{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Genestine M"],"funding":["Irma T. Hirschl Trust","Whitehall Foundation","NIMH NIH HHS","NINDS NIH HHS","National Institutes of Health","NIGMS NIH HHS"],"pagination":["e56063"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8099424"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["10"],"pubmed_abstract":["Cortical interneurons establish inhibitory microcircuits throughout the neocortex and their dysfunction has been implicated in epilepsy and neuropsychiatric diseases. Developmentally, interneurons migrate from a distal progenitor domain in order to populate the neocortex - a process that occurs at a slower rate in humans than in mice. In this study, we sought to identify factors that regulate the rate of interneuron maturation across the two species. Using embryonic mouse development as a model system, we found that the process of initiating interneuron migration is regulated by blood vessels of the medial ganglionic eminence (MGE), an interneuron progenitor domain. We identified two endothelial cell-derived paracrine factors, SPARC and SerpinE1, that enhance interneuron migration in mouse MGE explants and organotypic cultures. Moreover, pre-treatment of human stem cell-derived interneurons (hSC-interneurons) with SPARC and SerpinE1 prior to transplantation into neonatal mouse cortex enhanced their migration and morphological elaboration in the host cortex. Further, SPARC and SerpinE1-treated hSC-interneurons also exhibited more mature electrophysiological characteristics compared to controls. Overall, our studies suggest a critical role for CNS vasculature in regulating interneuron developmental maturation in both mice and humans."],"journal":["eLife"],"pubmed_title":["Vascular-derived SPARC and SerpinE1 regulate interneuron tangential migration and accelerate functional maturation of human stem cell-derived interneurons."],"pmcid":["PMC8099424"],"funding_grant_id":["R01 NS117695","R03MH119443-01","2016-12-137","R01 NS089676","R01NS117695","R01 NS125018","R01 GM124486","R03 MH119443"],"pubmed_authors":["Molotkova A","Canoll P","Biswas S","Au E","Quintero M","Genestine M","Mela A","Hargus G","Crabtree GW","Agalliu D","Gogos JA","Dummer P","Feng H","Ambriz D","Zhang C"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Vascular-derived SPARC and SerpinE1 regulate interneuron tangential migration and accelerate functional maturation of human stem cell-derived interneurons.","description":"Cortical interneurons establish inhibitory microcircuits throughout the neocortex and their dysfunction has been implicated in epilepsy and neuropsychiatric diseases. Developmentally, interneurons migrate from a distal progenitor domain in order to populate the neocortex - a process that occurs at a slower rate in humans than in mice. In this study, we sought to identify factors that regulate the rate of interneuron maturation across the two species. Using embryonic mouse development as a model system, we found that the process of initiating interneuron migration is regulated by blood vessels of the medial ganglionic eminence (MGE), an interneuron progenitor domain. We identified two endothelial cell-derived paracrine factors, SPARC and SerpinE1, that enhance interneuron migration in mouse MGE explants and organotypic cultures. Moreover, pre-treatment of human stem cell-derived interneurons (hSC-interneurons) with SPARC and SerpinE1 prior to transplantation into neonatal mouse cortex enhanced their migration and morphological elaboration in the host cortex. Further, SPARC and SerpinE1-treated hSC-interneurons also exhibited more mature electrophysiological characteristics compared to controls. Overall, our studies suggest a critical role for CNS vasculature in regulating interneuron developmental maturation in both mice and humans.","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Apr","modification":"2025-04-04T19:11:14.196Z","creation":"2025-04-04T19:11:14.196Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8099424","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33904394"],"doi":["10.7554/eLife.56063"]}}