p600 regulates spindle orientation in apical neural progenitors and contributes to neurogenesis in the developing neocortex

Apical neural progenitors (aNPs) drive neurogenesis by means of a program consisting of self-proliferative and neurogenic divisions. The balance between these two manners of division sustains the pool of apical progenitors into late neurogenesis, thereby ensuring their availability to populate the b...

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Published in:Biology open 2014-05, Vol.3 (6), p.475-485
Main Authors: Belzil, Camille, Asada, Naoyuki, Ishiguro, Kei-Ichiro, Nakaya, Takeo, Parsons, Kari, Pendolino, Valentina, Neumayer, Gernot, Mapelli, Marina, Nakatani, Yoshihiro, Sanada, Kamon, Nguyen, Minh Dang
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Language:English
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Ablation
Animal models
Apical neural progenitors
Binding
Cell fate
Cerebral cortex
Depletion
Electroporation
Microcephaly
Ndel1
Neocortex
Neural stem cells
Neurogenesis
Neurons
Orientation
p600
Pax6 protein
Progenitor cells
Proteins
Spindle orientation
UBR4
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Summary:Apical neural progenitors (aNPs) drive neurogenesis by means of a program consisting of self-proliferative and neurogenic divisions. The balance between these two manners of division sustains the pool of apical progenitors into late neurogenesis, thereby ensuring their availability to populate the brain with terminal cell types. Using knockout and in utero electroporation mouse models, we report a key role for the microtubule-associated protein 600 (p600) in the regulation of spindle orientation in aNPs, a cellular event that has been associated with cell fate and neurogenesis. We find that p600 interacts directly with the neurogenic protein Ndel1 and that aNPs knockout for p600, depleted of p600 by shRNA or expressing a Ndel1-binding p600 fragment all display randomized spindle orientation. Depletion of p600 by shRNA or expression of the Ndel1-binding p600 fragment also results in a decreased number of Pax6-positive aNPs and an increased number of Tbr2-positive basal progenitors destined to become neurons. These Pax6-positive aNPs display a tilted mitotic spindle. In mice wherein p600 is ablated in progenitors, the production of neurons is significantly impaired and this defect is associated with microcephaly. We propose a working model in which p600 controls spindle orientation in aNPs and discuss its implication for neurogenesis.
ISSN:2046-6390
2046-6390
DOI:10.1242/bio.20147807