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Munoz-Gualan AP, Güngör A, Cezayirli PC, Rahmanov S, Gurses ME, Puelles L, Türe U. Human Adapted Prosomeric Model: A Future for Brainstem Tumor Classification. Brain Res 2024; 1837:148961. [PMID: 38679312 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2024.148961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Revised: 03/30/2024] [Accepted: 04/24/2024] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
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This study reevaluates the conventional understanding of midbrain anatomy and neuroanatomical nomenclature in the context of recent genetic and anatomical discoveries. The authors assert that the midbrain should be viewed as an integral part of the forebrain due to shared genetic determinants and evolutionary lineage. The isthmo-mesencephalic boundary is recognized as a significant organizer for both the caudal midbrain and the isthmo-cerebellar area. The article adopts the prosomeric model, redefining the whole brain as neuromeres, offering a more precise depiction of brain development, including processes like proliferation, neurogenesis, cell migration, and differentiation. This shift in understanding challenges traditional definitions of the midbrain based on external brain morphology. The study also delves into the historical context of neuroanatomical models, including the columnar model proposed by Herrick in 1910, which has influenced our understanding of brain structure. Furthermore, the study has clinical implications, affecting neuroanatomy, neurodevelopmental studies, and the diagnosis and treatment of brain disorders. It emphasizes the need to integrate molecular research into human neuroanatomical studies and advocates for updating neuroanatomical terminology to reflect modern genetic and molecular insights. The authors propose two key revisions. First, we suggest reclassifying the isthmo-cerebellar prepontine region as part of the hindbrain, due to its role in cerebellar development and distinct location caudal to the genetically-defined midbrain. Second, we recommend redefining the anterior boundary of the genetically-defined midbrain to align with genetic markers. In conclusion, the authors highlight the importance of harmonizing neuroanatomical nomenclature with current scientific knowledge, promoting a more precise and informed understanding of brain structure, which is crucial for both research and clinical applications related to the human brain.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Yeditepe University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey; Department of Neurosurgery, Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Yeditepe University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey; Haynes Neurosurgical Group, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Yeditepe University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Yeditepe University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey; Department of Neurosurgery, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Psychobiology, School of Medicine, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain; Institute of Biomedical Research of Murcia -IMIB, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Yeditepe University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Lowenstein ED, Cui K, Hernandez-Miranda LR. Regulation of early cerebellar development. FEBS J 2023; 290:2786-2804. [PMID: 35262281 DOI: 10.1111/febs.16426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Revised: 02/13/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The study of cerebellar development has been at the forefront of neuroscience since the pioneering work of Wilhelm His Sr., Santiago Ramón y Cajal and many others since the 19th century. They laid the foundation to identify the circuitry of the cerebellum, already revealing its stereotypic three-layered cortex and discerning several of its neuronal components. Their work was fundamental in the acceptance of the neuron doctrine, which acknowledges the key role of individual neurons in forming the basic units of the nervous system. Increasing evidence shows that the cerebellum performs a variety of homeostatic and higher order neuronal functions beyond the mere control of motor behaviour. Over the last three decades, many studies have revealed the molecular machinery that regulates distinct aspects of cerebellar development, from the establishment of a cerebellar anlage in the posterior brain to the identification of cerebellar neuron diversity at the single cell level. In this review, we focus on summarizing our current knowledge on early cerebellar development with a particular emphasis on the molecular determinants that secure neuron specification and contribute to the diversity of cerebellar neurons.
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- Institut für Zell- and Neurobiologie, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Zell- and Neurobiologie, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
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Ota T, Komiyama M. Vascular supply of the hindbrain: Basic longitudinal and axial angioarchitecture. Interv Neuroradiol 2022; 28:756-764. [PMID: 34935534 PMCID: PMC9706269 DOI: 10.1177/15910199211063011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2021] [Accepted: 11/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The basic pattern of arterial vascularization is highly conserved across vertebrates and develops under neuromeric rules. The hindbrain has an angioarchitecture that is homologous to that of the spinal cord, and the hindbrain vascular system can be analyzed at the longitudinal and axial structures. During development, there are two main longitudinal arteries: the longitudinal neural artery and primitive lateral basilovertebral anastomosis. This review discusses the basic pattern of the blood supply of the hindbrain, the development of vascularization, and the anatomical variations, with a special reference to the embryological point of view of two main longitudinal anastomoses (longitudinal neural artery and primitive lateral basilovertebral anastomosis). The formation of commonly observed variations, such as fenestration and duplication of the vertebrobasilar artery, or primitive trigeminal artery variant, can be explained by the partial persistence of the primitive lateral basilovertebral anastomosis. Understanding the pattern and the development of the blood supply of the hindbrain provides useful information of the various anomalies of the vertebrobasilar junction and cerebellar arteries.
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- Takahiro Ota
- Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Tokyo,
Japan
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- Department of Neurointervention, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka,
Japan
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Hidalgo-Sánchez M, Andreu-Cervera A, Villa-Carballar S, Echevarria D. An Update on the Molecular Mechanism of the Vertebrate Isthmic Organizer Development in the Context of the Neuromeric Model. Front Neuroanat 2022; 16:826976. [PMID: 35401126 PMCID: PMC8987131 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2022.826976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A crucial event during the development of the central nervous system (CNS) is the early subdivision of the neural tube along its anterior-to-posterior axis to form neuromeres, morphogenetic units separated by transversal constrictions and programed for particular genetic cascades. The narrower portions observed in the developing neural tube are responsible for relevant cellular and molecular processes, such as clonal restrictions, expression of specific regulatory genes, and differential fate specification, as well as inductive activities. In this developmental context, the gradual formation of the midbrain-hindbrain (MH) constriction has been an excellent model to study the specification of two major subdivisions of the CNS containing the mesencephalic and isthmo-cerebellar primordia. This MH boundary is coincident with the common Otx2-(midbrain)/Gbx2-(hindbrain) expressing border. The early interactions between these two pre-specified areas confer positional identities and induce the generation of specific diffusible morphogenes at this interface, in particular FGF8 and WNT1. These signaling pathways are responsible for the gradual histogenetic specifications and cellular identity acquisitions with in the MH domain. This review is focused on the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the specification of the midbrain/hindbrain territory and the formation of the isthmic organizer. Emphasis will be placed on the chick/quail chimeric experiments leading to the acquisition of the first fate mapping and experimental data to, in this way, better understand pioneering morphological studies and innovative gain/loss-of-function analysis.
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- Matías Hidalgo-Sánchez
- Departamento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain
- *Correspondence: Matías Hidalgo-Sánchez Diego Echevarria
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- Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández-CSIC, Alicante, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain
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- Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández-CSIC, Alicante, Spain
- *Correspondence: Matías Hidalgo-Sánchez Diego Echevarria
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Fouda MA, Kim TY, Cohen AR. Rhomboencephalosynapsis: Review of the literature. World Neurosurg 2021; 159:48-53. [PMID: 34954057 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.12.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2021] [Revised: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Rhombencephalosynapsis is a rare congenital anomaly, characterized by partial or total agenesis of the cerebellar vermis with midline fusion of the cerebellar hemispheres, dentate nuclei, and the superior cerebellar peduncles, creating the distinctive Keyhole appearance of the fourth ventricle. Rhombencephalosynapsis can be isolated or can occur in association with other congenital anomalies and syndromes such as Gómez-López-Hernández Syndrome (GLHS) or VACTERL; vertebral anomalies (V), anal atresia (A), cardiovascular defects (C), esophageal atresia and/or tracheo-esophageal fistula (TE), renal (R) and limb/radial (L) anomalies. Recent advances in prenatal imaging have resulted in an increasing rate of prenatal diagnosis of abnormalities of the posterior fossa including Rhombencephalosynapsis. Patients with rhombencephalosynapsis may present with motor developmental delay, ataxia, swallowing difficulties, muscular hypotonia, spastic quadriparesis, abnormal eye movements and a characteristic "figure-of-eight" head shaking. Cognitive outcome varies from severe intellectual disability to normal intellectual function. Rhombencephalosynapsis with VACTERL is often associated with severe cognitive disabilities, whereas patients with GLHS may have better cognitive function. The most common associated findings with rhombencephalosynapsis include hydrocephalus, mesencephalosynapsis, holoprosencephaly, pontocerebellar hypoplasia, corpus callosum dysgenesis and absence of septum pellucidum. Patients can be categorized into four groups: (1) Rhombencephalosynapsis associated with Gómez-López-Hernández syndrome; (2) Rhombencephalosynapsis with VACTERL; (3) Rhombencephalosynapsis with atypical holoprosencephaly, and (4) isolated rhomboencephalosynapsis. The etiology of rhombencephalosynapsis is unknown. Here, we discuss several hypotheses about its etiology.
