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Arai Y, Funatsu N, Numayama-Tsuruta K, Nomura T, Nakamura S, Osumi N. Role of Fabp7, a downstream gene of Pax6, in the maintenance of neuroepithelial cells during early embryonic development of the rat cortex. J Neurosci 2005; 25:9752-61. [PMID: 16237179 PMCID: PMC6725737 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2512-05.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2005] [Revised: 09/11/2005] [Accepted: 09/11/2005] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Pax6 is a transcription factor with key functional roles in the developing brain. Pax6 promotes neuronal differentiation via transcriptional regulation of the Neurogenin2 (Ngn2) gene, although Pax6 expression appears in proliferating neuroepithelial cells before the onset of neurogenesis. Here, we identified Fabp7 (BLBP/B-FABP), a member of the fatty acid-binding protein (FABP) family, as a downregulated gene in the embryonic brain of Pax6 mutant rat (rSey2/rSey2) by microarray analysis. Marked reduction of Fabp7 expression was confirmed by quantitative PCR. Spatiotemporal expression patterns of Fabp7 in the wild-type rat embryos from embryonic day 10.5 (E10.5) to E14.5 were similar to those of Pax6, and expression of Fabp7 was undetectable in the rSey2/rSey2 cortex. The expression pattern of Fabp7 in the wild-type mouse embryo at E10.5 (corresponding to E12.5 rat) was different from that in the rat embryo, and no change of expression was observed in the Sey/Sey mouse embryo. Overexpression of exogenous Pax6 mainly induced ectopic expression of Fabp7, rather than of Ngn2, in the early cortical primordium. Interestingly, knocking-down FABP7 function by electroporation of Fabp7 small interfering RNA severely curtailed cell proliferation but promoted neuronal differentiation. We conclude that Fabp7 is a downstream gene of Pax6 transcription factor in the developing rat cortex and essential for maintenance of neuroepithelial cells during early cortical development.
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- Yoko Arai
- Division of Developmental Neuroscience, Department of Functional Genomics, Center for Translational and Advanced Animal Research, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
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In vivo analysis of quiescent adult neural stem cells responding to Sonic hedgehog. Nature 2005. [DOI: 10.1038/nature03994 and 4214=8644-- dxgo] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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In vivo analysis of quiescent adult neural stem cells responding to Sonic hedgehog. Nature 2005. [DOI: 10.1038/nature03994 and 8784=8784-- uhtf] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Ahn S, Joyner AL. In vivo analysis of quiescent adult neural stem cells responding to Sonic hedgehog. Nature 2005. [DOI: 10.1038/nature03994 and 9223=5962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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In vivo analysis of quiescent adult neural stem cells responding to Sonic hedgehog. Nature 2005. [DOI: 10.1038/nature03994 and 8784=8784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Hack MA, Saghatelyan A, de Chevigny A, Pfeifer A, Ashery-Padan R, Lledo PM, Götz M. Neuronal fate determinants of adult olfactory bulb neurogenesis. Nat Neurosci 2005; 8:865-72. [PMID: 15951811 DOI: 10.1038/nn1479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 456] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2005] [Accepted: 05/13/2005] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Adult neurogenesis in mammals is restricted to two small regions, including the olfactory bulb, where GABAergic and dopaminergic interneurons are newly generated throughout the entire lifespan. However, the mechanisms directing them towards a specific neuronal phenotype are not yet understood. Here, we demonstrate the dual role of the transcription factor Pax6 in generating neuronal progenitors and also in directing them towards a dopaminergic periglomerular phenotype in adult mice. We present further evidence that dopaminergic periglomerular neurons originate in a distinct niche, the rostral migratory stream, and are fewer derived from precursors in the zone lining the ventricle. This regionalization of the adult precursor cells is further supported by the restricted expression of the transcription factor Olig2, which specifies transit-amplifying precursor fate and opposes the neurogenic role of Pax6. Together, these data explain both extrinsic and intrinsic mechanisms controlling neuronal identity in adult neurogenesis.
