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Selective Depletion of Molecularly Defined Cortical Interneurons in Human Holoprosencephaly with Severe Striatal Hypoplasia

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Fertuzinhos, Sofia, Krsnik, Željka, Kawasawa, Yuka Imamura, Rašin, Mladen-Roko, Kwan, Kenneth Y., Chen, Jie-Guang, Judaš, Miloš, Hayashi, Masaharu +1 more·2009·Cerebral Cortex

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Cortical excitatory glutamatergic projection neurons and inhibitory GABAergic interneurons follow substantially different developmental programs. In rodents, projection neurons originate from progenitors within the dorsal forebrain, whereas interneurons arise from progenitors in the ventral forebrain. In contrast, it has been proposed that in humans, the majority of cortical interneurons arise from progenitors within the dorsal forebrain, suggesting that their origin and migration is complex and evolutionarily divergent. However, whether molecularly defined human cortical interneuron subtypes originate from distinct progenitors, including those in the ventral forebrain, remains unknown. Furthermore, abnormalities in cortical interneurons have been linked to human disorders, yet no distinct cell population selective loss has been reported. Here we show that cortical interneurons expressing nitric oxide synthase 1, neuropeptide Y, and somatostatin, are either absent or substantially reduced in fetal and infant cases of human holoprosencephaly (HPE) with severe ventral forebrain hypoplasia. Notably, another interneuron subtype normally abundant from the early fetal period, marked by calretinin expression, and different subtypes of projection neuron were present in the cortex of control and HPE brains. These findings have important implications for the understanding of neuronal pathogenesis underlying the clinical manifestations associated with HPE and the developmental origins of human cortical interneuron diversity.

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  • Nonhuman primates and humans have distinct populations of GABAergic neurons which originate in proliferative zones of the dorsal telencephalon.

    “Furthermore, it appears that nonhuman primates and humans have distinct populations of GABAergic neurons which originate in proliferative zones of the dorsal telencephalon [193, 194].”

    From Development of prefrontal cortex (2022) · cites this paper as [194]

    The Discussion (page unavailable) reports CALB2-positive interneurons and putative progenitors in dorsal cortical proliferative zones of midfetal humans and cynomolgus monkeys. It suggests that some human interneurons may derive from cortical progenitors, but explicitly says whether those progenitors give rise to interneurons within the proliferative zones remains undetermined; their origin there in both groups is therefore not established. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • GABAergic inhibitory interneurons mostly originate from the ganglionic eminences of the ventral telencephalon.

    “which recent studies have shown mostly originate from the ganglionic eminences of the ventral telencephalon (i.e., the subpallium) (Fertuzinhos et al., 2009; Hansen et al., 2013; Hansen et al., 2010; Ma et al., 2013).”

    From The Cellular and Molecular Landscapes of the Developing Human Central Nervous System (2016) · cites this paper as Fertuzinhos et al., 2009

  • Human GABAergic interneurons are largely generated ventrally from the ganglionic eminences in the basal ganglia primordia and migrate tangentially into the cortical plate.

    “human GABAergic interneurons are largely generated ventrally from the ganglionic eminences in the basal ganglia primordia and migrate tangentially into the CP (Fertuzinhos et al., 2009; Hansen et al., 2013; Hansen et al., 2010; Ma et al., 2013; Radonjic et al., 2014).”

    From The Cellular and Molecular Landscapes of the Developing Human Central Nervous System (2016) · cites this paper as Fertuzinhos et al., 2009

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Authors
Fertuzinhos, S., Krsnik, Ž., Kawasawa, Y. I., Rašin, M.-R., Kwan, K. Y., Chen, J.-G., Judaš, M., Hayashi, M., & Šestan, N.
Affiliations
Yale University (US)
Venue
Cerebral Cortex
Published
2009-02-20
Volume
19
Issue
9
Pages
2196-2207
ISSN
  • 1047-3211 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2199
OpenAlex
W2096070762
Cited by
106
References
56
Citations by year
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FWCI
3.86
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cerebral Cortex (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Autism Speaks
  • State Key Laboratory of Automotive Simulation and Control
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS054273, NS 054273)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD045481, HD045481)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Congenital heart defects research
Keywords
holoprosencephaly, cortical interneurons, nitric oxide synthase 1, neuropeptide Y, somatostatin, calretinin, interneuron migration, GABAergic interneurons, glutamatergic projection neurons, fetal brain development
MeSH terms
Cerebral Cortex, Corpus Striatum, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Interneurons, Holoprosencephaly, Neurotransmitter Agents

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