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- Mohammed A Fouda
- Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
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- Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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Combining low-density cell culture, single-cell tracking, and patch-clamp to monitor the behavior of postnatal murine cerebellar neural stem cells. STAR Protoc 2021; 2:100964. [PMID: 34841278 PMCID: PMC8605430 DOI: 10.1016/j.xpro.2021.100964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Low-density cell culture of the postnatal cerebellum, combined with live imaging and single-cell tracking, allows the behavior of postnatal cerebellar neural stem cells (NSCs) and their progeny to be monitored. Cultured cerebellar NSCs maintain their neurogenic nature giving rise, in the same relative proportions that exist in vivo, to the neuronal progeny generated by the three postnatal cerebellar neurogenic niches. This protocol describes the identification of the nature of the progeny through both post-imaging immunocytochemistry and patch-clamp recordings. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Paniagua-Herranz et al. (2020b). Protocol to culture postnatal mouse cerebellar neural stem cells (NSCs) in low density The behavior of isolated postnatal cerebellar NSC can be monitored at single-cell level Protocol for simultaneous monitoring of the three postnatal cerebellar neurogenic niches Procedures of live imaging and single cell tracking for lineage tracing
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Rueda-Alaña E, García-Moreno F. Time in Neurogenesis: Conservation of the Developmental Formation of the Cerebellar Circuitry. BRAIN, BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION 2021; 97:33-47. [PMID: 34592741 DOI: 10.1159/000519068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The cerebellum is a conserved structure of vertebrate brains that develops at the most anterior region of the alar rhombencephalon. All vertebrates display a cerebellum, making it one of the most highly conserved structures of the brain. Although it greatly varies at the morphological level, several lines of research point to strong conservation of its internal neural circuitry. To test the conservation of the cerebellar circuit, we compared the developmental history of the neurons comprising this circuit in three amniote species: mouse, chick, and gecko. We specifically researched the developmental time of generation of the main neuronal types of the cerebellar cortex. This developmental trajectory is known for the mammalian cell types but barely understood for sauropsid species. We show that the neurogenesis of the GABAergic lineage proceeds following the same chronological sequence in the three species compared: Purkinje cells are the first ones generated in the cerebellar cortex, followed by Golgi interneurons of the granule cell layer, and lately by the interneurons of the molecular layer. In the cerebellar glutamatergic lineage, we observed the same conservation of neurogenesis throughout amniotes, and the same vastly prolonged neurogenesis of granule cells, extending much further than for any other brain region. Together these data show that the cerebellar circuitry develops following a tightly conserved chronological sequence of neurogenesis, which is responsible for the preservation of the cerebellum and its function. Our data reinforce the developmental perspective of homology, whereby similarities in neurons and circuits are likely due to similarities in developmental sequence.
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- Eneritz Rueda-Alaña
- Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, Scientific Park of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain.,Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine and Odontology, UPV/EHU, Leioa, Spain
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- Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, Scientific Park of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain.,Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine and Odontology, UPV/EHU, Leioa, Spain.,IKERBASQUE Foundation, Bilbao, Spain
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Salient brain entities labelled in P2rx7-EGFP reporter mouse embryos include the septum, roof plate glial specializations and circumventricular ependymal organs. Brain Struct Funct 2021; 226:715-741. [PMID: 33427974 PMCID: PMC7981336 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-020-02204-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The purinergic system is one of the oldest cell-to-cell communication mechanisms and exhibits relevant functions in the regulation of the central nervous system (CNS) development. Amongst the components of the purinergic system, the ionotropic P2X7 receptor (P2X7R) stands out as a potential regulator of brain pathology and physiology. Thus, P2X7R is known to regulate crucial aspects of neuronal cell biology, including axonal elongation, path-finding, synapse formation and neuroprotection. Moreover, P2X7R modulates neuroinflammation and is posed as a therapeutic target in inflammatory, oncogenic and degenerative disorders. However, the lack of reliable technical and pharmacological approaches to detect this receptor represents a major hurdle in its study. Here, we took advantage of the P2rx7-EGFP reporter mouse, which expresses enhanced green fluorescence protein (EGFP) immediately downstream of the P2rx7 proximal promoter, to conduct a detailed study of its distribution. We performed a comprehensive analysis of the pattern of P2X7R expression in the brain of E18.5 mouse embryos revealing interesting areas within the CNS. Particularly, strong labelling was found in the septum, as well as along the entire neural roof plate zone of the brain, except chorioidal roof areas, but including specialized circumventricular roof formations, such as the subfornical and subcommissural organs (SFO; SCO). Moreover, our results reveal what seems a novel circumventricular organ, named by us postarcuate organ (PArcO). Furthermore, this study sheds light on the ongoing debate regarding the specific presence of P2X7R in neurons and may be of interest for the elucidation of additional roles of P2X7R in the idiosyncratic histologic development of the CNS and related systemic functions.
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Paniagua-Herranz L, Menéndez-Méndez A, Gómez-Villafuertes R, Olivos-Oré LA, Biscaia M, Gualix J, Pérez-Sen R, Delicado EG, Artalejo AR, Miras-Portugal MT, Ortega F. Live Imaging Reveals Cerebellar Neural Stem Cell Dynamics and the Role of VNUT in Lineage Progression. Stem Cell Reports 2020; 15:1080-1094. [PMID: 33065045 PMCID: PMC7663791 DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2020.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2020] [Revised: 09/20/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Little is known about the intrinsic specification of postnatal cerebellar neural stem cells (NSCs) and to what extent they depend on information from their local niche. Here, we have used an adapted cell preparation of isolated postnatal NSCs and live imaging to demonstrate that cerebellar progenitors maintain their neurogenic nature by displaying hallmarks of NSCs. Furthermore, by using this preparation, all the cell types produced postnatally in the cerebellum, in similar relative proportions to those observed in vivo, can be monitored. The fact that neurogenesis occurs in such organized manner in the absence of signals from the local environment, suggests that cerebellar lineage progression is to an important extent governed by cell-intrinsic or pre-programmed events. Finally, we took advantage of the absence of the niche to assay the influence of the vesicular nucleotide transporter inhibition, which dramatically reduced the number of NSCs in vitro by promoting their progression toward neurogenesis. We present a preparation that allows monitoring the behavior of cerebellar NSCs Isolated NSCs maintain their neurogenic nature in absence of niche factors The model enables monitoring the three postnatal cerebellar niches simultaneously VNUT influences the balance between quiescence and activation of cerebellar NSCs
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- Lucía Paniagua-Herranz
- Departament of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Veterinary, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Madrid, Spain; Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Neuroquímica (IUIN), Madrid, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
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- Departament of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Veterinary, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Madrid, Spain; Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Neuroquímica (IUIN), Madrid, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
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- Departament of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Veterinary, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Madrid, Spain; Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Neuroquímica (IUIN), Madrid, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Neuroquímica (IUIN), Madrid, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Faculty of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Departament of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Veterinary, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Madrid, Spain; Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Neuroquímica (IUIN), Madrid, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
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- Departament of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Veterinary, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Madrid, Spain; Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Neuroquímica (IUIN), Madrid, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
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- Departament of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Veterinary, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Madrid, Spain; Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Neuroquímica (IUIN), Madrid, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Neuroquímica (IUIN), Madrid, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Departament of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Veterinary, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Madrid, Spain; Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Neuroquímica (IUIN), Madrid, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
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- Departament of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Veterinary, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Madrid, Spain; Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Neuroquímica (IUIN), Madrid, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain.
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Watson C, Bartholomaeus C, Puelles L. Time for Radical Changes in Brain Stem Nomenclature-Applying the Lessons From Developmental Gene Patterns. Front Neuroanat 2019; 13:10. [PMID: 30809133 PMCID: PMC6380082 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2019.00010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The traditional subdivision of the brain stem into midbrain, pons, and medulla oblongata is based purely on the external appearance of the human brain stem. There is an urgent need to update the names of brain stem structures to be consistent with the discovery of rhomobomeric segmentation based on gene expression. The most important mistakes are the belief that the pons occupies the upper half of the hindbrain, the failure to recognize the isthmus as the first segment of the hindbrain, and the mistaken inclusion of diencephalic structures in the midbrain. The new nomenclature will apply to all mammals. This essay recommends a new brain stem nomenclature based on developmental gene expression, progeny analysis, and fate mapping. In addition, we have made comment on the names given to a number of internal brain stem structures and have offered alternatives where necessary.
