their differentiation into radial glia and neurons; and (e) Pax6 expression induced cell migration, a feature typical of radial glia-derived early neurons. We conclude that Sox1 enhances neuroectodermal commitment and maintenance but blocks further differentiation. In contrast, Pax6 is involved in the progression of neuroectoderm toward radial glia.
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- David M Suter
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, University of Geneva Medical School, Switzerland
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Kilday JP, Rahman R, Dyer S, Ridley L, Lowe J, Coyle B, Grundy R. Pediatric ependymoma: biological perspectives. Mol Cancer Res 2009; 7:765-86. [PMID: 19531565 DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-08-0584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Pediatric ependymomas are enigmatic tumors that continue to present a clinical management challenge despite advances in neurosurgery, neuroimaging techniques, and radiation therapy. Difficulty in predicting tumor behavior from clinical and histological factors has shifted the focus to the molecular and cellular biology of ependymoma in order to identify new correlates of disease outcome and novel therapeutic targets. This article reviews our current understanding of pediatric ependymoma biology and includes a meta-analysis of all comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) studies done on primary ependymomas to date, examining more than 300 tumors. From this meta-analysis and a review of the literature, we show that ependymomas in children exhibit a different genomic profile to those in adults and reinforce the evidence that ependymomas from different locations within the central nervous system (CNS) are distinguishable at a genomic level. Potential biological markers of prognosis in pediatric ependymoma are assessed and the ependymoma cancer stem cell hypothesis is highlighted with respect to tumor resistance and recurrence. We also discuss the shifting paradigm for treatment modalities in ependymoma that target molecular alterations in tumor-initiating cell populations.
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- John-Paul Kilday
- The Children's Brain Tumour Research Centre, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Podgornyi OV, Aleksandrova MA. BLBP-Immunoreactive Cells in the Primary Culture of Neural Precursors from Embryonic Mouse Brain. Bull Exp Biol Med 2009; 147:125-31. [DOI: 10.1007/s10517-009-0431-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Pulvers JN, Huttner WB. Brca1 is required for embryonic development of the mouse cerebral cortex to normal size by preventing apoptosis of early neural progenitors. Development 2009; 136:1859-68. [PMID: 19403657 DOI: 10.1242/dev.033498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The extent of apoptosis of neural progenitors is known to influence the size of the cerebral cortex. Mouse embryos lacking Brca1, the ortholog of the human breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA1, show apoptosis in the neural tube, but the consequences of this for brain development have not been studied. Here we investigated the role of Brca1 during mouse embryonic cortical development by deleting floxed Brca1 using Emx1-Cre, which leads to conditional gene ablation specifically in the dorsal telencephalon after embryonic day (E) 9.5. The postnatal Brca1-ablated cerebral cortex was substantially reduced in size with regard to both cortical thickness and surface area. Remarkably, although the thickness of the cortical layers (except for the upper-most layer) was decreased, cortical layering as such was essentially unperturbed. High levels of apoptosis were found at E11.5 and E13.5, but dropped to near-control levels by E16.5. The apoptosis at the early stage of neurogenesis occurred in both BrdU pulse-labeled neural progenitors and the neurons derived therefrom. No changes were observed in the mitotic index of apical (neuroepithelial, radial glial) progenitors and basal (intermediate) progenitors, indicating that Brca1 ablation did not affect cell cycle progression. Brca1 ablation did, however, result in the nuclear translocation of p53 in neural progenitors, suggesting that their apoptosis involved activation of the p53 pathway. Our results show that Brca1 is required for the cerebral cortex to develop to normal size by preventing the apoptosis of early cortical progenitors and their immediate progeny.
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- Jeremy N Pulvers
- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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During brain development, young neurons closely associate with radial glial while migrating from the ventricular zone (VZ) to the cortical plate (CP) of the neocortex. It has been shown previously that gap junctions are needed for this migration to occur properly, but the precise mechanism responsible is still in question. Here, we used Cre recombinase, driven by the nestin promoter, to conditionally knock-out a floxed coding DNA of the connexin43 (Cx43) gene in mice. Radial glia in the VZ normally express connexin43. They undergo divisions that produce neurons and astrocytes and serve as migratory guides for the daughter cells that they produce. Based on histological analysis, we suggest that removing Cx43 from radial glia alters the normal lamination of the mouse neocortex. To monitor newborn neurons during development, we introduced a plasmid containing green fluorescent protein driven by a neuronal (Talpha1 tubulin) promoter into the embryonic neocortex using in utero electroporation. The transfected migrating neurons remain in the VZ/intermediate zone (IZ) of the Cx43 conditional knock-out (Cx43cKO) animals, whereas in Cx43(fl/fl) mice, neurons migrate through the IZ into the CP, indicating that deletion of Cx43 from nestin-positive cells disrupts neuronal migration. We were able to rescue migration of Cx43cKO neurons by electroporating a cytomegalovirus-Cx43 expression plasmid into the embryonic cortex. In contrast, a C-terminal truncated form of Cx43 failed to rescue neuronal migration. In addition, Cx43(K258stop) mice, in which Cx43 lacks the last 125 amino acid residues of the cytoplasmic C-terminal domain, gave results similar to those seen with the Cx43cKO mice. This study illustrates that deletion of the C-terminal domain of Cx43 alters neuronal migration in the neocortex.
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Reelin stabilizes the actin cytoskeleton of neuronal processes by inducing n-cofilin phosphorylation at serine3. J Neurosci 2009; 29:288-99. [PMID: 19129405 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2934-08.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The extracellular matrix protein Reelin, secreted by Cajal-Retzius cells in the marginal zone of the cortex, controls the radial migration of cortical neurons. Reelin signaling involves the lipoprotein receptors apolipoprotein E receptor 2 (ApoER2) and very low density lipoprotein receptor (VLDLR), the adapter protein Disabled1 (Dab1), and phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K). Eventually, Reelin signaling acts on the cytoskeleton; however, these effects on cytoskeletal organization have remained elusive. In Reelin-deficient mutant mice, most cortical neurons are unable to migrate to their destinations, suggesting a role for Reelin signaling in the dynamic cytoskeletal reorganization that is required for neurons to migrate. Here, we show that Reelin signaling leads to serine3 phosphorylation of n-cofilin, an actin-depolymerizing protein that promotes the disassembly of F-actin. Phosphorylation at serine3 renders n-cofilin unable to depolymerize F-actin, thereby stabilizing the cytoskeleton. We provide evidence for ApoER2, Dab1, Src family kinases (SFKs), and PI3K to be involved in n-cofilin serine3 phosphorylation. Phosphorylation of n-cofilin takes place in the leading processes of migrating neurons as they approach the Reelin-containing marginal zone. Immunostaining for phospho-cofilin in dissociated reeler neurons is significantly increased after incubation in Reelin-containing medium compared with control medium. In a stripe choice assay, neuronal processes are stable on Reelin-coated stripes but grow on control stripes by forming lamellipodia. These novel findings suggest that Reelin-induced stabilization of neuronal processes anchors them to the marginal zone which appears to be required for the directional migration process.
