Guillaume Marcy, Louis Foucault, Elodie Babina, Timothy Capeliez, Emeric Texeraud, Stefan Zweifel, Christophe Heinrich, Hector Hernandez-Vargas, Carlos Parras, Denis Jabaudon, Olivier Raineteau
The ventricular-subventricular zone (V-SVZ) is the largest neurogenic region of the postnatal forebrain, containing neural stem cells (NSCs) that emerge from both the embryonic pallium and subpallium. Despite of this dual origin, glutamatergic neurogenesis declines rapidly after birth, while GABAergic neurogenesis persists throughout life. We performed single-cell RNA sequencing of the postnatal dorsal V-SVZ for unraveling the mechanisms leading to pallial lineage germinal activity silencing. We show that pallial NSCs enter a state of deep quiescence, characterized by high bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling, reduced transcriptional activity and Hopx expression, while in contrast, subpallial NSCs remain primed for activation...
May 5, 2023: Science Advances