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- Charles Watson
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
- Neuroscience Research Australia, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Department of Human Anatomy and IMIB-Arrixaca Institute, School of Medicine, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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Schilling K. Moving into shape: cell migration during the development and histogenesis of the cerebellum. Histochem Cell Biol 2018; 150:13-36. [DOI: 10.1007/s00418-018-1677-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Kommata V, Dermon CR. Transient vimentin expression during the embryonic development of the chicken cerebellum. Int J Dev Neurosci 2017; 65:11-20. [PMID: 29030097 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2017.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2017] [Revised: 10/05/2017] [Accepted: 10/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Complex morphogenetic events, critical for the development of normal cerebellum foliation and layering, are known to involve type III intermediate filament protein such as vimentin expressed by Bergmann glia. The present study aimed to determine aspects of intermediate and late embryonic pattern of vimentin expression during the corticogenesis of chicken cerebellum at embryonic days 10-19 (E10-E19), using single and double immunohistochemistry/immunofluorescence. Vimentin expression showed partial co-localization with the glial markers GFAP and BLBP. Within cerebellar cortex, vimentin+ fibers were first found within lobules I and X (E10) and gradually extended to all folia (E15-E17), located within the external granule (EGL) the molecular cell layer, showing a radial orientation towards the inner granular layer and the cerebellar white matter oriented longitudinally. Interestingly, within the immature fissures base of most lobules, vimentin+ fibers radiate in a fan shape. Short-term BrdU experiments revealed that EGL cell proliferation was higher in the fissure base compared to folia apex. In addition, following 24-h survival, BrdU+ cells were found in close association to vimentin+ fibers in the EGL pre-migratory zone and within immature molecular layer. Paralleling cerebellum development, vimentin expression gradually extended to all folia sub-regions (base, wall, apex), but, at day E19, it was mainly confined to the folia apex and secondary fissure base. Taken together our data further support the possible role of vimentin+ fibers in the structural events of cerebellum corticogenesis, suggesting the participation of radial/Bergmann glia in chicken cerebellum foliation, similarly to that described for mammalian cerebellum morphogenesis.
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- Vasiliki Kommata
- Lab Human & Animal Physiology, Dept. Biology, Univ. Patras, Patras, Greece
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- Lab Human & Animal Physiology, Dept. Biology, Univ. Patras, Patras, Greece.
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Pino A, Fumagalli G, Bifari F, Decimo I. New neurons in adult brain: distribution, molecular mechanisms and therapies. Biochem Pharmacol 2017; 141:4-22. [PMID: 28690140 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2017.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2017] [Accepted: 07/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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"Are new neurons added in the adult mammalian brain?" "Do neural stem cells activate following CNS diseases?" "How can we modulate their activation to promote recovery?" Recent findings in the field provide novel insights for addressing these questions from a new perspective. In this review, we will summarize the current knowledge about adult neurogenesis and neural stem cell niches in healthy and pathological conditions. We will first overview the milestones that have led to the discovery of the classical ventricular and hippocampal neural stem cell niches. In adult brain, new neurons originate from proliferating neural precursors located in the subventricular zone of the lateral ventricles and in the subgranular zone of the hippocampus. However, recent findings suggest that new neuronal cells can be added to the adult brain by direct differentiation (e.g., without cell proliferation) from either quiescent neural precursors or non-neuronal cells undergoing conversion or reprogramming to neuronal fate. Accordingly, in this review we will also address critical aspects of the newly described mechanisms of quiescence and direct conversion as well as the more canonical activation of the neurogenic niches and neuroblast reservoirs in pathological conditions. Finally, we will outline the critical elements involved in neural progenitor proliferation, neuroblast migration and differentiation and discuss their potential as targets for the development of novel therapeutic drugs for neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Annachiara Pino
- Section of Pharmacology, Department of Diagnostics and Public Health, University of Verona, Italy
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- Section of Pharmacology, Department of Diagnostics and Public Health, University of Verona, Italy
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- Laboratory of Cell Metabolism and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Italy.
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- Section of Pharmacology, Department of Diagnostics and Public Health, University of Verona, Italy.
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Watson C, Shimogori T, Puelles L. Mouse Fgf8-Cre-LacZ lineage analysis defines the territory of the postnatal mammalian isthmus. J Comp Neurol 2017; 525:2782-2799. [PMID: 28510270 DOI: 10.1002/cne.24242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2016] [Revised: 04/19/2017] [Accepted: 05/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The isthmus is recognized as the most rostral segment of the hindbrain in non-mammalian vertebrates. In mammalian embryos, transient Fgf8 expression defines the developing isthmic region, lying between the midbrain and the first rhombomere, but there has been uncertainty about the existence of a distinct isthmic segment in postnatal mammals. We attempted to find if the region of early embryonic Fgf8 expression (which is considered to involve the entire extent of the prospective isthmus initially) might help to identify the boundaries of the isthmus in postnatal animals. By creating an Fgf8-Cre-LacZ lineage in mice, we were able to show that Fgf8-Cre reporter expression in postnatal mice is present in the same nuclei that characterize the isthmic region in birds. The 'signature' isthmic structures in birds include the trochlear nucleus, the dorsal raphe nucleus, the microcellular tegmental nuclei, the pedunculotegmental nucleus, the vermis of the cerebellum, rostral parts of the parabrachial complex and locus coeruleus, and the caudal parts of the substantia nigra and VTA. We found that all of these structures were labeled with the Fgf8-Cre reporter in the mouse brain, and we conclude that the isthmus is a distinct segment of the mammalian brain lying caudal to the midbrain and rostral to rhombomere 1 of the hindbrain.
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- Faculty of Medicine and IMIB-Arrixaca, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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Early Purkinje Cell Development and the Origins of Cerebellar Patterning. CONTEMPORARY CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-59749-2_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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Leto K, Arancillo M, Becker EBE, Buffo A, Chiang C, Ding B, Dobyns WB, Dusart I, Haldipur P, Hatten ME, Hoshino M, Joyner AL, Kano M, Kilpatrick DL, Koibuchi N, Marino S, Martinez S, Millen KJ, Millner TO, Miyata T, Parmigiani E, Schilling K, Sekerková G, Sillitoe RV, Sotelo C, Uesaka N, Wefers A, Wingate RJT, Hawkes R. Consensus Paper: Cerebellar Development. CEREBELLUM (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2016; 15:789-828. [PMID: 26439486 PMCID: PMC4846577 DOI: 10.1007/s12311-015-0724-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 240] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The development of the mammalian cerebellum is orchestrated by both cell-autonomous programs and inductive environmental influences. Here, we describe the main processes of cerebellar ontogenesis, highlighting the neurogenic strategies used by developing progenitors, the genetic programs involved in cell fate specification, the progressive changes of structural organization, and some of the better-known abnormalities associated with developmental disorders of the cerebellum.
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- Ketty Leto
- Department of Neuroscience Rita Levi Montalcini, University of Turin, via Cherasco 15, 10026, Turin, Italy.
- Neuroscience Institute Cavalieri-Ottolenghi, University of Turin, Regione Gonzole 10, 10043, Orbassano, Torino, Italy.