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Fei JF, Huttner WB. Nonselective sister chromatid segregation in mouse embryonic neocortical precursor cells. Cereb Cortex 2009; 19 Suppl 1:i49-54. [PMID: 19342402 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhp043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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We have investigated whether the precursor cells that give rise to the neurons of the neocortex during mouse embryonic development segregate sister chromatids nonrandomly upon mitosis, as would be predicted by the immortal strand hypothesis. Using various protocols of 5-bromo-2-deoxyuridine (BrdU) labeling and chase, we were unable to detect BrdU label-retaining neocortical precursor cells at any of the embryonic stages analyzed, even when the entire brain was analyzed by serial sectioning. Analysis of mitotic neuroepithelial and radial glial cells revealed BrdU-labeled sister chromatid segregation to both nascent daughter cells, which showed a mirror-symmetrical pattern in the first and a non-mirror-symmetrical pattern in the second division after BrdU labeling. Taken together, our data are incompatible with embryonic neocortical precursor cells segregating the sister chromatids selectively to one daughter cell upon mitosis and hence argue against the existence of immortal DNA strands in these cells. In light of the previously reported existence of immortal DNA strands in adult neural stem cells, we discuss that either 1) embryonic and adult neural stem cells in the cortex are distinct or 2) that most, if not all, of the embryonic precursor cells to neocortical neurons are progenitor cells rather than true neural stem cells.
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- Ji-Feng Fei
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
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Aizawa K, Ageyama N, Terao K, Hisatsune T. Primate-specific alterations in neural stem/progenitor cells in the aged hippocampus. Neurobiol Aging 2009; 32:140-50. [PMID: 19201065 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2008] [Revised: 12/11/2008] [Accepted: 12/22/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus, new neurons are generated from neural stem/progenitor cells (NPCs) throughout life. As aging progresses, the rate of neurogenesis decreases exponentially, which might be responsible, in part, for age-dependent cognitive decline in animals and humans. However, few studies have analyzed the alterations in NPCs during aging, especially in primates. Here, we labeled NPCs by triple immunostaining for FABP7, Sox2, and GFAP and found that their numbers decreased in aged macaque monkeys (>20 years old), but not in aged mice. Importantly, we observed marked morphological alterations of the NPCs in only the aged monkeys. In the aged monkey hippocampus, the processes of the NPCs were short and ran horizontally rather than vertically. Despite these alterations, the proliferation rate of the NPCs in aged monkeys was similar to that in young monkeys. Thus, morphological alterations do not affect the proliferation rate of NPCs, but may be involved in the maintenance of NPCs in aged primates, including elderly humans.
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- Ken Aizawa
- Department of Integrated Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Bioscience Building 402, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8562, Japan.
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Tbr2 directs conversion of radial glia into basal precursors and guides neuronal amplification by indirect neurogenesis in the developing neocortex. Neuron 2008; 60:56-69. [PMID: 18940588 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2008.09.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 299] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2008] [Revised: 09/23/2008] [Accepted: 09/23/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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T-brain gene-2 (Tbr2) is specifically expressed in the intermediate (basal) progenitor cells (IPCs) of the developing cerebral cortex; however, its function in this biological context has so far been overlooked due to the early lethality of Tbr2 mutant embryos. Conditional ablation of Tbr2 in the developing forebrain resulted in the loss of IPCs and their differentiated progeny in mutant cortex. Intriguingly, early loss of IPCs led to a decrease in cortical surface expansion and thickness with a neuronal reduction observed in all cortical layers. These findings suggest that IPC progeny contribute to the correct morphogenesis of each cortical layer. Our observations were confirmed by tracing Tbr2+ IPC cell fate using Tbr2::GFP transgenic mice. Finally, we demonstrated that misexpression of Tbr2 is sufficient to induce IPC identity in ventricular radial glial cells (RGCs). Together, these findings identify Tbr2 as a critical factor for the specification of IPCs during corticogenesis.
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Anthony TE, Heintz N. Genetic lineage tracing defines distinct neurogenic and gliogenic stages of ventral telencephalic radial glial development. Neural Dev 2008; 3:30. [PMID: 18986511 PMCID: PMC2637863 DOI: 10.1186/1749-8104-3-30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2008] [Accepted: 11/05/2008] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Background Radial glia comprise a molecularly defined neural progenitor population but their role in neurogenesis has remained contested due to the lack of a single universally accepted genetic tool for tracing their progeny and the inability to distinguish functionally distinct developmental stages. Results By direct comparisons of Cre/loxP lineage tracing results obtained using three different radial glial promoters (Blbp, Glast, and hGFAP), we show that most neurons in the brain are derived from radial glia. Further, we show that hGFAP promoter induction occurs in ventral telencephalic radial glia only after they have largely completed neurogenesis. Conclusion These data establish the major neurogenic role of radial glia in the developing central nervous system and genetically distinguish an early neurogenic Blbp+Glast+hGFAP- stage from a later gliogenic Blbp+Glast+hGFAP+ stage in the ventral telencephalon.
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- Todd E Anthony
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, the Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, New York 10021, USA.
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Farkas LM, Huttner WB. The cell biology of neural stem and progenitor cells and its significance for their proliferation versus differentiation during mammalian brain development. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2008; 20:707-15. [PMID: 18930817 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2008.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2008] [Accepted: 09/23/2008] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The switch of neural stem and progenitor cells from proliferation to differentiation during development is a crucial determinant of brain size. This switch is intimately linked to the architecture of the two principal classes of neural stem and progenitor cells, the apical (neuroepithelial, radial glial) and basal (intermediate) progenitors, which in turn is crucial for their symmetric versus asymmetric divisions. Focusing on the developing rodent neocortex, we discuss here recent advances in understanding the cell biology of apical and basal progenitors, place key regulatory molecules into subcellular context, and highlight their roles in the control of proliferation versus differentiation.
