論文

査読有り
2018年1月1日

Neural Progenitor Cells Undergoing Yap/Tead-Mediated Enhanced Self-Renewal Form Heterotopias More Easily in the Diencephalon than in the Telencephalon

Neurochemical Research
  • Kanako Saito
  • ,
  • Ryotaro Kawasoe
  • ,
  • Hiroshi Sasaki
  • ,
  • Ayano Kawaguchi
  • ,
  • Takaki Miyata

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開始ページ
171
終了ページ
180
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1007/s11064-017-2390-x
出版者・発行元
Springer New York LLC

Spatiotemporally ordered production of cells is essential for brain development. Normally, most undifferentiated neural progenitor cells (NPCs) face the apical (ventricular) surface of embryonic brain walls. Pathological detachment of NPCs from the apical surface and their invasion of outer neuronal territories, i.e., formation of NPC heterotopias, can disrupt the overall structure of the brain. Although NPC heterotopias have previously been observed in a variety of experimental contexts, the underlying mechanisms remain largely unknown. Yes-associated protein 1 (Yap1) and the TEA domain (Tead) proteins, which act downstream of Hippo signaling, enhance the stem-like characteristics of NPCs. Elevated expression of Yap1 or Tead in the neural tube (future spinal cord) induces massive NPC heterotopias, but Yap/Tead-induced expansion of NPCs in the developing brain has not been previously reported to produce NPC heterotopias. To determine whether NPC heterotopias occur in a regionally characteristic manner, we introduced the Yap1-S112A or Tead-VP16 into NPCs of the telencephalon and diencephalon, two neighboring but distinct forebrain regions, of embryonic day 10 mice by in utero electroporation, and compared NPC heterotopia formation. Although NPCs in both regions exhibited enhanced stem-like behaviors, heterotopias were larger and more frequent in the diencephalon than in the telencephalon. This result, the first example of Yap/Tead-induced NPC heterotopia in the forebrain, reveals that Yap/Tead-induced NPC heterotopia is not specific to the neural tube, and also suggests that this phenomenon depends on regional factors such as the three-dimensional geometry and assembly of these cells.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11064-017-2390-x
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28879493
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1007/s11064-017-2390-x
  • ISSN : 1573-6903
  • ISSN : 0364-3190
  • PubMed ID : 28879493
  • SCOPUS ID : 85028803276

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