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- Departments of Pathology & Immunology and Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute of Texas Children's Hospital, 1250 Moursund Street, Suite 1325, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Medical Research Council Functional Genomics Unit, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PT, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience Rita Levi Montalcini, University of Turin, via Cherasco 15, 10026, Turin, Italy
- Neuroscience Institute Cavalieri-Ottolenghi, University of Turin, Regione Gonzole 10, 10043, Orbassano, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 4114 MRB III, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems and Program in Neuroscience, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA, 01605-2324, USA
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- Seattle Children's Research Institute, Center for Integrative Brain Research, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Genetics Division, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Univ Paris 06, Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, France, 75005, Paris, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CNRS, UMR8246, INSERM U1130, Neuroscience Paris Seine, France, 75005, Paris, France
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- Seattle Children's Research Institute, Center for Integrative Brain Research, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa-Higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo, 187-8502, Japan
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- Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems and Program in Neuroscience, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA, 01605-2324, USA
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- Department of Integrative Physiology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan
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- Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, 4 Newark Street, London, E1 2AT, UK
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- Department Human Anatomy, IMIB-Arrixaca, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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- Seattle Children's Research Institute, Center for Integrative Brain Research, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, 4 Newark Street, London, E1 2AT, UK
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Neuroscience Rita Levi Montalcini, University of Turin, via Cherasco 15, 10026, Turin, Italy
- Neuroscience Institute Cavalieri-Ottolenghi, University of Turin, Regione Gonzole 10, 10043, Orbassano, Torino, Italy
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- Anatomie und Zellbiologie, Anatomisches Institut, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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- Departments of Pathology & Immunology and Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute of Texas Children's Hospital, 1250 Moursund Street, Suite 1325, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Institut de la Vision, UPMC Université de Paris 06, Paris, 75012, France
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Center for Neuropathology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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- MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy and Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, T2N 4NI, AB, Canada
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Capaldo E, Iulianella A. Cux2 serves as a novel lineage marker of granule cell layer neurons from the rhombic lip in mouse and chick embryos. Dev Dyn 2016; 245:881-96. [DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.24418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2015] [Revised: 04/20/2016] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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- Emily Capaldo
- Department of Medical Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine; Dalhousie University, Life Science Research Institute; Nova Scotia Canada
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- Department of Medical Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine; Dalhousie University, Life Science Research Institute; Nova Scotia Canada
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Rapacioli M, Palma V, Flores V. Morphogenetic and Histogenetic Roles of the Temporal-Spatial Organization of Cell Proliferation in the Vertebrate Corticogenesis as Revealed by Inter-specific Analyses of the Optic Tectum Cortex Development. Front Cell Neurosci 2016; 10:67. [PMID: 27013978 PMCID: PMC4794495 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2016.00067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2015] [Accepted: 03/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The central nervous system areas displaying the highest structural and functional complexity correspond to the so called cortices, i.e., concentric alternating neuronal and fibrous layers. Corticogenesis, i.e., the development of the cortical organization, depends on the temporal-spatial organization of several developmental events: (a) the duration of the proliferative phase of the neuroepithelium, (b) the relative duration of symmetric (expansive) versus asymmetric (neuronogenic) sub phases, (c) the spatial organization of each kind of cell division, (e) the time of determination and cell cycle exit and (f) the time of onset of the post-mitotic neuronal migration and (g) the time of onset of the neuronal structural and functional differentiation. The first five events depend on molecular mechanisms that perform a fine tuning of the proliferative activity. Changes in any of them significantly influence the cortical size or volume (tangential expansion and radial thickness), morphology, architecture and also impact on neuritogenesis and synaptogenesis affecting the cortical wiring. This paper integrates information, obtained in several species, on the developmental roles of cell proliferation in the development of the optic tectum (OT) cortex, a multilayered associative area of the dorsal (alar) midbrain. The present review (1) compiles relevant information on the temporal and spatial organization of cell proliferation in different species (fish, amphibians, birds, and mammals), (2) revises the main molecular events involved in the isthmic organizer (IsO) determination and localization, (3) describes how the patterning installed by IsO is translated into spatially organized neural stem cell proliferation (i.e., by means of growth factors, receptors, transcription factors, signaling pathways, etc.) and (4) describes the morpho- and histogenetic effect of a spatially organized cell proliferation in the above mentioned species. A brief section on the OT evolution is also included. This section considers how the differential operation of cell proliferation could explain differences among species.
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- Melina Rapacioli
- Interdisciplinary Group in Theoretical Biology, Department of Biostructural Sciences, Favaloro UniversityBuenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Stem Cell and Developmental Biology, Faculty of Science, University of ChileSantiago, Chile
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- Interdisciplinary Group in Theoretical Biology, Department of Biostructural Sciences, Favaloro UniversityBuenos Aires, Argentina
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Sotelo C. Molecular layer interneurons of the cerebellum: developmental and morphological aspects. CEREBELLUM (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2015; 14:534-56. [PMID: 25599913 DOI: 10.1007/s12311-015-0648-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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During the past 25 years, our knowledge on the development of basket and stellate cells (molecular layer interneurons [MLIs]) has completely changed, not only regarding their origin from the ventricular zone, corresponding to the primitive cerebellar neuroepithelium, instead of the external granular layer, but above all by providing an almost complete account of the genetic regulations (transcription factors and other genes) involved in their differentiation and synaptogenesis. Moreover, it has been shown that MLIs' precursors (dividing neuroblasts) and not young postmitotic neurons, as in other germinal neuroepithelia, leave the germinative zone and migrate all along a complex and lengthy path throughout the presumptive cerebellar white matter, which provides suitable niches exerting epigenetic influences on their ultimate neuronal identities. Recent studies carried out on the anatomical-functional properties of adult MLIs emphasize the importance of these interneurons in regulating PC inhibition, and point out the crucial role played by electrical synaptic transmission between MLIs as well as ephaptic interactions between them and Purkinje cells at the pinceaux level, in the regulation of this inhibition.
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- Constantino Sotelo
- INSERM, UMRS_U968, Institut de la Vision, 17 Rue Moreau, Paris, 75012, France.
- Institut de la Vision, Sorbonne Université, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Paris, 75012, France.
- CNRS, UMR_7210, Paris, 75012, France.
- Instituto de Neurociencias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)-Universidad Miguel Hernández (UMH), Avenida Ramón y Cajal s/n, 03550, San Juan de Alicante, Spain.
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Heterogeneity and Bipotency of Astroglial-Like Cerebellar Progenitors along the Interneuron and Glial Lineages. J Neurosci 2015; 35:7388-402. [PMID: 25972168 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.5255-14.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Cerebellar GABAergic interneurons in mouse comprise multiple subsets of morphologically and neurochemically distinct phenotypes located at strategic nodes of cerebellar local circuits. These cells are produced by common progenitors deriving from the ventricular epithelium during embryogenesis and from the prospective white matter (PWM) during postnatal development. However, it is not clear whether these progenitors are also shared by other cerebellar lineages and whether germinative sites different from the PWM originate inhibitory interneurons. Indeed, the postnatal cerebellum hosts another germinal site along the Purkinje cell layer (PCL), in which Bergmann glia are generated up to first the postnatal weeks, which was proposed to be neurogenic. Both PCL and PWM comprise precursors displaying traits of juvenile astroglia and neural stem cell markers. First, we examine the proliferative and fate potential of these niches, showing that different proliferative dynamics regulate progenitor amplification at these sites. In addition, PCL and PWM differ in the generated progeny. GABAergic interneurons are produced exclusively by PWM astroglial-like progenitors, whereas PCL precursors produce only astrocytes. Finally, through in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo clonal analyses we provide evidence that the postnatal PWM hosts a bipotent progenitor that gives rise to both interneurons and white matter astrocytes.
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Marzban H, Del Bigio MR, Alizadeh J, Ghavami S, Zachariah RM, Rastegar M. Cellular commitment in the developing cerebellum. Front Cell Neurosci 2015; 8:450. [PMID: 25628535 PMCID: PMC4290586 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2014] [Accepted: 12/12/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The mammalian cerebellum is located in the posterior cranial fossa and is critical for motor coordination and non-motor functions including cognitive and emotional processes. The anatomical structure of cerebellum is distinct with a three-layered cortex. During development, neurogenesis and fate decisions of cerebellar primordium cells are orchestrated through tightly controlled molecular events involving multiple genetic pathways. In this review, we will highlight the anatomical structure of human and mouse cerebellum, the cellular composition of developing cerebellum, and the underlying gene expression programs involved in cell fate commitments in the cerebellum. A critical evaluation of the cell death literature suggests that apoptosis occurs in ~5% of cerebellar cells, most shortly after mitosis. Apoptosis and cellular autophagy likely play significant roles in cerebellar development, we provide a comprehensive discussion of their role in cerebellar development and organization. We also address the possible function of unfolded protein response in regulation of cerebellar neurogenesis. We discuss recent advancements in understanding the epigenetic signature of cerebellar compartments and possible connections between DNA methylation, microRNAs and cerebellar neurodegeneration. Finally, we discuss genetic diseases associated with cerebellar dysfunction and their role in the aging cerebellum.
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- Hassan Marzban
- Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB, Canada ; Department of Pathology, University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB, Canada ; Regenerative Medicine Program, University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB, Canada ; Regenerative Medicine Program, University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Genes and Development Research Group and Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary
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Puelles L, Harrison M, Paxinos G, Watson C. A developmental ontology for the mammalian brain based on the prosomeric model. Trends Neurosci 2013; 36:570-8. [PMID: 23871546 DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2013.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2011] [Revised: 06/12/2013] [Accepted: 06/20/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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In the past, attempts to create a hierarchical classification of brain structures (an ontology) have been limited by the lack of adequate data on developmental processes. Recent studies on gene expression during brain development have demonstrated the true morphologic interrelations of different parts of the brain. A developmental ontology takes into account the progressive rostrocaudal and dorsoventral differentiation of the neural tube, and the radial migration of derivatives from progenitor areas, using fate mapping and other experimental techniques. In this review, we used the prosomeric model of brain development to build a hierarchical classification of brain structures based chiefly on gene expression. Because genomic control of neural morphogenesis is remarkably conservative, this ontology should prove essentially valid for all vertebrates, aiding terminological unification.
