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Iskusnykh IY, Fattakhov N, Li Y, Bihannic L, Kirchner MK, Steshina EY, Northcott PA, Chizhikov VV. Lmx1a is a master regulator of the cortical hem. eLife 2023; 12:e84095. [PMID: 37725078 PMCID: PMC10508884 DOI: 10.7554/elife.84095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023] Open
Abstract
Development of the nervous system depends on signaling centers - specialized cellular populations that produce secreted molecules to regulate neurogenesis in the neighboring neuroepithelium. In some cases, signaling center cells also differentiate to produce key types of neurons. The formation of a signaling center involves its induction, the maintenance of expression of its secreted molecules, and cell differentiation and migration events. How these distinct processes are coordinated during signaling center development remains unknown. By performing studies in mice, we show that Lmx1a acts as a master regulator to orchestrate the formation and function of the cortical hem (CH), a critical signaling center that controls hippocampus development. Lmx1a co-regulates CH induction, its Wnt signaling, and the differentiation and migration of CH-derived Cajal-Retzius neurons. Combining RNAseq, genetic, and rescue experiments, we identified major downstream genes that mediate distinct Lmx1a-dependent processes. Our work revealed that signaling centers in the mammalian brain employ master regulatory genes and established a framework for analyzing signaling center development.
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Affiliation(s)
- Igor Y Iskusnykh
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science CenterMemphisUnited States
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science CenterMemphisUnited States
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- Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research HospitalMemphisUnited States
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- Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research HospitalMemphisUnited States
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science CenterMemphisUnited States
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science CenterMemphisUnited States
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- Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research HospitalMemphisUnited States
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science CenterMemphisUnited States
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Manuel M, Tan KB, Kozic Z, Molinek M, Marcos TS, Razak MFA, Dobolyi D, Dobie R, Henderson BEP, Henderson NC, Chan WK, Daw MI, Mason JO, Price DJ. Pax6 limits the competence of developing cerebral cortical cells to respond to inductive intercellular signals. PLoS Biol 2022; 20:e3001563. [PMID: 36067211 PMCID: PMC9481180 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Revised: 09/16/2022] [Accepted: 07/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The development of stable specialized cell types in multicellular organisms relies on mechanisms controlling inductive intercellular signals and the competence of cells to respond to such signals. In developing cerebral cortex, progenitors generate only glutamatergic excitatory neurons despite being exposed to signals with the potential to initiate the production of other neuronal types, suggesting that their competence is limited. Here, we tested the hypothesis that this limitation is due to their expression of transcription factor Pax6. We used bulk and single-cell RNAseq to show that conditional cortex-specific Pax6 deletion from the onset of cortical neurogenesis allowed some progenitors to generate abnormal lineages resembling those normally found outside the cortex. Analysis of selected gene expression showed that the changes occurred in specific spatiotemporal patterns. We then compared the responses of control and Pax6-deleted cortical cells to in vivo and in vitro manipulations of extracellular signals. We found that Pax6 loss increased cortical progenitors’ competence to generate inappropriate lineages in response to extracellular factors normally present in developing cortex, including the morphogens Shh and Bmp4. Regional variation in the levels of these factors could explain spatiotemporal patterns of fate change following Pax6 deletion in vivo. We propose that Pax6’s main role in developing cortical cells is to minimize the risk of their development being derailed by the potential side effects of morphogens engaged contemporaneously in other essential functions. The development of stable specialized cell types in multicellular organisms relies on mechanisms controlling inductive intercellular signals and the competence of cells to respond. This study shows that cortical development is stabilized by the protective actions of the transcription factor Pax6, which adjusts the ability of cortical cells to respond to potentially destabilizing signals present in their local environment.
