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Renshaw cell interneuron specialization is controlled by a temporally restricted transcription factor program

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Stam, Floor J., Hendricks, Timothy J., Zhang, Jingming, Geiman, Eric J., Francius, Cedric, Labosky, Patricia A., Clotman, Frederic, Goulding, Martyn·2012·Development

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The spinal cord contains a diverse array of physiologically distinct interneuron cell types that subserve specialized roles in somatosensory perception and motor control. The mechanisms that generate these specialized interneuronal cell types from multipotential spinal progenitors are not known. In this study, we describe a temporally regulated transcriptional program that controls the differentiation of Renshaw cells (RCs), an anatomically and functionally discrete spinal interneuron subtype. We show that the selective activation of the Onecut transcription factors Oc1 and Oc2 during the first wave of V1 interneuron neurogenesis is a key step in the RC differentiation program. The development of RCs is additionally dependent on the forkhead transcription factor Foxd3, which is more broadly expressed in postmitotic V1 interneurons. Our demonstration that RCs are born, and activate Oc1 and Oc2 expression, in a narrow temporal window leads us to posit that neuronal diversity in the developing spinal cord is established by the composite actions of early spatial and temporal determinants.

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Authors
Stam, F. J., Hendricks, T. J., Zhang, J., Geiman, E. J., Francius, C., Labosky, P. A., Clotman, F., & Goulding, M.
Affiliations
  • Salk Institute for Biological Studies (US)
  • Université Catholique de Louvain, Institute of Neuroscience, Laboratory of Neural Differentiation, Av. Hippocrate 55, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium.
  • Vanderbilt University (US)
Corresponding author
Goulding, Martyn
Venue
Development
Published
2012-01-01
Volume
139
Issue
1
Pages
179-190
ISSN
  • 0950-1991 (ISSN-L)
  • 1477-9129
OpenAlex
W2151506803
Cited by
115
References
77
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FWCI
1.79
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Development (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS037075, R37NS037075, NS037075)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD036720, HD036720)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies
Keywords
Renshaw cells, spinal interneurons, FOXD3, temporal gene regulation, neuronal differentiation, neuronal heterogeneity, spinal cord development, transcriptional programs
MeSH terms
Animals, Bromodeoxyuridine, Cell Differentiation, Crosses, Genetic, Electrophysiology, Immunohistochemistry, Interneurons, Spinal Cord, Time Factors, Transcription Factors, Homeodomain Proteins, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Green Fluorescent Proteins, Mice, Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 6

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