[en] Neurogenesis is known to persist in the adult mammalian central nervous system (CNS). The identity of the cells that generate new neurons in the postnatal CNS has become a crucial but elusive issue. Using a transgenic mouse, we show that NG2 proteoglycan-positive progenitor cells that express the 2',3'-cyclic nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase gene display a multipotent phenotype in vitro and generate electrically excitable neurons, as well as astrocytes and oligodendrocytes. The fast kinetics and the high rate of multipotent fate of these NG2+ progenitors in vitro reflect an intrinsic property, rather than reprogramming. We demonstrate in the hippocampus in vivo that a sizeable fraction of postnatal NG2+ progenitor cells are proliferative precursors whose progeny appears to differentiate into GABAergic neurons capable of propagating action potentials and displaying functional synaptic inputs. These data show that at least a subpopulation of postnatal NG2-expressing cells are CNS multipotent precursors that may underlie adult hippocampal neurogenesis.
Disciplines :
Neurology
Author, co-author :
Belachew, Shibeshih ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Neurologie - CNCM/ Centre fac. de rech. en neurobiologie cell. et moléc.
Chittajallu, Ramesh
Aguirre, Adan A.
Yuan, Xiaoqing
Kirby, Martha
Anderson, Stacie
Gallo, Vittorio
Language :
English
Title :
Postnatal NG2 proteoglycan-expressing progenitor cells are intrinsically multipotent and generate functional neurons.
Publication date :
2003
Journal title :
Journal of Cell Biology
ISSN :
0021-9525
eISSN :
1540-8140
Publisher :
Rockefeller University Press, New York, United States - New York
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