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- Martine Manuel
- Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain, Patrick Wild Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain, Patrick Wild Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain, Patrick Wild Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain, Patrick Wild Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain, Patrick Wild Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain, Patrick Wild Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain, Patrick Wild Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh, Queen’s Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh, Queen’s Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh, Queen’s Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain, Patrick Wild Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain, Patrick Wild Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Zhejiang University-University of Edinburgh Institute, Zhejiang University, Haining, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China
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- Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain, Patrick Wild Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain, Patrick Wild Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Hughes MW, Jiang TX, Plikus MV, Guerrero-Juarez CF, Lin CH, Schafer C, Maxson R, Widelitz RB, Chuong CM. Msx2 Supports Epidermal Competency during Wound-Induced Hair Follicle Neogenesis. J Invest Dermatol 2018; 138:2041-2050. [PMID: 29577917 PMCID: PMC6109435 DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2018.02.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2017] [Revised: 02/06/2018] [Accepted: 02/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Cutaneous wounds in adult mammals typically heal by scarring. However, large full-thickness wounds undergo wound-induced hair follicle neogenesis (WIHN), a form of regeneration. Here, we show that WIHN requires transient expression of epidermal Msx2 in two phases: the wound margin early and the wound center late. Msx2 expression is present in the migrating epithelium during early wound healing and then presents in the epithelium and mesenchyme later in the wound center. WIHN is abrogated in germline and epithelial-specific Msx2 mutant mice. Unlike the full-length Msx2 promoter, a minimal Msx2 promoter fails activation in the wound center, suggesting complex regulation of Msx2 expression. The Msx2 promoter binding sites include Tcf/Lef, Jun/Creb, Pax3, and three SMAD sites. However, basal epithelial-induced BMP suppression by noggin overexpression did not affect WIHN. We propose that Msx2 signaling is required for the epidermis to acquire spatiotemporal competence during WIHN. Topologically, hair regeneration dominates in the wound center, coinciding with late Msx2 expression. Together, these results suggest that intrinsic Msx2 expression supports epithelial competency during hair follicle neogenesis. This work provides insight into endogenous mechanisms modulating competency of adult epidermal progenitors for mammalian ectodermal appendage neogenesis, and offers the target Msx2 for future regeneration-promoting therapies.
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- Michael W Hughes
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA; International Center for Wound Repair and Regeneration, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA; Stem Cell Research Center, Center for Complex Biological Systems, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
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- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA; Stem Cell Research Center, Center for Complex Biological Systems, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
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- International Center for Wound Repair and Regeneration, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Basic Medicine, National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA; International Center for Wound Repair and Regeneration, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Basic Medicine, National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine, Tainan, Taiwan; Integrative Stem Cell Center, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, 2 Yude Road, North District, Taichung, Taiwan.
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Watanabe M, Fung ES, Chan FB, Wong JS, Coutts M, Monuki ES. BMP4 acts as a dorsal telencephalic morphogen in a mouse embryonic stem cell culture system. Biol Open 2016; 5:1834-1843. [PMID: 27815243 PMCID: PMC5200901 DOI: 10.1242/bio.012021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2016] [Accepted: 10/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
The concept of a morphogen - a molecule that specifies two or more cell fates in a concentration-dependent manner - is paradigmatic in developmental biology. Much remains unknown, however, about the existence of morphogens in the developing vertebrate central nervous system (CNS), including the mouse dorsal telencephalic midline (DTM). Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are candidate DTM morphogens, and our previous work demonstrated BMP4 sufficiency to induce one DTM cell fate - that of choroid plexus epithelial cells (CPECs) - in a mouse embryonic stem cell (mESC) culture system. Here we used BMP4 in a modified mESC culture system to derive a second DTM fate, the cortical hem (CH). CH and CPEC markers were induced by BMP4 in a concentration-dependent manner consistent with in vivo development. BMP4 concentrations that led to CH fate also promoted markers for Cajal-Retzius neurons, which are known CH derivatives. Interestingly, single BMP4 administrations also sufficed for appropriate temporal regulation of CH, CPEC, and cortical genes, with initially broad and overlapping dose-response profiles that sharpened over time. BMP4 concentrations that yielded CH- or CPEC-enriched populations also had different steady-state levels of phospho-SMAD1/5/8, suggesting that differences in BMP signaling intensity underlie DTM fate choice. Surprisingly, inactivation of the cortical selector gene Lhx2 did not affect DTM expression levels, dose-response profiles, or timing in response to BMP4, although neural progenitor genes were downregulated. These data indicate that BMP4 can act as a classic morphogen to orchestrate both spatial and temporal aspects of DTM fate acquisition, and can do so in the absence of Lhx2.
