Article abstract
Nature Neuroscience 11, 1014 - 1023 (2008)
Published online: 24 August 2008 | doi:10.1038/nn.2168
Requirement for COUP-TFI and II in the temporal specification of neural stem cells in CNS development
Hayato Naka1,2, Shiho Nakamura1,2, Takuya Shimazaki1,2 & Hideyuki Okano1,2
Abstract
In the developing CNS, subtypes of neurons and glial cells are generated according to a schedule that is defined by cell-intrinsic mechanisms that function at the progenitor-cell level. However, no critical molecular switch for the temporal specification of CNS progenitor cells has been identified. We found that chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter-transcription factor I and II (Coup-tfI and Coup-tfII, also known as Nr2f1 and Nr2f2) are required for the temporal specification of neural stem/progenitor cells (NSPCs), including their acquisition of gliogenic competence, as demonstrated by their responsiveness to gliogenic cytokines. COUP-TFI and II are transiently co-expressed in the ventricular zone of the early embryonic CNS. The double knockdown of Coup-tfI/II in embryonic stem cell (ESC)-derived NSPCs and the developing mouse forebrain caused sustained neurogenesis and the prolonged generation of early-born neurons. These findings reveal a part of the timer mechanisms for generating diverse types of neurons and glial cells during CNS development.
- Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan.
- Core Research for Evolutional Science Technology, Solution-Oriented Research for Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama 332-0012, Japan.
Correspondence to: Hideyuki Okano1,2 e-mail: hidokano@sc.itc.keio.ac.jp
Correspondence to: Takuya Shimazaki1,2 e-mail: shimazak@sc.itc.keio.ac.jp
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