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Oner M, Chen MC, Cheng PT, Li YH, Cheng YC, Celik A, Soong SW, Hsu LW, Lin DY, Hossain Prince GMS, Dhar T, Cheng HC, Tang PC, Lin H. Impact of Metformin on Neocortical Development during Pregnancy: Involvements of ERK and p35/CDK5 Pathways. Chemosphere 2024:142124. [PMID: 38677614 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Revised: 04/18/2024] [Accepted: 04/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/29/2024]
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Metformin, the most commonly prescribed drug for the treatment of diabetes, is increasingly used during pregnancy to address various disorders such as diabetes, obesity, preeclampsia, and metabolic diseases. However, its impact on neocortex development remains unclear. Here, we investigated the direct effects of metformin on neocortex development, focusing on ERK and p35/CDK5 regulation. Using a pregnant rat model, we found that metformin treatment during pregnancy induces small for gestational age (SGA) and reduces relative cortical thickness in embryos and neonates. Additionally, we discovered that metformin inhibits neural progenitor cell proliferation in the sub-ventricular zone (SVZ)/ventricular zone (VZ) of the developing neocortex, a process possibly mediated by ERK inactivation. Furthermore, metformin induces neuronal apoptosis in the SVZ/VZ area of the developing neocortex. Moreover, metformin retards neuronal migration, cortical lamination, and differentiation, potentially through p35/CDK5 inhibition in the developing neocortex. Remarkably, compensating for p35 through in-utero electroporation partially rescues metformin-impaired neuronal migration and development. In summary, our study reveals that metformin disrupts neocortex development by inhibiting neuronal progenitor proliferation, neuronal migration, cortical layering, and cortical neuron maturation, likely via ERK and p35/CDK5 inhibition. Consequently, our findings advocate for caution in metformin usage during pregnancy, given its potential adverse effects on fetal brain development.
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- Muhammet Oner
- Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan
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- Translational Cell Therapy Center, Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 40447, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan
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- Translational Cell Therapy Center, Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 40447, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan
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- Department of Animal Science, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan.
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Bhuckory MB, Monkongpitukkul N, Shin A, Goldstein AK, Jensen N, Shah SV, Pham-Howard D, Butt E, Dalal R, Galambos L, Mathieson K, Kamins T, Palanker D. Enhancing Prosthetic Vision by Upgrade of a Subretinal Photovoltaic Implant in situ. bioRxiv 2024:2024.04.15.589465. [PMID: 38659843 PMCID: PMC11042236 DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.15.589465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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In patients with atrophic age-related macular degeneration, subretinal photovoltaic implant (PRIMA) provided visual acuity up to 20/440, matching its 100μm pixels size. Next-generation implants with smaller pixels should significantly improve the acuity. This study in rats evaluates removal of a subretinal implant, replacement with a newer device, and the resulting grating acuity in-vivo. Six weeks after the initial implantation with planar and 3-dimensional devices, the retina was re-detached, and the devices were successfully removed. Histology demonstrated a preserved inner nuclear layer. Re-implantation of new devices into the same location demonstrated retinal re-attachment to a new implant. New devices with 22μm pixels increased the grating acuity from the 100μm capability of PRIMA implants to 28μm, reaching the limit of natural resolution in rats. Reimplanted devices exhibited the same stimulation threshold as for the first implantation of the same implants in a control group. This study demonstrates the feasibility of safely upgrading the subretinal photovoltaic implants to improve prosthetic visual acuity.
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- Mohajeet B Bhuckory
- Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94303, USA
- Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
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- Department of Material Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94303, USA
- Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94303, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94303, USA
- Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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Irastorza-Valera L, Benítez JM, Montáns FJ, Saucedo-Mora L. An Agent-Based Model to Reproduce the Boolean Logic Behaviour of Neuronal Self-Organised Communities through Pulse Delay Modulation and Generation of Logic Gates. Biomimetics (Basel) 2024; 9:101. [PMID: 38392147 PMCID: PMC10886514 DOI: 10.3390/biomimetics9020101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2023] [Revised: 01/16/2024] [Accepted: 02/04/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
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The human brain is arguably the most complex "machine" to ever exist. Its detailed functioning is yet to be fully understood, let alone modelled. Neurological processes have logical signal-processing and biophysical aspects, and both affect the brain's structure, functioning and adaptation. Mathematical approaches based on both information and graph theory have been extensively used in an attempt to approximate its biological functioning, along with Artificial Intelligence frameworks inspired by its logical functioning. In this article, an approach to model some aspects of the brain learning and signal processing is presented, mimicking the metastability and backpropagation found in the real brain while also accounting for neuroplasticity. Several simulations are carried out with this model to demonstrate how dynamic neuroplasticity, neural inhibition and neuron migration can reshape the brain's logical connectivity to synchronise signal processing and obtain certain target latencies. This work showcases the importance of dynamic logical and biophysical remodelling in brain plasticity. Combining mathematical (agents, graph theory, topology and backpropagation) and biomedical ingredients (metastability, neuroplasticity and migration), these preliminary results prove complex brain phenomena can be reproduced-under pertinent simplifications-via affordable computations, which can be construed as a starting point for more ambitiously accurate simulations.
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- Luis Irastorza-Valera
- E.T.S. de Ingeniería Aeronáutica y del Espacio, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Pza. Cardenal Cisneros 3, 28040 Madrid, Spain
- PIMM Laboratory, Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology, 151 Bd de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
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- E.T.S. de Ingeniería Aeronáutica y del Espacio, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Pza. Cardenal Cisneros 3, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- E.T.S. de Ingeniería Aeronáutica y del Espacio, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Pza. Cardenal Cisneros 3, 28040 Madrid, Spain
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- E.T.S. de Ingeniería Aeronáutica y del Espacio, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Pza. Cardenal Cisneros 3, 28040 Madrid, Spain
- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ, UK
- Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Murakami S, Ohki-Hamazaki H, Uchiyama Y. Somatostatin affects GnRH neuronal development and migration and stimulates olfactory-related fiber fasciculation. Dev Neurobiol 2024; 84:3-17. [PMID: 38072668 DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2023] [Revised: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
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Transient expression of somatostatin (SST) has been observed in the olfactory epithelium (OE) and nerves of chick embryos. Intense expression of SST in these regions on embryonic days (E) 5-8 coincides with the migration of neurons producing gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) from the OE to the forebrain (FB), suggesting that SST plays a role in the development of GnRH neurons. Using in ovo electroporation of small interfering RNA, we found that the suppression of SST mRNA in the olfactory placode (OP) of E3.5 chick embryos significantly reduced the number of GnRH and Islet-1-immunoreactive neurons in the nasal region without affecting the entry of GnRH neurons into the FB at E5.5-6. SST knockdown did not lead to changes in the number of apoptotic, proliferating, or HuC/D-positive neuronal cells in the OE; therefore, it is possible that SST is involved in the neurogenesis/differentiation of GnRH neurons and OP-derived GnRH-negative migratory neurons. In whole OP explant cultures, we also found that SST or its analog octreotide treatment significantly increased the number of migratory GnRH neurons and the migratory distance from the explants. The co-application of an SST antagonist blocked the octreotide-induced increase in the number of GnRH neurons. Furthermore, the fasciculation of polysialylated neural cell adhesion molecule-immunoreactive fibers emerging from the explants was dependent on octreotide. Taken together, our results provide evidence that SST exerts facilitatory effects on the development of neurons expressing GnRH or Islet-1 and on GnRH neuronal migration, in addition to olfactory-related fiber fasciculation.
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- Shizuko Murakami
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Neuropathology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Neuropathology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Akula SK, Exposito-Alonso D, Walsh CA. Shaping the brain: The emergence of cortical structure and folding. Dev Cell 2023; 58:2836-2849. [PMID: 38113850 PMCID: PMC10793202 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2023.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Revised: 04/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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The cerebral cortex-the brain's covering and largest region-has increased in size and complexity in humans and supports higher cognitive functions such as language and abstract thinking. There is a growing understanding of the human cerebral cortex, including the diversity and number of cell types that it contains, as well as of the developmental mechanisms that shape cortical structure and organization. In this review, we discuss recent progress in our understanding of molecular and cellular processes, as well as mechanical forces, that regulate the folding of the cerebral cortex. Advances in human genetics, coupled with experimental modeling in gyrencephalic species, have provided insights into the central role of cortical progenitors in the gyrification and evolutionary expansion of the cerebral cortex. These studies are essential for understanding the emergence of structural and functional organization during cortical development and the pathogenesis of neurodevelopmental disorders associated with cortical malformations.
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- Shyam K Akula
- Division of Genetics and Genomics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Allen Discovery Center for Human Brain Evolution, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Genetics and Genomics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Allen Discovery Center for Human Brain Evolution, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Genetics and Genomics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Allen Discovery Center for Human Brain Evolution, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA.
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Markiewicz R, Markiewicz-Gospodarek A, Borowski B, Trubalski M, Łoza B. Reelin Signaling and Synaptic Plasticity in Schizophrenia. Brain Sci 2023; 13:1704. [PMID: 38137152 PMCID: PMC10741648 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13121704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2023] [Revised: 12/01/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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Recent research emphasizes the significance of studying the quality of life of schizophrenia patients, considering the complex nature of the illness. Identifying neuronal markers for early diagnosis and treatment is crucial. Reelin (RELN) stands out among these markers, with genetic studies highlighting its role in mental health. Suppression of RELN expression may contribute to cognitive deficits by limiting dendritic proliferation, affecting neurogenesis, and leading to improper neuronal circuits. Although the physiological function of reelin is not fully understood, it plays a vital role in hippocampal cell stratification and neuroglia formation. This analysis explores reelin's importance in the nervous system, shedding light on its impact on mental disorders such as schizophrenia, paving the way for innovative therapeutic approaches, and at the same time, raises the following conclusions: increased methylation levels of the RELN gene in patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia results in a multiple decrease in the expression of reelin, and monitoring of this indicator, i.e., methylation levels, can be used to monitor the severity of symptoms in the course of schizophrenia.
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- Renata Markiewicz
- Occupational Therapy Laboratory, Chair of Nursing Development, Medical University of Lublin, 4 Staszica St., 20-081 Lublin, Poland;
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- Students Scientific Association, Department of Normal, Clinical and Imaging Anatomy, Medical University of Lublin, 20-090 Lublin, Poland; (B.B.); (M.T.)
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- Students Scientific Association, Department of Normal, Clinical and Imaging Anatomy, Medical University of Lublin, 20-090 Lublin, Poland; (B.B.); (M.T.)
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- Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-091 Warsaw, Poland;
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Zhou Z, Pan Y, Zhou S, Wang S, Zhang D, Cao Y, Jiang X, Li J, Zhu L, Zhao L, Gu S, Lin G, Dong Z, Sun HX. Single-cell analysis reveals specific neuronal transition during mouse corticogenesis. Front Cell Dev Biol 2023; 11:1209320. [PMID: 38020907 PMCID: PMC10657809 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1209320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Background: Currently, the mechanism(s) underlying corticogenesis is still under characterization. Methods: We curated the most comprehensive single-cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) datasets from mouse and human fetal cortexes for data analysis and confirmed the findings with co-immunostaining experiments. Results: By analyzing the developmental trajectories with scRNA-seq datasets in mice, we identified a specific developmental sub-path contributed by a cell-population expressing both deep- and upper-layer neurons (DLNs and ULNs) specific markers, which occurred on E13.5 but was absent in adults. In this cell-population, the percentages of cells expressing DLN and ULN markers decreased and increased, respectively, during the development suggesting direct neuronal transition (namely D-T-U). Whilst genes significantly highly/uniquely expressed in D-T-U cell population were significantly enriched in PTN/MDK signaling pathways related to cell migration. Both findings were further confirmed by co-immunostaining with DLNs, ULNs and D-T-U specific markers across different timepoints. Furthermore, six genes (co-expressed with D-T-U specific markers in mice) showing a potential opposite temporal expression between human and mouse during fetal cortical development were associated with neuronal migration and cognitive functions. In adult prefrontal cortexes (PFC), D-T-U specific genes were expressed in neurons from different layers between humans and mice. Conclusion: Our study characterizes a specific cell population D-T-U showing direct DLNs to ULNs neuronal transition and migration during fetal cortical development in mice. It is potentially associated with the difference of cortical development in humans and mice.
