The Ventral Hippocampus Is the Embryonic Origin for Adult Neural Stem Cells in the Dentate Gyrus
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Adult neurogenesis represents a unique form of plasticity in the dentate gyrus requiring the presence of long-lived neural stem cells (LL-NSCs). However, the embryonic origin of these LL-NSCs remains unclear. The prevailing model assumes that the dentate neuroepithelium throughout the longitudinal axis of the hippocampus generates both the LL-NSCs and embryonically produced granule neurons. Here we show that the NSCs initially originate from the ventral hippocampus during late gestation and then relocate into the dorsal hippocampus. The descendants of these cells are the source for the LL-NSCs in the subgranular zone (SGZ). Furthermore, we show that the origin of these cells and their maintenance in the dentate are controlled by distinct sources of Sonic Hedgehog (Shh). The revelation of the complexity of both the embryonic origin of hippocampal LL-NSCs and the sources of Shh has important implications for the functions of LL-NSCs in the adult hippocampus.
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- Authors
- Li, G., Fang, L., Fernández, G., & Pleasure, S. J.
- Affiliations
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Corresponding author
- Li, Guangnan
- Pleasure, Samuel J.
- Venue
- Neuron
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-05
- Volume
- 78
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 658-672
- ISSN
- 0896-6273 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3669230
- OpenAlex
- W2044026757
- Cited by
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- FWCI
- 6.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
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- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH077694)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS075188)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
- Keywords
- adult neurogenesis, neural stem cells, ventral hippocampus, dentate gyrus, subgranular zone, Sonic hedgehog, embryonic origin, granule neurons, stem cell migration, hippocampal development
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Cell Movement, Female, Hippocampus, Dentate Gyrus, Cell Lineage, Mice, Adult Stem Cells, Hedgehog Proteins, Neurogenesis
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