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A Common Embryonic Origin of Stem Cells Drives Developmental and Adult Neurogenesis

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Berg, Daniel A., Su, Yijing, Jimenez-Cyrus, Dennisse, Patel, Aneek, Huang, Nancy, Morizet, David, Lee, Stephanie, Shah, Reeti +8 more·2019·Cell

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New neurons arise from quiescent adult neural progenitors throughout life in specific regions of the mammalian brain. Little is known about the embryonic origin and establishment of adult neural progenitors. Here, we show that Hopx+ precursors in the mouse dentate neuroepithelium at embryonic day 11.5 give rise to proliferative Hopx+ neural progenitors in the primitive dentate region, and they, in turn, generate granule neurons, but not other neurons, throughout development and then transition into Hopx+ quiescent radial glial-like neural progenitors during an early postnatal period. RNA-seq and ATAC-seq analyses of Hopx+ embryonic, early postnatal, and adult dentate neural progenitors further reveal common molecular and epigenetic signatures and developmental dynamics. Together, our findings support a "continuous" model wherein a common neural progenitor population exclusively contributes to dentate neurogenesis throughout development and adulthood. Adult dentate neurogenesis may therefore represent a lifelong extension of development that maintains heightened plasticity in the mammalian hippocampus.

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  • Some studies demonstrate that neural stem cells in the adult subgranular zone niche are remnants of dentate neuroepithelium and that this same progenitor population exclusively contributes to hippocampal neurogenesis throughout development and into adulthood, shifting out of quiescence at different time points.

    “Some have demonstrated that neural stem cells in the adult hippocampal subgranular zone (SGZ) niche are remnants of dentate neuroepithelium92 and this same population of progenitors exclusively contributes to hippocampal neurogenesis throughout development and into adulthood, shifting out of quiescence at different time points93.”

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Berg, D. A., Su, Y., Jimenez-Cyrus, D., Patel, A., Huang, N., Morizet, D., Lee, S., Shah, R., Ringeling, F. R., Jain, R., Epstein, J. A., Wu, Q.-F., Canzar, S., Ming, G.-L., Song, H., & Bond, A. M.
Affiliations
  • University of Pennsylvania (US)
  • Johns Hopkins University (US)
  • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Corresponding author
  • Ming, Guo-Li
  • Song, Hongjun
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-04
Volume
177
Issue
3
Pages
654-668.e15
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2925077238
Cited by
267
References
62
Citations by year
2026: 23 · 2025: 38 · 2024: 39 · 2023: 39 · 2022: 42 · 2021: 36 · 2020: 33 · 2019: 17
FWCI
12.01
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • University of Regensburg Publication Server (University of Regensburg) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Medical Research Foundation
  • Vetenskapsrådet
  • Burroughs Wellcome Fund
  • EMBO
  • National Institutes of Health (R37NS047344, R35HL140018, DP2HL147123, P01NS097206, R01MH105128, R35NS097370)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Congenital heart defects research
Keywords
adult neurogenesis, HOPX, dentate gyrus, granule neurons, hippocampus, epigenetic signatures, developmental dynamics, neural stem cells
MeSH terms
Animals, Cell Differentiation, Embryo, Mammalian, Female, Hippocampus, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Transgenic, Homeodomain Proteins, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Dentate Gyrus, Mice, Embryonic Stem Cells, Neurogenesis, Neural Stem Cells

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