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- Momoko Watanabe
- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2300, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-4800, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-4800, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-4800, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-4800, USA
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- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2300, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-4800, USA
- Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-1705, USA
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Chau KF, Springel MW, Broadbelt KG, Park HY, Topal S, Lun MP, Mullan H, Maynard T, Steen H, LaMantia AS, Lehtinen MK. Progressive Differentiation and Instructive Capacities of Amniotic Fluid and Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteomes following Neural Tube Closure. Dev Cell 2016; 35:789-802. [PMID: 26702835 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2015] [Revised: 09/28/2015] [Accepted: 11/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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After neural tube closure, amniotic fluid (AF) captured inside the neural tube forms the nascent cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Neuroepithelial stem cells contact CSF-filled ventricles, proliferate, and differentiate to form the mammalian brain, while neurogenic placodes, which generate cranial sensory neurons, remain in contact with the AF. Using in vivo ultrasound imaging, we quantified the expansion of the embryonic ventricular-CSF space from its inception. We developed tools to obtain pure AF and nascent CSF, before and after neural tube closure, and to define how the AF and CSF proteomes diverge during mouse development. Using embryonic neural explants, we demonstrate that age-matched fluids promote Sox2-positive neurogenic identity in developing forebrain and olfactory epithelia. Nascent CSF also stimulates SOX2-positive self-renewal of forebrain progenitor cells, some of which is attributable to LIFR signaling. Our Resource should facilitate the investigation of fluid-tissue interactions during this highly vulnerable stage of early brain development.
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- Kevin F Chau
- Department of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Institute for Neuroscience, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC 20037, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Institute for Neuroscience, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC 20037, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Gupta S, Sen J. Roof plate mediated morphogenesis of the forebrain: New players join the game. Dev Biol 2016; 413:145-52. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2016.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2015] [Revised: 02/06/2016] [Accepted: 03/15/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Caronia-Brown G, Anderegg A, Awatramani R. Expression and functional analysis of the Wnt/beta-catenin induced mir-135a-2 locus in embryonic forebrain development. Neural Dev 2016; 11:9. [PMID: 27048518 PMCID: PMC4822265 DOI: 10.1186/s13064-016-0065-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2016] [Accepted: 04/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Brain size and patterning are dependent on dosage-sensitive morphogen signaling pathways - yet how these pathways are calibrated remains enigmatic. Recent studies point to a new role for microRNAs in tempering the spatio-temporal range of morphogen functions during development. Here, we investigated the role of miR-135a, derived from the mir-135a-2 locus, in embryonic forebrain development. METHOD 1. We characterized the expression of miR-135a, and its host gene Rmst, by in situ hybridization (ish). 2. We conditionally ablated, or activated, beta-catenin in the dorsal forebrain to determine if this pathway was necessary and/or sufficient for Rmst/miR-135a expression. 3. We performed bioinformatics analysis to unveil the most predicted pathways targeted by miR-135a. 4. We performed gain and loss of function experiments on mir-135a-2 and analyzed by ish the expression of key markers of cortical hem, choroid plexus, neocortex and hippocampus. RESULTS 1. miR-135a, embedded in the host long non-coding transcript Rmst, is robustly expressed, and functional, in the medial wall of the embryonic dorsal forebrain, a Wnt and TGFβ/BMP-rich domain. 2. Canonical Wnt/beta-catenin signaling is critical for the expression of Rmst and miR-135a, and the cortical hem determinant Lmx1a. 3. Bioinformatics analyses reveal that the Wnt and TGFβ/BMP cascades are among the top predicted pathways targeted by miR-135a. 4. Analysis of mir-135a-2 null embryos showed that dorsal forebrain development appeared normal. In contrast, modest mir-135a-2 overexpression, in the early dorsal forebrain, resulted in a phenotype resembling that of mutants with Wnt and TGFβ/BMP deficits - a smaller cortical hem and hippocampus primordium associated with a shorter neocortex as well as a less convoluted choroid plexus. Interestingly, late overexpression of mir-135a-2 revealed no change. CONCLUSIONS All together, our data suggests the existence of a Wnt/miR-135a auto-regulatory loop, which could serve to limit the extent, the duration and/or intensity of the Wnt and, possibly, the TGFβ/BMP pathways.
