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Scott K, O'Rourke R, Gillen A, Appel B. Prdm8 regulates pMN progenitor specification for motor neuron and oligodendrocyte fates by modulating the Shh signaling response. Development 2020; 147:dev191023. [PMID: 32680935 PMCID: PMC7473643 DOI: 10.1242/dev.191023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Spinal cord pMN progenitors sequentially produce motor neurons and oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs). Some OPCs differentiate rapidly as myelinating oligodendrocytes, whereas others remain into adulthood. How pMN progenitors switch from producing motor neurons to OPCs with distinct fates is poorly understood. pMN progenitors express prdm8, which encodes a transcriptional repressor, during motor neuron and OPC formation. To determine whether prdm8 controls pMN cell fate specification, we used zebrafish as a model system to investigate prdm8 function. Our analysis revealed that prdm8 mutant embryos have fewer motor neurons resulting from a premature switch from motor neuron to OPC production. Additionally, prdm8 mutant larvae have excess oligodendrocytes and a concomitant deficit of OPCs. Notably, pMN cells of mutant embryos have elevated Shh signaling, coincident with the motor neuron to OPC switch. Inhibition of Shh signaling restored the number of motor neurons to normal but did not rescue the proportion of oligodendrocytes. These data suggest that Prdm8 regulates the motor neuron-OPC switch by controlling the level of Shh activity in pMN progenitors, and also regulates the allocation of oligodendrocyte lineage cell fates.This article has an associated 'The people behind the papers' interview.
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- Kayt Scott
- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado 40045, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado 40045, USA
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- RNA Bioscience Initiative, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado 40045, USA
- Division of Hematology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado 40045, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado 40045, USA
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Coré N, Erni A, Hoffmann HM, Mellon PL, Saurin AJ, Beclin C, Cremer H. Stem cell regionalization during olfactory bulb neurogenesis depends on regulatory interactions between Vax1 and Pax6. eLife 2020; 9:58215. [PMID: 32762844 PMCID: PMC7440913 DOI: 10.7554/elife.58215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/06/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Different subtypes of interneurons, destined for the olfactory bulb, are continuously generated by neural stem cells located in the ventricular and subventricular zones along the lateral forebrain ventricles of mice. Neuronal identity in the olfactory bulb depends on the existence of defined microdomains of pre-determined neural stem cells along the ventricle walls. The molecular mechanisms underlying positional identity of these neural stem cells are poorly understood. Here, we show that the transcription factor Vax1 controls the production of two specific neuronal subtypes. First, it is directly necessary to generate Calbindin expressing interneurons from ventro-lateral progenitors. Second, it represses the generation of dopaminergic neurons by dorsolateral progenitors through inhibition of Pax6 expression. We present data indicating that this repression occurs, at least in part, via activation of microRNA miR-7.
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- Nathalie Coré
- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, IBDM, Campus de Luminy, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, IBDM, Campus de Luminy, Marseille, France
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences and the Center for Reproductive Science and Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, United States
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences and the Center for Reproductive Science and Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, United States
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, IBDM, Campus de Luminy, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, IBDM, Campus de Luminy, Marseille, France
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Seroka A, Yazejian RM, Lai SL, Doe CQ. A novel temporal identity window generates alternating Eve +/Nkx6 + motor neuron subtypes in a single progenitor lineage. Neural Dev 2020; 15:9. [PMID: 32723364 PMCID: PMC7388218 DOI: 10.1186/s13064-020-00146-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Spatial patterning specifies neural progenitor identity, with further diversity generated by temporal patterning within individual progenitor lineages. In vertebrates, these mechanisms generate "cardinal classes" of neurons that share a transcription factor identity and common morphology. In Drosophila, two cardinal classes are Even-skipped (Eve)+ motor neurons projecting to dorsal longitudinal muscles, and Nkx6+ motor neurons projecting to ventral oblique muscles. Cross-repressive interactions prevent stable double-positive motor neurons. The Drosophila neuroblast 7-1 (NB7-1) lineage uses a temporal transcription factor cascade to generate five distinct Eve+ motor neurons; the origin and development of Nkx6+ motor neurons remains unclear. METHODS