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- Ziheng Zhou
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Bioinformatics Department, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
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- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Biomedical Pioneering Innovation Center (BIOPIC), Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Medical Technology College, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
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- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Keever KM, Li Y, Womble PD, Sullens DG, Otazu GH, Lugo JN, Ramos RL. Neocortical and cerebellar malformations affect flurothyl-induced seizures in female C57BL/6J mice. Front Neurosci 2023; 17:1271744. [PMID: 38027492 PMCID: PMC10651747 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1271744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Brain malformations cause cognitive disability and seizures in both human and animal models. Highly laminated structures such as the neocortex and cerebellum are vulnerable to malformation, affecting lamination and neuronal connectivity as well as causing heterotopia. The objective of the present study was to determine if sporadic neocortical and/or cerebellar malformations in C57BL/6J mice are correlated with reduced seizure threshold. The inhaled chemi-convulsant flurothyl was used to induce generalized, tonic-clonic seizures in male and female C57BL/6J mice, and the time to seizure onset was recorded as a functional correlate of brain excitability changes. Following seizures, mice were euthanized, and brains were extracted for histology. Cryosections of the neocortex and cerebellar vermis were stained and examined for the presence of molecular layer heterotopia as previously described in C57BL/6J mice. Over 60% of mice had neocortical and/or cerebellar heterotopia. No sex differences were observed in the prevalence of malformations. Significantly reduced seizure onset time was observed dependent on sex and the type of malformation present. These results raise important questions regarding the presence of malformations in C57BL/6J mice used in the study of brain development, epilepsy, and many other diseases of the nervous system.
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- Katherine M. Keever
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY, United States
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University, Waco, TX, United States
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University, Waco, TX, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY, United States
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University, Waco, TX, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY, United States
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Bhuckory MB, Wang BY, Chen ZC, Shin A, Huang T, Galambos L, Vounotrypidis E, Mathieson K, Kamins T, Palanker D. Cellular migration into a subretinal honeycomb-shaped prosthesis for high-resolution prosthetic vision. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2307380120. [PMID: 37831740 PMCID: PMC10589669 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2307380120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/08/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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In patients blinded by geographic atrophy, a subretinal photovoltaic implant with 100 µm pixels provided visual acuity closely matching the pixel pitch. However, such flat bipolar pixels cannot be scaled below 75 µm, limiting the attainable visual acuity. This limitation can be overcome by shaping the electric field with 3-dimensional (3-D) electrodes. In particular, elevating the return electrode on top of the honeycomb-shaped vertical walls surrounding each pixel extends the electric field vertically and decouples its penetration into tissue from the pixel width. This approach relies on migration of the retinal cells into the honeycomb wells. Here, we demonstrate that majority of the inner retinal neurons migrate into the 25 µm deep wells, leaving the third-order neurons, such as amacrine and ganglion cells, outside. This enables selective stimulation of the second-order neurons inside the wells, thus preserving the intraretinal signal processing in prosthetic vision. Comparable glial response to that with flat implants suggests that migration and separation of the retinal cells by the walls does not cause additional stress. Furthermore, retinal migration into the honeycombs does not negatively affect its electrical excitability, while grating acuity matches the pixel pitch down to 40 μm and reaches the 27 μm limit of natural resolution in rats with 20 μm pixels. These findings pave the way for 3-D subretinal prostheses with pixel sizes of cellular dimensions.
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- Mohajeet B. Bhuckory
- Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA94305
- Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA94305
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- Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA94305
- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA94305
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- Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA94305
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA94305
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- Department of Material Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA94305
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA94305
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- Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA94305
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- Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, G1 1XQGlasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA94305
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- Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA94305
- Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA94305
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Norden C. A Fish Eye View: Retinal Morphogenesis from Optic Cup to Neuronal Lamination. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol 2023; 39:175-196. [PMID: 37418775 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-cellbio-012023-013036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/09/2023]
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The neural retina, at the back of the eye, is a fascinating system to use to discover how cells form tissues in the context of the developing nervous system. The retina is the tissue responsible for perception and transmission of visual information from the environment. It consists of five types of neurons and one type of glia cells that are arranged in a highly organized, layered structure to assure visual information flow. To reach this highly ordered arrangement, intricate morphogenic movements are occurring at the cell and tissue levels. I here discuss recent advances made to understand retinal development, from optic cup formation to neuronal layering. It becomes clear that these complex morphogenetic processes must be studied by taking the cellular as well as the tissue-wide aspects into account. The loop has to be closed between exploring how cell behavior influences tissue development and how the surrounding tissue itself influences single cells. Furthermore, it was recently revealed that the retina is a great system to study neuronal migration phenomena, and more is yet to be discovered in this aspect. Constantly developing imaging and image analysis toolboxes as well as the use of machine learning and synthetic biology make the retina the perfect system to explore more of its exciting neurodevelopmental biology.
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- Caren Norden
- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal;
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Ortega-Gascó A, Parcerisas A, Hino K, Herranz-Pérez V, Ulloa F, Elias-Tersa A, Bosch M, García-Verdugo JM, Simó S, Pujadas L, Soriano E. Regulation of young-adult neurogenesis and neuronal differentiation by neural cell adhesion molecule 2 (NCAM2). Cereb Cortex 2023; 33:10931-10948. [PMID: 37724425 PMCID: PMC10629901 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhad340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2022] [Revised: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/20/2023] Open
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Adult neurogenesis persists in mammals in the neurogenic zones, where newborn neurons are incorporated into preexisting circuits to preserve and improve learning and memory tasks. Relevant structural elements of the neurogenic niches include the family of cell adhesion molecules (CAMs), which participate in signal transduction and regulate the survival, division, and differentiation of radial glial progenitors (RGPs). Here we analyzed the functions of neural cell adhesion molecule 2 (NCAM2) in the regulation of RGPs in adult neurogenesis and during corticogenesis. We characterized the presence of NCAM2 across the main cell types of the neurogenic process in the dentate gyrus, revealing different levels of NCAM2 amid the progression of RGPs and the formation of neurons. We showed that Ncam2 overexpression in adult mice arrested progenitors in an RGP-like state, affecting the normal course of young-adult neurogenesis. Furthermore, changes in Ncam2 levels during corticogenesis led to transient migratory deficits but did not affect the survival and proliferation of RGPs, suggesting a differential role of NCAM2 in adult and embryonic stages. Our data reinforce the relevance of CAMs in the neurogenic process by revealing a significant role of Ncam2 levels in the regulation of RGPs during young-adult neurogenesis in the hippocampus.
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- Alba Ortega-Gascó
- Department of Cell Biology, Physiology, and Immunology, Institute of Neurosciences, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), 643 Diagonal Ave., Barcelona 08028, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), CIBER, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 4 Sinesio Delgado, Madrid 28031, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology, Physiology, and Immunology, Institute of Neurosciences, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), 643 Diagonal Ave., Barcelona 08028, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), CIBER, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 4 Sinesio Delgado, Madrid 28031, Spain
- Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Sciences, Technology and Engineering, University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC), 13 Laura St., Vic 08500, Spain
- Tissue Repair and Regeneration Laboratory (TR2Lab), Institut de Recerca i Innovació en Ciències de la Vida i de la Salut a la Catalunya Central (IRIS-CC), 70 Roda Rd., Vic 08500, Spain
- Department of Basic Sciences, International University of Catalonia (UIC), S/N Josep Trueta St., Sant Cugat del Vallès 08195, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, University of California Davis, 1275 Med Science Dr., Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), CIBER, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 4 Sinesio Delgado, Madrid 28031, Spain
- Laboratory of Comparative Neurobiology, Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, 7 Catedràtic Agustín Escardino Benlloch St., València 46010, Spain
- Predepartamental Unit of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jaume I University, S/N Vicent Sos Baynat Ave., Castelló de la Plana 12006, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology, Physiology, and Immunology, Institute of Neurosciences, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), 643 Diagonal Ave., Barcelona 08028, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), CIBER, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 4 Sinesio Delgado, Madrid 28031, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology, Physiology, and Immunology, Institute of Neurosciences, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), 643 Diagonal Ave., Barcelona 08028, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), CIBER, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 4 Sinesio Delgado, Madrid 28031, Spain
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- Department of Basic Sciences, International University of Catalonia (UIC), S/N Josep Trueta St., Sant Cugat del Vallès 08195, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), CIBER, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 4 Sinesio Delgado, Madrid 28031, Spain
- Laboratory of Comparative Neurobiology, Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, 7 Catedràtic Agustín Escardino Benlloch St., València 46010, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, University of California Davis, 1275 Med Science Dr., Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Physiology, and Immunology, Institute of Neurosciences, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), 643 Diagonal Ave., Barcelona 08028, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), CIBER, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 4 Sinesio Delgado, Madrid 28031, Spain
- Tissue Repair and Regeneration Laboratory (TR2Lab), Institut de Recerca i Innovació en Ciències de la Vida i de la Salut a la Catalunya Central (IRIS-CC), 70 Roda Rd., Vic 08500, Spain
- Department of Experimental Sciences and Methodology, Faculty of Heath Sciences and Wellfare, University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC), 7 Sagrada Família St., Vic 08500, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology, Physiology, and Immunology, Institute of Neurosciences, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), 643 Diagonal Ave., Barcelona 08028, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), CIBER, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 4 Sinesio Delgado, Madrid 28031, Spain
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Peralta Cuasolo YM, Dupraz S, Unsain N, Bisbal M, Quassollo G, Galiano MR, Grassi D, Quiroga S, Sosa LJ. The GTPase Rab21 is required for neuronal development and migration in the cerebral cortex. J Neurochem 2023; 166:790-808. [PMID: 37534523 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.15925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2022] [Revised: 07/04/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 08/04/2023]
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Development of the mammalian neocortex requires proper inside-out migration of developing cortical neurons from the germinal ventricular zone toward the cortical plate. The mechanics of this migration requires precise coordination of different cellular phenomena including cytoskeleton dynamics, membrane trafficking, and cell adhesion. The small GTPases play a central role in all these events. The small GTPase Rab21 regulates migration and neurite growth in developing neurons. Moreover, regulators and effectors of Rab21 have been implicated in brain pathologies with cortical malformations, suggesting a key function for the Rab21 signaling pathway in cortical development. Mechanistically, it has been posited that Rab21 influences cell migration by controlling the trafficking of endocytic vesicles containing adhesion molecules. However, direct evidence of the participation of Rab21 or its mechanism of action in the regulation of cortical migration is still incomplete. In this study, we demonstrate that Rab21 plays a critical role in the differentiation and migration of pyramidal neurons by regulating the levels of the amyloid precursor protein on the neuronal cell surface. Rab21 loss of function increased the levels of membrane-exposed APP, resulting in impaired cortical neuronal differentiation and migration. These findings further our understanding of the processes governing the development of the cerebral cortex and shed light onto the molecular mechanisms behind cortical development disorders derived from the malfunctioning of Rab21 signaling effectors.
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- Yael Macarena Peralta Cuasolo
- Departamento de Química Biológica Ranwell Caputto, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, CIQUIBIC-CONICET-Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Axonal Growth and Regeneration, German Center for Neurodegenarative Diseases, Bonn, Germany
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- Instituto de Investigación Médica Mercedes y Martín Ferreyra (INIMEC), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
- Centro de Biología Celular y Molecular (CeBiCeM, FCEFyN-UNC), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigación Médica Mercedes y Martín Ferreyra (INIMEC), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
- Instituto Universitario Ciencias Biomédicas de Córdoba (IUCBC), Córdoba, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigación Médica Mercedes y Martín Ferreyra (INIMEC), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Biológica Ranwell Caputto, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, CIQUIBIC-CONICET-Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Biológica Ranwell Caputto, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, CIQUIBIC-CONICET-Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Biológica Ranwell Caputto, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, CIQUIBIC-CONICET-Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Biológica Ranwell Caputto, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, CIQUIBIC-CONICET-Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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Hong W, Gong P, Pan X, Liu Y, Qi G, Qi C, Qin S. Krüppel-like factor 7 deficiency disrupts corpus callosum development and neuronal migration in the developing mouse cerebral cortex. Brain Pathol 2023; 33:e13186. [PMID: 37401095 PMCID: PMC10467035 DOI: 10.1111/bpa.13186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/05/2023] Open
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Krüppel-like Factor 7 (KLF7) is a zinc finger transcription factor that has a critical role in cellular differentiation, tumorigenesis, and regeneration. Mutations in Klf7 are associated with autism spectrum disorder, which is characterized by neurodevelopmental delay and intellectual disability. Here we show that KLF7 regulates neurogenesis and neuronal migration during mouse cortical development. Conditional depletion of KLF7 in neural progenitor cells resulted in agenesis of the corpus callosum, defects in neurogenesis, and impaired neuronal migration in the neocortex. Transcriptomic profiling analysis indicated that KLF7 regulates a cohort of genes involved in neuronal differentiation and migration, including p21 and Rac3. These findings provide insights into our understanding of the potential mechanisms underlying neurological defects associated with Klf7 mutations.
