Publication Date:
2016-03-05
Description:
During corticogenesis, excitatory neurons are born from progenitors located in the ventricular zone (VZ), from where they migrate to assemble into circuits. How neuronal identity is dynamically specified upon progenitor division is unknown. Here, we study this process using a high-temporal-resolution technology allowing fluorescent tagging of isochronic cohorts of newborn VZ cells. By combining this in vivo approach with single-cell transcriptomics in mice, we identify and functionally characterize neuron-specific primordial transcriptional programs as they dynamically unfold. Our results reveal early transcriptional waves that instruct the sequence and pace of neuronal differentiation events, guiding newborn neurons toward their final fate, and contribute to a road map for the reverse engineering of specific classes of cortical neurons from undifferentiated cells.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Telley, Ludovic -- Govindan, Subashika -- Prados, Julien -- Stevant, Isabelle -- Nef, Serge -- Dermitzakis, Emmanouil -- Dayer, Alexandre -- Jabaudon, Denis -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2016 Mar 25;351(6280):1443-6. doi: 10.1126/science.aad8361. Epub 2016 Mar 3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Basic Neurosciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Institute for Genetics and Genomics in Geneva (iGE3), University of Geneva, Switzerland. ; Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Institute for Genetics and Genomics in Geneva (iGE3), University of Geneva, Switzerland. ; Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens, Greece. Center of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. Institute for Genetics and Genomics in Geneva (iGE3), University of Geneva, Switzerland. ; Department of Basic Neurosciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Department of Psychiatry, Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland. Institute for Genetics and Genomics in Geneva (iGE3), University of Geneva, Switzerland. ; Department of Basic Neurosciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Clinic of Neurology, Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland. Institute for Genetics and Genomics in Geneva (iGE3), University of Geneva, Switzerland. denis.jabaudon@unige.ch.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26940868" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors/genetics
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Cerebral Ventricles/cytology/embryology
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DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
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Female
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GPI-Linked Proteins/genetics
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Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics
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Male
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Mice
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Neocortex/cytology/*embryology
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Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics
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Neural Stem Cells/cytology
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Neurogenesis/*genetics
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Neurons/*cytology
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Neuropeptides/genetics
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SOXB1 Transcription Factors/genetics
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*Transcription, Genetic
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Transcriptome
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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