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Brg1 is required for murine neural stem cell maintenance and gliogenesis.

Steven Matsumoto
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Fatima Banine
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Jaime Struve
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Rubing Xing
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Chris Adams
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Ying Liu
Mahendra S Rao
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Larry S Sherman
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Abstract

Epigenetic alterations in cell-type-specific gene expression control the transition of neural stem cells (NSCs) from predominantly neurogenic to predominantly gliogenic phases of differentiation, but how this switch occurs is unclear. Here, we show that brahma-related gene 1 (Brg1), an ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling factor, is required for the repression of neuronal commitment and the maintenance of NSCs in a state that permits them to respond to gliogenic signals. Loss of Brg1 in NSCs in conditional brg1 mutant mice results in precocious neuronal differentiation, such that cells in the ventricular zone differentiate into post-mitotic neurons before the onset of gliogenesis. As a result, there is a dramatic failure of astrocyte and oligodendrocyte differentiation in these animals. The ablation of brg1 in gliogenic progenitors in vitro also prevents growth-factor-induced astrocyte differentiation. Furthermore, proteins implicated in the maintenance of stem cells, including Sox1, Pax6 and Musashi-1, are dramatically reduced in the ventricular zones of brg1 mutant mice. We conclude that Brg1 is required to repress neuronal differentiation in NSCs as a means of permitting glial cell differentiation in response to gliogenic signals, suggesting that Brg1 regulates the switch from neurogenesis to gliogenesis.

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hal-00188038 , version 1 (15-11-2007)

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Steven Matsumoto, Fatima Banine, Jaime Struve, Rubing Xing, Chris Adams, et al.. Brg1 is required for murine neural stem cell maintenance and gliogenesis.. Developmental Biology, 2006, 289 (2), pp.372-83. ⟨10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.10.044⟩. ⟨hal-00188038⟩
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