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- Wentong Hong
- Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical SciencesFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical SciencesFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical SciencesFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical SciencesFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical SciencesFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Laboratory Animal ScienceFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical SciencesFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
- State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain ScienceFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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Bi Y, Ren D, Yuan F, Zhang Z, Zhou D, Yi X, Ji L, Li K, Yang F, Wu X, Li X, Xu Y, Liu Y, Wang P, Cai C, Liu C, Ma Q, He L, Shi Y, He G. TULP4, a novel E3 ligase gene, participates in neuronal migration as a candidate in schizophrenia. CNS Neurosci Ther 2023. [PMID: 37650344 DOI: 10.1111/cns.14423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2023] [Revised: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND TUB-like protein 4 (TULP4) is one of the distant members of tubby family proteins, whose function remains largely unknown. In the present study, we intend to identify the role of TULP4 in schizophrenia from human samples and animal models. METHODS Whole-exome sequencing was used to detect the four schizophrenia families collected. In different cell lines, the effects of identified variants in TULP4 gene on its expression and localization were analyzed. Knockdown models in utero and adult mice were employed to investigate the role of Tulp4 on neuronal migration and schizophrenia-related behavior. Subsequently, co-IP assays were used to search for proteins that interact with TULP4 and the effects of mutants on the molecular function of TULP4. RESULTS For the first time, we identified five rare variants in TULP4 from schizophrenia families, of which three significantly reduced TULP4 protein expression. Knockdown the expression of Tulp4 delayed neuronal migration during embryological development and consequently triggered abnormal behaviors in adult mice, including impaired sensorimotor gating and cognitive dysfunction. Furthermore, we confirmed that TULP4 is involved in the formation of a novel E3 ligase through interaction with CUL5-ELOB/C-RNF7 and the three deleterious variants affected the binding amount of TULP4 and CUL5 to a certain extent. CONCLUSIONS Together, we believe TULP4 plays an important role in neurodevelopment and subsequent schizophrenic-related phenotypes through its E3 ubiquitin ligase function.
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- Yan Bi
- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- The Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, and Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- The Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, and Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- The Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, and Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- The Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, and Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Burning Rock Biotech, Guangzhou, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- The Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, and Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- The Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, and Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- The Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, and Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- The Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, and Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- The Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, and Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- The Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, and Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- The Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, and Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Wuhu Fourth People's Hospital, Wuhu, China
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- School of Mental Health, Jining Medical University, Jining, China
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- Laboratory Animal Centre, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- The Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, and Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- The Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, and Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- The Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, and Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Heitmann T, Barrow JC. The Role of Inositol Hexakisphosphate Kinase in the Central Nervous System. Biomolecules 2023; 13:1317. [PMID: 37759717 PMCID: PMC10526494 DOI: 10.3390/biom13091317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Revised: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/26/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Inositol is a unique biological small molecule that can be phosphorylated or even further pyrophosphorylated on each of its six hydroxyl groups. These numerous phosphorylation states of inositol along with the kinases and phosphatases that interconvert them comprise the inositol phosphate signaling pathway. Inositol hexakisphosphate kinases, or IP6Ks, convert the fully mono-phosphorylated inositol to the pyrophosphate 5-IP7 (also denoted IP7). There are three isoforms of IP6K: IP6K1, 2, and 3. Decades of work have established a central role for IP6Ks in cell signaling. Genetic and pharmacologic manipulation of IP6Ks in vivo and in vitro has shown their importance in metabolic disease, chronic kidney disease, insulin signaling, phosphate homeostasis, and numerous other cellular and physiologic processes. In addition to these peripheral processes, a growing body of literature has shown the role of IP6Ks in the central nervous system (CNS). IP6Ks have a key role in synaptic vesicle regulation, Akt/GSK3 signaling, neuronal migration, cell death, autophagy, nuclear translocation, and phosphate homeostasis. IP6Ks' regulation of these cellular processes has functional implications in vivo in behavior and CNS anatomy.
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- Tyler Heitmann
- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 725 North Wolfe Street Suite 300, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
- The Lieber Institute for Brain Development, 855 North Wolfe Street Suite 300, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 725 North Wolfe Street Suite 300, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
- The Lieber Institute for Brain Development, 855 North Wolfe Street Suite 300, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Huang SN, Pan YT, Zhou YP, Wang XZ, Mei MJ, Yang B, Li D, Zeng WB, Cheng S, Sun JY, Cheng H, Zhao F, Luo MH. Human Cytomegalovirus IE1 Impairs Neuronal Migration by Downregulating Connexin 43. J Virol 2023; 97:e0031323. [PMID: 37097169 PMCID: PMC10231247 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00313-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 04/26/2023] Open
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Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a leading cause of congenital birth defects. Though the underlying mechanisms remain poorly characterized, mouse models of congenital CMV infection have demonstrated that the neuronal migration process is damaged. In this study, we evaluated the effects of HCMV infection on connexin 43 (Cx43), a crucial adhesion molecule mediating neuronal migration. We show in multiple cellular models that HCMV infection downregulated Cx43 posttranslationally. Further analysis identified the immediate early protein IE1 as the viral protein responsible for the reduction of Cx43. IE1 was found to bind the Cx43 C terminus and promote Cx43 degradation through the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. Deletion of the Cx43-binding site in IE1 rendered it incapable of inducing Cx43 degradation. We validated the IE1-induced loss of Cx43 in vivo by introducing IE1 into the fetal mouse brain. Noteworthily, ectopic IE1 expression induced cortical atrophy and neuronal migration defects. Several lines of evidence suggest that these damages result from decreased Cx43, and restoration of Cx43 levels partially rescued IE1-induced interruption of neuronal migration. Taken together, the results of our investigation reveal a novel mechanism of HCMV-induced neural maldevelopment and identify a potential intervention target. IMPORTANCE Congenital CMV (cCMV) infection causes neurological sequelae in newborns. Recent studies of cCMV pathogenesis in animal models reveal ventriculomegaly and cortical atrophy associated with impaired neural progenitor cell (NPC) proliferation and migration. In this study, we investigated the mechanisms underlying these NPC abnormalities. We show that Cx43, a critical adhesion molecule mediating NPC migration, is downregulated by HCMV infection in vitro and HCMV-IE1 in vivo. We provide evidence that IE1 interacts with the C terminus of Cx43 to promote its ubiquitination and consequent degradation through the proteasome. Moreover, we demonstrate that introducing IE1 into mouse fetal brains led to neuronal migration defects, which was associated with Cx43 reduction. Deletion of the Cx43-binding region in IE1 or ectopic expression of Cx43 rescued the IE1-induced migration defects in vivo. Our study provides insight into how cCMV infection impairs neuronal migration and reveals a target for therapeutic interventions.
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- Sheng-Nan Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy of Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- The Joint Center of Translational Precision Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangzhou Women and Children Medical Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, China
- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, China
- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy of Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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Shikanai M, Ito S, Nishimura YV, Akagawa R, Fukuda M, Yuzaki M, Nabeshima Y, Kawauchi T. Rab21 regulates caveolin-1-mediated endocytic trafficking to promote immature neurite pruning. EMBO Rep 2023; 24:e54701. [PMID: 36683567 PMCID: PMC9986827 DOI: 10.15252/embr.202254701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2022] [Revised: 12/09/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Transmembrane proteins are internalized by clathrin- and caveolin-dependent endocytosis. Both pathways converge on early endosomes and are thought to share the small GTPase Rab5 as common regulator. In contrast to this notion, we show here that the clathrin- and caveolin-mediated endocytic pathways are differentially regulated. Rab5 and Rab21 localize to distinct populations of early endosomes in cortical neurons and preferentially regulate clathrin- and caveolin-mediated pathways, respectively, suggesting heterogeneity in the early endosomes, rather than a converging point. Suppression of Rab21, but not Rab5, results in decreased plasma membrane localization and total protein levels of caveolin-1, which perturbs immature neurite pruning of cortical neurons, an in vivo-specific step of neuronal maturation. Taken together, our data indicate that clathrin- and caveolin-mediated endocytic pathways run in parallel in early endosomes, which show different molecular regulation and physiological function.
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- Mima Shikanai
- Department of PhysiologyKeio University School of MedicineTokyoJapan
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- Department of Aging Science and Medicine, Graduate School of MedicineKyoto UniversityKyotoJapan
- Laboratory of Molecular Life ScienceInstitute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, FBRI, CLIK‐5FKobeJapan
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- Division of Neuroscience, Faculty of MedicineTohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical UniversitySendaiJapan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Life ScienceInstitute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, FBRI, CLIK‐5FKobeJapan
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- Laboratory of Membrane Trafficking Mechanisms, Department of Integrative Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life SciencesTohoku UniversitySendaiJapan
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- Department of PhysiologyKeio University School of MedicineTokyoJapan
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- Department of Aging Science and Medicine, Graduate School of MedicineKyoto UniversityKyotoJapan
- Laboratory of Molecular Life ScienceInstitute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, FBRI, CLIK‐5FKobeJapan
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- Department of PhysiologyKeio University School of MedicineTokyoJapan
- Department of Aging Science and Medicine, Graduate School of MedicineKyoto UniversityKyotoJapan
- Laboratory of Molecular Life ScienceInstitute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, FBRI, CLIK‐5FKobeJapan
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Mun DJ, Goo BS, Suh BK, Hong JH, Woo Y, Kim SJ, Kim S, Lee SB, Won Y, Yoo JY, Cho E, Jang EJ, Nhung TTM, Triet HM, An H, Lee H, Nguyen MD, Park SY, Baek ST, Park SK. Gcap14 is a microtubule plus-end-tracking protein coordinating microtubule-actin crosstalk during neurodevelopment. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2214507120. [PMID: 36795749 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2214507120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023] Open
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Regulation of microtubule dynamics is required to properly control various steps of neurodevelopment. In this study, we identified granule cell antiserum-positive 14 (Gcap14) as a microtubule plus-end-tracking protein and as a regulator of microtubule dynamics during neurodevelopment. Gcap14 knockout mice exhibited impaired cortical lamination. Gcap14 deficiency resulted in defective neuronal migration. Moreover, nuclear distribution element nudE-like 1 (Ndel1), an interacting partner of Gcap14, effectively corrected the downregulation of microtubule dynamics and the defects in neuronal migration caused by Gcap14 deficiency. Finally, we found that the Gcap14-Ndel1 complex participates in the functional link between microtubule and actin filament, thereby regulating their crosstalks in the growth cones of cortical neurons. Taken together, we propose that the Gcap14-Ndel1 complex is fundamental for cytoskeletal remodeling during neurodevelopmental processes such as neuronal processes elongation and neuronal migration.
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Zocchi R, Compagnucci C, Bertini E, Sferra A. Deciphering the Tubulin Language: Molecular Determinants and Readout Mechanisms of the Tubulin Code in Neurons. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24032781. [PMID: 36769099 PMCID: PMC9917122 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24032781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2022] [Revised: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/27/2023] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Microtubules (MTs) are dynamic components of the cell cytoskeleton involved in several cellular functions, such as structural support, migration and intracellular trafficking. Despite their high similarity, MTs have functional heterogeneity that is generated by the incorporation into the MT lattice of different tubulin gene products and by their post-translational modifications (PTMs). Such regulations, besides modulating the tubulin composition of MTs, create on their surface a "biochemical code" that is translated, through the action of protein effectors, into specific MT-based functions. This code, known as "tubulin code", plays an important role in neuronal cells, whose highly specialized morphologies and activities depend on the correct functioning of the MT cytoskeleton and on its interplay with a myriad of MT-interacting proteins. In recent years, a growing number of mutations in genes encoding for tubulins, MT-interacting proteins and enzymes that post-translationally modify MTs, which are the main players of the tubulin code, have been linked to neurodegenerative processes or abnormalities in neural migration, differentiation and connectivity. Nevertheless, the exact molecular mechanisms through which the cell writes and, downstream, MT-interacting proteins decipher the tubulin code are still largely uncharted. The purpose of this review is to describe the molecular determinants and the readout mechanisms of the tubulin code, and briefly elucidate how they coordinate MT behavior during critical neuronal events, such as neuron migration, maturation and axonal transport.
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- Riccardo Zocchi
- Unit of Neuromuscular Disorders, Translational Pediatrics and Clinical Genetics, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, 00146 Rome, Italy
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- Molecular Genetics and Functional Genomics, Bambino Gesù Children’s Research Hospital, IRCCS, 00146 Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Neuromuscular Disorders, Translational Pediatrics and Clinical Genetics, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, 00146 Rome, Italy
- Correspondence: (E.B.); or (A.S.); Tel.: +39-06-6859-2104 (E.B. & A.S.)
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- Unit of Neuromuscular Disorders, Translational Pediatrics and Clinical Genetics, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, 00146 Rome, Italy
- Correspondence: (E.B.); or (A.S.); Tel.: +39-06-6859-2104 (E.B. & A.S.)
