Qki regulates myelinogenesis through Srebp2-dependent cholesterol biosynthesis

  1. Xin Zhou
  2. Seula Shin
  3. Chenxi He
  4. Qiang Zhang
  5. Matthew N Rasband
  6. Jiangong Ren
  7. Congxin Dai
  8. Rocío I Zorrilla-Veloz
  9. Takashi Shingu
  10. Liang Yuan
  11. Yunfei Wang
  12. Yiwen Chen
  13. Fei Lan
  14. Jian Hu  Is a corresponding author
  1. Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States
  2. Cancer Research Institute of Jilin University, The First Hospital of Jilin University, China
  3. Cancer Biology Program, MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, United States
  4. Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, International Co-laboratory of Medical Epigenetics and Metabolism, Ministry of Science and Technology, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, and Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion, Ministry of Education, Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, China
  5. Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, United States
  6. Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, China
  7. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, United States
  8. Clinical Science Division, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, United States
  9. Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States
  10. Neuroscience Program, MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, United States
10 figures, 2 videos, 1 table and 2 additional files

Figures

Figure 1 with 1 supplement
Deletion of Qk in mouse neural stem cells leads to hypomyelination in the central nervous system.

(A) Schema of the generation of Qk-Nestin-iCKO mice. (B) Representative images of severe hind limb paralysis in Qk-Nestin-iCKO mice 2 weeks after tamoxifen injection. Ctrl: control. (C) Latency of mice falling off the rotarod at a constant speed (5 rpm). n = 6 mice in the Qk-Nestin-iCKO group; n = 9 mice in the control group. (D) Body weights of Qk-Nestin-iCKO mice (n = 29) and control mice (n = 22) 12 days after tamoxifen injection. (E) Kaplan–Meier curves of and log-rank test results for overall survival in Qk-Nestin-iCKO mice (n = 157) and control mice (n = 153). (F) Representative images of and quantification of immunofluorescent staining of MBP, PLP, MAG, GFP, and Iba1 in the corpus callosum tissues in Qk-Nestin-iCKO mice (n = 3) and control mice (n = 4) 2 weeks after tamoxifen injection. Scale bars, 50 μm. (G) Representative images of and quantification of immunofluorescent staining of MBP and Iba1 in the optic nerves in Qk-Nestin-iCKO mice (n = 3) and control mice (n = 4) 2 weeks after tamoxifen injection. Scale bars, 50 μm. (H) Representative electron micrographs of the optic nerves in Qk-Nestin-iCKO mice and control mice with quantification of the percentage of myelinated axons and g-ratios 2 weeks after tamoxifen injection (n = 3 mice/group). Scale bars, 500 nm. (I) Representative images and quantification of immunofluorescent staining of amyloid precursor protein (App) in the corpus callosum tissues in Qk-Nestin-iCKO mice (n = 3) and control mice (n = 4) 2 weeks after tamoxifen injection. Scale bars, 50 μm. Data are shown as mean ± s.d. and were analyzed using Student's t test. ***p<0.001; ****p<0.0001; ns: not significant.

Figure 1—figure supplement 1
Deletion of Qk in mouse neural stem cells leads to hypomyelination in the central nervous system.

