| Autor: |
Joshua Crawford, Yong Zhang, Mikhail V. Pletnikov, Cheng Qian, Chang-Mei Liu, Philip Hall, Guohua Wang, Gül Dölen, Mei Zhang, Richard L. Huganir, Qian Xu, Feng Quan Zhou, Xin Zhong Dong, Jiang Qian, Eastman M. Lewis |
| Rok vydání: |
2019 |
| Předmět: |
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| DOI: |
10.1101/582908 |
| Popis: |
Recent studies showed that in the nervous system histone methyltransferase EZH2-mediated trimethylation of histone H3 lysine 27 (H3K27me3) acts to regulate neural stem cell proliferation and fate specificity through silencing different gene sets. Here we explored the function of EZH2 in early post-mitotic excitatory neurons by generating a neuronal specific Ezh2 conditional knockout mouse line. The results showed that lack of neuronal EZH2 led to delayed neuronal migration, more complex dendritic arborization, and significantly increased dendritic spine density. RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) experiments comparing control and Ezh2 knockout neurons revealed that neuronal EZH2 regulated genes related to neuronal morphogenesis. In particular, Pak3 was identified as a target gene suppressed by EZH2 and H3K27me3, and expression of dominant negative PAK3 reversed Ezh2 knockout-induced higher dendritic spine density. Lastly, lack of neuronal EZH2 resulted in impaired memory behaviors in adult mice. Our results demonstrated that neuronal EZH2 played important roles in controlling multiple steps of neuronal morphogenesis during development, which had long-lasting effects on cognitive function in adult mice. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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