Journal
CEREBRAL CORTEX
Volume 28, Issue 4, Pages 1369-1382Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhx289
Keywords
adult neurogenesis; epigenetics; PRC2; subventricular zone
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- MRC/NNSFC grant [MRC MR/MO10554/1]
- MRC [MR/M010554/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [MR/M010554/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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The postnatal subventricular zone (SVZ) harbors neural stem cells (NSCs) that exhibit robust neurogenesis. However, the epigenetic mechanisms that maintain NSCs and regulate neurogenesis remain unclear. We report that label-retaining SVZ NSCs express Eed, the core component of Polycomb repressive complex 2. In vivo and in vitro conditional knockout and knockdown show Eed is necessary for maintaining NSC proliferation, neurogenesis and neurosphere formation. We discovered that Eed functions to maintain p21 protein levels in NSCs by repressing Gata6 transcription. Both Gata6 overexpression and p21 knockdown reduced neurogenesis, while Gata6 knockdown or p21 overexpression partially rescued neurogenesis after Eed loss. Furthermore, genetic deletion of Eed impaired injury induced SVZ proliferation and emigration. These data reveal a novel epigenetic regulated pathway and suggest an essential role for Eed in SVZ homeostasis and injury.
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