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Activation of quiescent neurogenic niches of aging brain


ABSTRACT: Proposals for induced glia-to-neuron conversion have raised the potential for generating new neurons to replace those lost due to injury, aging or neurodegenerative diseases. Here, single-cell spatial transcriptomics [Multiplexed Error Robust Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (MERFISH)] is used to construct a spatial cell atlas of the subventricular and dentate gyrus neurogenic niches of young and aged adult murine brain. RNAs that encode the RNA binding protein Polypyrimidine Tract-Binding Protein (PTBP1) in the aged murine brain are determined to be highest in glia that line previously active neurogenic niches. A glial cell population with ependymal character within an initially quiescent subventricular neurogenic niche in the aged murine brain is identified that upon transient suppression of PTBP1 reenters the cell cycle, replicates DNA, and converts into neurons through a canonical adult neurogenesis pathway. Glia-derived neurons migrate from this niche, with some neurons transiting to the striatum and acquiring a transcriptome characteristic of GABAergic inhibitory neurons. Similar PTBP1 expressing quiescent glia are identified in the corresponding neurogenic niche of aged human brain. Thus, transient reduction of PTBP1 holds potential for inducing the generation of new neurons in quiescent neurogenic niches of the aged nervous system, thereby offering promising therapeutic applications.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE252835 | GEO | 2024/01/09

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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