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Notch activity permits retinal cells to progress through multiple progenitor states and acquire a stem cell property.


ABSTRACT: Signaling through the Notch pathway regulates multiple aspects of development. The vertebrate retina allows an investigation of the basis for these various effects, because the major cell types of the retina arise from a common progenitor that expresses Notch1. The Notch pathway was constitutively activated in distinct populations of retinal cells during development. Prolonged Notch activity in progenitor cells maintained cells in the progenitor state without perturbing temporal identity, promoting early progenitor characteristics early in development and late progenitor characteristics later in development. Eventually, constitutive Notch activation led these cells to acquire characteristics of glial and stem cells. In contrast, reactivating the Notch pathway in newly postmitotic retinal cells promoted mature glial cell formation in a subset of cells. These data suggest that prolonged Notch activity does not disrupt the normal progression of progenitor temporal states, and that down-regulating or overcoming Notch activity is required for proper formation of both neuronal and glial cell fates.

SUBMITTER: Jadhav AP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1682012 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Notch activity permits retinal cells to progress through multiple progenitor states and acquire a stem cell property.

Jadhav Ashutosh P AP   Cho Seo-Hee SH   Cepko Constance L CL  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20061205 50


Signaling through the Notch pathway regulates multiple aspects of development. The vertebrate retina allows an investigation of the basis for these various effects, because the major cell types of the retina arise from a common progenitor that expresses Notch1. The Notch pathway was constitutively activated in distinct populations of retinal cells during development. Prolonged Notch activity in progenitor cells maintained cells in the progenitor state without perturbing temporal identity, promot  ...[more]

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