(A) Kaplan–Meier curves of and log-rank test results for quaking phenotype-free survival of QkL/L mice (n = 23), Nestin-CreERT2;WT mice (n = 8), Nestin-CreERT2;QkL/+ mice (n = 122), and Nestin-CreERT2;QkL/L mice (n = 157). (B) Representative electron micrographs of and quantification of the g-ratio in the optic nerves in Qk-Nestin-iCKO mice and control mice 2 weeks after tamoxifen injection (n = 3 mice/group). Scale bars, 2 μm. (C) Representative images of immunofluorescent staining of MBP in the corpus callosum tissues in Qk-Nestin-iCKO mice and control mice 5, 10, and 14 days after tamoxifen injection (n = 3 mice/group). Scale bar, 50 μm. (D) Representative images of immunofluorescent staining of Caspr, AnkG, and PanNav in the optic nerves of Qk-Nestin-iCKO mice and controls 2 weeks after tamoxifen injection (n = 3 mice/group). Scale bars, 1 μm. (E, F) Representative images of immunofluorescent staining of Caspr and AnkG in the optic nerves of Qk-Nestin-iCKO mice and control mice 7, 10, and 14 days after tamoxifen injection (n = 3 mice/group). Scale bar, (E) 5 μm, (F) 10 μm. (G, H) Quantification of total number of nodes (G) and % of nodes with both paranodes (H) in the optic nerves of Qk-Nestin-iCKO mice and control mice 7, 10, and 14 days after tamoxifen injection (n = 3 mice/group). Data are shown as mean ± s.d. and were analyzed using Student's t test. *p<0.05; ***p<0.001; ****p<0.0001. (I, J) Quantification of axonal diameter (I) and density of axon (J) in the mice in (B). Data are shown as mean ± s.d. and were analyzed using Student's t test. ns: not significant. (K–M) Representative images (K) of and quantification of axon initial segment length (L) and cumulative frequency (M) in the cortex tissues in Qk-Nestin-iCKO mice and control mice 2 weeks after tamoxifen injection (n = 3 mice/group). Scale bars, 50 μm. Data are shown as mean ± s.d. and were analyzed using Student's t test. ns: not significant.

Figure 2 with 2 supplements
Qki loss in neural stem cells does not impair formation of oligodendrocyte precursor cells or Aspa+Gstpi+myelinating oligodendrocytes.

(A–C) Representative images of and quantification of immunofluorescent staining of Pdgfrα-Qki (A), Aspa-Qki (B), and Gstpi-Qki (C) in the corpus callosum tissues in Qk-Nestin-iCKO mice (n = 3) and control mice (n = 4) 2 weeks after tamoxifen injection. Scale bars, 50 μm. (D) Representative images of immunofluorescent staining of Gstpi and Aspa in the corpus callosum tissues in WT mice at 3 weeks of age (n = 4 mice/group). Scale bars, 50 μm. The Venn diagram depicts the overlap of Aspa+ and Gstpi+ oligodendrocytes. (E, F) RNA-seq expression data for Aspa transcripts from the databases of Gonçalo Castelo-Branco’s laboratory (E) and Ben A. Barres’s and Jiaqian Wu’s laboratory (F). VLMC: vascular and leptomeningeal cells; COP: differentiation-committed oligodendrocyte precursors; NFOL: newly formed oligodendrocytes; MFOL: myelin-forming oligodendrocytes; MOL: mature oligodendrocytes. (G) Representative images of immunofluorescent staining of Aspa in the corpus callosum regions in WT mice at 3 weeks of age. Scale bars, 50 μm. Data are shown as mean ± s.d. and were analyzed using one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. **p<0.01; ****p<0.0001; ns: not significant.

Figure 2—figure supplement 1
Qki loss in neural stem cells impairs the differentiation of Olig2+AspaGstpi- oligodendroglial lineage cells.

(A, B) Representative images of and quantification of immunofluorescent staining of CC-1–Qki-5 (A) and Olig2-Qki (B) in the corpus callosum tissues in Qk-Nestin-iCKO mice (n = 3) and control mice (n = 4) 2 weeks after tamoxifen injection. Scale bars, 50 μm. Data are shown as mean ± s.d. and were analyzed using one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. ***p<0.001; ****p<0.0001; ns: not significant. (C) Representative images of and quantification of TUNEL immunofluorescent staining in the corpus callosum tissues in Qk-Nestin-iCKO mice and control mice 2 weeks after tamoxifen injection (n = 4 mice/group). Scale bar, 50 μm. Data are shown as mean ± s.d. and were analyzed using Student's t test. ns: not significant.

Figure 2—figure supplement 2
Deletion of Qk in neural stem cells has no effects on neuronal or astrocytic populations.