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- Giuliana Caronia-Brown
- Department of Neurology and Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 7-113 Lurie Bldg., 303 E. Superior Street, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
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- Department of Neurology and Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 7-113 Lurie Bldg., 303 E. Superior Street, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 7-113 Lurie Bldg., 303 E. Superior Street, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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Sox6 suppression induces RA-dependent apoptosis mediated by BMP-4 expression during neuronal differentiation in P19 cells. Mol Cell Biochem 2015; 412:49-57. [PMID: 26590087 PMCID: PMC4718955 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-015-2607-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2015] [Accepted: 11/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
Abstract
Sox6 is a transcription factor that induces neuronal differentiation in P19 cells; its suppression not only inhibits neuronal differentiation but also induces retinoic acid (RA)-dependent apoptosis of P19 cells. In the present study, we found that Sox6 suppression-induced apoptosis was mediated by activation of caspase 9 and 3. Moreover, we noted a weak leakage of cytochrome c into the cytoplasm from the mitochondria, indicating that apoptosis occurs through a mitochondrial pathway in Sox6-suppressed P19 (P19[anti-Sox6]) cells. Sox6 suppression in the presence of RA also induced the expression and secretion of bone morphogenetic protein 4 (BMP-4). Addition of an anti-BMP-4 antibody for neutralization increased cell viability and led to RA-dependent death of P19[anti-Sox6] cells. Our results indicate that Sox6 suppression induces RA-dependent cell death of P19 cells, mediated by BMP-4 expression and secretion. Normally, high Sox6 expression leads to RA-mediated neuronal differentiation in P19 cells; however, Sox6 deficiency induces production and secretion of BMP-4, which mediates selective cell death. Our findings suggest that Sox6 contributes to cell survival by suppressing BMP-4 transcription during neuronal differentiation.
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Reyes de Mochel NS, Luong M, Chiang M, Javier AL, Luu E, Toshihiko F, MacGregor GR, Cinquin O, Cho KWY. BMP signaling is required for cell cleavage in preimplantation-mouse embryos. Dev Biol 2014; 397:45-55. [PMID: 25446538 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2014.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2014] [Revised: 10/03/2014] [Accepted: 10/04/2014] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The mechanisms regulating cell division during development of the mouse pre-implantation embryo are poorly understood. We have investigated whether bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling is involved in controlling cell cycle during mouse pre-implantation development. We mapped and quantitated the dynamic activities of BMP signaling through high-resolution immunofluorescence imaging combined with a 3D segmentation method. Immunostaining for phosphorylated Smad1/5/8 shows that BMP signaling is activated in mouse embryos as early as the 4-cell stage, and becomes spatially restricted by late blastocyst stage. Perturbation of BMP signaling in preimplantation mouse embryos, whether by treatment with a small molecule inhibitor, with Noggin protein, or by overexpression of a dominant-negative BMP receptor, indicates that BMPs regulate cell cleavage up to the morula stage. These results indicate that BMP signaling is active during mouse pre-implantation development and is required for cell cleavage in preimplantation mouse embryos.
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- Department of Developmental & Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-2300 USA
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- Department of Developmental & Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-2300 USA
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- Department of Developmental & Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-2300 USA
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- Department of Developmental & Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-2300 USA
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- Division of Embryology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Developmental & Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-2300 USA
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- Department of Developmental & Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-2300 USA
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- Department of Developmental & Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-2300 USA
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Gámez B, Rodriguez-Carballo E, Ventura F. BMP signaling in telencephalic neural cell specification and maturation. Front Cell Neurosci 2013; 7:87. [PMID: 23761735 PMCID: PMC3671186 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2013.00087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2013] [Accepted: 05/21/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) make up a family of morphogens that are critical for patterning, development, and function of the central and peripheral nervous system. Their effects on neural cells are pleiotropic and highly dynamic depending on the stage of development and the local niche. Neural cells display a broad expression profile of BMP ligands, receptors, and transducer molecules. Moreover, interactions of BMP signaling with other incoming morphogens and signaling pathways are crucial for most of these processes. The key role of BMP signaling suggests that it includes many regulatory mechanisms that restrict BMP activity both temporally and spatially. BMPs affect neural cell fate specification in a dynamic fashion. Initially they inhibit proliferation of neural precursors and promote the first steps in neuronal differentiation. Later on, BMP signaling effects switch from neuronal induction to promotion of astroglial identity and inhibition of neuronal or oligodendroglial lineage commitment. Furthermore, in postmitotic cells, BMPs regulate cell survival and death, to modulate neuronal subtype specification, promote dendritic and axonal growth and induce synapse formation and stabilization. In this review, we examine the canonical and non-canonical mechanisms of BMP signal transduction. Moreover, we focus on the specific role of BMPs in the nervous system including their ability to regulate neural stem cell proliferation, self-renewal, lineage specification, and neuronal function.
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- Beatriz Gámez
- Departament de Ciències Fisiològiques II, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge, Universitat de Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Spain
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