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- Luis Puelles
- Department of Human Anatomy, University of Murcia, Murcia 30003, Spain
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Martinez S, Andreu A, Mecklenburg N, Echevarria D. Cellular and molecular basis of cerebellar development. Front Neuroanat 2013; 7:18. [PMID: 23805080 PMCID: PMC3693072 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2013.00018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2013] [Accepted: 06/03/2013] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Historically, the molecular and cellular mechanisms of cerebellar development were investigated through structural descriptions and studying spontaneous mutations in animal models and humans. Advances in experimental embryology, genetic engineering, and neuroimaging techniques render today the possibility to approach the analysis of molecular mechanisms underlying histogenesis and morphogenesis of the cerebellum by experimental designs. Several genes and molecules were identified to be involved in the cerebellar plate regionalization, specification, and differentiation of cerebellar neurons, as well as the establishment of cellular migratory routes and the subsequent neuronal connectivity. Indeed, pattern formation of the cerebellum requires the adequate orchestration of both key morphogenetic signals, arising from distinct brain regions, and local expression of specific transcription factors. Thus, the present review wants to revisit and discuss these morphogenetic and molecular mechanisms taking place during cerebellar development in order to understand causal processes regulating cerebellar cytoarchitecture, its highly topographically ordered circuitry and its role in brain function.
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- Salvador Martinez
- Experimental Embryology Lab, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernandez Alicante, Spain
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Consalez GG, Hawkes R. The compartmental restriction of cerebellar interneurons. Front Neural Circuits 2013; 6:123. [PMID: 23346049 PMCID: PMC3551280 DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2012.00123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2012] [Accepted: 12/26/2012] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The Purkinje cells (PC's) of the cerebellar cortex are subdivided into multiple different molecular phenotypes that form an elaborate array of parasagittal stripes. This array serves as a scaffold around which afferent topography is organized. The ways in which cerebellar interneurons may be restricted by this scaffolding are less well-understood. This review begins with a brief survey of cerebellar topography. Next, it reviews the development of stripes in the cerebellum with a particular emphasis on the embryological origins of cerebellar interneurons. These data serve as a foundation to discuss the hypothesis that cerebellar compartment boundaries also restrict cerebellar interneurons, both excitatory [granule cells, unipolar brush cells (UBCs)] and inhibitory (e.g., Golgi cells, basket cells). Finally, it is proposed that the same PC scaffold that restricts afferent terminal fields to stripes may also act to organize cerebellar interneurons.
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- G Giacomo Consalez
- Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute Milan, Italy
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Rapacioli M, Duarte S, Rodríguez Celín A, Fiore L, Teruel L, Scicolone G, Sánchez V, Flores V. Optic tectum morphogenesis: A step-by-step model based on the temporal-spatial organization of the cell proliferation. Significance of deterministic and stochastic components subsumed in the spatial organization. Dev Dyn 2012; 241:1043-61. [DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.23785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/23/2012] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Mecklenburg N, Garcia-López R, Puelles E, Sotelo C, Martinez S. Cerebellar oligodendroglial cells have a mesencephalic origin. Glia 2011; 59:1946-57. [DOI: 10.1002/glia.21236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2011] [Revised: 07/28/2011] [Accepted: 08/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Kani S, Bae YK, Shimizu T, Tanabe K, Satou C, Parsons MJ, Scott E, Higashijima SI, Hibi M. Proneural gene-linked neurogenesis in zebrafish cerebellum. Dev Biol 2010; 343:1-17. [PMID: 20388506 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2010] [Revised: 03/30/2010] [Accepted: 03/31/2010] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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In mammals, cerebellar neurons are categorized as glutamatergic or GABAergic, and are derived from progenitors that express the proneural genes atoh1 or ptf1a, respectively. In zebrafish, three atoh1 genes, atoh1a, atoh1b, and atoh1c, are expressed in overlapping but distinct expression domains in the upper rhombic lip (URL): ptf1a is expressed exclusively in the ventricular zone (VZ). Using transgenic lines expressing fluorescent proteins under the control of the regulatory elements of atoh1a and ptf1a, we traced the lineages of the cerebellar neurons. The atoh1(+) progenitors gave rise not only to granule cells but also to neurons of the anteroventral rhombencephalon. The ptf1a(+) progenitors generated Purkinje cells. The olig2(+) eurydendroid cells, which are glutamatergic, were derived mostly from ptf1a(+) progenitors in the VZ but some originated from the atoh1(+) progenitors in the URL. In the adult cerebellum, atoh1a, atoh1b, and atoh1c are expressed in the molecular layer of the valvula cerebelli and of the medial corpus cerebelli, and ptf1a was detected in the VZ. The proneural gene expression patterns coincided with the sites of proliferating neuronal progenitors in the adult cerebellum. Our data indicate that proneural gene-linked neurogenesis is evolutionarily conserved in the cerebellum among vertebrates, and that the continuously generated neurons help remodel neural circuits in the adult zebrafish cerebellum.
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- Shuichi Kani
- Laboratory for Vertebrate Axis Formation, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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Fate-map studies have provided important information in relation to the regional topology of brain areas in different vertebrate species. Moreover, these studies have demonstrated that the distribution of presumptive territories in neural plate and neural tube are highly conserved in vertebrates. The aim of this review is to re-examine and correlate the distribution of presumptive neuroepithelial domains in the chick neural tube with molecular information and discuss recent data. First, we review descriptive fate map studies of neural plate in different vertebrate species that have been studied using diverse fate-mapping methods. Then, we summarize the available data on the localization of neuroepithelial progenitors for the brain subregions in the chick neural tube at stage HH10-11, the most used stage for experimental embryology. This analysis is mainly focused on experimental fate mapping results using quail-chick chimeras.
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- Raquel Garcia-Lopez
- Instituto de Neurociencias, Universidad Miguel Hernandez-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Av. Ramon y Cajal s/n, San Juan de Alicante, 03550, Spain
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Cameron DB, Kasai K, Jiang Y, Hu T, Saeki Y, Komuro H. Four distinct phases of basket/stellate cell migration after entering their final destination (the molecular layer) in the developing cerebellum. Dev Biol 2009; 332:309-24. [PMID: 19500566 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.05.575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2009] [Revised: 05/28/2009] [Accepted: 05/29/2009] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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In the adult cerebellum, basket/stellate cells are scattered throughout the ML, but little is known about the process underlying the cell dispersion. To determine the allocation of stellate/basket cells within the ML, we examined their migration in the early postnatal mouse cerebellum. We found that after entering the ML, basket/stellate cells sequentially exhibit four distinct phases of migration. First, the cells migrated radially from the bottom to the top while exhibiting saltatory movement with a single leading process (Phase I). Second, the cells turned at the top and migrated tangentially in a rostro-caudal direction, with an occasional reversal of the direction of migration (Phase II). Third, the cells turned and migrated radially within the ML at a significantly reduced speed while repeatedly extending and withdrawing the leading processes (Phase III). Fourth, the cells turned at the middle and migrated tangentially at their slowest speed, while extending several dendrite-like processes after having completely withdrawn the leading process (Phase IV). Finally, the cells stopped and completed their migration. These results suggest that the dispersion of basket/stellate cells in the ML is controlled by the orchestrated activity of external guidance cues, cell-cell contact and intrinsic programs in a position- and time-dependent manner.
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- D Bryant Cameron
- Department of Neurosciences/NC30, Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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Development of cerebellar GABAergic interneurons: origin and shaping of the "minibrain" local connections. THE CEREBELLUM 2009; 7:523-9. [PMID: 19002744 DOI: 10.1007/s12311-008-0079-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The cerebellar circuits comprise a limited number of neuronal phenotypes embedded in a defined cytoarchitecture and generated according to specific spatio-temporal patterns. The local GABAergic network is composed of several interneuron phenotypes that play essential roles in information processing by modulating the activity of cerebellar cortical inputs and outputs. A major issue in the study of cerebellar development is to understand the mechanisms that underlie the generation of different interneuron classes and regulate their placement in the cerebellar architecture and integration in the cortico-nuclear network. Recent findings indicate that the variety of cerebellar interneurons derives from a single population of multipotent progenitors whose fate choices are determined by instructive environmental information. Such a strategy, which is unique for the cerebellum along the neuraxis, allows great flexibility in the control of the quality and quantity of GABAergic interneurons that are produced, thus facilitating the adaptive shaping of the cerebellar network to specific functional demands.