(A) Representative images of and quantification of immunofluorescent staining of NeuN in the cortex tissues in Qk-Nestin-iCKO mice and control mice 2 weeks after tamoxifen injection (n = 4 mice/group). Scale bars, 50 μm. Data are shown as mean ± s.d. and were analyzed using Student's t test. ns: not significant. (B) Representative images of and quantification of immunofluorescent staining of Sox9, GFP, and Gfap in the brain region within the red dotted box in Qk-Nestin-iCKO and control mice 2 weeks after tamoxifen injection (n = 3 mice/group). Scale bars, 100 μm. Data are shown as mean ± s.d. and were analyzed using Student's t test. ns: not significant.

Qki loss leads to defective myelin membrane assembly.

(A) Representative images of immunofluorescent staining of MBP in the corpus callosum tissues in Qk-Nestin-iCKO mice and control mice 2 weeks after tamoxifen injection. (B, C) Representative images of and quantification of the co-localization rates of immunofluorescent staining of MBP-PLP (B) and MBP-MAG (C) in the corpus callosum tissues in Qk-Nestin-iCKO mice and control mice 2 weeks after tamoxifen injection. (D) Representative images of and quantification of staining of FluoroMyelin in the corpus callosum tissues in Qk-Nestin-iCKO mice and control mice 2 weeks after tamoxifen injection. (E) Quantification of the relative ratio of FluoroMyelin to PLP in the corpus callosum tissues in Qk-Nestin-iCKO mice (n = 3) and control mice (n = 4) 2 weeks after tamoxifen injection. Scale bars, 50 μm. Data are shown as mean ± s.d. and were analyzed using Student's t test. The r values in the scatter plots (B, C) were calculated using Pearson’s correlation. ****p<0.0001.

Figure 4 with 2 supplements
Qk deletion in oligodendrocyte precursor cells leads to defective myelinogenesis without impairing differentiation of Aspamyelinating oligodendrocytes.

(A) Schema of the generation of Qk-Plp-iCKO mice. (B) Representative images of severe hind limb paresis in Qk-Plp-iCKO mice 2 weeks after tamoxifen injection. (C) Latency of mice falling off the rotarod at a constant speed (5 rpm). n = 3 mice in the Qk-Plp-iCKO group; n = 7 mice in the control group. (D) Body weights of Qk-Plp-iCKO mice (n = 12) and control mice (n = 18) 2 weeks after tamoxifen injection. (E) Kaplan–Meier curves of and log-rank test results for overall survival in Qk-Plp-iCKO mice (n = 32) and control mice (n = 59). (F) Representative images of and quantification of immunofluorescent staining of MBP, GFP, and Iba1 in the corpus callosum tissues in Qk-Plp-iCKO mice (n = 6) and control mice (n = 3) 2 weeks after tamoxifen injection. Scale bars, 50 μm. (G) Representative images of and quantification of staining of FluoroMyelin in the corpus callosum tissues in Qk-Plp-iCKO mice (n = 3) and control mice (n = 4) 2 weeks after tamoxifen injection. Scale bars, 50 μm. (H) Representative electron micrographs of and quantification of the percentage of myelinated axons in the optic nerves in Qk-Plp-iCKO mice (n = 3) and control mice (n = 5) 2 weeks after tamoxifen injection. Scale bars, 500 nm. (I) Representative images of and quantification of immunofluorescent staining of Aspa and Qki in the corpus callosum tissues in Qk-Plp-iCKO mice (n = 3) and control mice (n = 4) 2 weeks after tamoxifen injection. Scale bars, 50 μm. Data are shown as mean ± s.d. and were analyzed using Student's t test (C,D, F–H) or one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test (I). **p<0.01; ****p<0.0001; ns: not significant.

Figure 4—figure supplement 1
Deletion of Qk in mouse oligodendrocyte precursor cells results in hypomyelination in the central nervous system.

