Constitutive activation of β-catenin in neural progenitors results in disrupted proliferation and migration of neurons within the central nervous system
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Constitutive activation of β-catenin in neural progenitors results in disrupted proliferation and migration of neurons within the central nervous system. / Pöschl, Julia; Grammel, Daniel; Dorostkar, Mario M; Kretzschmar, Hans A; Schüller, Ulrich.
In: DEV BIOL, Vol. 374, No. 2, 15.02.2013, p. 319-32.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Constitutive activation of β-catenin in neural progenitors results in disrupted proliferation and migration of neurons within the central nervous system
AU - Pöschl, Julia
AU - Grammel, Daniel
AU - Dorostkar, Mario M
AU - Kretzschmar, Hans A
AU - Schüller, Ulrich
N1 - Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2013/2/15
Y1 - 2013/2/15
N2 - Wnt signaling is known to play crucial roles in the development of multiple organs as well as in cancer. In particular, constitutive activation of Wnt/β-Catenin signaling in distinct populations of forebrain or brainstem precursor cells has previously been shown to result in dramatic brain enlargement during embryonic stages of development as well as in the formation of medulloblastoma, a malignant brain tumor in childhood. In order to extend this knowledge to postnatal stages of both cerebral and cerebellar cortex development, we conditionally activated Wnt signaling by introducing a dominant active form of β-catenin in hGFAP-positive neural precursors. Such mutant mice survived up to 21 days postnatally. While the mice revealed enlarged ventricles and an initial expansion of the Pax6-positive ventricular zone, Pax6 expression and proliferative activity in the ventricular zone was virtually lost by embryonic day 16.5. Loss of Pax6 expression was not followed by expression of the subventricular zone marker Tbr2, indicating insufficient neuronal differentiation. In support of this finding, cortical thickness was severely diminished in all analyzed stages from embryonic day 14.5 to postnatal day 12, and appropriate layering was not detectable. Similarly, cerebella of hGFAP-cre::Ctnnb1(ex3)(Fl/+) mice were hypoplastic and displayed severe lamination defects. Constitutively active β-Catenin induced inappropriate proliferation of granule neurons and inadequate development of Bergmann glia, thereby preventing regular migration of granule cells and normal cortical layering. We conclude that Wnt signaling has divergent roles in the central nervous system and that Wnt needs to be tightly controlled in a time- and cell type-specific manner.
AB - Wnt signaling is known to play crucial roles in the development of multiple organs as well as in cancer. In particular, constitutive activation of Wnt/β-Catenin signaling in distinct populations of forebrain or brainstem precursor cells has previously been shown to result in dramatic brain enlargement during embryonic stages of development as well as in the formation of medulloblastoma, a malignant brain tumor in childhood. In order to extend this knowledge to postnatal stages of both cerebral and cerebellar cortex development, we conditionally activated Wnt signaling by introducing a dominant active form of β-catenin in hGFAP-positive neural precursors. Such mutant mice survived up to 21 days postnatally. While the mice revealed enlarged ventricles and an initial expansion of the Pax6-positive ventricular zone, Pax6 expression and proliferative activity in the ventricular zone was virtually lost by embryonic day 16.5. Loss of Pax6 expression was not followed by expression of the subventricular zone marker Tbr2, indicating insufficient neuronal differentiation. In support of this finding, cortical thickness was severely diminished in all analyzed stages from embryonic day 14.5 to postnatal day 12, and appropriate layering was not detectable. Similarly, cerebella of hGFAP-cre::Ctnnb1(ex3)(Fl/+) mice were hypoplastic and displayed severe lamination defects. Constitutively active β-Catenin induced inappropriate proliferation of granule neurons and inadequate development of Bergmann glia, thereby preventing regular migration of granule cells and normal cortical layering. We conclude that Wnt signaling has divergent roles in the central nervous system and that Wnt needs to be tightly controlled in a time- and cell type-specific manner.
KW - Animals
KW - Blotting, Western
KW - Brain
KW - Cell Movement
KW - Cell Proliferation
KW - Central Nervous System
KW - Cerebellum
KW - Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein
KW - HEK293 Cells
KW - Humans
KW - Immunohistochemistry
KW - Kaplan-Meier Estimate
KW - Mice
KW - Mice, Transgenic
KW - Microscopy, Confocal
KW - Neural Stem Cells
KW - Neurons
KW - Time Factors
KW - Tissue Culture Techniques
KW - Wnt Signaling Pathway
KW - beta Catenin
KW - Journal Article
KW - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
U2 - 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.12.001
DO - 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.12.001
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 23237957
VL - 374
SP - 319
EP - 332
JO - DEV BIOL
JF - DEV BIOL
SN - 0012-1606
IS - 2
ER -