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Gao M, Wang K, Zhao H. GABAergic neurons maturation is regulated by a delicate network. Int J Dev Neurosci 2023; 83:3-15. [PMID: 36401305 DOI: 10.1002/jdn.10242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2022] [Revised: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 11/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Gamma-aminobutyric acid-expressing (GABAergic) neurons are implicated in a variety of neuropsychiatric disorders, such as epilepsy, anxiety, autism, and other pathological processes, including cerebral ischemia injury and drug addiction. Therefore, GABAergic neuronal processes warrant further research. The development of GABAergic neurons is a tightly controlled process involving the activity of multiple transcription and growth factors. Here, we focus on the gene expression pathways and the molecular modulatory networks that are engaged during the development of GABAergic neurons with the goal of exploring regulatory mechanisms that influence GABAergic neuron fate (i.e., maturation). Overall, we hope to provide a basis for clarifying the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders.
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- Mingxing Gao
- Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Science, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Science, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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Papuc SM, Erbescu A, Glangher A, Streata I, Riza AL, Budisteanu M, Arghir A. Autistic Behavior as Novel Clinical Finding in OFD1 Syndrome. Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:genes14020327. [PMID: 36833254 PMCID: PMC9957277 DOI: 10.3390/genes14020327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2022] [Revised: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Orofaciodigital syndrome I (OFD1-MIM #311200) is a rare ciliopathy characterized by facial dysmorphism, oral cavity, digit, and brain malformations, and cognitive deficits. OFD1 syndrome is an X-linked dominant disorder reported mostly in females. The gene responsible for this condition, OFD1 centriole and centriolar satellite protein (OFD1), is involved in primary cilia formation and several cilia-independent biological processes. The functional and structural integrity of the cilia impacts critical brain development processes, explaining the broad range of neurodevelopmental anomalies in ciliopathy patients. As several psychiatric conditions, such as autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and schizophrenia, are neurodevelopmental in nature, their connections with cilia roles are worth exploring. Moreover, several cilia genes have been associated with behavioral disorders, such as autism. We report on a three-year-old girl with a complex phenotype that includes oral malformations, severe speech delay, dysmorphic features, developmental delay, autism, and bilateral periventricular nodular heterotopia, presenting a de novo pathogenic variant in the OFD1 gene. Furthermore, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of autistic behavior in a female patient with OFD1 syndrome. We propose that autistic behavior should be considered a potential feature of this syndrome and that active screening for early signs of autism might prove beneficial for OFD1 syndrome patients.
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- Sorina Mihaela Papuc
- Medical Genetics Laboratory, Victor Babes National Institute of Pathology, 050096 Bucharest, Romania
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +40-213-194528
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- Medical Genetics Laboratory, Victor Babes National Institute of Pathology, 050096 Bucharest, Romania
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- Psychiatry Research Laboratory, Prof. Dr. Alex. Obregia Clinical Hospital of Psychiatry, 041914 Bucharest, Romania
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- Regional Centre of Medical Genetics Dolj, Emergency County Hospital Craiova, 200642 Craiova, Romania
- Laboratory of Human Genomics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 200638 Craiova, Romania
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- Regional Centre of Medical Genetics Dolj, Emergency County Hospital Craiova, 200642 Craiova, Romania
- Laboratory of Human Genomics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 200638 Craiova, Romania
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- Medical Genetics Laboratory, Victor Babes National Institute of Pathology, 050096 Bucharest, Romania
- Psychiatry Research Laboratory, Prof. Dr. Alex. Obregia Clinical Hospital of Psychiatry, 041914 Bucharest, Romania
- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Titu Maiorescu University, 031593 Bucharest, Romania
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- Medical Genetics Laboratory, Victor Babes National Institute of Pathology, 050096 Bucharest, Romania
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De Laurentiis A, Ciaccio C, Erbetta A, Pinelli M, Nigro V, Pantaleoni C, D'Arrigo S. Periventricular heterotopia in a male child with USP9X missense variant. Am J Med Genet A 2023; 191:1350-1354. [PMID: 36680497 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.63123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Revised: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The ubiquitin-specific protease USP9X has been found to play a role in multiple aspects of neural development including processes of neuronal migrations. In males, hemizygous partial loss of function variants in USP9X lead to a clinical phenotype primarily characterized by intellectual disability, hypotonia, speech and language impairment, behavioral disturbances accompanied by additional clinical features with variable expressivity. Structural brain abnormalities are reported in all cases where neuro-imaging was performed. The most common radiological features described include hypoplasia/agenesis of the corpus callosum, widened ventricles, white matter disturbances, and cerebellar hypoplasia. Here we report a child harboring a missense variant in USP9X presenting with the classical neurodevelopmental phenotype and a previously unreported radiological picture of periventricular heterotopia. This case expands the phenotypic landscape of this emergent condition and supports the critical role of USP9X in neuronal migration processes.
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- Arianna De Laurentiis
- Department of Pediatric Neurosciences, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy.,University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Neurosciences, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli, Italy
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- Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli, Italy.,Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Neurosciences, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Neurosciences, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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Chen Y, Xu Z, Chen J, Qiu Y, Yuan L, Liu P, Duan J, Chen L, Chen Y. Coronin 2B Regulates Neuronal Migration via Rac1-Dependent Multipolar-Bipolar Transition. J Neurosci 2023; 43:211-20. [PMID: 36639906 DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1087-22.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2022] [Revised: 10/24/2022] [Accepted: 11/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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In the developing cortex, excitatory neurons migrate along the radial fibers to their final destinations and build up synaptic connection with each other to form functional circuitry. The shaping of neuronal morphologies by actin cytoskeleton dynamics is crucial for neuronal migration. However, it is largely unknown how the distribution and assembly of the F-actin cytoskeleton are coordinated. In the present study, we found that an actin regulatory protein, coronin 2B, is indispensable for the transition from a multipolar to bipolar morphology during neuronal migration in ICR mice of either sex. Loss of coronin 2B led to heterotopic accumulation of migrating neurons in the intermediate zone along with reduced dendritic complexity and aberrant neuronal activity in the cortical plate. This was accompanied by increased seizure susceptibility, suggesting the malfunction of cortical development in coronin 2B-deficient brains. Coronin 2B knockdown disrupted the distribution of the F-actin cytoskeleton at the leading processes, while the migration defect in coronin 2B-deficient neurons was partially rescued by overexpression of Rac1 and its downstream actin-severing protein, cofilin. Our results collectively reveal the physiological function of coronin 2B during neuronal migration whereby it maintains the proper distribution of activated Rac1 and the F-actin cytoskeleton.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Deficits in neuronal migration during cortical development result in various neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., focal cortical dysplasia, periventricular heterotopia, epilepsy, etc.). Most signaling pathways that control neuronal migration process converge to regulate actin cytoskeleton dynamics. Therefore, it is important to understand how actin dynamics is coordinated in the critical processes of neuronal migration. Herein, we report that coronin 2B is a key protein that regulates neuronal migration through its ability to control the distribution of the actin cytoskeleton and its regulatory signaling protein Rac1 during the multipolar-bipolar transition in the intermediate zone, providing insights into the molecular machinery that drives the migration process of newborn neurons.
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Travis AM, Manocha S, Willer JR, Wessler TS, Skiba NP, Pearring JN. Disrupting the ciliary gradient of active Arl3 affects rod photoreceptor nuclear migration. eLife 2023; 12:80533. [PMID: 36598133 PMCID: PMC9831603 DOI: 10.7554/elife.80533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 01/03/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The small GTPase Arl3 is important for the enrichment of lipidated proteins to primary cilia, including the outer segment of photoreceptors. Human mutations in the small GTPase Arl3 cause both autosomal recessive and dominant inherited retinal dystrophies. We discovered that dominant mutations result in increased active G-protein-Arl3-D67V has constitutive activity and Arl3-Y90C is fast cycling-and their expression in mouse rods resulted in a displaced nuclear phenotype due to an aberrant Arl3-GTP gradient. Using multiple strategies, we go on to show that removing or restoring the Arl3-GTP gradient within the cilium is sufficient to rescue the nuclear migration defect. Together, our results reveal that an Arl3 ciliary gradient is involved in proper positioning of photoreceptor nuclei during retinal development.
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- Amanda M Travis
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn ArborUnited States
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn ArborUnited States
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn ArborUnited States
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- Department of Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel HillUnited States
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Duke UniversityDurhamUnited States
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn ArborUnited States,Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan–Ann ArborAnn ArborUnited States
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Liaci C, Camera M, Zamboni V, Sarò G, Ammoni A, Parmigiani E, Ponzoni L, Hidisoglu E, Chiantia G, Marcantoni A, Giustetto M, Tomagra G, Carabelli V, Torelli F, Sala M, Yanagawa Y, Obata K, Hirsch E, Merlo GR. Loss of ARHGAP15 affects the directional control of migrating interneurons in the embryonic cortex and increases susceptibility to epilepsy. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:875468. [PMID: 36568982 PMCID: PMC9774038 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.875468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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GTPases of the Rho family are components of signaling pathways linking extracellular signals to the control of cytoskeleton dynamics. Among these, RAC1 plays key roles during brain development, ranging from neuronal migration to neuritogenesis, synaptogenesis, and plasticity. RAC1 activity is positively and negatively controlled by guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs), guanosine nucleotide dissociation inhibitors (GDIs), and GTPase-activating proteins (GAPs), but the specific role of each regulator in vivo is poorly known. ARHGAP15 is a RAC1-specific GAP expressed during development in a fraction of migrating cortical interneurons (CINs) and in the majority of adult CINs. During development, loss of ARHGAP15 causes altered directionality of the leading process of tangentially migrating CINs, along with altered morphology in vitro. Likewise, time-lapse imaging of embryonic CINs revealed a poorly coordinated directional control during radial migration, possibly due to a hyper-exploratory behavior. In the adult cortex, the observed defects lead to subtle alteration in the distribution of CALB2-, SST-, and VIP-positive interneurons. Adult Arhgap15-knock-out mice also show reduced CINs intrinsic excitability, spontaneous subclinical seizures, and increased susceptibility to the pro-epileptic drug pilocarpine. These results indicate that ARHGAP15 imposes a fine negative regulation on RAC1 that is required for morphological maturation and directional control during CIN migration, with consequences on their laminar distribution and inhibitory function.
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- Carla Liaci
- Department of Molecular Biotechnologies and Health Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnologies and Health Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnologies and Health Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnologies and Health Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnologies and Health Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Neuroscience Institute, Consiglio Nazionale Ricerche, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Drug Science, NIS Center, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience and National Institute of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Drug Science, NIS Center, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience and National Institute of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Drug Science, NIS Center, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Institute for Physiology I, Medical Faculty, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany,Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Neuroscience Institute, Consiglio Nazionale Ricerche, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Genetic Behavioral Neuroscience, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnologies and Health Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnologies and Health Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy,*Correspondence: Giorgio R. Merlo,
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Murakami S, Ohki‐Hamazaki H, Uchiyama Y. Olfactory placode generates a diverse population of neurons expressing GnRH, somatostatin mRNA, neuropeptide Y, or calbindin in the chick forebrain. J Comp Neurol 2022; 530:2977-2993. [PMID: 35844047 PMCID: PMC9796302 DOI: 10.1002/cne.25389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2021] [Revised: 06/28/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The olfactory placode (OP) of vertebrates generates several classes of migrating cells, including hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)-producing neurons, which play essential roles in the reproduction system. Previous studies using OP cell labeling have demonstrated that OP-derived non-GnRH cells enter the developing forebrain; however, their final fates and phenotypes are less well understood. In chick embryos, a subpopulation of migratory cells from the OP that is distinct from GnRH neurons transiently expresses somatostatin (SS). We postulated that these cells are destined to develop into brain neurons. In this study, we examined the expression pattern of SS mRNA in the olfactory-forebrain region during development, as well as the destination of OP-derived migratory cells, including SS mRNA-expressing cells. Utilizing the Tol2 genomic integration system to induce long-term fluorescent protein expression in OP cells, we found that OP-derived migratory cells labeled at embryonic day (E) 3 resided in the olfactory nerve and medial forebrain at E17-19. A subpopulation of green fluorescent protein (GFP)-labeled GnRH neurons that remained in the olfactory nerve was considered to comprise terminal nerve neurons. In the forebrain, GFP-labeled cells showed a distribution pattern similar to that of GnRH neurons. A large proportion of GFP-labeled cells expressed the mature neuronal marker NeuN. Among the GFP-labeled cells, the percentage of GnRH neurons was low, while the remaining GnRH-negative neurons either expressed SS mRNA, neuropeptide Y, or calbindin D-28k or did not express any of them. These results indicate that a diverse population of OP-derived neuronal cells, other than GnRH neurons, integrates into the chick medial forebrain.