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Louvi A, Yoshida M, Grove EA. The derivatives of the Wnt3a lineage in the central nervous system. J Comp Neurol 2007; 504:550-69. [PMID: 17701978 DOI: 10.1002/cne.21461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The dorsal midline of the vertebrate neural tube is a source of signals that direct cell fate specification and proliferation. Using genetic fate mapping in the mouse and a previously generated Wnt3aCre line, we report here that genetically labeled cells of the Wnt3a lineage migrate widely from the dorsal midline into the dorsal half of the adult brain and spinal cord, contributing to diverse structures in the diencephalon, midbrain, and brainstem and extensively populating the rostral spinal cord. Conspicuously, many of these structures are linked in specific functional networks. Wnt3a lineage cells populate nuclei of the central auditory system from the medulla to thalamus, and the trigeminal sensory system from the cervical spinal cord to the midbrain. Our findings reveal the rich contributions of the Wnt3a lineage to a variety of brain structures and show that functionally integrated nuclei can share a molecular identity, provided by transient gene expression early in their development.
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- Angeliki Louvi
- Department of Neurosurgery, Program on Neurogenetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.
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In the past few years, genetic fate mapping experiments have changed our vision of cerebellar development, particularly in redefining the origin of gabaergic and glutamatergic neurons of the cerebellar cortex and highlighting the precise spatio-temporal sequence of their generation. Here the authors review cerebellar neurogenesis and discuss the fate mapping studies with other new information stemming from transplantation experiments, in an effort to link the developmental potential of neural progenitor populations of the cerebellum with their spatio-temporal origin. NEUROSCIENTIST 14(1):91—100, 2008.
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- Barbara Carletti
- Department of Neuroscience and Rita Levi Montalcini Centre for Brain Repair, National Institute of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Italy.
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Ampatzis K, Dermon CR. Sex differences in adult cell proliferation within the zebrafish (Danio rerio) cerebellum. Eur J Neurosci 2007; 25:1030-40. [PMID: 17331199 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05366.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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It has been reported that neurons generated in the adult brain show sex-specific differences in several brain regions of lower vertebrates and mammals. The present study questioned whether cell proliferation and survival in the adult zebrafish (Danio rerio) cerebellum, the most mitotically active area of adult teleost brain, is sexually differentiated. Adult zebrafish were treated with the thymidine analogue 5'-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) and allowed to survive for 24 h (short-term) and for 21 days (long-term). BrdU immunohistochemistry allowed visualization of cells incorporating BrdU at the S phase of mitosis. At short-term survival, male zebrafish had a higher number of labelled cells at proliferation sites of the molecular layer of corpus cerebelli (CCe) and the granular layer of the caudal lobe of the cerebellum (LCa) than did females. In long-term survival, BrdU-positive cells were found at their final destination, but only the granular layer of the medial division of the valvula cerebelli showed sex-specific differences in the number of labelled cells. This higher mitotic activity in male cerebellum might be related to sex-specific motor behaviour observed in male zebrafish. To investigate the role of programmed cell death, the terminal deoxynucleotidyl-mediated dUTP nick-end-labelling (TUNEL) method was applied. The vast majority of apoptotic figures occurred in the granular cell layer of valvula and CCe, only in a few cases within the BrdU-retaining cells. Apoptosis was found specifically at the sites of the final destination of proliferating cells, indicating that the close relation of cell birth and death might represent a possible plasticity mechanism in the adult zebrafish cerebellum.
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Joyner AL, Zervas M. Genetic inducible fate mapping in mouse: establishing genetic lineages and defining genetic neuroanatomy in the nervous system. Dev Dyn 2006; 235:2376-85. [PMID: 16871622 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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A fascinating aspect of developmental biology is how organs are assembled in three dimensions over time. Fundamental to understanding organogenesis is the ability to determine when and where specific cell types are generated, the lineage of each cell, and how cells move to reside in their final position. Numerous methods have been developed to mark and follow the fate of cells in various model organisms used by developmental biologists, but most are not readily applicable to mouse embryos in utero because they involve physical marking of cells through injection of tracers. The advent of sophisticated transgenic and gene targeting techniques, combined with the use of site-specific recombinases, has revolutionized fate mapping studies in mouse. Furthermore, using genetic fate mapping to mark cells has opened up the possibility of addressing fundamental questions that cannot be studied with traditional methods of fate mapping in other organisms. Specifically, genetic fate mapping allows both the relationship between embryonic gene expression and cell fate (genetic lineage) to be determined, as well as the link between gene expression domains and anatomy (genetic anatomy) to be established. In this review, we present the ever-evolving development of genetic fate mapping techniques in mouse, especially the recent advance of Genetic Inducible Fate Mapping. We then review recent studies in the nervous system (focusing on the anterior hindbrain) as well as in the limb and with adult stem cells to highlight fundamental developmental processes that can be discovered using genetic fate mapping approaches. We end with a look toward the future at a powerful new approach that combines genetic fate mapping with cellular phenotyping alleles to study cell morphology, physiology, and function using examples from the nervous system.
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- Alexandra L Joyner
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Developmental Genetics Program, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology and Neuroscience, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA.
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Guijarro P, Simó S, Pascual M, Abasolo I, Del Río JA, Soriano E. Netrin1 exerts a chemorepulsive effect on migrating cerebellar interneurons in a Dcc-independent way. Mol Cell Neurosci 2006; 33:389-400. [PMID: 17029983 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2006.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2006] [Revised: 08/16/2006] [Accepted: 08/30/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Few studies have addressed the issue of how GABAergic interneurons in the cerebellar cortex migrate or what guidance cues steer them. Recent data show that their development starts at the cerebellar germinal epithelium on top of the fourth ventricle. These interneurons continue to proliferate in the postnatal cerebellar white matter and later migrate to their final position in the cerebellar cortex. Here we report the chemorepulsive action of Netrin1 on postnatal cerebellar interneurons in vitro and also show the expression pattern of Netrin1 and its receptors Dcc and Unc5. Our expression results further suggest that Netrin1 is involved in the migration of GABAergic interneurons in vivo. Moreover, our data point to Bergmann glial fibers as possible tracks for these cells en route to the molecular layer. Finally, experiments using blocking antibodies allow us to conclude that Dcc, although expressed by postnatal cerebellar interneurons, is not involved in the repulsive response triggered by Netrin1 in these cells.
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- Patricia Guijarro
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB)-Barcelona Science Park (PCB) and Department of Cell Biology, University of Barcelona, Josep Samitier 1-5, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Schüller U, Rowitch DH. Beta-catenin function is required for cerebellar morphogenesis. Brain Res 2006; 1140:161-9. [PMID: 16824494 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.05.105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2006] [Revised: 05/22/2006] [Accepted: 05/26/2006] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Because of the failure to form embryonic mid-hindbrain structures in conventional Wnt1 knockout animals, ongoing roles for Wnt signaling at later stages have been difficult to resolve. Here, we used Nestin-cre to ablate beta-catenin at midgestation in developing CNS precursors to investigate beta-catenin-dependent Wnt signaling in the development of late-derived structures such as the cerebellum. At 14.5 dpc, we found evidence for premature neural precursor cell fate commitment. At P0, we observed vermian hypoplasia and failure to fuse the cerebellar hemispheres and caudal midbrain, a phenotype reminiscent of the swaying (Wnt1(sw/sw)) mouse mutant. Our findings indicate general functions for beta-catenin beyond the neural plate stage during brain development and a particular role for beta-catenin-dependent Wnt signaling during morphogenesis of the caudal midbrain and the cerebellum. We discuss our results with respect to genetic pathways that regulate formation of derivatives of the embryonic midbrain-hindbrain region.
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- Ulrich Schüller
- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Dana 640D, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Porcionatto MA. The extracellular matrix provides directional cues for neuronal migration during cerebellar development. Braz J Med Biol Res 2006; 39:313-20. [PMID: 16501810 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2006000300001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Normal central nervous system development relies on accurate intrinsic cellular programs as well as on extrinsic informative cues provided by extracellular molecules. Migration of neuronal progenitors from defined proliferative zones to their final location is a key event during embryonic and postnatal development. Extracellular matrix components play important roles in these processes, and interactions between neurons and extracellular matrix are fundamental for the normal development of the central nervous system. Guidance cues are provided by extracellular factors that orient neuronal migration. During cerebellar development, the extracellular matrix molecules laminin and fibronectin give support to neuronal precursor migration, while other molecules such as reelin, tenascin, and netrin orient their migration. Reelin and tenascin are extracellular matrix components that attract or repel neuronal precursors and axons during development through interaction with membrane receptors, and netrin associates with laminin and heparan sulfate proteoglycans, and binds to the extracellular matrix receptor integrins present on the neuronal surface. Altogether, the dynamic changes in the composition and distribution of extracellular matrix components provide external cues that direct neurons leaving their birthplaces to reach their correct final location. Understanding the molecular mechanisms that orient neurons to reach precisely their final location during development is fundamental to understand how neuronal misplacement leads to neurological diseases and eventually to find ways to treat them.