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- Lilla M Farkas
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstr. 108, D-01307 Dresden, Germany
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Fish JL, Dehay C, Kennedy H, Huttner WB. Making bigger brains-the evolution of neural-progenitor-cell division. J Cell Sci 2008; 121:2783-93. [PMID: 18716282 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.023465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Relative brain size differs markedly between species. This variation might ultimately result from differences in the cell biology of neural progenitors, which might underlie their different proliferative potential. On the basis of the cell-biological properties of neural progenitors of animals of varying brain size and complexity (namely, Drosophila melanogaster, rodents and primates), we hypothesize that the evolution of four related cell-biological features has contributed to increases in neuron number. Three of these features-the pseudostratification of the progenitor layer, the loss of (Inscuteable-mediated) mitotic-spindle rotation and the evolution of proteins (such as Aspm) that maintain the precision of symmetric progenitor division-affect the mode of cell division in the apically dividing progenitors of the ventricular zone. The fourth feature, however, concerns the evolution of the basally dividing progenitors of the subventricular zone. In rodents, these basal (or intermediate) progenitors lack cell polarity, whereas in primates a subpopulation of radial, presumably polarized, progenitors has evolved (outer-subventricular-zone progenitors). These cells undergo basal mitoses and are thought to retain epithelial characteristics. We propose the epithelial-progenitor hypothesis, which argues that evolutionary changes that promote the maintenance of epithelial features in neural progenitors, including outer-subventricular-zone progenitors, have been instrumental in the expansion of the cerebral cortex in primates.
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- Jennifer L Fish
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108, D-01307 Dresden, Germany.
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Kosodo Y, Toida K, Dubreuil V, Alexandre P, Schenk J, Kiyokage E, Attardo A, Mora-Bermúdez F, Arii T, Clarke JDW, Huttner WB. Cytokinesis of neuroepithelial cells can divide their basal process before anaphase. EMBO J 2008; 27:3151-63. [PMID: 18971946 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2008.227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2008] [Accepted: 10/02/2008] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Neuroepithelial (NE) cells, the primary stem and progenitor cells of the vertebrate central nervous system, are highly polarized and elongated. They retain a basal process extending to the basal lamina, while undergoing mitosis at the apical side of the ventricular zone. By studying NE cells in the embryonic mouse, chick and zebrafish central nervous system using confocal microscopy, electron microscopy and time-lapse imaging, we show here that the basal process of these cells can split during M phase. Splitting occurred in the basal-to-apical direction and was followed by inheritance of the processes by either one or both daughter cells. A cluster of anillin, an essential component of the cytokinesis machinery, appeared at the distal end of the basal process in prophase and was found to colocalize with F-actin at bifurcation sites, in both proliferative and neurogenic NE cells. GFP-anillin in the basal process moved apically to the cell body prior to anaphase onset, followed by basal-to-apical ingression of the cleavage furrow in telophase. The splitting of the basal process of M-phase NE cells has implications for cleavage plane orientation and the relationship between mitosis and cytokinesis.
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- Yoichi Kosodo
- Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
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Farkas LM, Haffner C, Giger T, Khaitovich P, Nowick K, Birchmeier C, Pääbo S, Huttner WB. Insulinoma-Associated 1 Has a Panneurogenic Role and Promotes the Generation and Expansion of Basal Progenitors in the Developing Mouse Neocortex. Neuron 2008; 60:40-55. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2008.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2008] [Revised: 07/07/2008] [Accepted: 09/05/2008] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Expression of liver X receptor beta is essential for formation of superficial cortical layers and migration of later-born neurons. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:13445-50. [PMID: 18768805 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0806974105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Liver X receptor (LXR) beta regulates cholesterol levels in the brain and is essential for maintenance of motor neurons in the spinal cord and dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. Here, we have examined the expression pattern of LXRbeta protein in the cerebral cortex and looked for defects in cortical development in LXRbeta knockout (LXRbeta(-/-)) mice. LXRbeta protein was widely expressed in the mouse brain at later embryonic stages, and the expression pattern in the cerebral cortex was developmentally regulated. In normal postnatal mice, LXRbeta was localized mainly in the upper layers of the cerebral cortex. In LXRbeta(-/-) mice layers II and III were thinner with fewer neurons. Layer I was slightly thicker, whereas layers IV-VI were essentially normal. Consistent with this finding, Brn2 and NeuN expression were decreased in the upper layers in the LXRbeta(-/-) neonatal cortex. The number of S-phase progenitor cells in the cortex between embryonic day (E) 12.5 to E16.5, was similar in WT and LXRbeta(-/-) littermates but BrdU birth dating revealed that late-generated neurons labeled by BrdU injections administered at E14.5 or E16.5, and destined to cortical layers II/III, were disorganized and failed to migrate. The defect in migration appears to be caused by a reduction in the number of vertical processes emanating from the radial glia. These processes are the architectural guides for later-born migrating neurons. Taken together, these findings suggest that LXRbeta expression in the cerebral cortex is involved in cortex lamination and is essential for the migration of late-generated neocortical neurons.
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Shakèd M, Weissmüller K, Svoboda H, Hortschansky P, Nishino N, Wölfl S, Tucker KL. Histone deacetylases control neurogenesis in embryonic brain by inhibition of BMP2/4 signaling. PLoS One 2008; 3:e2668. [PMID: 18628975 PMCID: PMC2441862 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2008] [Accepted: 06/11/2008] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Background Histone-modifying enzymes are essential for a wide variety of cellular processes dependent upon changes in gene expression. Histone deacetylases (HDACs) lead to the compaction of chromatin and subsequent silencing of gene transcription, and they have recently been implicated in a diversity of functions and dysfunctions in the postnatal and adult brain including ocular dominance plasticity, memory consolidation, drug addiction, and depression. Here we investigate the role of HDACs in the generation of neurons and astrocytes in the embryonic brain. Principal Findings As a variety of HDACs are expressed in differentiating neural progenitor cells, we have taken a pharmacological approach to inhibit multiple family members. Inhibition of class I and II HDACs in developing mouse embryos with trichostatin A resulted in a dramatic reduction in neurogenesis in the ganglionic eminences and a modest increase in neurogenesis in the cortex. An identical effect was observed upon pharmacological inhibition of HDACs in in vitro-differentiating neural precursors derived from the same brain regions. A reduction in neurogenesis in ganglionic eminence-derived neural precursors was accompanied by an increase in the production of immature astrocytes. We show that HDACs control neurogenesis by inhibition of the bone morphogenetic protein BMP2/4 signaling pathway in radial glial cells. HDACs function at the transcriptional level by inhibiting and promoting, respectively, the expression of Bmp2 and Smad7, an intracellular inhibitor of BMP signaling. Inhibition of the BMP2/4 signaling pathway restored normal levels of neurogenesis and astrogliogenesis to both ganglionic eminence- and cortex-derived cultures in which HDACs were inhibited. Conclusions Our results demonstrate a transcriptionally-based regulation of BMP2/4 signaling by HDACs both in vivo and in vitro that is critical for neurogenesis in the ganglionic eminences and that modulates cortical neurogenesis. The results also suggest that HDACs may regulate the developmental switch from neurogenesis to astrogliogenesis that occurs in late gestation.
