Keywords :
Cortical progenitors; Embryonic cortical development; Glutamatergic neurogenesis; IL6/Jak2/Stat3 pathway; Lrig1; STAT3 Transcription Factor; Janus Kinase 2; Membrane Glycoproteins; Lrig1 protein, mouse; Stat3 protein, mouse; Jak2 protein, mouse; Fibroblast Growth Factors; Nerve Tissue Proteins; Animals; Mice; Cell Proliferation; Cerebral Cortex/metabolism; Cerebral Cortex/cytology; Cerebral Cortex/embryology; Cell Differentiation; Fibroblast Growth Factors/metabolism; STAT3 Transcription Factor/metabolism; STAT3 Transcription Factor/genetics; Janus Kinase 2/metabolism; Signal Transduction; Neural Stem Cells/metabolism; Neural Stem Cells/cytology; Neurogenesis/genetics; Neurons/metabolism; Neurons/cytology; Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism; Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics; Mice, Knockout; Cerebral Cortex; Neural Stem Cells; Neurogenesis; Neurons; Molecular Biology; Developmental Biology
Abstract :
[en] The cell-intrinsic mechanisms underlying the decision of a stem/progenitor cell to either proliferate or differentiate remain incompletely understood. Here, we identify the transmembrane protein Lrig1 as a physiological homeostatic regulator of FGF2-driven proliferation and self-renewal of neural progenitors at early-to-mid embryonic stages of cortical development. We show that Lrig1 is expressed in cortical progenitors (CPs), and its ablation caused expansion and increased proliferation of radial/apical progenitors and of neurogenic transit-amplifying Tbr2+ intermediate progenitors. Notably, our findings identify a previously unreported EGF-independent mechanism through which Lrig1 negatively regulates neural progenitor proliferation by modulating the FGF2-induced IL6/Jak2/Stat3 pathway, a molecular cascade that plays a pivotal role in the generation and maintenance of CPs. Consistently, Lrig1 knockout mice showed a significant increase in the density of pyramidal glutamatergic neurons placed in superficial layers 2 and 3 of the postnatal neocortex. Together, these results support a model in which Lrig1 regulates cortical neurogenesis by influencing the cycling activity of a set of progenitors that are temporally specified to produce upper layer glutamatergic neurons.
Funding text :
We thank Dr Alejandro Schinder and Ignacio Satorre for technical assistance with the preparation and isolation of retroviral particles; Mar\u0131\u00E1 Mercedes Olivera, Marianela Ceol and Andrea Pecile for animal care; Lic. Nerina Villalba for confocal microscopy assistance; and UBATEC for research grant administration. This work was supported by the Agencia Nacional de Promoci\u00F3n Cient\u0131f\u0301ica y Tecnol\u00F3gica (PICT2019-1472, PICT2019-4597 and PICT2020-1524) and the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient\u0131f\u0301icas y T\u00E9cnicas (IBCN-P-UE 2018-22920180100009). G.P. and F.L. were supported by an Independent Career Position from the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient\u0131f\u0301icas y T\u00E9cnicas. A.P.D.V. was supported by fellowships from the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient\u0131f\u0301icas y T\u00E9cnicas and the Agencia Nacional de Promoci\u00F3n Cient\u0131f\u0301ica y Tecnol\u00F3gica, and A.B. was supported by a fellowship from the Agencia Nacional de Promoci\u00F3n Cient\u0131f\u0301ica y Tecnol\u00F3gica.This work was supported by the Agencia Nacional de Promocio\u0301n Cient\u0131f\u0301 ica y Tecnolo\u0301gica (PICT2019-1472, PICT2019-4597 and PICT2020-1524) and the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient\u0131f\u0301 icas y Te\u0301cnicas (IBCN-P-UE 2018-22920180100009). G.P. and F.L. were supported by an Independent Career Position from the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient\u0131f\u0301 icas y Te\u0301cnicas. A.P.D.V. was supported by fellowships from the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient\u0131f\u0301 icas y Te\u0301cnicas and the Agencia Nacional de Promocio\u0301n Cient\u0131f\u0301 ica y Tecnolo\u0301gica, and A.B. was supported by a fellowship from the Agencia Nacional de Promocio\u0301n Cient\u0131f\u0301 ica y Tecnolo\u0301gica.
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