A transient role of the ciliary gene Inpp5e in controlling direct versus indirect neurogenesis in cortical development
- University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Sorbonne University, France
- University of California, San Francisco, United States
- Sorbonne Universite Paris, France
Abstract
During the development of the cerebral cortex, neurons are generated directly from radial glial cells or indirectly via basal progenitors. The balance between these division modes determines the number and types of neurons formed in the cortex thereby affecting cortical functioning. Here, we investigate the role of primary cilia in controlling the decision between forming neurons directly or indirectly. We show that a mutation in the ciliary gene Inpp5e leads to a transient increase in direct neurogenesis and subsequently to an overproduction of layer V neurons in newborn mice. Loss of Inpp5e also affects ciliary structure coinciding with reduced Gli3 repressor levels. Genetically restoring Gli3 repressor rescues the decreased indirect neurogenesis in Inpp5e mutants. Overall, our analyses reveal how primary cilia determine neuronal subtype composition of the cortex by controlling direct versus indirect neurogenesis. These findings have implications for understanding cortical malformations in ciliopathies with INPP5E mutations.
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Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/P00122X/1)
- Thomas Theil
NIH Clinical Center (R01GM095941)
- Jeremy F Reiter
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.
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- Fadel Tissir, Universite' Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Ethics
Animal experimentation: All experimental work was carried out in accordance with the UK Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 and UK Home Office guidelines under the project license numer P53864D41. All protocols were reviewed and approved by the named veterinary surgeons of the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, the University of Edinburgh, prior to the commencement of experimental work.
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- Received: April 22, 2020
- Accepted: August 24, 2020
- Accepted Manuscript published: August 25, 2020 (version 1)
- Version of Record published: September 9, 2020 (version 2)
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© 2020, Hasenpusch-Theil et al.
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A transient role of the ciliary gene Inpp5e in controlling direct versus indirect neurogenesis in cortical development
eLife 9:e58162.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.58162
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