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Cortical neural precursors inhibit their own differentiation via N-cadherin maintenance of beta-catenin signaling.


ABSTRACT: Little is known about the architecture of cellular microenvironments that support stem and precursor cells during tissue development. Although adult stem cell niches are organized by specialized supporting cells, in the developing cerebral cortex, neural stem/precursor cells reside in a neurogenic niche lacking distinct supporting cells. Here, we find that neural precursors themselves comprise the niche and regulate their own development. Precursor-precursor contact regulates beta-catenin signaling and cell fate. In vivo knockdown of N-cadherin reduces beta-catenin signaling, migration from the niche, and neuronal differentiation in vivo. N-cadherin engagement activates beta-catenin signaling via Akt, suggesting a mechanism through which cells in tissues can regulate their development. These results suggest that neural precursor cell interactions can generate a self-supportive niche to regulate their own number.

SUBMITTER: Zhang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2865854 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Cortical neural precursors inhibit their own differentiation via N-cadherin maintenance of beta-catenin signaling.

Zhang Jianing J   Woodhead Gregory J GJ   Swaminathan Sruthi K SK   Noles Stephanie R SR   McQuinn Erin R ER   Pisarek Anna J AJ   Stocker Adam M AM   Mutch Christopher A CA   Funatsu Nobuo N   Chenn Anjen A  

Developmental cell 20100301 3


Little is known about the architecture of cellular microenvironments that support stem and precursor cells during tissue development. Although adult stem cell niches are organized by specialized supporting cells, in the developing cerebral cortex, neural stem/precursor cells reside in a neurogenic niche lacking distinct supporting cells. Here, we find that neural precursors themselves comprise the niche and regulate their own development. Precursor-precursor contact regulates beta-catenin signal  ...[more]

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