(A) Kaplan–Meier curves of and log-rank test results for quaking phenotype-free survival of QkL/L mice (n = 8), Plp-CreERT2;WT mice (n = 8), Plp-CreERT2;QkL/+ mice (n = 43), and Plp-CreERT2;QkL/L mice (n = 32). (B) Representative electron micrographs of and quantification of the g-ratio in the optic nerves in Qk-Plp-iCKO mice (n = 3) and control mice (n = 5) 2 weeks after tamoxifen injection. Scale bars, 2 μm. (C–E) Quantification of the g-ratio (C) axonal diameter (D) and density of axon (E) in the mice in (B). Data are shown as mean ± s.d. and were analyzed using Student's t test. *p<0.05; ns: not significant. (F) Representative images of and quantification of immunofluorescent staining of GFP and Pdgfrα in the cortex tissues in Qk-Plp-iCKO;mTmG mice (n = 6) and control Plp-CreERT2;mTmG mice (n = 3) 2 weeks after tamoxifen injection. Scale bar, 50 μm. Data are shown as mean ± s.d. and were analyzed using Student's t test. ns: not significant.

Figure 4—figure supplement 2
Deletion of Qk does not alter proliferation of oligodendrocyte precursor cells and oligodendroglial lineage cells.

(A, B) Representative images of and quantification of immunofluorescent staining of Pdgfrα and Ki67 (A) and Olig2 and Ki67 (B) in the brain region within the red dotted box in Qk-Plp-iCKO;mTmG mice (n = 6 in A and n = 4 in B) and control Plp-CreERT2;mTmG mice (n = 6 in A and n = 4 in B) 2 weeks after tamoxifen injection. Scale bar, 50 μm. Data are shown as mean ± s.d. and were analyzed using Student's t test. ns: not significant. Arrow indicates Pdgfrα+Ki67+ cells (A) and Olig2+Ki67+ cells (B).

Figure 5 with 1 supplement
Qki regulates transcription of the genes involved in myelin cholesterol biosynthesis.

(A) Bar graph showing the five canonical pathways most affected by Qki on the basis of differentially expressed genes in Qk-Plp-iCKO mice and control mice (n = 2 mice/group). Blue and red indicate pathways whose activity decreased or increased, respectively, in Qk-Plp-iCKO mice. (B) Overlapping canonical pathway networks for the top 20 canonical pathways with a minimum of three common molecules in different pathways. GGPP: geranylgeranyl diphosphate. (C) Bar graph showing the 10 upstream regulators most enriched in Qk-Plp-iCKO mice. (D) Schema of the cholesterol biosynthesis pathway. (E) Quantification of expression of representative enzymes involved in cholesterol biosynthesis in the corpus callosum tissues in Qk-Nestin-iCKO mice and control mice 2 weeks after tamoxifen injection according to real-time qPCR (n = 4 mice/group). (F, G) Representative images of and quantification of immunofluorescent staining of Hmgcs1 (F) and Fdps (G) in Aspa+Qki- oligodendrocytes in the corpus callosum of Qk-Nestin-iCKO mice (n = 3) and Aspa+Qki+ oligodendrocytes in the corpus callosum of control mice (n = 4) 2 weeks after tamoxifen injection. Scale bars, 50 μm. (H) Immunoblots of and quantification of the levels of expression of the representative enzymes involved in cholesterol biosynthesis in the corpus callosum tissues in Qk-Nestin-iCKO mice and control mice 2 weeks after tamoxifen injection (n = 3 mice/group). (I) Quantification of the cholesterol levels in the corpus callosum tissues in Qk-Nestin-iCKO mice (n = 6) and control mice (n = 5) 2 weeks after tamoxifen injection. Data are shown as mean ± s.d. and were analyzed using Student's t test. *p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001; ****p<0.0001.

Figure 5—figure supplement 1
Qki regulates transcription of the genes involved in myelin cholesterol biosynthesis.

(A) Graph of the five enriched molecular and cellular functions most affected by Qki on the basis of differentially expressed genes in Rosa26-CreERT2;QkL/L mice (n = 3 mice) and control mice (n = 5 mice), shown in the left panel, with the individual annotation of lipid metabolism shown in the right panel. (B, C) Representative images of and quantification of immunofluorescent staining of Hmgcs1 (B) and Fdps (C) in Aspa+Qki- oligodendrocytes in the corpus callosum of Qk-Plp-iCKO mice (n = 3) and Aspa+Qki+ oligodendrocytes in the corpus callosum of control mice (n = 4) 2 weeks after tamoxifen injection. Scale bars, 50 μm. Data are shown as mean ± s.d. and were analyzed using Student's t test. ***p<0.001; ****p<0.0001.