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- Maya Shakèd
- Interdisciplinary Center for Neurosciences, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Interdisciplinary Center for Neurosciences, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Interdisciplinary Center for Neurosciences, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute, Jena, Germany
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- Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, Japan
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Interdisciplinary Center for Neurosciences, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Keilani S, Sugaya K. Reelin induces a radial glial phenotype in human neural progenitor cells by activation of Notch-1. BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 2008; 8:69. [PMID: 18593473 PMCID: PMC2447831 DOI: 10.1186/1471-213x-8-69] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2008] [Accepted: 07/01/2008] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Background Reelin and Notch-1 signaling pathways have been recently found to be necessary to induce the expression of brain lipid binding protein (BLBP) and to promote the process extension and the maturation of the neuronal progenitors, the radial glial cells. In this study, we report the cross talk between these two pathways. Results Both in vitro Reelin treatment and overexpression of Notch-1 intracellular domain (NICD) induced BLBP expression and a radial glial phenotype in an immortalized human neural progenitor (HNP) cell line, isolated from the cortex of 14 weeks old fetus. Reelin treatment increased the level of NICD, indicating that Reelin signaling directly activates Notch-1. In addition, reducing NICD release, by inhibiting γ-secretase activity, inhibited the Reelin-induced radial glial phenotype in human neural progenitor cells. Furthermore, we found that Dab-1, an adaptor protein downstream of Reelin, was co-immunoprecipitated with Notch-1 and NICD. Conclusion These data indicate that Reelin signaling induces BLBP expression and a radial glial phenotype in human neural progenitor cells via the activation of Notch-1. This study suggest that Reelin signaling may act to fine tune Notch-1 activation to favor the induction of a radial glial phenotype prenataly and would thus offer an insight into how Notch-1 signaling leads to different cellular fates at different developmental stages.
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- Serene Keilani
- Biomolecular Science Center, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd, Orlando, FL 32816-2364, USA.
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Li H, Chang YW, Mohan K, Su HW, Ricupero CL, Baridi A, Hart RP, Grumet M. Activated Notch1 maintains the phenotype of radial glial cells and promotes their adhesion to laminin by upregulating nidogen. Glia 2008; 56:646-58. [PMID: 18286610 DOI: 10.1002/glia.20643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Radial glia are neural stem cells that exist only transiently during central nervous system (CNS) development, where they serve as scaffolds for neuronal migration. Their instability makes them difficult to study, and therefore we have isolated stabilized radial glial clones from E14.5 cortical progenitors (e.g., L2.3) after expression of v-myc. Activated Notch1 intracellular region (actNotch1) promotes radial glia in the embryonic mouse forebrain (Gaiano et al., (2000), and when it was introduced into E14.5 cortical progenitors or radial glial clone L2.3, the cells exhibited enhanced radial morphology and increased expression of the radial glial marker BLBP. A representative clone of L2.3 cells expressing actNotch1 called NL2.3-4 migrated more extensively than L2.3 cells in culture and in white matter of the adult rat spinal cord. Microarray and RT-PCR comparisons of mRNAs expressed in these closely related clones showed extensive similarities, but differed significantly for certain mRNAs including several cell adhesion molecules. Cell adhesion assays demonstrated significantly enhanced adhesion to laminin of NL2.3-4 by comparison to L2.3 cells. The laminin binding protein nidogen was the most highly induced adhesion molecule in NL2.3-4, and immunological analyses indicated that radial glia synthesize and secrete nidogen. Adhesion of NL2.3-4 cells to laminin was inhibited by anti-nidogen antibodies and required the nidogen binding region in laminin, indicating that nidogen promotes cell adhesion to laminin. The combined results indicate that persistent expression of activated Notch1 maintains the phenotype of radial glial cells, inhibits their differentiation, and promotes their adhesion and migration on a laminin/nidogen complex.
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- Hedong Li
- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8082, USA.
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Attardo A, Calegari F, Haubensak W, Wilsch-Bräuninger M, Huttner WB. Live imaging at the onset of cortical neurogenesis reveals differential appearance of the neuronal phenotype in apical versus basal progenitor progeny. PLoS One 2008; 3:e2388. [PMID: 18545663 PMCID: PMC2398773 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2007] [Accepted: 04/29/2008] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The neurons of the mammalian brain are generated by progenitors dividing either at the apical surface of the ventricular zone (neuroepithelial and radial glial cells, collectively referred to as apical progenitors) or at its basal side (basal progenitors, also called intermediate progenitors). For apical progenitors, the orientation of the cleavage plane relative to their apical-basal axis is thought to be of critical importance for the fate of the daughter cells. For basal progenitors, the relationship between cell polarity, cleavage plane orientation and the fate of daughter cells is unknown. Here, we have investigated these issues at the very onset of cortical neurogenesis. To directly observe the generation of neurons from apical and basal progenitors, we established a novel transgenic mouse line in which membrane GFP is expressed from the beta-III-tubulin promoter, an early pan-neuronal marker, and crossed this line with a previously described knock-in line in which nuclear GFP is expressed from the Tis21 promoter, a pan-neurogenic progenitor marker. Mitotic Tis21-positive basal progenitors nearly always divided symmetrically, generating two neurons, but, in contrast to symmetrically dividing apical progenitors, lacked apical-basal polarity and showed a nearly randomized cleavage plane orientation. Moreover, the appearance of beta-III-tubulin–driven GFP fluorescence in basal progenitor-derived neurons, in contrast to that in apical progenitor-derived neurons, was so rapid that it suggested the initiation of the neuronal phenotype already in the progenitor. Our observations imply that (i) the loss of apical-basal polarity restricts neuronal progenitors to the symmetric mode of cell division, and that (ii) basal progenitors initiate the expression of neuronal phenotype already before mitosis, in contrast to apical progenitors.
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- Alessio Attardo
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
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Bonilla S, Hall AC, Pinto L, Attardo A, Götz M, Huttner WB, Arenas E. Identification of midbrain floor plate radial glia-like cells as dopaminergic progenitors. Glia 2008; 56:809-20. [DOI: 10.1002/glia.20654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Osumi N, Shinohara H, Numayama-Tsuruta K, Maekawa M. Concise review: Pax6 transcription factor contributes to both embryonic and adult neurogenesis as a multifunctional regulator. Stem Cells 2008; 26:1663-72. [PMID: 18467663 DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2007-0884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 270] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Pax6 is a highly conserved transcription factor among vertebrates and is important in various developmental processes in the central nervous system (CNS), including patterning of the neural tube, migration of neurons, and formation of neural circuits. In this review, we focus on the role of Pax6 in embryonic and postnatal neurogenesis, namely, production of new neurons from neural stem/progenitor cells, because Pax6 is intensely expressed in these cells from the initial stage of CNS development and in neurogenic niches (the subgranular zone of the hippocampal dentate gyrus and the subventricular zone of the lateral ventricle) throughout life. Pax6 is a multifunctional player regulating proliferation and differentiation through the control of expression of different downstream molecules in a highly context-dependent manner.
