TY - JOUR
T1 - Diversity of Cortical Interneurons in Primates
T2 - The Role of the Dorsal Proliferative Niche
AU - Radonjić, Nevena V.
AU - Ayoub, Albert E.
AU - Memi, Fani
AU - Yu, Xiaojing
AU - Maroof, Asif
AU - Jakovcevski, Igor
AU - Anderson, Stewart A.
AU - Rakic, Pasko
AU - Zecevic, Nada
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 The Authors.
PY - 2014/12/24
Y1 - 2014/12/24
N2 - Evolutionary elaboration of tissues starts with changes in the genome and location of the stem cells.For example, GABAergic interneurons of the mammalian neocortex are generated in the ventral telencephalon and migrate tangentially to the neocortex, in contrast to the projection neurons originating in the ventricular/subventricular zone (VZ/SVZ) of the dorsal telencephalon. In human and nonhuman primates, evidence suggests that an additional subset of neocortical GABAergic interneurons is generated in the cortical VZ and a proliferative niche, the outer SVZ. The origin, magnitude, and significance of this species-specific difference are notknown. We use a battery of assays applicable tothe human, monkey, and mouse organotypic cultures and supravital tissue to identify neuronal progenitors in the cortical VZ/SVZ niche that produce asubset ofGABAergic interneurons. Our findings suggest that these progenitors constitute an evolutionary novelty contributing to the elaboration of higher cognitive functions in primates.
AB - Evolutionary elaboration of tissues starts with changes in the genome and location of the stem cells.For example, GABAergic interneurons of the mammalian neocortex are generated in the ventral telencephalon and migrate tangentially to the neocortex, in contrast to the projection neurons originating in the ventricular/subventricular zone (VZ/SVZ) of the dorsal telencephalon. In human and nonhuman primates, evidence suggests that an additional subset of neocortical GABAergic interneurons is generated in the cortical VZ and a proliferative niche, the outer SVZ. The origin, magnitude, and significance of this species-specific difference are notknown. We use a battery of assays applicable tothe human, monkey, and mouse organotypic cultures and supravital tissue to identify neuronal progenitors in the cortical VZ/SVZ niche that produce asubset ofGABAergic interneurons. Our findings suggest that these progenitors constitute an evolutionary novelty contributing to the elaboration of higher cognitive functions in primates.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.11.026
DO - 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.11.026
M3 - Article
C2 - 25497090
AN - SCOPUS:84919860954
SN - 2211-1247
VL - 9
SP - 2139
EP - 2151
JO - Cell Reports
JF - Cell Reports
IS - 6
ER -