Project description:Mammalian prefrontal cortex contains billions of cells, some of which are known as neurons to play critical roles in memory, cognitive ability, decision making, social behavior etc. through participating into complex neural circuits. Although neural circuits build up in the late stage of human embryo development and even after birth, the diverse and functional cells start to generate and migrate to the appropriate location play essential roles as basis for developing future circuits. However, it remains challenging to identify cell types of developing human PFC and distinguish their developmental features. Here, to address these challenges, single cells from human embryos PFC were carried out for RNA-seq. Detailed analysis of neural progenitor cells (NPCs) illustrated a developmental feature of intermediate progenitor (IP) cells and revealed new marker genes of IP cells. We also mapped the neurogenesis timeline of PFC excitatory neurons and intrinsic singles regulating neuron maturation and circuit formation. Our screening and characterization approach provides a blueprint of human PFC development in early and mid embryonic stages, with which to systematically discover the cellular basis and molecular regulation of PFC function in humans.
Project description:We report global distribution of trimethylated Histone H3 Lysine 4 (H3K4me3) in human prefrontal cortex neurons at different ages Neuronal nuclei from human prefrontal cortex were isolated by FACS. Regions marked by H3K4me3 were identified by chromatin immunoprecipiation followed by deep sequencing.
Project description:Fresh frozen post mortem prefrontal cortex tissue (Brodman area 46) was obtained from 44 individuals varying in age from 0 to 49 years. RNA was extracted from these samples and hybridized to HG133plus2.0 GeneChips. The data was used to examine patterns of gene expression over the course of human postnatal developmental and ageing. PMI - postmortem interval, DLPFC - dorsolateral prefrontal cortex Experiment Overall Design: The dataset consists of 44 individuals varying in age from 0 to 49 years
Project description:Fresh frozen post mortem prefrontal cortex tissue (Brodman area 46) was obtained from 44 individuals varying in age from 0 to 49 years. RNA was extracted from these samples and hybridized to HG133plus2.0 GeneChips. The data was used to examine patterns of gene expression over the course of human postnatal developmental and ageing. PMI - postmortem interval, DLPFC - dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
Project description:The prefrontal cortex is greatly associated with a wide range of mental health illnesses including schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety and autism spectrum disorders. It richly expresses neuroreceptors which are the target for typical and atypical antipsychotics. However as the precise mechanism of action of antipsychotic medications are not known, proteomic studies of the effects of antipsychotic drugs on the brain are warranted. In the current study we aimed to characterise protein expression in the adult rodent prefrontal cortex (n=5 per group) following low dose treatment with the atypical antipsychotic Risperidone or saline (control) in adolescence (postnatal days 34-47). The prefrontal cortex was examined by triplicate one hour runs of label-free LC-MS/MS. The raw mass spectral data were analyzed with the MaxQuantTM software. Statistical analysis was carried out using SAS Version 9.1. Functional and pathway analysis was performed with DAVID.nih and Ingenuity Pathway Analysis respectively and the top five most implicated pathways were found to be clathrin mediated endocytosis, the tri cyclic acid cycle, remodelling of epithelial junctions, rho family GTPase signalling and mitochondrial dysfunction.This brief report summarises the proteomic data obtained from the study described, adds to the current repertoire of data available concerning the effects of atypical antipsychotic drugs on the brain and sheds light on their biological mechanisms.
Project description:The human brain has changed dramatically since humans diverged from our closest living relatives, chimpanzees and the other great apes. However, the genetic and developmental programs underlying this divergence are not fully understood. Here, we generate single-nucleus RNA-seq data of human, chimpanzee and macaque adult prefrontal cortex. Spatial information is obtained by isolating nuclei from sequential sections sliced from basal to apical positions. By comparing transcriptome of different cell types in the three species, we map human-specific expression in adult prefrontal cortex. By comparing to single cell RNA-seq data of cerebral organoids of the same species, we find developmental differences that persist into adulthood, as well as cell state-specific changes that occur exclusively in the adult brain.
Project description:We report the application of high-throughput RNA sequencing to the human prefrontal cortex. The brain dataset was obtained by sequencing total RNAs extracted from the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of five deceased human patients with no apparent pathology, followed by depletion of ribosomal RNA to obtain all non-rRNA coding and non-coding RNAs in the human brain transcriptome. Five samples were sequenced, four coming from frozen brain tissue (frontal cortex) of deceased female human patients with no remarkable pathology, and one from a male patient with no remarkable pathology.
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE17757: Gene expression data from primate postnatal brain in prefrontal cortex: time course GSE18012: miRNA expression data from human postnatal brain in prefrontal cortex: time course GSE18013: miRNA expression data from rhesus macaque postnatal brain in prefrontal cortex: time course Refer to individual Series
Project description:Differential encoding in prefrontal cortex projection neuron classes across cognitive tasks We perform single nucleus RNAsequencing using a smartseq2 protocol on mouse prefrontal cortex neurons labeled by tdTomato in an Rbp4-cre;Ai14 mouse. Some cells were retrolabeled from various brain regions.