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- Noriko Osumi
- Division of Developmental Neuroscience, Center for Translational and Advanced Animal Research, Tohoku University School of Medicine, 2-1, Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan.
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Noctor SC, Martínez-Cerdeño V, Kriegstein AR. Distinct behaviors of neural stem and progenitor cells underlie cortical neurogenesis. J Comp Neurol 2008; 508:28-44. [PMID: 18288691 PMCID: PMC2635107 DOI: 10.1002/cne.21669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 287] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Neocortical precursor cells undergo symmetric and asymmetric divisions while producing large numbers of diverse cortical cell types. In Drosophila, cleavage plane orientation dictates the inheritance of fate-determinants and the symmetry of newborn daughter cells during neuroblast cell divisions. One model for predicting daughter cell fate in the mammalian neocortex is also based on cleavage plane orientation. Precursor cell divisions with a cleavage plane orientation that is perpendicular with respect to the ventricular surface (vertical) are predicted to be symmetric, while divisions with a cleavage plane orientation that is parallel to the surface (horizontal) are predicted to be asymmetric neurogenic divisions. However, analysis of cleavage plane orientation at the ventricle suggests that the number of predicted neurogenic divisions might be insufficient to produce large amounts of cortical neurons. To understand factors that correlate with the symmetry of cell divisions, we examined rat neocortical precursor cells in situ through real-time imaging, marker analysis, and electrophysiological recordings. We find that cleavage plane orientation is more closely associated with precursor cell type than with daughter cell fate, as commonly thought. Radial glia cells in the VZ primarily divide with a vertical orientation throughout cortical development and undergo symmetric or asymmetric self-renewing divisions depending on the stage of development. In contrast, most intermediate progenitor cells divide in the subventricular zone with a horizontal orientation and produce symmetric daughter cells. We propose a model for predicting daughter cell fate that considers precursor cell type, stage of development, and the planar segregation of fate determinants.
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- Stephen C Noctor
- Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143, USA.
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The working definition of a stem cell includes self-renewal and the ability to differentiate into several cell types. There are also aspects of clonality and potency. Stem cells can be derived from early embryos after the formation of the blastocyst or from fetal, postnatal, or adult sources. Neural stem cells (NSCs) arise from embryonic ectoderm that forms neuroepithelial cells. The neuroepithelial cells generate radial glia that produce fetal and adult NSCs within the central nervous system (CNS). Adult NSC and restricted progenitors are found in the several regions of the CNS throughout life. Human embryonic stem cells, with their ability for self-renewal, clonal capacity, normal karyotype, and potential to form NSCs, easily may be the best source of NSCs and progenitors for treating disease. However, the complexity of NSCs, neural patterning, and the formation of multiple populations of neurons, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes warrant the need for intense studies to characterize these cells and to define the microenvironment that will be needed to support them in the diseased CNS. Ways to produce well-defined populations, avoid oncogenicity, and ensure survival need to be clarified before clinical application can begin.
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- Leslie P Weiner
- Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Kessaris N, Pringle N, Richardson WD. Specification of CNS glia from neural stem cells in the embryonic neuroepithelium. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2008; 363:71-85. [PMID: 17282992 PMCID: PMC2605487 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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All the neurons and glial cells of the central nervous system are generated from the neuroepithelial cells in the walls of the embryonic neural tube, the 'embryonic neural stem cells'. The stem cells seem to be equivalent to the so-called 'radial glial cells', which for many years had been regarded as a specialized type of glial cell. These radial cells generate different classes of neurons in a position-dependent manner. They then switch to producing glial cells (oligodendrocytes and astrocytes). It is not known what drives the neuron-glial switch, although downregulation of pro-neural basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors is one important step. This drives the stem cells from a neurogenic towards a gliogenic mode. The stem cells then choose between developing as oligodendrocytes or astrocytes, of which there might be intrinsically different subclasses. This review focuses on the different extracellular signals and intracellular responses that influence glial generation and the choice between oligodendrocyte and astrocyte fates.
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Ghashghaei HT, Weimer JM, Schmid RS, Yokota Y, McCarthy KD, Popko B, Anton ES. Reinduction of ErbB2 in astrocytes promotes radial glial progenitor identity in adult cerebral cortex. Genes Dev 2008; 21:3258-71. [PMID: 18079173 DOI: 10.1101/gad.1580407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Radial glial cells play a critical role in the construction of mammalian brain by functioning as a source of new neurons and by providing a scaffold for radial migration of new neurons to their target locations. Radial glia transform into astrocytes at the end of embryonic development. Strategies to promote functional recovery in the injured adult brain depend on the generation of new neurons and the appropriate guidance of these neurons to where they are needed, two critical functions of radial glia. Thus, the competence to regain radial glial identity in the adult brain is of significance for the ability to promote functional repair via neurogenesis and targeted neuronal migration in the mature brain. Here we show that the in vivo induction of the tyrosine kinase receptor, ErbB2, in mature astrocytes enables a subset of them to regain radial glial identity in the mature cerebral cortex. These new radial glial progenitors are capable of giving rise to new neurons and can support neuronal migration. These studies indicate that ErbB2 signaling critically modulates the functional state of radial glia, and induction of ErbB2 in distinct adult astrocytes can promote radial glial identity in the mature cerebral cortex.
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- H T Ghashghaei
- University of North Carolina Neuroscience Center and the Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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Cooper JA. A mechanism for inside-out lamination in the neocortex. Trends Neurosci 2008; 31:113-9. [PMID: 18255163 DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2007.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2007] [Revised: 12/03/2007] [Accepted: 12/04/2007] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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We outline a unified model for inside-out layering of the neocortex, hinging on a new interpretation for the effects of Reelin on neuronal migrations. The effects of Reelin on cortical structure have been analyzed in great detail, but it has been unclear how individual migrating cells respond to Reelin. In our opinion, many published results might be explained if Reelin acts on neurons when their leading processes reach the marginal zone. Reelin then stimulates two parallel events: detachment from radial glia and translocation of the cell soma to the top of the developing cortical plate. This 'detach and go' model explains many aspects of inside-out lamination, defects in the Reeler mutant and results of recent genetic and in utero experiments.
