Project description:During cortical development neurons are generated from basal progenitors (BPs) which specifically express the transcription factor Tbr2. We used fluorescent-activated cell sorting (FACS) to isolate BPs from Tbr2-conditional knockout mice brain at early (E13) and late (E16) stages of cortical neurogenesis and determined mRNA expression profiles using microarray (Illumina MouseWG-6 v2). Role of transcription factor Tbr2 in basal progenitors during corticogenesis.

2019-10-12 | GSE121180 | GEO

Study of gene networks in basal progenitors during cortical neurogenesis

Project description:During cortical development neurons are generated sequentially from basal progenitors (BPs) which specifically express the transcription factor Tbr2. We used fluorescent-activaed cell sorting (FACS) to isolate BPs from Tbr2GFP knockin reporter mice (Arnold SJ et al. Genesis, 2009) at early (embryonic day, E13) and late (embryonic day, E16) stages of cortical neurogenesis and determined mRNA expression profiles using mouse mRNA microarray (Illumina MouseWG-6 v2). Comparison of E13 and E16 mRNA expression profiles allowed us to identify regulatory gene networks for maintaining stage specific homeostasis of BPs throughout neurogenesis. FACS isolated BPs at E13 and E16 mouse brain cortex were used for microarray analyses. Six biological replicates (embryonic cortex from three different litters) for E13 and five biological replicates (embryonic cortex from three different litters) for E16 were analysed.

2014-05-01 | E-GEOD-45450 | biostudies-arrayexpress

Study of gene networks in basal progenitors during cortical neurogenesis

2014-05-01 | GSE45450 | GEO

Study of miRNAs function in basal progenitors during cortical neurogenesis

2014-05-01 | GSE45449 | GEO

Study of miRNAs function in basal progenitors during cortical neurogenesis

Project description:During cortical development neurons are generated sequentially from basal progenitors (BPs) which specifically express the transcription factor Tbr2. We used fluorescent-activaed cell sorting (FACS) to isolate BPs from Tbr2GFP knockin reporter mice (Arnold SJ et al. Genesis, 2009) at early (embryonic day, E13) and late (embryonic day, E16) stages of cortical neurogenesis and determined miRNA expression profiles using mouse miRNA microarray (Agilent).Comparison of E13 and E16 microRNA expression profiles allowed us to identify regulatory mechanisms for maintaining stage specific homeostasis of BPs. FACS isolated BPs at E13 and E16 mouse brain cortex were used for miRNA microarray analyses. Four biological replicates (embryonic cortex from three different litters) for each group (E13 or E16) were analysed.

2014-05-01 | E-GEOD-45449 | biostudies-arrayexpress

A dynamic unfolded protein response contributes to the control of cortical neurogenesis

Project description:The cerebral cortex contains layers of neurons sequentially generated by distinct lineage-related progenitors. At the onset of corticogenesis, the first-born progenitors are apical progenitors (APs) whose asymmetric division give birth directly to neurons. Later, they switch to indirect neurogenesis by generating intermediate progenitors (IPs), which give rise to projection neurons of all cortical layers. While a direct lineage relationship between APs and IPs has been established, the molecular mechanism that controls their transition remains elusive. Our data suggest that interfering with codon translation speed triggers endoplasmic reticulum stress and the unfolded protein response (UPR), further impairing the generation of IPs and leading to microcephaly. Moreover, we demonstrate that a progressive downregulation of UPR in cortical progenitors acts as physiological signal to amplify IPs and promotes indirect neurogenesis. Thus, our findings reveal a hitherto unrecognized contribution of UPR to cell fate acquisition during mammalian brain development. Ribosome profiling and RNA-Seq of forebrains from E14.5 mouse embryos from wild type animals and mutants carrying a conditional knockout of ELP3 in cortical progenitors

2015-12-11 | E-GEOD-74683 | biostudies-arrayexpress

MBD-Seq of the V/SVZ and the CP at E16

Project description:Cell differentiation and proliferation are mutually exclusive. Although differentiating neurons are recognized as post-mitotic non-dividing cells, some Rb- and Rb family (Rb, p107, and p130)-deficient differentiating neurons proliferate and form tumor. Here, we found that the acute inactivation of all Rb family in differentiating cortical excitatory neurons caused radial migration defect and S-phase progression but not cell division, whereas that in cortical progenitors caused the cell division of the differentiating neurons generated from Rb –/–; p107 –/–; p130 –/– (Rb-TKO) progenitors. Genome-wide DNA methylation analysis revealed that proximal promoters tended to become methylated during differentiation in vivo. DNA demethylation by DNA methyltransferase inhibitor allowed the acutely inactivated Rb-TKO differentiating neurons to undergo G2/M-phase progression. Our finding illustrate that cortical excitatory neurons epigenetically lose their proliferative potency after neurogenesis. 1 sample of the V/SVZ tissue and the CP tissue

2014-01-01 | E-GEOD-37601 | biostudies-arrayexpress

Apical progenitors remain multipotent throughout cortical neurogenesis

Project description:Apical progenitors remain multipotent throughout cortical neurogenesis

| PRJNA505836 | ENA