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- Shizuko Murakami
- Department of Cellular and Molecular NeuropathologyJuntendo University Graduate School of MedicineTokyoJapan
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular NeuropathologyJuntendo University Graduate School of MedicineTokyoJapan
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The primary cilium (PC) is a microtubule-based tiny sensory organelle emanating from the centrosome and protruding from the surface of most eukaryotic cells, including neurons. The extremely severe phenotypes of ciliopathies have suggested their paramount importance for multiple developmental events, including brain formation. Neuronal migration is an essential step of neural development, with all neurons traveling from their site of birth to their site of integration. Neurons perform a unique type of cellular migration called cyclic saltatory migration, where their soma periodically jumps along with the stereotyped movement of their centrosome. We will review here how the role of the PC on cell motility was first described in non-neuronal cells as a guide pointing to the direction of migration. We will see then how these findings are extended to neuronal migration. In neurons, the PC appears to regulate the rhythm of cyclic saltatory neuronal migration in multiple systems. Finally, we will review recent findings starting to elucidate how extracellular cues sensed by the PC could be intracellularly transduced to regulate the machinery of neuronal migration. The PC of migrating neurons was unexpectedly discovered to display a rhythmic extracellular emergence during each cycle of migration, with this transient exposure to the external environment associated with periodic transduction of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) signaling at the centrosome. The PC in migrating neurons thus uniquely appears as a beat maker, regulating the tempo of cyclic saltatory migration.
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- Julie Stoufflet
- Laboratory of Molecular Regulation of Neurogenesis, GIGA-Stem Cells and GIGA-Neurosciences, Interdisciplinary Cluster for Applied Genoproteomics (GIGA-R), University of Liège, CHU Sart Tilman, 4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Inserm U1130, Institut de Biologie Paris Seine (IBPS), Neuroscience Paris Seine (NPS), Sorbonne University, CNRS UMR8246, 75005 Paris, France
- University of Paris Cité, 75020 Paris, France
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Pancho A, Mitsogiannis MD, Aerts T, Dalla Vecchia M, Ebert LK, Geenen L, Noterdaeme L, Vanlaer R, Stulens A, Hulpiau P, Staes K, Van Roy F, Dedecker P, Schermer B, Seuntjens E. Modifying PCDH19 levels affects cortical interneuron migration. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:887478. [PMID: 36389226 PMCID: PMC9642031 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.887478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2023] Open
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PCDH19 is a transmembrane protein and member of the protocadherin family. It is encoded by the X-chromosome and more than 200 mutations have been linked to the neurodevelopmental PCDH-clustering epilepsy (PCDH19-CE) syndrome. A disturbed cell-cell contact that arises when random X-inactivation creates mosaic absence of PCDH19 has been proposed to cause the syndrome. Several studies have shown roles for PCDH19 in neuronal proliferation, migration, and synapse function, yet most of them have focused on cortical and hippocampal neurons. As epilepsy can also be caused by impaired interneuron migration, we studied the role of PCDH19 in cortical interneurons during embryogenesis. We show that cortical interneuron migration is affected by altering PCDH19 dosage by means of overexpression in brain slices and medial ganglionic eminence (MGE) explants. We also detect subtle defects when PCDH19 expression was reduced in MGE explants, suggesting that the dosage of PCDH19 is important for proper interneuron migration. We confirm this finding in vivo by showing a mild reduction in interneuron migration in heterozygote, but not in homozygote PCDH19 knockout animals. In addition, we provide evidence that subdomains of PCDH19 have a different impact on cell survival and interneuron migration. Intriguingly, we also observed domain-dependent differences in migration of the non-targeted cell population in explants, demonstrating a non-cell-autonomous effect of PCDH19 dosage changes. Overall, our findings suggest new roles for the extracellular and cytoplasmic domains of PCDH19 and support that cortical interneuron migration is dependent on balanced PCDH19 dosage.
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- Anna Pancho
- Developmental Neurobiology Group, Animal Physiology and Neurobiology Division, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Developmental Neurobiology Group, Animal Physiology and Neurobiology Division, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Developmental Neurobiology Group, Animal Physiology and Neurobiology Division, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for NanoBiology, Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Molecular Signaling and Cell Death Unit, Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department II of Internal Medicine and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Cologne Cluster of Excellence on Cellular Stress Responses in Ageing-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Developmental Neurobiology Group, Animal Physiology and Neurobiology Division, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, Animal Physiology and Neurobiology Division, Department of Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Developmental Neurobiology Group, Animal Physiology and Neurobiology Division, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Developmental Neurobiology Group, Animal Physiology and Neurobiology Division, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Developmental Neurobiology Group, Animal Physiology and Neurobiology Division, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Inflammation Research Center, VIB, Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent, Belgium
- BioInformatics Knowledge Center (BiKC), Howest University of Applied Sciences, Bruges, Belgium
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- Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Inflammation Research Center, VIB, Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Inflammation Research Center, VIB, Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory for NanoBiology, Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department II of Internal Medicine and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Cologne Cluster of Excellence on Cellular Stress Responses in Ageing-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Developmental Neurobiology Group, Animal Physiology and Neurobiology Division, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Yuasa-Kawada J, Kinoshita-Kawada M, Tsuboi Y, Wu JY. Neuronal guidance genes in health and diseases. Protein Cell 2022; 14:238-261. [PMID: 36942388 PMCID: PMC10121128 DOI: 10.1093/procel/pwac030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Neurons migrate from their birthplaces to the destinations, and extending axons navigate to their synaptic targets by sensing various extracellular cues in spatiotemporally controlled manners. These evolutionally conserved guidance cues and their receptors regulate multiple aspects of neural development to establish the highly complex nervous system by mediating both short- and long-range cell-cell communications. Neuronal guidance genes (encoding cues, receptors, or downstream signal transducers) are critical not only for development of the nervous system but also for synaptic maintenance, remodeling, and function in the adult brain. One emerging theme is the combinatorial and complementary functions of relatively limited classes of neuronal guidance genes in multiple processes, including neuronal migration, axonal guidance, synaptogenesis, and circuit formation. Importantly, neuronal guidance genes also regulate cell migration and cell-cell communications outside the nervous system. We are just beginning to understand how cells integrate multiple guidance and adhesion signaling inputs to determine overall cellular/subcellular behavior and how aberrant guidance signaling in various cell types contributes to diverse human diseases, ranging from developmental, neuropsychiatric, and neurodegenerative disorders to cancer metastasis. We review classic studies and recent advances in understanding signaling mechanisms of the guidance genes as well as their roles in human diseases. Furthermore, we discuss the remaining challenges and therapeutic potentials of modulating neuronal guidance pathways in neural repair.
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- Junichi Yuasa-Kawada
- Department of Neurology, Fukuoka University, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Johnan-ku, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Fukuoka University, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Johnan-ku, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Fukuoka University, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Johnan-ku, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Center for Genetic Medicine, Lurie Cancer Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Ward Building Box 6117, 303 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
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Hansen AH, Pauler FM, Riedl M, Streicher C, Heger A, Laukoter S, Sommer C, Nicolas A, Hof B, Tsai LH, Rülicke T, Hippenmeyer S. Tissue-Wide Effects Override Cell-Intrinsic Gene Function in Radial Neuron Migration. Oxf Open Neurosci 2022; 1:kvac009. [PMID: 38596707 PMCID: PMC10939316 DOI: 10.1093/oons/kvac009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2022] [Revised: 04/26/2022] [Accepted: 05/15/2022] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
Abstract
The mammalian neocortex is composed of diverse neuronal and glial cell classes that broadly arrange in six distinct laminae. Cortical layers emerge during development and defects in the developmental programs that orchestrate cortical lamination are associated with neurodevelopmental diseases. The developmental principle of cortical layer formation depends on concerted radial projection neuron migration, from their birthplace to their final target position. Radial migration occurs in defined sequential steps, regulated by a large array of signaling pathways. However, based on genetic loss-of-function experiments, most studies have thus far focused on the role of cell-autonomous gene function. Yet, cortical neuron migration in situ is a complex process and migrating neurons traverse along diverse cellular compartments and environments. The role of tissue-wide properties and genetic state in radial neuron migration is however not clear. Here we utilized mosaic analysis with double markers (MADM) technology to either sparsely or globally delete gene function, followed by quantitative single-cell phenotyping. The MADM-based gene ablation paradigms in combination with computational modeling demonstrated that global tissue-wide effects predominate cell-autonomous gene function albeit in a gene-specific manner. Our results thus suggest that the genetic landscape in a tissue critically affects the overall migration phenotype of individual cortical projection neurons. In a broader context, our findings imply that global tissue-wide effects represent an essential component of the underlying etiology associated with focal malformations of cortical development in particular, and neurological diseases in general.
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- Andi H Hansen
- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, 1210 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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Scala M, Nishikawa M, Ito H, Tabata H, Khan T, Accogli A, Davids L, Ruiz A, Chiurazzi P, Cericola G, Schulte B, Monaghan KG, Begtrup A, Torella A, Pinelli M, Denommé-Pichon AS, Vitobello A, Racine C, Mancardi MM, Kiss C, Guerin A, Wu W, Gabau Vila E, Mak BC, Martinez-Agosto JA, Gorin MB, Duz B, Bayram Y, Carvalho CMB, Vengoechea JE, Chitayat D, Tan TY, Callewaert B, Kruse B, Bird LM, Faivre L, Zollino M, Biskup S, Striano P, Nigro V, Severino M, Capra V, Costain G, Nagata KI. Variant-specific changes in RAC3 function disrupt corticogenesis in neurodevelopmental phenotypes. Brain 2022; 145:3308-3327. [PMID: 35851598 PMCID: PMC9473360 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awac106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Revised: 02/01/2022] [Accepted: 03/13/2022] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
Abstract
Variants in RAC3, encoding a small GTPase RAC3 which is critical for the regulation of actin cytoskeleton and intracellular signal transduction, are associated with a rare neurodevelopmental disorder with structural brain anomalies and facial dysmorphism. We investigated a cohort of 10 unrelated participants presenting with global psychomotor delay, hypotonia, behavioural disturbances, stereotyped movements, dysmorphic features, seizures and musculoskeletal abnormalities. MRI of brain revealed a complex pattern of variable brain malformations, including callosal abnormalities, white matter thinning, grey matter heterotopia, polymicrogyria/dysgyria, brainstem anomalies and cerebellar dysplasia. These patients harboured eight distinct de novo RAC3 variants, including six novel variants (NM_005052.3): c.34G > C p.G12R, c.179G > A p.G60D, c.186_188delGGA p.E62del, c.187G > A p.D63N, c.191A > G p.Y64C and c.348G > C p.K116N. We then examined the pathophysiological significance of these novel and previously reported pathogenic variants p.P29L, p.P34R, p.A59G, p.Q61L and p.E62K. In vitro analyses revealed that all tested RAC3 variants were biochemically and biologically active to variable extent, and exhibited a spectrum of different affinities to downstream effectors including p21-activated kinase 1. We then focused on the four variants p.Q61L, p.E62del, p.D63N and p.Y64C in the Switch II region, which is essential for the biochemical activity of small GTPases and also a variation hot spot common to other Rho family genes, RAC1 and CDC42. Acute expression of the four variants in embryonic mouse brain using in utero electroporation caused defects in cortical neuron morphology and migration ending up with cluster formation during corticogenesis. Notably, defective migration by p.E62del, p.D63N and p.Y64C were rescued by a dominant negative version of p21-activated kinase 1. Our results indicate that RAC3 variants result in morphological and functional defects in cortical neurons during brain development through variant-specific mechanisms, eventually leading to heterogeneous neurodevelopmental phenotypes.
