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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 116, Issue 27, Pages 13651-13660Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1903891116
Keywords
chimaerin; Rho GTPase; adult neurogenesis; neural stem cells; neural progenitors
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- Research Grants Council of Hong Kong SAR [AoE/M-604/16, 16149616]
- National Key Basic Research Program of China [2013CB530900]
- Hong Kong Research Grants Council Theme-Based Research Scheme [T13-605/18W]
- Lee Hysan Foundation [LHF17SC01]
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Adult hippocampal neurogenesis involves the lifelong generation of neurons. The process depends on the homeostasis of the production of neurons and maintenance of the adult neural stem cell (NSC) pool. Here, we report that alpha 2-chimaerin, a Rho GTPase-activating protein, is essential for NSC homeostasis in adult hippocampal neurogenesis. Conditional deletion of alpha 2-chimaerin in adult NSCs resulted in the premature differentiation of NSCs into intermediate progenitor cells (IPCs), which ultimately depleted the NSC pool and impaired neuron generation. Single-cell RNA sequencing and pseudotime analyses revealed that alpha 2-chimaerin-conditional knockout (alpha 2-CKO) mice lacked a unique NSC subpopulation, termed Klotho-expressing NSCs, during the transition of NSCs to IPCs. Furthermore, alpha 2-CKO led to defects in hippocampal synaptic plasticity and anxiety/depression-like behaviors in mice. Our findings collectively demonstrate that alpha 2-chimaerin plays an essential role in adult hippocampal NSC homeostasis to maintain proper brain function.
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