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Transcription factor MEF2C influences neural stem/progenitor cell differentiation and maturation in vivo.


ABSTRACT: Emerging evidence suggests that myocyte enhancer factor 2 (MEF2) transcription factors act as effectors of neurogenesis in the brain, with MEF2C the predominant isoform in developing cerebrocortex. Here, we show that conditional knockout of Mef2c in nestin-expressing neural stem/progenitor cells (NSCs) impaired neuronal differentiation in vivo, resulting in aberrant compaction and smaller somal size. NSC proliferation and survival were not affected. Conditional null mice surviving to adulthood manifested more immature electrophysiological network properties and severe behavioral deficits reminiscent of Rett syndrome, an autism-related disorder. Our data support a crucial role for MEF2C in programming early neuronal differentiation and proper distribution within the layers of the neocortex.

SUBMITTER: Li H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2453715 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Transcription factor MEF2C influences neural stem/progenitor cell differentiation and maturation in vivo.

Li Hao H   Radford Jonathan C JC   Ragusa Michael J MJ   Shea Katherine L KL   McKercher Scott R SR   Zaremba Jeffrey D JD   Soussou Walid W   Nie Zhiguo Z   Kang Yeon-Joo YJ   Nakanishi Nobuki N   Okamoto Shu-ichi S   Roberts Amanda J AJ   Schwarz John J JJ   Lipton Stuart A SA  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20080701 27


Emerging evidence suggests that myocyte enhancer factor 2 (MEF2) transcription factors act as effectors of neurogenesis in the brain, with MEF2C the predominant isoform in developing cerebrocortex. Here, we show that conditional knockout of Mef2c in nestin-expressing neural stem/progenitor cells (NSCs) impaired neuronal differentiation in vivo, resulting in aberrant compaction and smaller somal size. NSC proliferation and survival were not affected. Conditional null mice surviving to adulthood m  ...[more]

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