Figure 6 with 1 supplement
Qki-5 interacts with Srebp2 to regulate transcription of the genes involved in cholesterol biosynthesis.

(A) Representative images of and quantification of immunofluorescent staining of Srebp2 in Aspa+Qki- oligodendrocytes in Qk-Nestin-iCKO mice (n = 3) and Aspa+Qki+ oligodendrocytes in control mice (n = 4) 2 weeks after tamoxifen injection. Scale bars, 50 μm. (B) Results of co-immunoprecipitation (co-IP) using an anti–Qki-5 antibody with differentiated oligodendrocytes followed by detection of Srebp2 via immunoblotting. (C) Results of co-IP using an anti-Srebp2 antibody with differentiated oligodendrocytes followed by detection of Qki-5 via immunoblotting. (D) Results of co-IP using an anti-Flag antibody with differentiated oligodendrocytes having ectopic expression of Flag-Srebp2 followed by detection of Qki-5 via immunoblotting. (EF) ChIP-seq density heat maps (E) and average genome-wide occupancies (F) of Qki-5, Srebp2, and Pol II in differentiated oligodendrocytes. Regions within 2.5 kb of the transcriptional start site (TSS) are included. All events are rank-ordered from high to low Qki-5 occupancy. (G) Venn diagram of the overlap of Qki-5-, Srebp2-, and Pol II-binding events in the promoter regions in differentiated oligodendrocytes. Promoters are defined as TSS ±2 kb. (H) Canonical pathway analysis of Qki-5-, Srebp2-, and Pol II-co-occupied genes in differentiated oligodendrocytes. Cellular pathways involved in cholesterol biosynthesis are labeled in dark pink. (I) Representative ChIP-seq binding events of Qki-5, Srebp2, and Pol II in the promoter regions of the genes involved in cholesterol biosynthesis. y-axis: normalized reads. (J) ChIP-qPCR results showing the recruitment of Qki-5, Srebp2, and Pol II to the promoter regions of Hmgcs1 and Hmgcr in differentiated oligodendrocytes. Data are shown as mean ± s.d. and were analyzed using Student’s t test. ****p<0.0001; ns: not significant.

Figure 6—figure supplement 1
Qki-5 cooperates with Srebp2 to regulate transcription of the genes involved in cholesterol biosynthesis.

(A) Global distribution of the ChIP-seq events of Qki-5, Srebp2, and Pol II in differentiated oligodendrocytes. UTR: untranslated region. (B) Venn diagram of the overlap of Qki-5-bound genes in Qki-5 ChIP-seq from differentiated oligodendrocytes and genes with substantially lower expression in Qk-Plp-iCKO mice than in control mice according to RNA-seq. (C) Canonical pathway analysis of the 277 overlapping genes shown in (B). Cellular pathways involved in cholesterol biosynthesis are labeled in magenta. (D) Sequence motifs enriched in Qki-5 ChIP-seq data from differentiated oligodendrocytes by HOMER motif analysis. (E) Canonical pathway analysis of Srebp2-bound genes in differentiated oligodendrocytes. Cellular pathways involved in cholesterol biosynthesis are labeled in blue. (F) Representative ChIP-seq binding events of Qki-5, Srebp2, and Pol II in the promoter regions of the genes involved in cholesterol biosynthesis in WT and Qk-/- differentiated oligodendrocytes. y-axis: normalized reads. 

Qki transcriptionally enhances Srebp2-mediated cholesterol biosynthesis.