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- M A Porcionatto
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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Aroca P, Lorente-Cánovas B, Mateos FR, Puelles L. Locus coeruleus neurons originate in alar rhombomere 1 and migrate into the basal plate: Studies in chick and mouse embryos. J Comp Neurol 2006; 496:802-18. [PMID: 16628617 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We investigated in the mouse and chick the neuroepithelial origin and development of the locus coeruleus (LoC), the most important noradrenergic neuronal population in the brain. We first studied the topography of the developing LoC in the hindbrain, using as markers the key noradrenergic marker gene Dbh and the transcription factors Phox2a and Phox2b (upstream of Dbh). In both mouse and chicken, LoC neurons first appear arranged linearly along the middle one-third of the alar plate of rhombomere 1 (r1), collinear to a reference ventricular longitudinal band that early on expresses Phox2a and Phox2b in the alar plate of r2 and later expands to r1. Double-labeling experiments with LoC markers (Dbh or Phox2a) and either alar (Pax7 and Rnx3) or basal (Otp) genetic markers suggested that LoC cells migrate from their origin in the alar plate to a final position in the lateral basal plate. To corroborate these suggestions experimentally and determine the precise origin of the LoC, we fate mapped the LoC in the chick at stage HH11 by using quail-chick homotopic grafts. The experimental results confirmed that the LoC originates in the alar plate throughout the rostrocaudal extent of r1 and ruled out a rostrocaudal translocation. They also corroborated a ventralward tangential migration of LoC cells into the lateral basal plate, where the postmigratory LoC primordium is located. Comparisons with neighboring alar r1-derived cell populations established that LoC neurons originate outside the cerebellum, in a matrix area intercalated dorsoventrally between the sources of the prospective vestibular and trigeminal columns.
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- Pilar Aroca
- Department of Human Anatomy and Psychobiology, Medical School, University of Murcia, Spain.
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Aroca P, Puelles L. Postulated boundaries and differential fate in the developing rostral hindbrain. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 49:179-90. [PMID: 16111548 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2004.12.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2004] [Revised: 11/11/2004] [Accepted: 12/10/2004] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The vertebrate brain is progressively regionalized during development in a process whereby a precise spatio-temporal arrangement of gene expression patterns and resulting intercellular and intracellular signals drive patterning, growth, morphogenesis, and final fates, thus producing ordered species-specific differentiation of each territory within a shared morphotype. Before genetic and molecular biology tools started to be used to uncover the underlying mechanisms that control morphogenesis, knowledge on brain development largely depended on descriptive analysis and experimental embryology. The first approach allowed us to know how the brain develops but not why. The second provided insights into inductive and field histogenetic phenomena, requiring causal explanation. In this review, we focused on the regionalization of the rostral hindbrain, defined as isthmus plus rhombomere 1, which is the least understood part of the hindbrain. We addressed what is known about the formation of boundaries in this area and the fate of diverse neuroepithelial portions. We introduced to this end some fate-mapping data recently obtained in our laboratory. Starting from the background of pioneering morphological studies and available fate mapping data, we establish correlation with current knowledge about how morphogens, transcription factors, or other signaling molecules map onto particular territories, from where they may drive morphogenetic interactions that generate final fates step by step.
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- Pilar Aroca
- Department of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain.
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Alvarado-Mallart RM. The chick/quail transplantation model: Discovery of the isthmic organizer center. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 49:109-13. [PMID: 16111542 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2005.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2004] [Revised: 02/10/2005] [Accepted: 03/07/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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This paper summarizes chick/quail transplantation experiments performed in the INSERM U106 by Alvarado-Mallart's group from 1989 to 2002. First, it will present the various steps leading us to demonstrate that, at stage 10 of Hamburger and Hamilton, the avian neuroepithelium is still competent to change its fate influenced by environmental inductive factors and that these factors emanate from the cerebellar neuroepithelium; then, it will be briefly reported, experiments aimed to characterize the genetic cascade involved in the formation of the midbrain/hindbrain boundary and the specification of the meso-isthmic-cerebellar domain.
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- Rosa-Magda Alvarado-Mallart
- INSERM U106, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Pavillon de l'Enfant et de l'Adolescent, 75651 Paris CEDEX 13, France.
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Hidalgo-Sánchez M, Millet S, Bloch-Gallego E, Alvarado-Mallart RM. Specification of the meso-isthmo-cerebellar region: the Otx2/Gbx2 boundary. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 49:134-49. [PMID: 16111544 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2005.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2004] [Revised: 01/11/2005] [Accepted: 01/14/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The midbrain/hindbrain (MH) territory containing the mesencephalic and isthmocerebellar primordial is characterized by the expression of several families of regulatory genes including transcription factors (Otx, Gbx, En, and Pax) and signaling molecules (Fgf and Wnt). At earlier stages of avian neural tube, those genes present a dynamic expression pattern and only at HH18-20 onwards, when the mesencephalic/metencephalic constriction is coincident with the Otx2/Gbx2 boundary, their expression domains become more defined. This review summarizes experimental data concerning the genetic mechanisms involved in the specification of the midbrain/hindbrain territory emphasizing the chick/quail chimeric experiments leading to the discovery of a secondary isthmic organizer. Otx2 and Gbx2 co-regulation could determine the precise location of the MH boundary and involved in the inductive events characteristic of the isthmic organizer center.
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- Matías Hidalgo-Sánchez
- INSERM U106,Hôpital de la Salpétrière, Pavillon Enfants et Adolescents, 75651 Paris CEDEX 13, France.
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Sgaier SK, Millet S, Villanueva MP, Berenshteyn F, Song C, Joyner AL. Morphogenetic and cellular movements that shape the mouse cerebellum; insights from genetic fate mapping. Neuron 2005; 45:27-40. [PMID: 15629700 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2004.12.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2004] [Revised: 11/08/2004] [Accepted: 11/17/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We used the cerebellum as a model to study the morphogenetic and cellular processes underlying the formation of elaborate brain structures from a simple neural tube, using an inducible genetic fate mapping approach in mouse. We demonstrate how a 90 degrees rotation between embryonic days 9 and 12 converts the rostral-caudal axis of dorsal rhombomere 1 into the medial-lateral axis of the wing-like bilateral cerebellar primordium. With the appropriate use of promoters, we marked specific medial-lateral domains of the cerebellar primordium and derived a positional fate map of the murine cerebellum. We show that the adult medial cerebellum is produced by expansion, rather than fusion, of the thin medial primordium. Furthermore, ventricular-derived cells maintain their original medial-lateral coordinates into the adult, whereas rhombic lip-derived granule cells undergo lateral to medial posterior transverse migrations during foliation. Thus, we show that progressive changes in the axes of the cerebellum underlie its genesis.
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- Sema K Sgaier
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Developmental Genetics Program, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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Proliferation of avian cerebellar neurons, including granule cells, is thought to be completed during embryonic life, and aspects of cell addition in cerebellar lobules in posthatching life are unknown. The present study tested the hypothesis that cell genesis in late embryonic and posthatching stages of quail cerebellum occurs in parallel with the performance of motor programs. After exposure to bromodeoxyuridine, short (20 hours) and long survival time points were selected to investigate survival and migration of labeled cells. Quantitative analysis of the lobular distribution of labeled cells was performed with the stereological disector method. External granular layer (EGL) proliferation did not cease after hatching, indicating that there is an extended posthatching period, lasting until P20, when cells can be added into the internal granular layer, modifying the cerebellar circuitry and function. Indeed, long survival experiments suggested that EGL-labeled cells migrated into the internal granular layer and survived for a prolonged time, although many of the progenitor cells remained in the EGL for days. Double-labeling experiments revealed that most of the late-generated granule cells were NeuN positive, but only few expressed nitric oxide synthase. In addition to granule cells, the white matter and a glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD)-positive cell population in the molecular layer around Purkinje somata showed bromodeoxyuridine labeling. Although all lobules showed significant posthatching proliferation, an anteroposterior gradient was evident. The index of granule cell production and survival supports a spatiotemporal pattern, in correlation with the functional division of cerebellum into anterior and posterior domains.