We use a neuroblast specific Gal4 line, sparse labelling and molecular markers to identify an Nkx6+ VO motor neuron produced by the NB7-1 lineage. We use lineage analysis to birth-date the VO motor neuron to the Kr+ Pdm+ neuroblast temporal identity window. We use gain- and loss-of-function strategies to test the role of Kr+ Pdm+ temporal identity and the Nkx6 transcription factor in specifying VO neuron identity. RESULTS Lineage analysis identifies an Nkx6+ neuron born from the Kr+ Pdm+ temporal identity window in the NB7-1 lineage, resulting in alternation of cardinal motor neuron subtypes within this lineage (Eve>Nkx6 > Eve). Co-overexpression of Kr/Pdm generates ectopic VO motor neurons within the NB7-1 lineage - the first evidence that this TTF combination specifies neuronal identity. Moreover, the Kr/Pdm combination promotes Nkx6 expression, which itself is necessary and sufficient for motor neuron targeting to ventral oblique muscles, thereby revealing a molecular specification pathway from temporal patterning to cardinal transcription factor expression to motor neuron target selection. CONCLUSIONS We show that one neuroblast lineage generates interleaved cardinal motor neurons fates; that the Kr/Pdm TTFs form a novel temporal identity window that promotes expression of Nkx6; and that the Kr/Pdm > Nkx6 pathway is necessary and sufficient to promote VO motor neuron targeting to the correct ventral muscle group.
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- Austin Seroka
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA.
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA.
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Maurange C. Temporal patterning in neural progenitors: from Drosophila development to childhood cancers. Dis Model Mech 2020; 13:dmm044883. [PMID: 32816915 PMCID: PMC7390627 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.044883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The developing central nervous system (CNS) is particularly prone to malignant transformation, but the underlying mechanisms remain unresolved. However, periods of tumor susceptibility appear to correlate with windows of increased proliferation, which are often observed during embryonic and fetal stages and reflect stereotypical changes in the proliferative properties of neural progenitors. The temporal mechanisms underlying these proliferation patterns are still unclear in mammals. In Drosophila, two decades of work have revealed a network of sequentially expressed transcription factors and RNA-binding proteins that compose a neural progenitor-intrinsic temporal patterning system. Temporal patterning controls both the identity of the post-mitotic progeny of neural progenitors, according to the order in which they arose, and the proliferative properties of neural progenitors along development. In addition, in Drosophila, temporal patterning delineates early windows of cancer susceptibility and is aberrantly regulated in developmental tumors to govern cellular hierarchy as well as the metabolic and proliferative heterogeneity of tumor cells. Whereas recent studies have shown that similar genetic programs unfold during both fetal development and pediatric brain tumors, I discuss, in this Review, how the concept of temporal patterning that was pioneered in Drosophila could help to understand the mechanisms of initiation and progression of CNS tumors in children.
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- Cédric Maurange
- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, IBDM, Equipe Labellisée LIGUE Contre le Cancer, Marseille 13009, France
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Legué E, Liem KF. Mutations in Ciliary Trafficking Genes affect Sonic Hedgehog-dependent Neural Tube Patterning Differentially along the Anterior-Posterior Axis. Neuroscience 2020; 450:3-14. [PMID: 32682825 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2020] [Revised: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Cell specification in the ventral spinal cord is a well-studied model system to understand how tissue pattern develops in response to a morphogen gradient. Ventral cell types including motor neurons (MNs) are induced in the neural tube in response to graded Sonic Hedgehog (Shh) signaling. We performed a forward genetic screen in the mouse that incorporated a GFP-expressing transgene to visualize MNs to identify genes regulating ventral patterning. Here we contrast the neural patterning phenotypes of two mouse lines carrying induced mutations in ciliary trafficking genes. We show that a hypomorphic mutation in the gene Tubby-like protein 3 (Tulp3) resulted in a dorsal expansion of MNs consistent with an up-regulation of Shh signaling. Interestingly, patterning defects in Tulp3 mutants were restricted to posterior regions of the spinal cord as patterning was similar to WT in the anterior spinal cord. In contrast, a mutation in the ciliary trafficking gene cytoplasmic dynein 2 heavy chain 1 (Dync2h1), led to a complete loss of MNs in anterior regions of the spinal cord, indicating a strong down-regulation of Shh signaling. However, this severe phenotype was restricted to the cervical region as MNs developed posteriorly. Mutations in cilia trafficking genes affect Shh-dependent signaling in the neural tube differentially along the anterior-posterior (A-P) axis in a process that is not understood.