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- Jonathan A Cooper
- Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
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Richter MW, Roskams AJ. Olfactory ensheathing cell transplantation following spinal cord injury: Hype or hope? Exp Neurol 2008; 209:353-67. [PMID: 17643431 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2007.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2007] [Accepted: 06/11/2007] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) are unique glia found only in the olfactory system that retain exceptional plasticity, and support olfactory neurogenesis and the re-targeting across the PNS:CNS boundary in the olfactory system. Because they are also relatively accessible in an adult rodent or human, OECs have become a prime candidate for cell-mediated repair following a variety of CNS lesions. A number of different labs across the world have applied OECs prepared in many different ways in several different acute and chronic models of rodent SCI, some of which have suggested surprising degrees of functional recovery. OECs can stimulate tissue sparing and neuroprotection, enhance outgrowth of both intact and lesioned axons (to different degrees), activate angiogenesis, change the response status of endogenous glia after lesion and remyelinate axons after a range of demyelinating insults. Their ability to stimulate regeneration in specific tracts is, however, limited. Despite this, the ongoing clinical use of cell preparations containing OECs has proceeded as a therapeutic approach for human spinal cord injury (SCI). Here, we review the current status of OEC research in SCI, and focus on potential mechanisms for OECs in the SCI repair response that may help to explain the biological reasons underlying the wide variation of results obtained in this promising, yet contentious, field.
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- Miranda W Richter
- Department of Zoology and Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Maurer MH, Feldmann RE, Bürgers HF, Kuschinsky W. Protein expression differs between neural progenitor cells from the adult rat brain subventricular zone and olfactory bulb. BMC Neurosci 2008; 9:7. [PMID: 18197988 PMCID: PMC2244614 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-9-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2007] [Accepted: 01/16/2008] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Neural progenitor cells can be isolated from various regions of the adult mammalian brain, including the forebrain structures of the subventricular zone and the olfactory bulb. Currently it is unknown whether functional differences in these progenitor cell populations can already be found on the molecular level. Therefore, we compared protein expression profiles between progenitor cells isolated from the subventricular zone and the olfactory bulb using a proteomic approach based on two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry. The subventricular zone and the olfactory bulb are connected by the Rostral Migratory Stream (RMS), in which glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)-positive cells guide neuroblasts. Recent literature suggested that these GFAP-positive cells possess neurogenic potential themselves. In the current study, we therefore compared the cultured neurospheres for the fraction of GFAP-positive cells and their morphology of over a prolonged period of time. RESULTS We found significant differences in the protein expression patterns between subventricular zone and olfactory bulb neural progenitor cells. Of the differentially expressed protein spots, 105 were exclusively expressed in the subventricular zone, 23 showed a lower expression and 51 a higher expression in the olfactory bulb. The proteomic data showed that more proteins are differentially expressed in olfactory bulb progenitors with regard to proteins involved in differentiation and microenvironmental integration, as compared to the subventricular zone progenitors. Compared to 94% of all progenitors of the subventricular zone expressed GFAP, nearly none in the olfactory bulb cultures expressed GFAP. Both GFAP-positive subpopulations differed also in morphology, with the olfactory bulb cells showing more branching. No differences in growth characteristics such as doubling time, and passage lengths could be found over 26 consecutive passages in the two cultures. CONCLUSION In this study, we describe differences in protein expression of neural progenitor populations isolated from two forebrain regions, the subventricular zone and the olfactory bulb. These subpopulations can be characterized by differential expression of marker proteins. We isolated fractions of progenitor cells with GFAP expression from both regions, but the GFAP-positive cells differed in number and morphology. Whereas in vitro growth characteristics of neural progenitors are preserved in both regions, our proteomic and immunohistochemical data suggest that progenitor cells from the two regions differ in morphology and functionality, but not in their proliferative capacity.
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- Martin H Maurer
- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 326, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Wan J, Zheng H, Chen ZL, Xiao HL, Shen ZJ, Zhou GM. Preferential regeneration of photoreceptor from Müller glia after retinal degeneration in adult rat. Vision Res 2008; 48:223-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2007.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2007] [Revised: 11/01/2007] [Accepted: 11/04/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Belvindrah R, Graus-Porta D, Goebbels S, Nave KA, Müller U. Beta1 integrins in radial glia but not in migrating neurons are essential for the formation of cell layers in the cerebral cortex. J Neurosci 2007; 27:13854-65. [PMID: 18077697 PMCID: PMC6673609 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4494-07.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2006] [Accepted: 10/25/2007] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Radial glial cells in the cerebral cortex serve as progenitors for neurons and glia and guide the migration of cortical neurons. The integrin alpha3beta1 is thought to mediate interactions of migrating neurons with radial glial cells and to function as a receptor for the reelin signaling molecule. Here, we challenge this view and demonstrate that beta1 integrins in migrating neurons are not essential for the formation of cell layers in the cerebral cortex. Cortical cell layers also form normally in mice deficient in the integrin alpha3beta1. However, we provide evidence that beta1 integrins in radial glia control the morphological differentiation of both glia and neurons. We conclude that beta1 integrins in radial glia are required for the proper development of the cerebral cortex, whereas beta1 integrins in migrating neurons are not essential for glial-guided migration and reelin signaling.
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- Richard Belvindrah
- Department of Cell Biology, Institute for Childhood and Neglected Disease, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037
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- Novartis Pharma Services, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland, and
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- Department of Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology, Institute for Childhood and Neglected Disease, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037
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Wan J, Zheng H, Xiao HL, She ZJ, Zhou GM. Sonic hedgehog promotes stem-cell potential of Müller glia in the mammalian retina. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 363:347-54. [PMID: 17880919 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.08.178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2007] [Accepted: 08/27/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Müller glia have been demonstrated to display stem-cell properties after retinal damage. Here, we report this potential can be regulated by Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling. Shh can stimulate proliferation of Müller glia through its receptor and target gene expressed on them, furthermore, Shh-treated Müller glia are induced to dedifferentiate by expressing progenitor-specific markers, and then adopt cell fate of rod photoreceptor. Inhibition of signaling by cyclopamine inhibits proliferation and dedifferentiation. Intraocular injection of Shh promotes Müller glia activation in the photoreceptor-damaged retina, Shh also enhances neurogenic potential by producing more rhodopsin-positive photoreceptors from Müller glia-derived cells. Together, these results provide evidences that Müller glia act as potential stem cells in mammalian retina, Shh may have therapeutic effects on these cells for promoting the regeneration of retinal neurons.
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- Jin Wan
- Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Shanghai Medical School, Fudan University, 200032 Shanghai, China
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Chen L, Qin J, Cheng C, Liu H, Niu S, Qian J, Sun L, Xiao F, Shi S, Shen A. Developmental regulation of SSeCKS expression in rat brain. J Mol Neurosci 2007; 32:9-15. [PMID: 17873283 DOI: 10.1007/s12031-007-0002-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2006] [Revised: 11/30/1999] [Accepted: 11/25/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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SSeCKS (src suppressed C kinase substrate) was identified as a PKC substrate/PKC-binding protein, which plays a role in mitogenic regulatory activity and has a function in the control of cell signaling and cytoskeletal arrangement. Previous studies showed that expression of SSeCKS mRNA and protein levels were developmentally regulated in rat testis and the molecular might have some effects on the process of spermiogenesis. Here we carried out experiments to investigate the expression of SSeCKS in rat brain. Western blot analysis indicated that SSeCKS could be detected in the whole brain of developing rat embryos and reached its peak at 1 week after birth, while during mature period, its level was decreasing. Regional-distribution analysis showed that the expression pattern of SSeCKS in telencephalon, hippocampus and diencephalons was in accordance with the result from whole brain both in mRNA and protein level. However, in cerebellum, SSeCKS was almost in the same level, and in brainstem, the expression level was higher in 4-week-old rat brain than in 1-week-old one. Immunohistochemistry results showed SSeCKS was in diffused and granule-like distribution. Double immunofluorescence staining showed that it was expressed by some GFAP positive cells. All the results suggested that SSeCKS might affect brain development and further research is needed to have a good understanding of its function and mechanism.