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- Antonis Stamatakis
- Department of Biology, University of Crete, Heraklion 714 09, Crete, Greece
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Jensen P, Smeyne R, Goldowitz D. Analysis of cerebellar development in math1 null embryos and chimeras. J Neurosci 2004; 24:2202-11. [PMID: 14999071 PMCID: PMC6730436 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3427-03.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The cerebellar granule cell is the most numerous neuron in the nervous system and likely the source of the most common childhood brain tumor, medulloblastoma. The earliest known gene to be expressed in the development of these cells is math1. In the math1 null mouse, neuroblasts never populate the external germinal layer (EGL) that gives rise to granule cells. In this study, we examined the embryonic development of the math1 null cerebellum and analyzed experimental mouse chimeras made from math1 null embryos. We find that the anterior rhombic lip gives rise to more than one cell type, indicating that the rhombic lip does not consist of a homogeneous population of cells. Furthermore, we demonstrate that math1 null granule cells are absent in the math1 null chimeric cerebellum, from the onset of their genesis in the mouse anterior rhombic lip. This finding indicates a vital cell intrinsic role for Math1 in the granule cell lineage. In addition, we show that wild-type cells are unable to compensate for the loss of mutant cells. Finally, the colonization of the EGL by wild-type cells and the presence of acellular gaps provides evidence that EGL neuroblasts undergo active migration and likely have a predetermined spatial address in the rhombic lip.
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- Patricia Jensen
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, USA
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Louvi A, Alexandre P, Métin C, Wurst W, Wassef M. The isthmic neuroepithelium is essential for cerebellar midline fusion. Development 2003; 130:5319-30. [PMID: 14507778 DOI: 10.1242/dev.00736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The cerebellum comprises a medial domain, called the vermis, flanked by two lateral subdivisions, the cerebellar hemispheres. Normal development of the vermis involves fusion of two lateral primordia on the dorsal midline. We investigated how the cerebellum fuses on the midline by combining a study of mid/hindbrain cell movements in avian embryos with the analysis of cerebellar fusion in normal and mutant mouse embryos. We found that, in avian embryos,divergent cell movements originating from a restricted medial domain located at the mid/hindbrain boundary produce the roof plate of the mid/hindbrain domain. Cells migrating anteriorly from this region populate the caudal midbrain roof plate whereas cells migrating posteriorly populate the cerebellar roof plate. In addition, the adjacent paramedial isthmic neuroepithelium also migrates caudalward and participates in the formation of the cerebellar midline region. We also found that the paramedial isthmic territory produces two distinct structures. First, the late developing velum medullaris that intervenes between the vermis and the midbrain, and second, a midline domain upon which the cerebellum fuses. Elimination or overgrowth of this isthmic domain in Wnt1sw/sw and En1+/Otx2lacZ mutant mice, respectively, impair cerebellar midline fusion. Because the isthmus-derived midline cerebellar domain displays a distinct expression pattern of genes involved in BMP signaling, we propose that the isthmus-derived cells provide both a substratum and signals that are essential for cerebellar fusion.
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- Angeliki Louvi
- Régionalisation Nerveuse CNRS/ENS UMR 8542, Ecole normale supérieure, 46 rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, France
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Alexandre P, Wassef M. The isthmic organizer links anteroposterior and dorsoventral patterning in the mid/hindbrain by generating roof plate structures. Development 2003; 130:5331-8. [PMID: 14507781 DOI: 10.1242/dev.00756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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During vertebrate development, an organizing signaling center, the isthmic organizer, forms at the boundary between the midbrain and hindbrain. This organizer locally controls growth and patterning along the anteroposterior axis of the neural tube. On the basis of transplantation and ablation experiments in avian embryos, we show here that, in the caudal midbrain, a restricted dorsal domain of the isthmic organizer, that we call the isthmic node, is both necessary and sufficient for the formation and positioning of the roof plate, a signaling structure that marks the dorsal midline of the neural tube and that is involved in its dorsoventral patterning. This is unexpected because in other regions of the neural tube, the roof plate has been shown to form at the site of neural fold fusion, which is under the influence of epidermal ectoderm derived signals. In addition, the isthmic node contributes cells to both the midbrain and hindbrain roof plates, which are separated by a boundary that limits cell movements. We also provide evidence that mid/hindbrain roof plate formation involves homeogenetic mechanisms. Our observations indicate that the isthmic organizer orchestrates patterning along the anteroposterior and the dorsoventral axis.
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- Paula Alexandre
- Régionalisation Nerveuse CNRS/ENS UMR 8542, Département de Biologie Ecole normale supérieure, 46 rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, France
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Joubert Syndrome is a rare, autosomal recessive disorder that affects the cerebellum and brain stem. It presents with a distinct respiratory pattern and profound tachypnea in the newborn period. This article provides an overview of the condition and discusses the embryologic origins of this syndrome. A focused history and systematic physical assessment provide a step-by-step guide to enhance the early recognition of clinical signs and symptoms of this disorder. A series of clinical photographs and a brief case report offer insight into the classic presentation of this uncommon disorder. The diagnosis of Joubert syndrome is confirmed with magnetic resonance imaging, which reveals a classic neuroradiologic finding, characterized as the molar tooth sign. A discussion of the range of developmental outcomes and complex multispecialty care and intensive support that these infants and their families require is also provided.
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- Linda Merritt
- North Texas Hospital for Children at Medical Coty, Dallas, TX 75230, USA
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Mathis L, Nicolas JF. Progressive restriction of cell fates in relation to neuroepithelial cell mingling in the mouse cerebellum. Dev Biol 2003; 258:20-31. [PMID: 12781679 DOI: 10.1016/s0012-1606(03)00098-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Neurogenesis in the cerebellum proceeds through a temporal series of cell production from two separate epithelia, the ventricular zone (VZ) and the external granule cell layer (EGL). Using the laacZ cell lineage tracer in transgenic mice, we describe cellular clones whose dates of birth span the entire period of cerebellar development and deduce a sequence of cell dispersion leading to the final allocation of cells in the cerebellum. Clones probably labeled early during neural tube formation show that individual progenitors can give rise to all cerebellar cell types. The distribution of clonally related granule cells in these clones indicates a mediolateral organization of EGL progenitors already established before the allocation of the EGL progenitors to the cerebellum. Clones restricted to the cerebellar VZ show that the VZ derives progenitors for deep nuclei and multipotent cortical progenitors, which lose their systematic lineage relationship when longitudinal cell intermingling in the cerebellar VZ becomes more limited. The small clones also show that cell dispersion is radial in the internal granule layer and tangential in the molecular layer. Together, the data demonstrate the broad maintenance of the relative order of cells from neural tube stages to the adult cerebellum.
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- Luc Mathis
- Unité de Biologie moléculaire du Développement, Institut Pasteur, 25, rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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Koscheck T, Weyer A, Schilling RL, Schilling K. Morphological development and neurochemical differentiation of cerebellar inhibitory interneurons in microexplant cultures. Neuroscience 2003; 116:973-84. [PMID: 12617938 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(02)00770-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The cerebellar cortex comprises a rather limited variety of interneurons, prominently among them inhibitory basket and stellate cells and Golgi neurons. To identify mechanisms subserving the positioning, morphogenesis, and neurochemical maturation of these inhibitory interneurons, we analyzed their development in primary microexplant cultures of the early postnatal cerebellar cortex. These provide a well-defined, patterned lattice within which the development of individual cells is readily accessible to experimental manipulation and observation. Pax-2-positive precursors of inhibitory interneurons were found to effectively segregate from granule cell perikarya. They emigrate from the core explant and avoid the vicinity of granule cells, which also emigrate and aggregate into small clusters around the explant proper. This contrasts with the behavior of Purkinje neurons, which remain within the explant proper. During migration, a subset of Pax-2-positive cells gradually acquires a GABAergic phenotype, and subsequently also expresses the type 2 metabotropic receptor for glutamate, or parvalbumin, markers for Golgi neurons and basket or stellate cells, respectively. The latter eventually orient their dendrites such that they take a preferentially perpendicular orientation relative to granule cell axons. Both the neurochemical maturation of basket/stellate cells and the specific orientation of their dendrites are independent of their continuous contact with radially oriented glia or Purkinje cell dendrites projecting from the core explant. Numbers of parvalbumin-positive basket/stellate cells and the prevalence of glutamate-positive neurites, which form a dense network preferentially within cell clusters containing granule cell perikarya and their dendrites, are subject to regulation by chronic depolarization. In contrast, brain-derived neurotrophic factor results in a drastic decrease of numbers of basket/stellate cells. These findings document that granule cell axons (parallel fibers) are the major determinant of basket/stellate cell dendritic orientation. They also show that the neurochemical maturation of cerebellar interneurons is sensitive to regulation by activity and neurotrophic factors.
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- T Koscheck
- Anatomisches Institut, Anatomie und Zellbiologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Nussalle 10, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
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