Neurogenesis (Austin, Tex.)Pub Date : 2015-02-03eCollection Date: 2015-01-01DOI: 10.1080/23262133.2015.1004971
Lida Katsimpardi, Lee L Rubin
{"title":"Young systemic factors as a medicine for age-related neurodegenerative diseases.","authors":"Lida Katsimpardi, Lee L Rubin","doi":"10.1080/23262133.2015.1004971","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23262133.2015.1004971","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>It is widely known that neurogenesis, brain function and cognition decline with aging. Increasing evidence suggests that cerebrovascular dysfunction is a major cause of cognitive impairment in the elderly but is also involved in age-related neurodegenerative diseases. Finding ways and molecules that reverse this process and ameliorate age- and disease-related cognitive impairment by targeting vascular and neurogenic deterioration would be of great therapeutic value. In Katsimpardi et al. we reported that young blood has a dual beneficial effect in the aged brain by restoring age-related decline in neurogenesis as well as inducing a striking remodeling of the aged vasculature and restoring blood flow to youthful levels. Additionally, we identified a youthful systemic factor, GDF11 that recapitulates these beneficial effects of young blood. We believe that the identification of young systemic factors that can rejuvenate the aged brain opens new roads to therapeutic intervention for neurodegenerative diseases by targeting both neural stem cells and neurogenesis as well as at the vasculature. </p>","PeriodicalId":74274,"journal":{"name":"Neurogenesis (Austin, Tex.)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23262133.2015.1004971","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34741075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Neurogenesis (Austin, Tex.)Pub Date : 2014-12-02eCollection Date: 2014-01-01DOI: 10.4161/23262125.2014.970905
Brian K Clinton, Christopher L Cunningham, Arnold R Kriegstein, Stephen C Noctor, Verónica Martínez-Cerdeño
{"title":"Radial glia in the proliferative ventricular zone of the embryonic and adult turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans.","authors":"Brian K Clinton, Christopher L Cunningham, Arnold R Kriegstein, Stephen C Noctor, Verónica Martínez-Cerdeño","doi":"10.4161/23262125.2014.970905","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4161/23262125.2014.970905","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To better understand the role of radial glial (RG) cells in the evolution of the mammalian cerebral cortex, we investigated the role of RG cells in the dorsal cortex and dorsal ventricular ridge of the turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans. Unlike mammals, the glial architecture of adult reptile consists mainly of ependymoradial glia, which share features with mammalian RG cells, and which may contribute to neurogenesis that continues throughout the lifespan of the turtle. To evaluate the morphology and proliferative capacity of ependymoradial glia (here referred to as RG cells) in the dorsal cortex of embryonic and adult turtle, we adapted the cortical electroporation technique, commonly used in rodents, to the turtle telencephalon. Here, we demonstrate the morphological and functional characteristics of RG cells in the developing turtle dorsal cortex. We show that cell division occurs both at the ventricle and away from the ventricle, that RG cells undergo division at the ventricle during neurogenic stages of development, and that mitotic Tbr2+ precursor cells, a hallmark of the mammalian SVZ, are present in the turtle cortex. In the adult turtle, we show that RG cells encompass a morphologically heterogeneous population, particularly in the subpallium where proliferation is most prevalent. One RG subtype is similar to RG cells in the developing mammalian cortex, while 2 other RG subtypes appear to be distinct from those seen in mammal. We propose that the different subtypes of RG cells in the adult turtle perform distinct functions. </p>","PeriodicalId":74274,"journal":{"name":"Neurogenesis (Austin, Tex.)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4161/23262125.2014.970905","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34742467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Regulation of proliferation and histone acetylation in embryonic neural precursors by CREB/CREM signaling.","authors":"Rosanna Parlato, Claudia Mandl, Gabriele Hölzl-Wenig, Birgit Liss, Kerry L Tucker, Francesca Ciccolini","doi":"10.4161/23262125.2014.970883","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4161/23262125.2014.970883","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The transcription factor CREB (cAMP-response element binding protein) regulates differentiation, migration, survival and activity-dependent gene expression in the developing and mature nervous system. However, its specific role in the proliferation of embryonic neural progenitors is still not completely understood. Here we investigated how CREB regulates proliferation of mouse embryonic neural progenitors by a conditional mutant lacking Creb gene in neural progenitors. In parallel, we explored possible compensatory effects by the genetic ablation of another member of the same gene family, the cAMP-responsive element modulator (Crem). We show that CREB loss differentially impaired the proliferation, clonogenic potential and self-renewal of precursors derived from the ganglionic eminence (GE), in comparison to those derived from the cortex. This phenotype was associated with a specific reduction of histone acetylation in the GE of CREB mutant mice, and this reduction was rescued in vivo by inhibition of histone deacetylation. These observations indicate that the impaired proliferation could be caused by a reduced acetyltransferase activity in Creb conditional knock-out mice. These findings support a crucial role of CREB in controlling embryonic neurogenesis and propose a novel mechanism by which CREB regulates embryonic neural development. </p>","PeriodicalId":74274,"journal":{"name":"Neurogenesis (Austin, Tex.)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4161/23262125.2014.970883","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34742466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Neurogenesis (Austin, Tex.)Pub Date : 2014-11-21eCollection Date: 2014-01-01DOI: 10.4161/23262133.2014.976014