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- Li Chen
- Department of Pathology, Medical School of Nantong University (Former Nantong Medical College), Nantong 226001, People's Republic of China
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Hack I, Hellwig S, Junghans D, Brunne B, Bock HH, Zhao S, Frotscher M. Divergent roles of ApoER2 and Vldlr in the migration of cortical neurons. Development 2007; 134:3883-91. [PMID: 17913789 DOI: 10.1242/dev.005447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Reelin, its lipoprotein receptors [very low density lipoprotein receptor (Vldlr) and apolipoprotein E receptor 2 (ApoER2; also known as Lrp8)], and the cytoplasmic adaptor protein disabled 1 (Dab1) are important for the correct formation of layers in the cerebral cortex. Reeler mice lacking the reelin protein show altered radial neuronal migration resulting in an inversion of cortical layers. ApoER2 Vldlr double-knockout mutants and Dab1 mutants show a reeler-like phenotype, whereas milder phenotypes are found if only one of the two lipoprotein receptors for reelin is absent. However, the precise role of the individual reelin receptors in neuronal migration remained unclear. In the study reported here, we performed fate mapping of newly generated cortical neurons in single and double receptor mutants using bromodeoxyuridine-labeling and layer-specific markers. We present evidence for divergent roles of the two reelin receptors Vldlr and ApoER2, with Vldlr mediating a stop signal for migrating neurons and ApoER2 being essential for the migration of late generated neocortical neurons.
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- Iris Hack
- Institut für Anatomie und Zellbiologie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Emerging evidence from numerous laboratories supports the notion that brain tumors arise from cells with stem cell/neuroglial progenitor cell properties ("cancer stem cells"). Two recent studies suggest that histologically similar tumors from different brain regions are molecularly distinct because they arise from distinct populations of site-restricted progenitor cells. These new findings imply an interaction between the cell of origin, the tumor microenvironment, and specific cancer-causing genetic changes in the evolution of central nervous system tumors.
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- Richard J Gilbertson
- Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA.
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Langer D, Ikehara Y, Takebayashi H, Hawkes R, Zimmermann H. The ectonucleotidases alkaline phosphatase and nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 2 are associated with subsets of progenitor cell populations in the mouse embryonic, postnatal and adult neurogenic zones. Neuroscience 2007; 150:863-79. [PMID: 18031938 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.07.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2007] [Revised: 07/10/2007] [Accepted: 07/27/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Subventricular zone (SVZ)-derived adult neurospheres express two ectonucleotidases, nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 2 (NTPDase2) and tissue non-specific alkaline phosphatase (TNAP). Agonists of the nucleotide receptors P2Y(1) and P2Y(2) as well as adenosine augment growth factor-mediated progenitor cell proliferation. NTPDase2 converts ATP and UTP to ADP and UDP, respectively, which are all P2Y receptor agonists. TNAP hydrolyzes nucleoside triphosphates and diphosphates and produces the P1 receptor agonist adenosine. In the SVZ, NTPDase2 is specifically expressed by type B cells. In order to further scrutinize the association of key molecules of the purinergic signaling pathway with neurogenic regions, we analyzed the expression of TNAP at the lateral ventricles of the adult and developing mouse brain. In the adult brain, TNAP was expressed by type B, type A and at least subsets of type C cells of the SVZ and throughout the rostral migratory stream. Almost 100% of the proliferating, Ki-67-positive cells of the adult SVZ stained for TNAP, supporting the notion of a ubiquitous association of TNAP with SVZ progenitors. In contrast, NTPDase2-positive progenitors of the dentate gyrus were TNAP-negative. Essentially all cells of the telencephalic vesicle at embryonic day (E) 14 revealed TNAP activity, including doublecortin-positive neuroblasts. During further embryonic development, enhanced TNAP activity became restricted to cells of the ventricular and SVZ. In contrast to TNAP, NTPDase2 was first expressed in the SVZ perinatally, in association with TNAP-positive SVZ border cells. During later development, NTPDase2-positive cells disappeared from the ventricular surface and began to form sheaths around clusters of subventricular doublecortin-positive cells, apparently transforming into type B cells. Our results identify TNAP and NTPDase2 as novel markers for subsets of progenitors in the adult and developing mouse brain. They further support the notion that signaling via extracellular nucleotides and nucleosides contributes to embryonic and adult neurogenesis.
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- D Langer
- Institute of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Biocenter, J.W. Goethe-University, Max-von Laue-Str. 9, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Berninger B, Costa MR, Koch U, Schroeder T, Sutor B, Grothe B, Götz M. Functional properties of neurons derived from in vitro reprogrammed postnatal astroglia. J Neurosci 2007; 27:8654-64. [PMID: 17687043 PMCID: PMC6672931 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1615-07.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 289] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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With the exception of astroglia-like cells in the neurogenic niches of the telencephalic subependymal or hippocampal subgranular zone, astroglia in all other regions of the adult mouse brain do not normally generate neurons. Previous studies have shown, however, that early postnatal cortical astroglia in culture can be reprogrammed to adopt a neuronal fate after forced expression of Pax6, a transcription factor (TF) required for proper neuronal specification during embryonic corticogenesis. Here we show that also the proneural genes neurogenin-2 and Mash1 (mammalian achaete schute homolog 1) possess the ability to reprogram astroglial cells from early postnatal cerebral cortex. By means of time-lapse imaging of green fluorescent astroglia, we provide direct evidence that it is indeed cells with astroglial characteristics that give rise to neurons. Using patch-clamp recordings in culture, we show that astroglia-derived neurons acquire active conductances and are capable of firing action potentials, thus displaying hallmarks of true neurons. However, independent of the TF used for reprogramming, astroglia-derived neurons appear to mature more slowly compared with embryonic-born neurons and fail to generate a functional presynaptic output within the culturing period. However, when cocultured with embryonic cortical neurons, astroglia-derived neurons receive synaptic input, demonstrating that they are competent of establishing a functional postsynaptic compartment. Our data demonstrate that single TFs are capable of inducing a remarkable functional reprogramming of astroglia toward a truly neuronal identity.