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- Michael A Hack
- GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute for Stem Cell Research, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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Klein C, Butt SJB, Machold RP, Johnson JE, Fishell G. Cerebellum- and forebrain-derived stem cells possess intrinsic regional character. Development 2005; 132:4497-508. [PMID: 16162650 DOI: 10.1242/dev.02037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The existence of stem cells in the adult nervous system is well recognized; however, the potential of these cells is still widely debated. We demonstrate that neural stem cells exist within the embryonic and adult cerebellum. Comparing the potential of neural stem cells derived from the forebrain and cerebellum, we find that progeny derived from each of these brain regions retain regional character in vitro as well as after homotopic transplantation. However, when ectopically transplanted, neurosphere-derived cells from either region are largely unable to generate neurons. With regard specifically to embryonic and adult cerebellar stem cells, we observe that they are able to give rise to neurons that resemble different select classes of cerebellar subclasses when grafted into the perinatal host cerebellum. Most notably, upon transplantation to the perinatal cerebellum, cerebellar stem cells from all ages are able to acquire the position and mature electrophysiological properties of cerebellar granule cells.
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- Corinna Klein
- Developmental Genetics Program and the Department of Cell Biology, The Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University Medical Center, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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Machon O, Backman M, Krauss S, Kozmik Z. The cellular fate of cortical progenitors is not maintained in neurosphere cultures. Mol Cell Neurosci 2005; 30:388-97. [PMID: 16150605 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2005.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2005] [Revised: 07/26/2005] [Accepted: 08/08/2005] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Neural progenitors of the mouse forebrain can be propagated in vitro as neurospheres in the presence of bFGF and EGF. However, less is understood whether regional characteristics or developmental stage properties of these cells are maintained in neurosphere cultures. Here we show that the original cell fate is lost in neurosphere cultures. We isolated neural progenitors from the dorsal telencephalon of D6-GFP mice and cultured them in vitro. The expression profile was specifically changed in cultured cells in just three passages. Markers of the dorsal forebrain were downregulated and several ventrally-expressed genes were induced. The altered gene expression led to a profound phenotypic change of cultured cells. D6-GFP positive cortical progenitors produce excitatory neurons in the cortex and few astrocytes in vivo but after culture in vitro, these cells differentiate into many astrocytes and also oligodendrocytes and inhibitory neurons. Wnt signaling in cultured neurospheres was downregulated in the same manner as other dorsal markers but dominant active Wnt signaling slowed down the loss of the dorsal identity in neurospheres.
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- Ondrej Machon
- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Videnska 1083, 14220 Prague, Czech Republic.
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Conti L, Pollard SM, Gorba T, Reitano E, Toselli M, Biella G, Sun Y, Sanzone S, Ying QL, Cattaneo E, Smith A. Niche-independent symmetrical self-renewal of a mammalian tissue stem cell. PLoS Biol 2005; 3:e283. [PMID: 16086633 PMCID: PMC1184591 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 687] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2004] [Accepted: 06/14/2005] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Pluripotent mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells multiply in simple monoculture by symmetrical divisions. In vivo, however, stem cells are generally thought to depend on specialised cellular microenvironments and to undergo predominantly asymmetric divisions. Ex vivo expansion of pure populations of tissue stem cells has proven elusive. Neural progenitor cells are propagated in combination with differentiating progeny in floating clusters called neurospheres. The proportion of stem cells in neurospheres is low, however, and they cannot be directly observed or interrogated. Here we demonstrate that the complex neurosphere environment is dispensable for stem cell maintenance, and that the combination of fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF-2) and epidermal growth factor (EGF) is sufficient for derivation and continuous expansion by symmetrical division of pure cultures of neural stem (NS) cells. NS cells were derived first from mouse ES cells. Neural lineage induction was followed by growth factor addition in basal culture media. In the presence of only EGF and FGF-2, resulting NS cells proliferate continuously, are diploid, and clonogenic. After prolonged expansion, they remain able to differentiate efficiently into neurons and astrocytes in vitro and upon transplantation into the adult brain. Colonies generated from single NS cells all produce neurons upon growth factor withdrawal. NS cells uniformly express morphological, cell biological, and molecular features of radial glia, developmental precursors of neurons and glia. Consistent with this profile, adherent NS cell lines can readily be established from foetal mouse brain. Similar NS cells can be generated from human ES cells and human foetal brain. The extrinsic factors EGF plus FGF-2 are sufficient to sustain pure symmetrical self-renewing divisions of NS cells. The resultant cultures constitute the first known example of tissue-specific stem cells that can be propagated without accompanying differentiation. These homogenous cultures will enable delineation of molecular mechanisms that define a tissue-specific stem cell and allow direct comparison with pluripotent ES cells.
