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Homeostatic neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus does not involve amplification of Ascl1high intermediate progenitors

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  • Sebastian Lugert

    (Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology, Stubeweg 51, Freiburg D-79108, Germany.
    Embryology and Stem cell Biology, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 28)

  • Miriam Vogt

    (Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology, Stubeweg 51, Freiburg D-79108, Germany.
    Embryology and Stem cell Biology, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 28)

  • Jan S. Tchorz

    (Institute of Physiology, University of Basel
    Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Novartis Pharma AG)

  • Matthias Müller

    (Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Novartis Pharma AG)

  • Claudio Giachino

    (Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology, Stubeweg 51, Freiburg D-79108, Germany.
    Embryology and Stem cell Biology, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 28)

  • Verdon Taylor

    (Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology, Stubeweg 51, Freiburg D-79108, Germany.
    Embryology and Stem cell Biology, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 28)

Abstract

Neural stem/progenitor cells generate neurons in the adult hippocampus. Neural stem cells produce transient intermediate progenitors (type-2 cells), which generate neuroblasts (type-3 cells) that exit the cell cycle, and differentiate into neurons. The precise dynamics of neuron production from the neural stem cells remains controversial. Here we lineage trace Notch-dependent neural stem cells in the dentate gyrus and show that over 7–21 days, the progeny of the neural stem cells progress through an Ascl1high intermediate stage (type-2a) to neuroblasts. However, contrary to predictions, this Ascl1high population is not an amplifying intermediate, but it differentiates into mitotic Tbr2+ early neuroblasts, which in turn expand the lineage. After 100 days, the majority of the neural stem cell progeny are neuroblasts or postmitotic neurons. Hence, the neural stem cells require many weeks to generate differentiated neurons. On the basis of this temporal delay in differentiation and population expansion, we propose that the neural stem cell and early neuroblast divisions drive dentate gyrus neurogenesis and not the amplification of type-2a intermediate progenitors as was previously thought.

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  • Sebastian Lugert & Miriam Vogt & Jan S. Tchorz & Matthias Müller & Claudio Giachino & Verdon Taylor, 2012. "Homeostatic neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus does not involve amplification of Ascl1high intermediate progenitors," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 3(1), pages 1-9, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:3:y:2012:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms1670
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1670
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