(A) Venn diagram of the overlap of Qki-5-bound genes in Qki-5 ChIP-seq from freshly isolated mouse oligodendrocytes and the genes with markedly lower expression in Qk-Plp-iCKO mice than in control mice. DE: differentially expressed. (B) Canonical pathway analysis of the 194 overlapping genes shown in (A). Cellular pathways involved in cholesterol biosynthesis are labeled in magenta. (C) Average occupancies of Qki-5, Srebp2, and Pol II in the gene clusters bound by Srebp2 (n = 914) in differentiated oligodendrocytes. Regions within 2.5 kb of the transcriptional start site (TSS) are included. (D, E) Average occupancies of Srebp2 (D) and Pol II (E) in the gene clusters bound by Srebp2 in WT and Qk-/- differentiated oligodendrocytes (left) and comparison of ChIP-seq (right). Regions within 2.5 kb of the TSS are included. RPM: reads counts per million mapped reads; RPKM: reads counts per kilobase per million mapped reads. (F) Bar graphs of the RPM of the Srebp2 ChIP-seq peaks within ± 0.5 kb from the TSS for 17 well-characterized Srebp2 target genes involved in cholesterol biosynthesis in WT and Qk-/- differentiated oligodendrocytes. (G) Representative ChIP-seq binding events of Qki-5, Srebp2, and Pol II in the promoter regions of the genes involved in cholesterol biosynthesis in WT and Qk-/- differentiated oligodendrocytes. y-axis: normalized reads. (H) ChIP-qPCR results showing the recruitment of Srebp2 to the promoter regions of Hmgcs1 and Hmgcr in WT and Qk-/- differentiated oligodendrocytes. Data are shown as mean ± s.d. and were analyzed using Student’s t test. ***p<0.001; ****p<0.0001; ns: not significant.

Model of Qki’s roles in regulating cholesterol biosynthesis and fatty acid metabolism during central nervous system myelination and myelin maintenance.

Qki regulates cholesterol biosynthesis in a Srebp2-dependent manner during de novo myelinogenesis but not during myelin maintenance. In contrast, Qki regulates fatty acid metabolism during both de novo myelinogenesis and mature myelin maintenance.

Author response image 1
Qki is moderately expressed in GFAP+ astrocytes.

Representative images and quantification of immunofluorescent staining of Qki and GFAP in the cortex/corpus callosum/hippocampus tissues in WT mice at P21. Arrow: Qki+GFAP+ cells. Arrow head: Qki+GFAP- cells. CTX: cortex. CC: corpus callosum. HC: hippocampus. Scale bars, 100 μm.

Author response image 2
GFP is expressed in a small subpopulation of GFAP+ astrocytes, and Qki loss does not alter GFAP expression.

(A) Representative images of immunofluorescent staining of GFP and GFAP in the corpus callosum tissues in Qk- Nestin-iCKO and control mice two weeks after tamoxifen injection. Arrowhead: GFAP+GFP-cells. Arrow: GFAP+GFP+ cells. Scale bars, 100 μm. (B) Quantification of GFAP+GFP+ cells in Qk-Nestin-iCKO (n = 4) and control (n = 4) mice two weeks after tamoxifen injection shown in A. (C) Quantification of relative GFAP expression in GFAP+GFP+ cells from Qk-Nestin-iCKO (n = 4) and control (n = 4) mice two weeks after tamoxifen injection shown in A.

Videos

Video 1
Defect in motor coordination displaying tremors and ataxia in Qk-Nestin-iCKO mice.
Video 2
Defect in motor coordination displaying tremors and ataxia in Qk-Plp-iCKO mice.