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- Luciano Conti
- 1Institute for Stem Cell Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- 2Department of Pharmacological Sciences and Center of Excellence on Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- 1Institute for Stem Cell Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- 1Institute for Stem Cell Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- 2Department of Pharmacological Sciences and Center of Excellence on Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- 3Institute of Physiological and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- 3Institute of Physiological and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- 1Institute for Stem Cell Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- 2Department of Pharmacological Sciences and Center of Excellence on Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- 1Institute for Stem Cell Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- 2Department of Pharmacological Sciences and Center of Excellence on Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- 1Institute for Stem Cell Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Lin YW, Deveney R, Barbara M, Iscove NN, Nimer SD, Slape C, Aplan PD. OLIG2 (BHLHB1), a bHLH transcription factor, contributes to leukemogenesis in concert with LMO1. Cancer Res 2005; 65:7151-8. [PMID: 16103065 PMCID: PMC1681523 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-05-1400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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OLIG2 (originally designated BHLHB1) encodes a transcription factor that contains the basic helix-loop-helix motif. Although expression of OLIG2 is normally restricted to neural tissues, overexpression of OLIG2 has been shown in patients with precursor T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma/leukemia (pre-T LBL). In the current study, we found that overexpression of OLIG2 was not only found in oligodendroglioma samples and normal neural tissue but also in a wide spectrum of malignant cell lines including leukemia, non-small cell lung carcinoma, melanoma, and breast cancer cell lines. To investigate whether enforced expression of OLIG2 is oncogenic, we generated transgenic mice that overexpressed OLIG2 in the thymus. Ectopic OLIG2 expression in the thymus was only weakly oncogenic as only 2 of 85 mice developed pre-T LBL. However, almost 60% of transgenic mice that overexpressed both OLIG2 and LMO1 developed pre-T LBL with large thymic tumor masses. Gene expression profiling of thymic tumors that developed in OLIG2/LMO1 mice revealed up-regulation of Notch1 as well as Deltex1 (Dtx1) and pre T-cell antigen receptor alpha (Ptcra), two genes that are considered to be downstream of Notch1. Of note, we found mutations in the Notch1 heterodimerization or proline-, glutamic acid-, serine-, and threonine-rich domain in three of six primary thymic tumors. In addition, growth of leukemic cell lines established from OLIG2/LMO1 transgenic mice was suppressed by a gamma-secretase inhibitor, suggesting that Notch1 up-regulation is important for the proliferation of OLIG2-LMO1 leukemic cells.
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- Ying-Wei Lin
- Genetics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20889-5105, USA
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Götz M, Barde YA. Radial glial cells defined and major intermediates between embryonic stem cells and CNS neurons. Neuron 2005; 46:369-72. [PMID: 15882633 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2005.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Radial glial cells have been identified as a major source of neurons during development. Here, we review the evidence for the distinct "glial" nature of radial glial cells and contrast these cells with their progenitors, the neuroepithelial cells. Recent results also suggest that not only during neurogenesis in vivo, but also during the differentiation of cultured embryonic stem cells toward neurons, progenitors with clear glial antigenic characteristics act as cellular intermediates.
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- Magdalena Götz
- Institute of Stem Cell Research, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, D-85764 Neuherberg/Munich, Germany.
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Abramova N, Charniga C, Goderie SK, Temple S. Stage-specific changes in gene expression in acutely isolated mouse CNS progenitor cells. Dev Biol 2005; 283:269-81. [PMID: 15890332 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.03.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2004] [Revised: 03/04/2005] [Accepted: 03/31/2005] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Neural progenitor cells can be derived from a variety of developmental stages when they are preferentially proliferating, undergoing neurogenesis or undergoing gliogenesis. We used FACS sorting and the LeX surface marker to enrich neural progenitor cells from different embryonic stages and adult and compared their gene expression profiles using Affymetrix Microarrays. Our results show that, while there are common genes expressed in the progenitor cell population from all stages, there are also significant differences in gene expression patterns that correlate with stage-related behaviors. These data indicate that progenitor cells change during development and that adult and embryonic neural progenitor cells are intrinsically different.
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- Natalia Abramova
- Center for Neuropharmacology and Neuroscience, Albany Medical College, NY 12208, USA.
