Cdk2 is critical for proliferation and self-renewal of neural progenitor cells in the adult subventricular zone
(2007) In Journal of Cell Biology 179(6). p.1231-1245- Abstract
We investigated the function of cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (Cdk2) in neural progenitor cells during postnatal development. Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (NG2)-expressing progenitor cells of the subventricular zone (SVZ) show no significant difference in density and proliferation between Cdk2-/- and wild-type mice at perinatal ages and are reduced only in adult Cdk2 -/- mice. Adult Cdk2-/- SVZ cells in culture display decreased self-renewal capacity and enhanced differentiation. Compensatory mechanisms in perinatal Cdk2-/- SVZ cells, which persist until postnatal day 15, involve increased Cdk4 expression that results in retinoblastoma protein inactivation. A subsequent decline in Cdk4... (More)
We investigated the function of cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (Cdk2) in neural progenitor cells during postnatal development. Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (NG2)-expressing progenitor cells of the subventricular zone (SVZ) show no significant difference in density and proliferation between Cdk2-/- and wild-type mice at perinatal ages and are reduced only in adult Cdk2 -/- mice. Adult Cdk2-/- SVZ cells in culture display decreased self-renewal capacity and enhanced differentiation. Compensatory mechanisms in perinatal Cdk2-/- SVZ cells, which persist until postnatal day 15, involve increased Cdk4 expression that results in retinoblastoma protein inactivation. A subsequent decline in Cdk4 activity to wild-type levels in postnatal day 28 Cdk2-/- cells coincides with lower NG2+ proliferation and self-renewal capacity similar to adult levels. Cdk4 silencing in perinatal Cdk2-/- SVZ cells abolishes Cdk4 up-regulation and reduces cell proliferation and self-renewal to adult levels. Conversely, Cdk4 overexpression in adult SVZ cells restores proliferative capacity to wild-type levels. Thus, although Cdk2 is functionally redundant in perinatal SVZ, it is important for adult progenitor cell proliferation and self-renewal through age-dependent regulation of Cdk4.
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- Jablonska, Beata ; Aguirre, Adan ; Vandenbosch, Renaud ; Belachew, Shibeshih ; Berthet, Cyril ; Kaldis, Philipp LU and Gallo, Vittorio
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- 2007-12-17
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
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- Journal of Cell Biology
- volume
- 179
- issue
- 6
- pages
- 15 pages
- publisher
- Rockefeller University Press
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- scopus:37249050507
- pmid:18086919
- ISSN
- 0021-9525
- DOI
- 10.1083/jcb.200702031
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- English
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- 6a43ee71-7463-4b25-a612-93afc927940d
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