Tables

Key resources table
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or resource
DesignationSource or referenceIdentifiersAdditional information
AntibodyMouse monoclonal anti-MBPBioLegendCat# SMI-94R
AntibodyMouse monoclonal anti–β-AmyloidBioLegendCat# SIG-39220
AntibodyRabbit polyclonal anti-PLPAbcamCat# ab105784
AntibodyGoat polyclonal anti-Iba1AbcamCat# ab107159
AntibodyRabbit polyclonal anti-Hmgcs1AbcamCat# ab155787
AntibodyRabbit polyclonal anti-FdpsAbcamCat# ab153805 
AntibodyRabbit polyclonal anti-LssAbcamCat# ab80364
AntibodyMouse monoclonal anti-RNA polymerase II CTD repeat YSPTSPSAbcamCat# ab817
AntibodyRabbit monoclonal anti-MAGCell Signal TechnologyCat# 9043
AntibodyRabbit polyclonal anti-GFPCell Signal TechnologyCat# 2555
AntibodyRabbit monoclonal anti-PdgfrαCell Signal TechnologyCat# 3174
AntibodyMouse monoclonal
anti-Ki67
Cell Signal TechnologyCat# 9449
AntibodyRabbit polyclonal anti-AspaMilliporeCat# ABN1698
AntibodyRabbit polyclonal anti-Olig2MilliporeCat# AB9610
AntibodyMouse monoclonal anti-NeuNMilliporeCat# MAB377
AntibodyMouse monoclonal anti-Apc (CC-1)MilliporeCat# OP80
AntibodyRabbit polyclonal anti-GstpiMBL InternationalCat# 311
AntibodyMouse monoclonal anti-Qki (Pan)Sigma-AldrichCat# SAB5201536
AntibodyRabbit polyclonal anti-Hmgcs2Sigma-AldrichCat# SAB2107997 
AntibodyRabbit polyclonal anti-Srebp2Sigma-AldrichCat# HPA031962 
AntibodyMouse monoclonal antiβ-actinSigma-AldrichCat# A5441 
AntibodyMouse monoclonal anti-FlagSigma-AldrichCat# F1804 
AntibodyRabbit polyclonal anti-HmgcrThermo Fisher ScientificCat# PA5-37367
AntibodyRabbit polyclonal anti-Srebp2Cayman ChemicalCat# 10007663
AntibodyMouse monoclonal anti-GfapBD BiosciencesCat# 556330
AntibodyNormal rabbit IgGSanta Cruz TechnologyCat# sc-2027
AntibodyRabbit polyclonal antiQki-5This paperimmunized with a short synthetic peptide (CGAVATKVRRHDMRVHPYQRIVTADRAATGN)
AntibodyMouse monoclonal anti-AnkGSigma-AldrichMABN466
AntibodyRabbit polyclonal antiSox9Sigma-AldrichAB5535
AntibodyRabbit polyclonal
anti-Caspr
Gift from Dr. Rasband lab
AntibodyMouse monoclonal
anti-PanNav
Gift from Dr. Rasband lab(K58/35)
Chemical compoundTamoxifenSigma-AldrichCat# T5648
Chemical compound4-hydroxytamoxifenSigma-AldrichCat# H7904
Chemical compoundPoly-L-ornithineSigma-AldrichCat# P3655
Chemical compound3,3',5-Triiodo-L-thyronineSigma-AldrichCat# T2877
Chemical compoundAnti-Flag M2 Magnetic BeadsSigma-AldrichCat# M8823
Chemical compoundCitrate bufferPoly Scientific R&D CorpCat# s2506
Chemical compoundFluoroMyelin RedThermo Fisher ScientificCat# F34652
Chemical compoundPenicillin-StreptomycinThermo Fisher ScientificCat# 15140122
Recombinant proteinLaminin Mouse Protein, NaturalThermo Fisher ScientificCat# 23017015
Chemical compoundNeurobasal MediumThermo Fisher ScientificCat# 21103049
Chemical compoundB-27Thermo Fisher ScientificCat# 17504044
Chemical compoundGlutaMAX SupplementThermo Fisher ScientificCat# 35050061
Chemical compoundPuromycin DihydrochlorideThermo Fisher ScientificCat# A1113802
Recombinant proteinDynabeads Protein GThermo Fisher ScientificCat# 10004D
Chemical compoundHardSet Antifade Mounting Medium with DAPIVector LaboratoriesCat# H1500
Chemical compoundNeuroCult Basal MediumStemcell TechnologiesCat# 05700
Chemical compoundNeuroCult Proliferation SupplementStemcell TechnologiesCat# 05701
Recombinant proteinRecombinant Human EGFProteinTechCat# AF-100-15
Recombinant proteinRecombinant Human FGF-basic (146 a.a.)ProteinTechCat# 100-18C
Chemical compoundDNase (RNase-free)QiagenCat# 79254
Chemical compoundcOmplete, Mini Protease Inhibitor CocktailRoche DiagnosticsCat# 11836153001
Chemical compoundRNase AThermo Fisher ScientificCat# 12091021
