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ArticleScientific reports2018

Regulation of neuroblast proliferation by surface glia in the Drosophila larval brain.

Makoto I Kanai, Myung-Jun Kim, Takuya Akiyama, Masahiko Takemura, Kristi Wharton, Michael B O'Connor, Hiroshi Nakato

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Makoto I KanaiDepartment of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
Myung-Jun KimDepartment of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
Takuya AkiyamaDepartment of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9291-0620
Masahiko TakemuraDepartment of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
Kristi WhartonDepartment of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9625-4336
Michael B O'ConnorDepartment of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
Hiroshi NakatoDepartment of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA. nakat003@umn.edu.

Funding

Inter-organ signals regulating metabolism, physiology and developmental timingR35GM118029 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI O'CONNOR, MICHAEL BRENDAN · 2016 to 2025
$3.8M
Genetic Study of Heparan Sulfate Function in DevelopmentR01GM115099 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI NAKATO, HIROSHI · 2015 to 2018
$1.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM115099NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118029
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the importance of precisely regulating stem cell division, the molecular basis for this control is still elusive. Here, we show that surface glia in the developing Drosophila brain play essential roles in regulating the proliferation of neural stem cells, neuroblasts (NBs). We found that two classes of extracellular factors, Dally-like (Dlp), a heparan sulfate proteoglycan, and Glass bottom boat (Gbb), a BMP homologue, are required for proper NB proliferation. Interestingly, Dlp expressed in perineural glia (PG), the most outer layer of the surface glia, is responsible for NB proliferation. Consistent with this finding, functional ablation of PG using a dominant-negative form of dynamin showed that PG has an instructive role in regulating NB proliferation. Gbb acts not only as an autocrine proliferation factor in NBs but also as a paracrine survival signal in the PG. We propose that bidirectional communication between NBs and glia through TGF-β signaling influences mutual development of these two cell types. We also discuss the possibility that PG and NBs communicate via direct membrane contact or transcytotic transport of membrane components. Thus, our study shows that the surface glia acts not only as a simple structural insulator but also a dynamic regulator of brain development.

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Cell CommunicationAnimalsAutocrine CommunicationBiomarkersBrainCell ProliferationDrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsGene ExpressionLarvaMutationNeural Stem CellsNeurogenesisNeurogliaSignal TransductionTransforming Growth Factor betaBiomarkersDrosophila Proteinsgbb protein, DrosophilaTransforming Growth Factor beta

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PMID29487331
PMCPMC5829083

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