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- Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Institute for Developmental Research, Aichi Developmental Disability Center, 713-8 Kamiya, Kasugai 480-0392, Japan
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- Genetics and Genome Biology, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Human Genetics, Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Genetics Laboratory, UDIAT-Centre Diagnòstic, Parc Taulí Hospital Universitari, Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí I3PT, Universitat Autònoma de, Barcelona, Sabadell, Spain
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- Dipartimento Universitario Scienze della Vita e Sanità Pubblica, Sezione di Medicina Genomica, Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy,Genetica Medica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Neuropediatric Department, Helios-Klinikum Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany
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- Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli, Naples, Italy,Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli, Naples, Italy
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- INSERM UMR1231 Génétique des Anomalies du Développement, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France,Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire, UF Innovation en diagnostic génomique des maladies rares, Plateau Technique de Biologie, CHU de Dijon Bourgogne, Dijon, France,Centre de Génétique et Centre de Référence Anomalies du Développement et Syndromes Malformatifs de l'interrégion Est, FHU TRANSLAD, Hôpital d'Enfants, CHU de Dijon Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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- INSERM UMR1231 Génétique des Anomalies du Développement, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France,Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire, UF Innovation en diagnostic génomique des maladies rares, Plateau Technique de Biologie, CHU de Dijon Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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- Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire, UF Innovation en diagnostic génomique des maladies rares, Plateau Technique de Biologie, CHU de Dijon Bourgogne, Dijon, France,Centre de Génétique et Centre de Référence Anomalies du Développement et Syndromes Malformatifs de l'interrégion Est, FHU TRANSLAD, Hôpital d'Enfants, CHU de Dijon Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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- Unit of Child Neuropsychiatry, Department of Medical and Surgical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 2V7, Canada
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 2V7, Canada
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- Genetics and Genome Biology, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- Paediatric Unit, Parc Taulí Hospital Universitari, Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí I3PT, Universitat Autònoma de, Barcelona, Sabadell, Spain
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- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA,Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA,Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA,Department of Ophthalmology, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles 90095, CA, USA,Brain Research Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles 90095, CA, USA
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- Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Division of Genomic Diagnostics, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA,Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Pacific Northwest Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98122, USA,Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- The Prenatal Diagnosis and Medical Genetics Program, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, and Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium
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- Neuropediatric Department, Helios-Klinikum Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA,Genetics/Dysmorphology, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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- INSERM UMR1231 Génétique des Anomalies du Développement, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France,Centre de Génétique et Centre de Référence Anomalies du Développement et Syndromes Malformatifs de l'interrégion Est, FHU TRANSLAD, Hôpital d'Enfants, CHU de Dijon Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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- Dipartimento Universitario Scienze della Vita e Sanità Pubblica, Sezione di Medicina Genomica, Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy,Genetica Medica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Praxis für Humangenetik, Tübingen, Germany,CeGaT GmbH, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy,Pediatric Neurology and Muscular Diseases Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli, Naples, Italy,Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Correspondence may also be addressed to: Valeria Capra Medical Genetics Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy E-mail:
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- Correspondence may also be addressed to: Gregory Costain Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics Department of Pediatrics The Hospital for Sick Children Toronto, Ontario, Canada E-mail:
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- Correspondence to: Koh-ichi Nagata Department of Molecular Neurobiology Institute for Developmental Research Aichi Human Service Center, 713-8 Kamiya Kasugai, Aichi 480-0392, Japan E-mail:
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Chen G, Han L, Tan S, Jia X, Wu H, Quan Y, Zhang Q, Yu B, Hu Z, Xia K, Guo H. Loss-of-function of KMT5B leads to neurodevelopmental disorder and impairs neuronal development and neurogenesis. J Genet Genomics 2022; 49:881-890. [PMID: 35331928 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2022.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Revised: 03/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a group of neurodevelopmental disorders that cause severe social, communication and behavioral problems. Recent studies show that the variants of a histone methyltransferase gene KMT5B, cause neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), including ASD and the knockout of Kmt5b in mice is embryonic lethal. However, the detailed genotype-phenotype correlations and functional effects of KMT5B in neurodevelopment are unclear. By targeted sequencing of a large Chinese ASD cohort, analyzing published genome-wide sequencing data, and mining literature, we curated 39 KMT5B variants identified from NDD individuals. A genotype-phenotype correlation analysis for ten individuals with KMT5B pathogenic variants reveals common symptoms, including ASD, intellectual disability, languages problem and macrocephaly. In vitro knockdown of the expression of Kmt5b in cultured mouse primary cortical neurons leads to a decrease in neuronal dendritic complexity and an increase in dendritic spine density, which can be rescued by expression of human KMT5B but not that of pathogenic de novo missense mutants. In vivo knockdown of the Kmt5b expression in the mouse embryonic cerebral cortex by in utero electroporation results in decreased proliferation and accelerated migration of neural progenitor cells. Our findings reveal essential roles of histone methyltransferase KMT5B in neuronal development, prenatal neurogenesis, and neuronal migration.
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- Guodong Chen
- Center of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 421001, China
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- Center of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 421001, China; Chongqing Reproductive and Genetics Institute, Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children, Chongqing 400010, China
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- Center of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 421001, China
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- Center of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 421001, China
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- Center of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 421001, China
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- Center of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 421001, China
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- Center of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 421001, China
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- Center of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 421001, China
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- Center of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 421001, China
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- Center of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 421001, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligences Technology (CEBSIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Center of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 421001, China; Hunan Key Laboratory of Animal Models for Human Diseases, Changsha, Hunan 410078, China.
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Lin JR, Cheng JF, Liu YT, Hsu TR, Lin KM, Chen C, Lin CL, Tsai MH, Tsai JW. Novel lissencephaly-associated DCX variants in the C-terminal DCX domain affect microtubule binding and dynamics. Epilepsia 2022; 63:1253-1265. [PMID: 35213059 DOI: 10.1111/epi.17198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Revised: 02/08/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Pathogenic variants in DCX on the X chromosome lead to lissencephaly and subcortical band heterotopia (SBH), brain malformations caused by neuronal migration defects. Its product doublecortin (DCX) binds to microtubules to modulate microtubule polymerization. How pathogenic DCX variants affect these activities remains not fully investigated. METHODS DCX variants were identified using whole exome and Sanger sequencing from six families with lissencephaly/SBH. We examined how these variants affect DCX functions using microtubule binding, regrowth, and colocalization assays. RESULTS We found novel DCX variants p.Val177AlafsTer31 and p.Gly188Trp, as well as reported variants p.Arg196His, p.Lys202Met, and p.Thr203Ala. Incidentally, all of the missense variants were clustered on the C-terminal DCX domain. The microtubule binding ability was significantly decreased in p.Val177AlafsTer31, p.Gly188Trp, p.Lys202Met, and previously reported p.Asp262Gly variants. Furthermore, expression of p.Val177AlafsTer31, p.Gly188Trp, p.Arg196His, p.Lys202Met, and p.Asp262Gly variants hindered microtubule growth in cells. There were also decreases in the colocalization of p.Val177AlafsTer31, p.Thr203Ala, and p.Asp262Gly variants to microtubules. SIGNIFICANCE Our results indicate that these variants in the C-terminal DCX domain altered microtubule binding and dynamics, which may underlie neuronal migration defects during brain development.
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- Jun-Ru Lin
- Institute of Brain Science, College of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
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- Institute of Brain Science, College of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Division of Epilepsy, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,Brain Research Center, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Chiayi Christian Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan.,Department of Functional Neurosurgery, Xiamen Humanity Hospital, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Division of Epilepsy, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Chiayi Christian Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
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- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.,Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Brain Science, College of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Brain Research Center, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Biological Science and Technology, College of Biological Science and Technology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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Osawa K, Nakanishi Y, Noguchi M, Sugeno A, Goshima Y, Ohshima T. CRMP4 is required for the positioning and maturation of newly generated neurons in adult mouse hippocampus. Neurosci Lett 2022; 773:136503. [PMID: 35122931 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2022.136503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 12/26/2021] [Accepted: 01/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Adult neurogenesis is a phenomenon in which neural stem cells differentiate and mature to generate new neurons in the adult brain. In mammals, the sites where adult neurogenesis occurs are limited to the subgranular zone (SGZ) of the hippocampal dentate gyrus and the subventricular zone. In the hippocampus, newly generated neurons migrate into the granule cell layer (GCL) and are integrated into neural circuits. Previous studies have revealed that CRMP4, a member of the CRMP family, is expressed in immature neurons in the hippocampal SGZ of the adult brain. However, the role of CRMP4 in adult neurogenesis is unknown. To study the role of CRMP4 in hippocampal adult neurogenesis, we compared adult neurogenesis between wild type and CRMP4-/- mice. In CRMP4-/- mice, the number of doublecortin (DCX)-positive cells was comparable to that in wild-type mice, and some DCX-positive cells were ectopically located in the granule cell layer, suggesting that CRMP4 is involved in the migration of adult neurogenesis. In addition, the number of calretinin-positive new neurons in the SGZ was significantly increased, whereas the number of EdU/NeuN-double positive neurons was decreased in CRMP4-/- mice, suggesting that CRMP4 plays an important role in neuronal maturation. Because CRMP4 is expressed in immature neurons, its expression may regulate the migration from the SGZ to the GCL during neuronal maturation in hippocampal adult neurogenesis.
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- Koki Osawa
- Department of Life Science and Medical Bio-Science, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8480 Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Medical Bio-Science, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8480 Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Medical Bio-Science, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8480 Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Medical Bio-Science, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8480 Japan
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Neurobiology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama 236-0004 Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Medical Bio-Science, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8480 Japan.
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Avilés EC, Krol A, Henle SJ, Burroughs-Garcia J, Deans MR, Goodrich LV. Fat3 acts through independent cytoskeletal effectors to coordinate asymmetric cell behaviors during polarized circuit assembly. Cell Rep 2022; 38:110307. [PMID: 35108541 PMCID: PMC8865054 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 11/23/2021] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The polarized flow of information through neural circuits depends on the orderly arrangement of neurons, their processes, and their synapses. This polarity emerges sequentially in development, starting with the directed migration of neuronal precursors, which subsequently elaborate neurites that form synapses in specific locations. In other organs, Fat cadherins sense the position and then polarize individual cells by inducing localized changes in the cytoskeleton that are coordinated across the tissue. Here, we show that the Fat-related protein Fat3 plays an analogous role during the assembly of polarized circuits in the murine retina. We find that the Fat3 intracellular domain (ICD) binds to cytoskeletal regulators and synaptic proteins, with discrete motifs required for amacrine cell migration and neurite retraction. Moreover, upon ICD deletion, extra neurites form but do not make ectopic synapses, suggesting that Fat3 independently regulates synapse localization. Thus, Fat3 serves as a molecular node to coordinate asymmetric cell behaviors across development.
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- Evelyn C Avilés
- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA; Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Ossola C, Kalebic N. Roots of the Malformations of Cortical Development in the Cell Biology of Neural Progenitor Cells. Front Neurosci 2022; 15:817218. [PMID: 35069108 PMCID: PMC8766818 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.817218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The cerebral cortex is a structure that underlies various brain functions, including cognition and language. Mammalian cerebral cortex starts developing during the embryonic period with the neural progenitor cells generating neurons. Newborn neurons migrate along progenitors’ radial processes from the site of their origin in the germinal zones to the cortical plate, where they mature and integrate in the forming circuitry. Cell biological features of neural progenitors, such as the location and timing of their mitoses, together with their characteristic morphologies, can directly or indirectly regulate the abundance and the identity of their neuronal progeny. Alterations in the complex and delicate process of cerebral cortex development can lead to malformations of cortical development (MCDs). They include various structural abnormalities that affect the size, thickness and/or folding pattern of the developing cortex. Their clinical manifestations can entail a neurodevelopmental disorder, such as epilepsy, developmental delay, intellectual disability, or autism spectrum disorder. The recent advancements of molecular and neuroimaging techniques, along with the development of appropriate in vitro and in vivo model systems, have enabled the assessment of the genetic and environmental causes of MCDs. Here we broadly review the cell biological characteristics of neural progenitor cells and focus on those features whose perturbations have been linked to MCDs.
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Bi Y, Chen S, Shen Q, Guo Z, Ren D, Yuan F, Niu W, Ji L, Liu L, Han K, Yu T, Yang F, Wu X, Wang L, Li X, Yu S, Xu Y, He L, Shi Y, Zhang J, Li W, He G. Upregulation of DGCR8, a Candidate Predisposing to Schizophrenia in Han Chinese, Contributes to Phenotypic Deficits and Neuronal Migration Delay. Front Psychiatry 2022; 13:873873. [PMID: 35492695 PMCID: PMC9051063 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.873873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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DiGeorge Syndrome Critical Region Gene 8 (DGCR8) is a key component of the microprocessor complex governing the maturation of most microRNAs, some of which participate in schizophrenia and neural development. Previous studies have found that the 22q11.2 locus, containing DGCR8, confers a risk of schizophrenia. However, the role of DGCR8 in schizophrenia and the early stage of neural development has remained unknown. In the present study, we try to identify the role of DGCR8 in schizophrenia from human samples and animal models. We found that the G allele and GG genotype of rs3757 in DGCR8 conferred a higher risk of schizophrenia, which likely resulted from higher expression of DGCR8 according to our test of dual-luciferase reporter system. Employed overexpression model in utero and adult mice, we also revealed that the aberrant increase of Dgcr8 delayed neuronal migration during embryological development and consequently triggered abnormal behaviors in adult mice. Together, these results demonstrate that DGCR8 may play a role in the etiology of schizophrenia through regulating neural development.
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- Yan Bi
- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Brain Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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The amygdala is a hyperspecialized brain region composed of strongly inter- and intraconnected nuclei involved in emotional learning and behavior. The cellular heterogeneity of the amygdalar nuclei has complicated straightforward conclusions on their developmental origin, and even resulted in contradictory data. Recently, the concentric ring theory of the pallium and the radial histogenetic model of the pallial amygdala have cleared up several uncertainties that plagued previous models of amygdalar development. Here, we provide an extensive overview on the developmental origin of the nuclei of the amygdaloid complex. Starting from older gene expression data, transplantation and lineage tracing studies, we systematically summarize and reinterpret previous findings in light of the novel perspectives on amygdalar development. In addition, migratory routes that these cells take on their way to the amygdala are explored, and known transcription factors and guidance cues that seemingly drive these cells toward the amygdala are emphasized. We propose some future directions for research on amygdalar development and highlight that a better understanding of its development could prove critical for the treatment of several neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders.