Dorothea Schulte
{"title":"Meis: New friends of Pax.","authors":"Dorothea Schulte","doi":"10.4161/23262133.2014.976014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4161/23262133.2014.976014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The generation of neuronal diversity in the mammalian brain is a multistep process, beginning with the regional patterning of neural stem- and progenitor cell domains, the commitment of these cells toward a general neuronal fate, followed by the selection of a particular neuronal subtype and the differentiation of postmitotic neurons. Each of these steps as well as the transitions between them require precisely controlled changes in transcriptional programs. Although a large number of transcription factors are known to regulate neurogenesis in the embryonic and adult central nervous system, the sheer number of neuronal cell types in the brain and the complexity of the cellular processes that accompany their production suggest that transcription factors act cooperatively to control individual steps in neurogenesis. In fact, combinatorial regulation by sets of transcription factors has emerged as a versatile mode to control cell fate specification. Here, I discuss our recent finding that members of the MEIS-subfamily of TALE-transcription factors, originally identified as HOX cofactors in non-neural tissues, function in concert with PAX-proteins in the regulation of cell fate specification and neuronal differentiation in the embryonic and adult brain. </p>","PeriodicalId":74274,"journal":{"name":"Neurogenesis (Austin, Tex.)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4161/23262133.2014.976014","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34644574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Characterization of Np95 expression in mouse brain from embryo to adult: A novel marker for proliferating neural stem/precursor cells.","authors":"Naoya Murao, Taito Matsuda, Hirofumi Noguchi, Haruhiko Koseki, Masakazu Namihira, Kinichi Nakashima","doi":"10.4161/23262133.2014.976026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4161/23262133.2014.976026","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nuclear protein 95 KDa (Np95, also known as UHRF1 or ICBP90) plays an important role in maintaining DNA methylation of newly synthesized DNA strands by recruiting DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) during cell division. In addition, Np95 participates in chromatin remodeling by interacting with histone modification enzymes such as histone deacetylases. However, its expression pattern and function in the brain have not been analyzed extensively. We here investigated the expression pattern of Np95 in the mouse brain, from developmental to adult stages. In the fetal brain, Np95 is abundantly expressed at the midgestational stage, when a large number of neural stem/precursor cells (NS/PCs) exist. Interestingly, Np95 is expressed specifically in NS/PCs but not in differentiated cells such as neurons or glial cells. Furthermore, we demonstrate that Np95 is preferentially expressed in type 2a cells, which are highly proliferative NS/PCs in the dentate gyrus of the adult hippocampus. Moreover, the number of Np95-expressing cells increases in response to kainic acid administration or to voluntary running, which are known to enhance the proliferation of adult NS/PCs. These results suggest that Np95 participates in the process of proliferation and differentiation of NS/PCs, and that it should be a useful novel marker for proliferating NS/PCs, facilitating the analysis of the complex behavior of NS/PCs in the brain. </p>","PeriodicalId":74274,"journal":{"name":"Neurogenesis (Austin, Tex.)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4161/23262133.2014.976026","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34742468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Neurogenesis (Austin, Tex.)Pub Date : 2014-11-17eCollection Date: 2014-01-01DOI: 10.4161/23262133.2014.976018
Laura I Hudish, Bruce Appel
{"title":"microRNA regulation of neural precursor self-renewal and differentiation.","authors":"Laura I Hudish, Bruce Appel","doi":"10.4161/23262133.2014.976018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4161/23262133.2014.976018","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>During early stages of development of the vertebrate central nervous system, neural precursors divide symmetrically to produce new precursors, thereby expanding the precursor population. During middle stages of neural development, precursors switch to an asymmetric division pattern whereby each mitosis produces one new precursor and one cell that differentiates as a neuron or glial cell. At late stages of development, most precursors stop dividing and terminally differentiate. Par complex proteins are associated with the apical membrane of neural precursors and promote precursor self-renewal. How Par proteins are down regulated to bring precursor self-renewal to an end has not been known. Our investigations of zebrafish neural development revealed that the microRNA miR-219 negatively regulates apical Par proteins, thereby promoting cessation of neural precursor division and driving terminal differentiation. </p>","PeriodicalId":74274,"journal":{"name":"Neurogenesis (Austin, Tex.)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4161/23262133.2014.976018","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34740648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Neurogenesis (Austin, Tex.)Pub Date : 2014-10-29eCollection Date: 2014-01-01DOI: 10.4161/23262125.2014.962391