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Scheffler B, Walton NM, Lin DD, Goetz AK, Enikolopov G, Roper SN, Steindler DA. Phenotypic and functional characterization of adult brain neuropoiesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:9353-8. [PMID: 15961540 PMCID: PMC1150897 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0503965102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The modern concept of neurogenesis in the adult brain is predicated on the premise that multipotent glial cells give rise to new neurons throughout life. Although extensive evidence exists indicating that this is the case, the transition from glial to neuronal phenotype remains poorly understood. A unique monolayer cell-culture system was developed to induce, expose, and recapitulate the entire developmental series of events of subventricular zone (SVZ) neurogenesis. We show here, using immunophenotypic, ultrastructural, electrophysiological, and time-lapse analyses, that SVZ-derived glial fibrillary acidic protein(low)/A2B5+/nestin+ candidate founder cells undergo metamorphosis to eventually generate large numbers of fully differentiated interneuron phenotypes. A model of postnatal neurogenesis is considered in light of known embryonic events and reveals a limited developmental potential of SVZ stem/progenitor cells, whereby ancestral cells in both embryonic and postnatal/adult settings give rise to glia and GABAergic interneurons.
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- Bjorn Scheffler
- Departments of Neuroscience and Neurosurgery, University of Florida, McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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Fontana X, Nácher J, Soriano E, del Río JA. Cell Proliferation in the Adult Hippocampal Formation of Rodents and its Modulation by Entorhinal and Fimbria–Fornix Afferents. Cereb Cortex 2005; 16:301-12. [PMID: 15958781 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhi120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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New granule neurons are produced in the dentate gyrus (DG) of rodents throughout adult life. Recent studies have also reported adult neurogenesis in the cerebral cortex in normal animals or after brain injury. However, few of these studies focused on the hippocampal formation (HF), a cortical area involved in learning and memory in which extensive cell death occurs in neurodegenerative diseases. Thus, we studied cell proliferation in the HF of rodents and the intrinsic putative neurogenic potential of entorhinal cortex (EC) progenitors. We show that only the DG generates new neurons in the HF. In addition, neurospheres from the EC differentiate into neurons and glia in vitro and after transplantation in the adult DG. We also analyzed whether the absence of the synaptic input from the main hippocampal afferents induces neuronal generation in the HF outside the DG and/or regulates the proliferation of DG neuroprogenitors. We show that the denervation of the hippocampus does not induce neurogenesis in HF regions other than the DG. However, neuroprogenitor proliferation in the DG is reduced after fimbria-fornix lesions but not after entorhinal deafferentation, which supports the view that neuroprogenitor proliferation and/or differentiation in the DG are controlled from basal forebrain/septal neurons.
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- Xavier Fontana
- Development and Regeneration of the CNS, Department of Cell Biology, Barcelona Science Park-IRB, University of Barcelona, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Mori T, Buffo A, Götz M. The novel roles of glial cells revisited: the contribution of radial glia and astrocytes to neurogenesis. Curr Top Dev Biol 2005; 69:67-99. [PMID: 16243597 DOI: 10.1016/s0070-2153(05)69004-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Astroglial cells are the most frequent cell type in the adult mammalian brain, and the number and range of their diverse functions are still increasing. One of their most striking roles is their function as adult neural stem cells and contribution to neurogenesis. This chapter discusses first the role of the ubiquitous glial cell type in the developing nervous system, the radial glial cells. Radial glial cells share several features with neuroepithelial cells, but also with astrocytes in the mature brain, which led to the name "radial glia." At the end of neurogenesis in the mammalian brain, radial glial cells disappear, and a subset of them transforms into astroglial cells. Interestingly, only some astrocytes maintain their neurogenic potential and continue to generate neurons throughout life. We discuss the current knowledge about the differences between the adult astroglial cells that remain neurogenic and act as neural stem cells and the majority of other astroglial cells that have apparently lost the capacity to generate neurons. Additionally, we review the changes in glial cells upon brain lesion, their dedifferentiation and recapitulation of radial glial properties, and the conditions under which reactive glia may reinitiate some neurogenic potential. Given that the astroglial cells are not only the most frequent cell type in an adult mammalian brain, but also the key cell type in the wound reaction of the brain to injury, it is essential to further understand their heterogeneity and molecular specification, with the final aim of using this unique source for neuronal replacement. Therefore, one of the key advances in the field of neurobiology is the discovery that astroglial cells can generate neurons not only during development, but also throughout adult life and potentially even after brain lesion.