Chemical compoundProteinase K (PK) SolutionPromegaCat# MC5005
Commercial
assay
Neural Tissue Dissociation KitMiltenyi BiotecCat# 130-092-628
Commercial
assay
In-Fusion HD Cloning PlusTakara BioCat# 638910
Commercial
assay
RNeasy Mini KitQiagenCat# 74104
Commercial
assay
QIAquick PCR Purification KitQiagenCat# 28104
Commercial
assay
SuperScript III First-Strand Synthesis SuperMix for qRT-PCRThermo Fisher ScientificCat# 11752250
Commercial
assay
SuperSignal West Pico PLUS Chemiluminescence SystemThermo Fisher ScientificCat# 34579
Commercial
assay
iTaq Universal SYBR Green SupermixBio-rad LaboratoriesCat# 1725122
Commercial
assay
DC Protein Assay KitBio-rad LaboratoriesCat# 5000121
Commercial
assay
Total Cholesterol Assay KitsCell BiolabsCat# STA-390
Commercial
assay
KAPA Hyper Prep KitKapa BiosystemsCat# 004477
Commercial
assay
In Situ Cell Death
Detection Kit
Millipore
Sigma
11684795910
Deposited dataGene expression profileThis paperGEO: GSE145116
Deposited dataGene expression profileThis paperGEO: GSE145117
Deposited dataChIP sequencing dataThis paperGEO: GSE144756
Deposited dataChIP sequencing dataZhou et al., 2020GEO: GSE126577
Experimental modelMouse: B6.(Cg)-Nestin-CreERT2Imayoshi et al., 2008N/A
Experimental modelMouse: B6.(Cg)-Plp1-CreERT2The Jackson LaboratoryStock No.: 005975
Experimental modelMouse: B6.129-Rosa26-CreERT2The Jackson LaboratoryStock No.: 008463
Experimental modelMouse: B6.129(Cg)-ROSAmT/mGThe Jackson LaboratoryStock No.: 007676
Experimental modelMouse: B6.(Cg)-Qk-loxPShingu et al., 2017N/A
Recombinant
DNA reagent
pLKO-puro Flag-Srebp2AddgeneCat# 32018
Recombinant
DNA reagent
pLKO-puro 3X Flag-Srebp2This paperN/A
Software and
algorithm
ImageJNational Institutes of Healthhttps://imagej.nih.gov/ij/
Software and
algorithm
HISAT2Johns Hopkins Universityhttps://ccb.jhu.edu/software/hisat2/index.shtml
Software and
algorithm
StringTieJohns Hopkins Universityhttps://ccb.jhu.edu/software/stringtie/
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algorithm
DESeq2Bioconductorhttp://bioconductor.org/packages/DESeq2/
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algorithm
IPAQiagenhttps://www.qiagenbioinformatics.com/products/ingenuity-pathway-analysis/
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algorithm
Trim GaloreBabraham Institutehttp://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/trim_galore/
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algorithm
BowtieJohns Hopkins Universityhttp://bowtie-bio.sourceforge.net/tutorial.shtml
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algorithm
SAMtoolsLi et al., 2009https://github.com/samtools/samtools
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algorithm
MACS2Feng et al., 2012https://github.com/taoliu/MACS/
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algorithm
deeptoolsRamírez et al., 2016https://github.com/deeptools/deepTools
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algorithm
ngsplotShen et al., 2014https://github.com/shenlab-sinai/ngsplot
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algorithm
Prism 8GraphPad Softwarehttps://www.graphpad.com/scientific-software/prism/
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algorithm
HOMERUCSDhttp://homer.ucsd.edu/homer

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  1. Xin Zhou
  2. Seula Shin
  3. Chenxi He
  4. Qiang Zhang
  5. Matthew N Rasband
  6. Jiangong Ren
  7. Congxin Dai
  8. Rocío I Zorrilla-Veloz
  9. Takashi Shingu
  10. Liang Yuan
  11. Yunfei Wang
  12. Yiwen Chen
  13. Fei Lan
  14. Jian Hu
(2021)
Qki regulates myelinogenesis through Srebp2-dependent cholesterol biosynthesis
eLife 10:e60467.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.60467