Department of Experimental Medical Science, Wallenberg Neuroscience Center and Lund Stem Cell Center, Lund University, 22184 Lund, Sweden.
J Neurosci. 2012 Jun 27;32(26):8879-89. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0558-12.2012.
New neurons are continuously generated from neural stem cells with astrocyte properties, which reside in close proximity to the ventricle in the postnatal and adult brain. In this study we found that microRNA-124 (miR-124) dictates postnatal neurogenesis in the mouse subventricular zone. Using a transgenic reporter mouse we show that miR-124 expression is initiated in the rapid amplifying progenitors and remains expressed in the resulting neurons. When we stably inhibited miR-124 in vivo, neurogenesis was blocked, leading to the appearance of ectopic cells with astrocyte characteristics in the olfactory bulb. Conversely, when we overexpressed miR-124, neural stem cells were not maintained in the subventricular zone and neurogenesis was lost. In summary, our results demonstrate that miR-124 is a neuronal fate determinant in the subventricular zone.
新神经元由具有星形胶质细胞特性的神经干细胞不断产生,这些细胞位于出生后和成年期大脑的脑室附近。在这项研究中,我们发现 microRNA-124(miR-124)决定了小鼠侧脑室下区的出生后神经发生。使用转基因报告小鼠,我们表明 miR-124 的表达在快速扩增祖细胞中开始,并在产生的神经元中持续表达。当我们在体内稳定抑制 miR-124 时,神经发生被阻断,导致嗅球中出现具有星形胶质细胞特征的异位细胞。相反,当我们过表达 miR-124 时,神经干细胞不在侧脑室下区维持,神经发生丢失。总之,我们的结果表明,miR-124 是侧脑室下区神经元命运的决定因素。