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- Tetsuji Mori
- Institute for Stem Cell Research, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, D-85764 Neuherberg/Munich, Germany
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Takemura NU. Evidence for neurogenesis within the white matter beneath the temporal neocortex of the adult rat brain. Neuroscience 2005; 134:121-32. [PMID: 15964698 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.04.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2005] [Revised: 03/01/2005] [Accepted: 04/04/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Persistent neuron production in the adult CNS (adult neurogenesis) has been implicated in various brain functions such as learning/memory and mood control. Despite the widespread occurrence of neural stem/progenitor cells, active adult neurogenesis has been established only in two restricted regions. We explored in this study a previously overlooked neurogenic region in the adult rat brain and detected the evidence of neuron production within the subcortical white matter. Dividing Pax6- and Olig2-positive neural progenitor cells continually gave rise to doublecortin-positive new neurons in this region. However, the vast majority of newborn neurons were lost within a week of their birth. Accumulated apoptotic cells indicated the ongoing cell death in this area. In addition to providing the evidence of newborn cell migration to the hippocampus, these results suggest that cell genesis, death, and migration persist in a restricted subregion of the adult white matter.
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- N U Takemura
- Department of Neurobiology, the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
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Gurok U, Steinhoff C, Lipkowitz B, Ropers HH, Scharff C, Nuber UA. Gene expression changes in the course of neural progenitor cell differentiation. J Neurosci 2004; 24:5982-6002. [PMID: 15229246 PMCID: PMC6729244 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0809-04.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The molecular changes underlying neural progenitor differentiation are essentially unknown. We applied cDNA microarrays with 13,627 clones to measure dynamic gene expression changes during the in vitro differentiation of neural progenitor cells that were isolated from the subventricular zone of postnatal day 7 mice and grown in vitro as neurospheres. In two experimental series in which we withdrew epidermal growth factor and added the neurotrophins Neurotrophin-4 or BDNF, four time points were investigated: undifferentiated cells grown as neurospheres, and cells 24, 48, and 96 hr after differentiation. Expression changes of selected genes were confirmed by semiquantitative RT-PCR. Ten different groups of gene expression dynamics obtained by cluster analysis are described. To correlate selected gene expression changes to the localization of respective proteins, we performed immunostainings of cultured neurospheres and of brain sections from adult mice. Our results provide new insights into the genetic program of neural progenitor differentiation and give strong hints to as yet unknown cellular communications within the adult subventricular zone stem cell niche.
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- Ulf Gurok
- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Bithell A, Williams BP. Neural stem cells and cell replacement therapy: making the right cells. Clin Sci (Lond) 2004; 108:13-22. [PMID: 15462670 DOI: 10.1042/cs20040276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The past few years have seen major advances in the field of NSC (neural stem cell) research with increasing emphasis towards its application in cell-replacement therapy for neurological disorders. However, the clinical application of NSCs will remain largely unfeasible until a comprehensive understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms of NSC fate specification is achieved. With this understanding will come an increased possibility to exploit the potential of stem cells in order to manufacture transplantable NSCs able to provide a safe and effective therapy for previously untreatable neurological disorders. Since the pathology of each of these disorders is determined by the loss or damage of a specific neural cell population, it may be necessary to generate a range of NSCs able to replace specific neurons or glia rather than generating a generic NSC population. Currently, a diverse range of strategies is being investigated with this goal in mind. In this review, we focus on the relationship between NSC specification and differentiation and discuss how this information may be used to direct NSCs towards a particular fate.