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- Tania Aerts
- Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Hori K, Shimaoka K, Hoshino M. AUTS2 Gene: Keys to Understanding the Pathogenesis of Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Cells 2021; 11:11. [PMID: 35011572 DOI: 10.3390/cells11010011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Revised: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), including autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and intellectual disability (ID), are a large group of neuropsychiatric illnesses that occur during early brain development, resulting in a broad spectrum of syndromes affecting cognition, sociability, and sensory and motor functions. Despite progress in the discovery of various genetic risk factors thanks to the development of novel genomics technologies, the precise pathological mechanisms underlying the onset of NDDs remain elusive owing to the profound genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity of these conditions. Autism susceptibility candidate 2 (AUTS2) has emerged as a crucial gene associated with a wide range of neuropsychological disorders, such as ASD, ID, schizophrenia, and epilepsy. AUTS2 has been shown to be involved in multiple neurodevelopmental processes; in cell nuclei, it acts as a key transcriptional regulator in neurodevelopment, whereas in the cytoplasm, it participates in cerebral corticogenesis, including neuronal migration and neuritogenesis, through the control of cytoskeletal rearrangements. Postnatally, AUTS2 regulates the number of excitatory synapses to maintain the balance between excitation and inhibition in neural circuits. In this review, we summarize the knowledge regarding AUTS2, including its molecular and cellular functions in neurodevelopment, its genetics, and its role in behaviors.
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Kleene R, Loers G, Castillo G, Schachner M. Cell adhesion molecule L1 interacts with the chromo shadow domain of heterochromatin protein 1 isoforms α, β, and ɣ via its intracellular domain. FASEB J 2021; 36:e22074. [PMID: 34859928 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202100816r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Revised: 11/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Cell adhesion molecule L1 regulates multiple cell functions and L1 deficiency is linked to several neural diseases. Proteolytic processing generates functionally decisive L1 fragments, which are imported into the nucleus. By computational analysis, we found at L1's C-terminal end the chromo shadow domain-binding motif PxVxL, which directs the binding of nuclear proteins to the heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1) isoforms α, β, and ɣ. By enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, we show that the intracellular L1 domain binds to all HP1 isoforms. These interactions involve the HP1 chromo shadow domain and are mediated via the sequence 1158 KDET1161 in the intracellular domain of murine L1, but not by L1's C-terminal PxVxL motif. Immunoprecipitation using nuclear extracts from the brain and from cultured cerebellar and cortical neurons indicates that HP1 isoforms interact with a yet unknown nuclear L1 fragment of approximately 55 kDa (L1-55), which carries ubiquitin residues. Proximity ligation indicates a close association between L1-55 and the HP1 isoforms in neuronal nuclei. This association is reduced after the treatment of neurons with inhibitors of metalloproteases, β-site of amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme (BACE1), or ɣ-secretase, suggesting that cleavage of full-length L1 by these proteases generates L1-55. Reduction of HP1α, -β, or -ɣ expression by siRNA decreases L1-dependent neurite outgrowth from cultured cortical neurons and decreases the L1-dependent migration of L1-transfected HEK293 cells in a scratch assay. These findings indicate that the interaction of the novel fragment L1-55 with HP1 isoforms in nuclei affects L1-dependent functions, such as neurite outgrowth and neuronal migration.
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- Ralf Kleene
- Research Group Biosynthesis of Neural Structures, Zentrum für Molekulare Neurobiologie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Research Group Biosynthesis of Neural Structures, Zentrum für Molekulare Neurobiologie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Research Group Biosynthesis of Neural Structures, Zentrum für Molekulare Neurobiologie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
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Bustos Plonka F, Sosa LJ, Quiroga S. Sec3 exocyst component knockdown inhibits axonal formation and cortical neuronal migration during brain cortex development. J Neurochem 2021; 160:203-217. [PMID: 34862972 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.15554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2021] [Revised: 10/27/2021] [Accepted: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Neurons are the largest known cells, with complex and highly polarized morphologies and consist of a cell body (soma), several dendrites, and a single axon. The establishment of polarity necessitates initial axonal outgrowth in concomitance with the addition of new membrane to the axon's plasmalemma. Axolemmal expansion occurs by exocytosis of plasmalemmal precursor vesicles primarily at the neuronal growth cone membrane. The multiprotein exocyst complex drives spatial location and specificity of vesicle fusion at plasma membrane. However, the specific participation of its different proteins on neuronal differentiation has not been fully established. In the present work we analyzed the role of Sec3, a prominent exocyst complex protein on neuronal differentiation. Using mice hippocampal primary cultures, we determined that Sec3 is expressed in neurons at early stages prior to neuronal polarization. Furthermore, we determined that silencing of Sec3 in mice hippocampal neurons in culture precluded polarization. Moreover, using in utero electroporation experiments, we determined that Sec3 knockdown affected cortical neurons migration and morphology during neocortex formation. Our results demonstrate that the exocyst complex protein Sec3 plays an important role in axon formation in neuronal differentiation and the migration of neuronal progenitors during cortex development.
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- Florentyna Bustos Plonka
- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Departamento de Química Biológica Ranwel Caputto, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba y CIQUIBIC-CONICET, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Departamento de Química Biológica Ranwel Caputto, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba y CIQUIBIC-CONICET, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Departamento de Química Biológica Ranwel Caputto, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba y CIQUIBIC-CONICET, Córdoba, Argentina
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Matsuki T, Iio A, Ueda M, Tsuneura Y, Howell BW, Nakayama A. STK25 and MST3 Have Overlapping Roles to Regulate Rho GTPases during Cortical Development. J Neurosci 2021; 41:8887-903. [PMID: 34518307 DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0523-21.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Revised: 08/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Precise control of neuronal migration is required for the laminar organization of the neocortex and critical for brain function. We previously reported that the acute disruption of the Stk25 gene (Stk25 conditional knock-out; cKO) during mouse embryogenesis causes anomalous neuronal migration in the neocortex, but paradoxically the Stk25 cKO did not have a cortical phenotype, suggesting some forms of compensation exist. In this study, we report that MST3, another member of the GCKIII subgroup of the Ste20-like kinase family, compensates for loss of Stk25 and vice versa with sex independent manner. MST3 overexpression rescued neuronal migration deficit and abnormal axonogenesis in Stk25 cKO brains. Mechanistically, STK25 leads to Rac1 activation and reduced RhoA levels in the developing brain, both of which are required to fully restore neuronal migration in the Stk25 cKO brain. Abnormal migration phenotypes are also rescued by overexpression of Bacurd1and Cul3, which target RhoA for degradation, and activate Rac1. This study reveals that MST3 upregulation is capable of rescuing acute Stk25 deficiency and resolves details of signaling downstream STK25 required for corticogenesis both common to and distinct from MST3 signaling.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Proper neuronal migration during cortical development is required for normal neuronal function. Here, we show that STK25 and MST3 kinases regulate neuronal migration and polarization in a mutually compensatory manner. Furthermore, STK25 balances Rac1 activity and RhoA level through forming complexes with α-PIX and β-PIX, GTPase regulatory enzymes, and Cullin3-Bacurd1/Kctd13, a pair of RhoA ubiquitination molecules in a kinase activity-independent manner. Our findings demonstrate the importance of overlapping and unique roles of STK25 and MST3 to regulate Rho GTPase activities in cortical development.
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Li T, Yang X, Feng Z, Nie W, Fang Z, Zou Y. P5A ATPase controls ER translocation of Wnt in neuronal migration. Cell Rep 2021; 37:109901. [PMID: 34706230 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Revised: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The Wnt family contains conserved secretory proteins required for developmental patterning and tissue homeostasis. However, how Wnt is targeted to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) for processing and secretion remains poorly understood. Here, we report that CATP-8/P5A ATPase directs neuronal migration non-cell autonomously in Caenorhabditis elegans by regulating EGL-20/Wnt biogenesis. CATP-8 likely functions as a translocase to translocate nascent EGL-20/Wnt polypeptide into the ER by interacting with the highly hydrophobic core region of EGL-20 signal sequence. Such regulation of Wnt biogenesis by P5A ATPase is common in C. elegans and conserved in human cells. These findings describe the physiological roles of P5A ATPase in neural development and identify Wnt proteins as direct substrates of P5A ATPase for ER translocation.
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- Tingting Li
- School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China; Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China; Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China; Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China; Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.
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Komuro Y, Galas L, Morozov YM, Fahrion JK, Raoult E, Lebon A, Tilot AK, Kikuchi S, Ohno N, Vaudry D, Rakic P, Komuro H. The Role of Galanin in Cerebellar Granule Cell Migration in the Early Postnatal Mouse during Normal Development and after Injury. J Neurosci 2021; 41:8725-8741. [PMID: 34462307 PMCID: PMC8528496 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0900-15.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2015] [Revised: 08/16/2021] [Accepted: 08/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Galanin, one of the most inducible neuropeptides, is widely present in developing brains, and its expression is altered by pathologic events (e.g., epilepsy, ischemia, and axotomy). The roles of galanin in brain development under both normal and pathologic conditions have been hypothesized, but the question of how galanin is involved in fetal and early postnatal brain development remains largely unanswered. In this study, using granule cell migration in the cerebellum of early postnatal mice (both sexes) as a model system, we examined the role of galanin in neuronal cell migration during normal development and after brain injury. Here we show that, during normal development, endogenous galanin participates in accelerating granule cell migration via altering the Ca2+ and cAMP signaling pathways. Upon brain injury induced by the application of cold insults, galanin levels decrease at the lesion sites, but increase in the surroundings of lesion sites. Granule cells exhibit the following corresponding changes in migration: (1) slowing down migration at the lesion sites; and (2) accelerating migration in the surroundings of lesion sites. Experimental manipulations of galanin signaling reduce the lesion site-specific changes in granule cell migration, indicating that galanin plays a role in such deficits in neuronal cell migration. The present study suggests that manipulating galanin signaling may be a potential therapeutic target for acutely injured brains during development.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Deficits in neuronal cell migration caused by brain injury result in abnormal development of cortical layers, but the underlying mechanisms remain to be determined. Here, we report that on brain injury, endogenous levels of galanin, a neuropeptide, are altered in a lesion site-specific manner, decreasing at the lesion sites but increasing in the surroundings of lesion sites. The changes in galanin levels positively correlate with the migration rate of immature neurons. Manipulations of galanin signaling ameliorate the effects of injury on neuronal migration and cortical layer development. These results shed a light on galanin as a potential therapeutic target for acutely injured brains during development.
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- Yutaro Komuro
- Department of Neurosciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Regional Platform for Cell Imaging of Normandy, INSERM, Université de Rouen Normandie, 76000 Rouen, France
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- Department of Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510
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- Department of Neurosciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Regional Platform for Cell Imaging of Normandy, INSERM, Université de Rouen Normandie, 76000 Rouen, France
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- Regional Platform for Cell Imaging of Normandy, INSERM, Université de Rouen Normandie, 76000 Rouen, France
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- Department of Genomic Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Department of Neurosciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Department of Neurosciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
- Division of Neurobiology and Bioinformatics, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
- Department of Anatomy, Division of Histology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan
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- Regional Platform for Cell Imaging of Normandy, INSERM, Université de Rouen Normandie, 76000 Rouen, France
- Neuropeptides, Neuronal Death and Cell Plasticity Team, Laboratory of Neuronal and Neuroendocrine Communication and Differentiation, INSERM U1239, Université de Rouen Normandie, 76000 Rouen, France
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- Department of Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510
- Kavli Institute for Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510
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- Department of Neurosciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
- Department of Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510
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Deryckere A, Styfhals R, Elagoz AM, Maes GE, Seuntjens E. Identification of neural progenitor cells and their progeny reveals long distance migration in the developing octopus brain. eLife 2021; 10:e69161. [PMID: 34425939 PMCID: PMC8384421 DOI: 10.7554/elife.69161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Cephalopods have evolved nervous systems that parallel the complexity of mammalian brains in terms of neuronal numbers and richness in behavioral output. How the cephalopod brain develops has only been described at the morphological level, and it remains unclear where the progenitor cells are located and what molecular factors drive neurogenesis. Using histological techniques, we located dividing cells, neural progenitors and postmitotic neurons in Octopus vulgaris embryos. Our results indicate that an important pool of progenitors, expressing the conserved bHLH transcription factors achaete-scute or neurogenin, is located outside the central brain cords in the lateral lips adjacent to the eyes, suggesting that newly formed neurons migrate into the cords. Lineage-tracing experiments then showed that progenitors, depending on their location in the lateral lips, generate neurons for the different lobes, similar to the squid Doryteuthis pealeii. The finding that octopus newborn neurons migrate over long distances is reminiscent of vertebrate neurogenesis and suggests it might be a fundamental strategy for large brain development.