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- Benedikt Berninger
- Department of Physiological Genomics, Institute of Physiology, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, D-80336 Munich, Germany
- Institute for Stem Cell Research, National Research Center for Environment and Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany, and
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- Institute for Stem Cell Research, National Research Center for Environment and Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany, and
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- Department Biologie II, Division of Neurobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, D-82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Institute for Stem Cell Research, National Research Center for Environment and Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany, and
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- Department of Physiological Genomics, Institute of Physiology, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, D-80336 Munich, Germany
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- Department Biologie II, Division of Neurobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, D-82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Physiological Genomics, Institute of Physiology, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, D-80336 Munich, Germany
- Institute for Stem Cell Research, National Research Center for Environment and Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany, and
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Yokota Y, Ghashghaei H, Han C, Watson H, Campbell KJ, Anton E. Radial glial dependent and independent dynamics of interneuronal migration in the developing cerebral cortex. PLoS One 2007; 2:e794. [PMID: 17726524 PMCID: PMC1950908 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2007] [Accepted: 07/27/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Interneurons originating from the ganglionic eminence migrate tangentially into the developing cerebral wall as they navigate to their distinct positions in the cerebral cortex. Compromised connectivity and differentiation of interneurons are thought to be an underlying cause in the emergence of neurodevelopmental disorders such as schizophrenia. Previously, it was suggested that tangential migration of interneurons occurs in a radial glia independent manner. Here, using simultaneous imaging of genetically defined populations of interneurons and radial glia, we demonstrate that dynamic interactions with radial glia can potentially influence the trajectory of interneuronal migration and thus the positioning of interneurons in cerebral cortex. Furthermore, there is extensive local interneuronal migration in tangential direction opposite to that of pallial orientation (i.e., in a medial to lateral direction from cortex to ganglionic eminence) all across the cerebral wall. This counter migration of interneurons may be essential to locally position interneurons once they invade the developing cerebral wall from the ganglionic eminence. Together, these observations suggest that interactions with radial glial scaffold and localized migration within the expanding cerebral wall may play essential roles in the guidance and placement of interneurons in the developing cerebral cortex.
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- Yukako Yokota
- UNC Neuroscience Center and the Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- UNC Neuroscience Center and the Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- UNC Neuroscience Center and the Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- UNC Neuroscience Center and the Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Developmental Biology Program, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- UNC Neuroscience Center and the Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Young KM, Fogarty M, Kessaris N, Richardson WD. Subventricular zone stem cells are heterogeneous with respect to their embryonic origins and neurogenic fates in the adult olfactory bulb. J Neurosci 2007; 27:8286-96. [PMID: 17670975 PMCID: PMC6331046 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0476-07.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 249] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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We determined the embryonic origins of adult forebrain subventricular zone (SVZ) stem cells by Cre-lox fate mapping in transgenic mice. We found that all parts of the telencephalic neuroepithelium, including the medial ganglionic eminence and lateral ganglionic eminence (LGE) and the cerebral cortex, contribute multipotent, self-renewing stem cells to the adult SVZ. Descendants of the embryonic LGE and cortex settle in ventral and dorsal aspects of the dorsolateral SVZ, respectively. Both populations contribute new (5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine-labeled) tyrosine hydroxylase- and calretinin-positive interneurons to the adult olfactory bulb. However, calbindin-positive interneurons in the olfactory glomeruli were generated exclusively by LGE-derived stem cells. Thus, different SVZ stem cells have different embryonic origins, colonize different parts of the SVZ, and generate different neuronal progeny, suggesting that some aspects of embryonic patterning are preserved in the adult SVZ. This could have important implications for the design of endogenous stem cell-based therapies in the future.
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- Kaylene M. Young
- Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research and Department of Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research and Department of Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research and Department of Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research and Department of Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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Bernardos RL, Barthel LK, Meyers JR, Raymond PA. Late-stage neuronal progenitors in the retina are radial Müller glia that function as retinal stem cells. J Neurosci 2007; 27:7028-40. [PMID: 17596452 PMCID: PMC6672216 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1624-07.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 478] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Neuronal progenitors in the mammalian brain derive from radial glia or specialized astrocytes. In developing neural retina, radial glia-like Müller cells are generated late in neurogenesis and are not considered to be neuronal progenitors, but they do proliferate after injury and can express neuronal markers, suggesting a latent neurogenic capacity. To examine the neurogenic capacity of retinal glial cells, we used lineage tracing in transgenic zebrafish with a glial-specific promoter (gfap, for glial fibrillary acid protein) driving green fluorescent protein in differentiated Müller glia. We found that all Müller glia in the zebrafish retina express low levels of the multipotent progenitor marker Pax6 (paired box gene 6), and they proliferate at a low frequency in the intact, uninjured retina. Müller glia-derived progenitors express Crx (cone rod homeobox) and are late retinal progenitors that generate the rod photoreceptor lineage in the postembryonic retina. These Müller glia-derived progenitors also remain competent to produce earlier neuronal lineages, in that they respond to loss of cone photoreceptors by specifically regenerating the missing neurons. We conclude that zebrafish Müller glia function as multipotent retinal stem cells that generate retinal neurons by homeostatic and regenerative developmental mechanisms.
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1048
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1048
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- Neuroscience Program and
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1048
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Schröder JE, Tegeler MR, Grosshans U, Porten E, Blank M, Lee J, Esapa C, Blake DJ, Kröger S. Dystroglycan regulates structure, proliferation and differentiation of neuroepithelial cells in the developing vertebrate CNS. Dev Biol 2007; 307:62-78. [PMID: 17512925 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2007] [Revised: 04/08/2007] [Accepted: 04/16/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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In the developing CNS alpha- and beta-dystroglycan are highly concentrated in the endfeet of radial neuroepithelial cells at the contact site to the basal lamina. We show that injection of anti-dystroglycan Fab fragments, knockdown of dystroglycan using RNAi, and overexpression of a dominant-negative dystroglycan protein by microelectroporation in neuroepithelial cells of the chick retina and optic tectum in vivo leads to the loss of their radial morphology, to hyperproliferation, to an increased number of postmitotic neurons, and to an altered distribution of several basally concentrated proteins. Moreover, these treatments also altered the oriented growth of axons from retinal ganglion cells and from tectal projection neurons. In contrast, expression of non-cleavable dystroglycan protein in neuroepithelial cells reduced their proliferation and their differentiation to postmitotic neurons. These results demonstrate that dystroglycan plays a key role in maintaining neuroepithelial cell morphology, and that interfering with dystroglycan function influences proliferation and differentiation of neuroepithelial cells. These data also suggest that an impaired dystroglycan function in neuroepithelial cells might be responsible for some of the severe brain abnormalities observed in certain forms of congenital muscular dystrophy.
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- Jörn E Schröder
- Department of Physiological Chemistry, University of Mainz, Duesbergweg 6, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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