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- Angela Bithell
- Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Psychological Medicine, PO Box 52, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, U.K
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Haubst N, Berger J, Radjendirane V, Graw J, Favor J, Saunders GF, Stoykova A, Götz M. Molecular dissection of Pax6 function: the specific roles of the paired domain and homeodomain in brain development. Development 2004; 131:6131-40. [PMID: 15548580 DOI: 10.1242/dev.01524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The transcription factor Pax6 plays a key role during development of various organs, including the brain where it affects cell fate, cell proliferation and patterning. To understand how Pax6 coordinates these diverse effects at the molecular level, we examined the role of distinct DNA-binding domains of Pax6, the homeodomain (HD), the paired domain (PD) and its splice variant (5a), using loss- and gain-of-function approaches. Here we show that the PD is necessary for the regulation of neurogenesis, cell proliferation and patterning effects of Pax6, since these aspects are severely affected in the developing forebrain of the Pax6Aey18 mice with a deletion in the PD but intact homeo- and transactivation domains. In contrast, a mutation of the HD lacking DNA-binding (Pax64Neu) resulted in only subtle defects of forebrain development. We further demonstrate distinct roles of the two splice variants of the PD. Retrovirally mediated overexpression of Pax6 containing exon 5a inhibited cell proliferation without affecting cell fate, while Pax6 containing the canonical form of the PD lacking exon 5a affected simultaneously cell fate and proliferation. These results therefore demonstrate a key role of the PD in brain development and implicate splicing as a pivotal factor regulating the potent neurogenic role of Pax6.
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- Nicole Haubst
- GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute for Stem Cell Research, Neuherberg, Germany
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Irintchev A, Rollenhagen A, Troncoso E, Kiss JZ, Schachner M. Structural and functional aberrations in the cerebral cortex of tenascin-C deficient mice. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 15:950-62. [PMID: 15537675 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhh195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The extracellular matrix glycoprotein tenascin-C (TNC) has been implicated in neural development and plasticity but many of its functions in vivo remain obscure. Here we addressed the question as to whether the constitutive absence of TNC in mice affects cortical physiology and structure. Defined major cell populations (neurons and inhibitory neuronal subpopulations, astrocytes, oligodendrocytes and microglia) were quantified in the somatosensory and motor cortices of adult TNC deficient (TNC-/-) and wild-type (TNC+/+) mice by immunofluorescence labelling and stereology. In both areas studied we found abnormally high neuronal density, astrogliosis, low density of parvalbumin-positive interneurons and reduced ratios of oligodendrocytes to neurons and of inhibitory to excitatory neurons in the TNC deficient as opposed to the non-deficient animals. Analysis of Golgi-impregnated layer V pyramidal neurons in TNC-/- animals showed aberrant dendrite tortuosity and redistribution of stubby spines within first- to third-order dendritic arbors. Significantly enhanced responses upon whisker stimulation were recorded epicranially over the barrel and the motor cortices of TNC-/- as compared to TNC+/+ animals, and this effect might be associated with the diminished inhibitory circuitry. These results indicate that TNC is essential for normal cortical development and function.
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- Andrey Irintchev
- Zentrum für Molekulare Neurobiologie, Universität Hamburg, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany
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Setoguchi T, Kondo T. Nuclear export of OLIG2 in neural stem cells is essential for ciliary neurotrophic factor-induced astrocyte differentiation. J Cell Biol 2004; 166:963-8. [PMID: 15452140 PMCID: PMC2172021 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200404104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2004] [Accepted: 08/13/2004] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Neural stem cell (NSC) differentiation is precisely controlled by a network of transcription factors, which themselves are regulated by extracellular signals (Bertrand, N., D.S. Castro, and F. Guillemot, 2002. Nat. Rev. Neurosci 3:517-530; Shirasaki, R. and S.L. Pfaff, 2002. Annu. Rev. Neurosci 25:251-281). One way that the activity of such transcription factors is controlled is by the regulation of their movement between the cytosol and nucleus (Vandromme, M., C. Gauthier-Rouviere, N. Lamb, and A. Fernandez, 1996. Trends Biochem.Sci. 21:59-64; Lei, E.P. and P.A. Silver, 2002. Dev. Cell 2:261-272). Here we show that the basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor OLIG2, which has been shown to be required for motor neuron and oligodendrocyte development, is found in the cytoplasm, but not the nucleus, of astrocytes in culture and of a subset of astrocytes in the subventricular zone. We demonstrate that the accumulation of OLIG2 in the nucleus of NSCs blocks the CNTF-induced astrocyte differentiation and that the translocation of OLIG2 to the cytoplasm is promoted by activated AKT. We propose that the AKT-stimulated export of OLIG2 from the nucleus of NSCs is essential for the astrocyte differentiation.
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- Takao Setoguchi
- Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge, E.D. Adrian Building, Forvie site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 2PY, UK.
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