Simone Reiprich, Michael Wegner
{"title":"Sox2: A multitasking networker.","authors":"Simone Reiprich, Michael Wegner","doi":"10.4161/23262125.2014.962391","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4161/23262125.2014.962391","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The transcription factor Sox2 is best known as a pluripotency factor in stem and precursor cells and its expression generally correlates with an undifferentiated state. Proposed modes of action include those as classical transcription factor and pre-patterning factor with influence on histone modifications and chromatin structure. Recently, we provided the first detailed analysis of Sox2 expression and function during development of oligodendrocytes, the myelin-forming cells of the CNS. Surprisingly, we found evidence for a role of Sox2 as differentiation factor and found it to act through modulation of microRNA levels. Thus, we add new facets to the functional repertoire of Sox2 and throw light on the networking activity of this multitasking developmental regulator. </p>","PeriodicalId":74274,"journal":{"name":"Neurogenesis (Austin, Tex.)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4161/23262125.2014.962391","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34739138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Establishment of a radial glia-like mouse fetal hypothalamic neural stem cell line (AC1) able to differentiate into neuroendocrine cells.","authors":"Anna Cariboni, Luciano Conti, Valentina Andrè, Davide Aprile, Jacopo Zasso, Roberto Maggi","doi":"10.4161/neur.29950","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4161/neur.29950","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The present study describes the generation and the characterization of a stable cell line of neural stem cells derived from embryonic mouse hypothalamus. These cells (AC1) grow as an adherent culture in defined serum-free medium and express typical markers of neurogenic radial glia and of hypothalamic precursors. After prolonged expansion, AC1 cells may be efficiently induced to differentiate into neurons and astroglial cells in vitro and start to express some hormonal neuropeptides, like TRH, CRH, and POMC. Based on the capabilities of AC1 cells to be stably expanded and to develop neuroendocrine lineages in vitro, these cells might represent a novel tool to elucidate the mechanisms involved in the development of the hypothalamus and in the specific differentiation of neuroendocrine neurons.</p>","PeriodicalId":74274,"journal":{"name":"Neurogenesis (Austin, Tex.)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4161/neur.29950","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34779273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multiple facets of CBP in forebrain interneuron development","authors":"Jing Wang","doi":"10.4161/neur.29168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4161/neur.29168","url":null,"abstract":"Rubinstein–Taybi Syndrome (RTS), where the transcriptional co-activator and histone acetyltransferase CBP is mutated and haploinsufficient, is often associated with epilepsy, a disorder that is frequently due to perturbations in the generation of GABAergic interneurons and/or the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA. Hereby, Tsui et al., recently published in Developmental Biology, asked whether CBP was necessary for the appropriate genesis and differentiation of interneurons in the murine forebrain. This paper defined multiple roles of CBP during forebrain interneuron development. In particular, CBP not only acts as a pro-differentiation factor to enhance the differentiation of ventral forebrain precursors to interneurons, but also modulates the maturation of interneurons by promoting acquisition of a GABAergic interneuron phenotype in the newborn neurons. Thus, deficits in interneuron development caused by CBP haploinsufficiency provide a potential explanation for the epilepsy seen in individuals with RTS.","PeriodicalId":74274,"journal":{"name":"Neurogenesis (Austin, Tex.)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4161/neur.29168","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70643145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"MicroRNA-mediated regulation of the neurogenic-to-gliogenic competence transition of neural stem/progenitor cells","authors":"H. Naka-Kaneda, T. Shimazaki, H. Okano","doi":"10.4161/neur.29542","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4161/neur.29542","url":null,"abstract":"Multipotent neural stem/progenitor cells (NSPCs) produce various types of neurons and glial cells during the development of the central nervous system (CNS); however, NSPCs are not always able to generate all types of neural cells. The formation of complex neural networks relies on proper cytogenesis from NSPCs, which is under strict spatiotemporal regulation by intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms. The neurogenesis-to-gliogenesis switch, a major event during CNS development, is largely dependent on the cell-autonomous temporal specification of NSPCs. The results of several previous studies suggest that developmental stage-dependent changes in the epigenetic status of proneural and astrocytic genes correlate with the temporal identity transition of developing NSPCs. These changes are related to alterations in the responsiveness of NSPCs to extrinsic neurogenic or gliogenic factors. Here, we discuss our recent findings that microRNA-mediated regulation of competence and relationships between multi-layered molecular regulatory systems control the temporal specification of NSPCs during CNS development.","PeriodicalId":74274,"journal":{"name":"Neurogenesis (Austin, Tex.)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4161/neur.29542","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70643711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}