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- Astrid Deryckere
- Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology, Department of Biology, KU LeuvenLeuvenBelgium
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- Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology, Department of Biology, KU LeuvenLeuvenBelgium
- Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms, Stazione Zoologica Anton DohrnNaplesItaly
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- Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology, Department of Biology, KU LeuvenLeuvenBelgium
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- Center for Human Genetics, Genomics Core, UZ-KU LeuvenLeuvenBelgium
- Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook UniversityTownsvilleAustralia
- Laboratory of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Genomics, Department of Biology, KU LeuvenLeuvenBelgium
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- Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology, Department of Biology, KU LeuvenLeuvenBelgium
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Lyu Y, Sun XW, Zhang C, Luan ZL. [Effects of Sox11 gene on neuronal migration in the development mouse cerebral cortex]. Zhongguo Ying Yong Sheng Li Xue Za Zhi 2021; 37:337-42. [PMID: 34374250 DOI: 10.12047/j.cjap.6144.2021.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Objective: To study the effect of the schizophrenia susceptible gene Sox11 on the migration of cortical neurons using mice as experimental animals. Methods: The real-time quantitative PCR and in situ hybridization were used to clarify the expression pattern of Sox11 in the cerebral cortex during development (E14.5, P0, P7, P14). The techniques of plasmid construction, transfection, in utero electroporation and immunostaining were used to explore the role of Sox11 in the neuronal radial migration by transfecting control shRNA plasmid, mSox11 shRNA plasmid and mSox11 shRNA post-interference recovery plasmid in mice of different ages (E17.5, P0, P4, P7). Results: Compared with control neurons, the migration of mSox11 shRNA transfected neurons was delayed significantly. When a part of the neurons in the control group had reached the surface of the neocortex, most of the neurons transfected with mSox11 shRNA remained in the middle area of the neocortex. After the rat Sox11 (rSox11) gene overexpression vector was used to recuse the mouse Sox11 (mSox11) gene interference in mice, the distribution of neurons after migration was basically the same as the control. The distribution of migrating neurons in the subventricular zone (SVZ), intermediate zone (IZ), and cortical plate (CP) was different significantly (P<0.01) after Sox11 interference and recovery. Conclusion: Sox11 can promote the migration of cortical neurons, suggesting that Sox11 plays a crucial role in the migration process of mouse cortical neurons.
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Aghaizu ND, Warre-Cornish KM, Robinson MR, Waldron PV, Maswood RN, Smith AJ, Ali RR, Pearson RA. Repeated nuclear translocations underlie photoreceptor positioning and lamination of the outer nuclear layer in the mammalian retina. Cell Rep 2021; 36:109461. [PMID: 34348137 PMCID: PMC8356022 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2019] [Revised: 11/19/2019] [Accepted: 07/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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In development, almost all stratified neurons must migrate from their birthplace to the appropriate neural layer. Photoreceptors reside in the most apical layer of the retina, near their place of birth. Whether photoreceptors require migratory events for fine-positioning and/or retention within this layer is not well understood. Here, we show that photoreceptor nuclei of the developing mouse retina cyclically exhibit rapid, dynein-1-dependent translocation toward the apical surface, before moving more slowly in the basal direction, likely due to passive displacement by neighboring retinal nuclei. Attenuating dynein 1 function in rod photoreceptors results in their ectopic basal displacement into the outer plexiform layer and inner nuclear layer. Synapse formation is also compromised in these displaced cells. We propose that repeated, apically directed nuclear translocation events are necessary to ensure retention of post-mitotic photoreceptors within the emerging outer nuclear layer during retinogenesis, which is critical for correct neuronal lamination.
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- Nozie D Aghaizu
- University College London Institute of Ophthalmology, London EC1V 9EL, UK.
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- University College London Institute of Ophthalmology, London EC1V 9EL, UK
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- University College London Institute of Ophthalmology, London EC1V 9EL, UK
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- University College London Institute of Ophthalmology, London EC1V 9EL, UK
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- University College London Institute of Ophthalmology, London EC1V 9EL, UK; Centre for Cell and Gene Therapy, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK
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- University College London Institute of Ophthalmology, London EC1V 9EL, UK; Centre for Cell and Gene Therapy, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK
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- University College London Institute of Ophthalmology, London EC1V 9EL, UK; Centre for Cell and Gene Therapy, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK.
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Yamazaki Y, Moizumi M, Nagai J, Hatashita Y, Cai T, Kolattukudy P, Inoue T, Goshima Y, Ohshima T. Requirement of CRMP2 Phosphorylation in Neuronal Migration of Developing Mouse Cerebral Cortex and Hippocampus and Redundant Roles of CRMP1 and CRMP4. Cereb Cortex 2021; 32:520-527. [PMID: 34297816 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhab228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The mammalian cerebral cortex is characterized by a 6-layer structure, and proper neuronal migration is critical for its formation. Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5) has been shown to be a critical kinase for neuronal migration. Several Cdk5 substrates have been suggested to be involved in ordered neuronal migration. However, in vivo loss-of-function studies on the function of Cdk5 phosphorylation substrates in neuronal migration in the developing cerebral cortex have not been reported. In this study, we demonstrated that Cdk5-mediated phosphorylation of collapsing mediator protein (CRMP) 2 is critical for neuronal migration in the developing cerebral cortex with redundant functions of CRMP1 and CRMP4. The cerebral cortices of triple-mutant CRMP1 knock-out (KO); CRMP2 knock-in (KI)/KI; and CRMP4 KO mice showed disturbed positioning of layers II-V neurons in the cerebral cortex. Further experiments using bromodeoxyuridine birthdate-labeling and in utero electroporation implicated radial migration defects in cortical neurons. Ectopic neurons were detected around the CA1 region and dentate gyrus in CRMP1 KO; CRMP2 KI/KI; and CRMP4 KO mice. These results suggest the importance of CRMP2 phosphorylation by Cdk5 and redundancy of CRMP1 and CRMP4 in proper neuronal migration in the developing cerebral cortex and hippocampus.
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- Yuki Yamazaki
- Laboratory for Molecular Brain Science, Department of Life Science and Medical Bio-Science, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8480, Japan
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- Laboratory for Molecular Brain Science, Department of Life Science and Medical Bio-Science, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8480, Japan
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- Laboratory for Molecular Brain Science, Department of Life Science and Medical Bio-Science, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8480, Japan.,Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 5-3-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 102-0083, Japan
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- Laboratory for Neurophysiology, Department of Life Science and Medical Bio-Science, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8480, Japan
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- Laboratory for Molecular Brain Science, Department of Life Science and Medical Bio-Science, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8480, Japan
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- Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd. Orlando, Florida 32816, USA
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- Laboratory for Neurophysiology, Department of Life Science and Medical Bio-Science, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8480, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Neurobiology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan
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- Laboratory for Molecular Brain Science, Department of Life Science and Medical Bio-Science, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8480, Japan
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Gilet JG, Ivanova EL, Trofimova D, Rudolf G, Meziane H, Broix L, Drouot N, Courraud J, Skory V, Voulleminot P, Osipenko M, Bahi-Buisson N, Yalcin B, Birling MC, Hinckelmann MV, Kwok BH, Allingham JS, Chelly J. Conditional switching of KIF2A mutation provides new insights into cortical malformation pathogeny. Hum Mol Genet 2021; 29:766-784. [PMID: 31919497 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddz316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2019] [Revised: 12/04/2019] [Accepted: 12/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
By using the Cre-mediated genetic switch technology, we were able to successfully generate a conditional knock-in mouse, bearing the KIF2A p.His321Asp missense point variant, identified in a subject with malformations of cortical development. These mice present with neuroanatomical anomalies and microcephaly associated with behavioral deficiencies and susceptibility to epilepsy, correlating with the described human phenotype. Using the flexibility of this model, we investigated RosaCre-, NestinCre- and NexCre-driven expression of the mutation to dissect the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental cortical abnormalities. We show that the expression of the p.His321Asp pathogenic variant increases apoptosis and causes abnormal multipolar to bipolar transition in newborn neurons, providing therefore insights to better understand cortical organization and brain growth defects that characterize KIF2A-related human disorders. We further demonstrate that the observed cellular phenotypes are likely to be linked to deficiency in the microtubule depolymerizing function of KIF2A.
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- Johan G Gilet
- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 67400 Illkirch, France.,CNRS UMR 7104, 67400 Illkirch, France.,INSERM U1258, 67400 Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, 67400 Illkirch, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 67400 Illkirch, France.,CNRS UMR 7104, 67400 Illkirch, France.,INSERM U1258, 67400 Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, 67400 Illkirch, France
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 67400 Illkirch, France.,CNRS UMR 7104, 67400 Illkirch, France.,INSERM U1258, 67400 Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, 67400 Illkirch, France
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- CNRS UMR 7104, 67400 Illkirch, France.,CELPHEDIA, PHENOMIN, Institut Clinique de la Souris (ICS), CNRS, INSERM, Université de Strasbourg, F-67404 Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 67400 Illkirch, France.,CNRS UMR 7104, 67400 Illkirch, France.,INSERM U1258, 67400 Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, 67400 Illkirch, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 67400 Illkirch, France.,CNRS UMR 7104, 67400 Illkirch, France.,INSERM U1258, 67400 Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, 67400 Illkirch, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 67400 Illkirch, France.,CNRS UMR 7104, 67400 Illkirch, France.,INSERM U1258, 67400 Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, 67400 Illkirch, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 67400 Illkirch, France.,CNRS UMR 7104, 67400 Illkirch, France.,INSERM U1258, 67400 Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, 67400 Illkirch, France
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- Département de Neurologie, Hôpital de Hautepierre, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, 67200 Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 67400 Illkirch, France.,CNRS UMR 7104, 67400 Illkirch, France.,INSERM U1258, 67400 Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, 67400 Illkirch, France
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- Imagine Institute, Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité University, 75015 Paris, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 67400 Illkirch, France.,CNRS UMR 7104, 67400 Illkirch, France.,INSERM U1258, 67400 Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, 67400 Illkirch, France
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- CNRS UMR 7104, 67400 Illkirch, France.,CELPHEDIA, PHENOMIN, Institut Clinique de la Souris (ICS), CNRS, INSERM, Université de Strasbourg, F-67404 Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 67400 Illkirch, France.,CNRS UMR 7104, 67400 Illkirch, France.,INSERM U1258, 67400 Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, 67400 Illkirch, France
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- Département de médecine, Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC), Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 67400 Illkirch, France.,CNRS UMR 7104, 67400 Illkirch, France.,INSERM U1258, 67400 Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, 67400 Illkirch, France.,Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.,Service de Diagnostic Génétique, Hôpital Civil de Strasbourg, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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Asante E, Hummel D, Gurung S, Kassim YM, Al-Shakarji N, Palaniappan K, Sittaramane V, Chandrasekhar A. Defective Neuronal Positioning Correlates With Aberrant Motor Circuit Function in Zebrafish. Front Neural Circuits 2021; 15:690475. [PMID: 34248505 PMCID: PMC8265374 DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2021.690475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Precise positioning of neurons resulting from cell division and migration during development is critical for normal brain function. Disruption of neuronal migration can cause a myriad of neurological disorders. To investigate the functional consequences of defective neuronal positioning on circuit function, we studied a zebrafish frizzled3a (fzd3a) loss-of-function mutant off-limits (olt) where the facial branchiomotor (FBM) neurons fail to migrate out of their birthplace. A jaw movement assay, which measures the opening of the zebrafish jaw (gape), showed that the frequency of gape events, but not their amplitude, was decreased in olt mutants. Consistent with this, a larval feeding assay revealed decreased food intake in olt mutants, indicating that the FBM circuit in mutants generates defective functional outputs. We tested various mechanisms that could generate defective functional outputs in mutants. While fzd3a is ubiquitously expressed in neural and non-neural tissues, jaw cartilage and muscle developed normally in olt mutants, and muscle function also appeared to be unaffected. Although FBM neurons were mispositioned in olt mutants, axon pathfinding to jaw muscles was unaffected. Moreover, neuromuscular junctions established by FBM neurons on jaw muscles were similar between wildtype siblings and olt mutants. Interestingly, motor axons innervating the interhyoideus jaw muscle were frequently defasciculated in olt mutants. Furthermore, GCaMP imaging revealed that mutant FBM neurons were less active than their wildtype counterparts. These data show that aberrant positioning of FBM neurons in olt mutants is correlated with subtle defects in fasciculation and neuronal activity, potentially generating defective functional outputs.
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- Emilia Asante
- Division of Biological Sciences and Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
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- Division of Biological Sciences and Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
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- Division of Biological Sciences and Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States.,Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, USF Health Heart Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, FL, United States
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- Computational Imaging and VisAnalysis (CIVA) Lab, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
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- Computational Imaging and VisAnalysis (CIVA) Lab, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
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- Computational Imaging and VisAnalysis (CIVA) Lab, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
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- Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, United States
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- Division of Biological Sciences and Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
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