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- Emilie Legué
- Vertebrate Developmental Biology Program, Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, United States
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- Vertebrate Developmental Biology Program, Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, United States.
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Mira H, Morante J. Neurogenesis From Embryo to Adult - Lessons From Flies and Mice. Front Cell Dev Biol 2020; 8:533. [PMID: 32695783 PMCID: PMC7339912 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The human brain is composed of billions of cells, including neurons and glia, with an undetermined number of subtypes. During the embryonic and early postnatal stages, the vast majority of these cells are generated from neural progenitors and stem cells located in all regions of the neural tube. A smaller number of neurons will continue to be generated throughout our lives, in localized neurogenic zones, mainly confined at least in rodents to the subependymal zone of the lateral ventricles and the subgranular zone of the hippocampal dentate gyrus. During neurogenesis, a combination of extrinsic cues interacting with temporal and regional intrinsic programs are thought to be critical for increasing neuronal diversity, but their underlying mechanisms need further elucidation. In this review, we discuss the recent findings in Drosophila and mammals on the types of cell division and cell interactions used by neural progenitors and stem cells to sustain neurogenesis, and how they are influenced by glia.
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- Helena Mira
- Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Neurociencias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas y Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Alicante, Spain
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Zhao ML, Rabiee A, Kovary KM, Bahrami-Nejad Z, Taylor B, Teruel MN. Molecular Competition in G1 Controls When Cells Simultaneously Commit to Terminally Differentiate and Exit the Cell Cycle. Cell Rep 2020; 31:107769. [PMID: 32553172 PMCID: PMC8198760 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.107769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2019] [Revised: 03/05/2020] [Accepted: 05/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Terminal differentiation is essential for the development and maintenance of tissues in all multi-cellular organisms and is associated with permanent exit from the cell cycle. Failure to permanently exit the cell cycle can result in cancer and disease. However, the molecular mechanisms and timing that coordinate differentiation commitment and cell cycle exit are not yet understood. Using live, single-cell imaging of cell cycle progression and differentiation commitment during adipogenesis, we show that a rapid switch mechanism engages exclusively in G1 to trigger differentiation commitment simultaneously with permanent exit from the cell cycle. We identify a molecular competition in G1 between when the differentiation switch is triggered and when the proliferative window closes that allows mitogen and differentiation stimuli to control the balance between terminally differentiating cells produced and progenitor cells kept in reserve, a parameter of critical importance for enabling proper development of tissue domains and organs.
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- Michael L Zhao
- Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; Department of Biochemistry and the Drukier Institute for Children's Health, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
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Delás MJ, Briscoe J. Repressive interactions in gene regulatory networks: When you have no other choice. Curr Top Dev Biol 2020; 139:239-266. [PMID: 32450962 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ctdb.2020.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Tightly regulated gene expression programs, orchestrated by complex interactions between transcription factors, control cell type specification during development. Repressive interactions play a critical role in these networks, facilitating decision-making between two or more alternative cell fates. Here, we use the ventral neural tube as an example to illustrate how cross repressive interactions within a network drive pattern formation and specify cell types in response to a graded patterning signal. This and other systems serve to highlight how external signals are integrated through the cis regulatory elements controlling key genes and provide insight into the molecular underpinning of the process. Even the simplest networks can lead to counterintuitive results and we argue that a combination of experimental dissection and modeling approaches will be necessary to fully understand network behavior and the underlying design principles. Studying these gene regulatory networks as a whole ultimately allows us to extract fundamental properties applicable across systems that can expand our mechanistic understanding of how organisms develop.
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- The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom.
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