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ArticleNeuron2018

The Epigenetic State of PRDM16-Regulated Enhancers in Radial Glia Controls Cortical Neuron Position.

José-Manuel Baizabal, Meeta Mistry, Miguel Turrero García, Nicolás Gómez, Olubusola Olukoya, Diana Tran, Matthew B Johnson, Christopher A Walsh, Corey C Harwell

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Article in Neuron, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 49 papers.

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49citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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49 citing papers in PubMed, 97 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

José-Manuel BaizabalDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: manuelbaizabal2018@gmail.com.
Meeta MistryBioinformatics Core, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Miguel Turrero GarcíaDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Nicolás GómezDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Olubusola OlukoyaDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Diana TranDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Matthew B JohnsonDivision of Genetics and Genomics, Manton Center for Orphan Disease and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Christopher A WalshDivision of Genetics and Genomics, Manton Center for Orphan Disease and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Corey C HarwellDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: corey_harwell@hms.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · USBoston Children's Hospital · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · US

Funding

Cell Identity Determination In Human Brain: Somatic Mutation and Cell LineageR01NS032457 · NINDS · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI Alice Eunjung Lee, Christopher A. Walsh · 1995 to 2026
$12.7M
HUMAN EPILEPSY GENETICS--NEURONAL MIGRATION DISORDERSR01NS035129 · NINDS · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI WALSH, CHRISTOPHER A. · 1997 to 2023
$9.5M
Epigenetic Regulation of Cortical Neuronal Lineage ProgressionR01NS102228 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI HARWELL, COREY C · 2017 to 2021
$1.9M
Regulation of Cortical Circuit Development by Sonic Hedgehog SignalingK01NS089720 · NINDS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI HARWELL, COREY C · 2014 to 2016
$667k
NINDS NIH HHS K01 NS089720NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS032457NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS035129NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS102228
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The epigenetic landscape is dynamically remodeled during neurogenesis. However, it is not understood how chromatin modifications in neural stem cells instruct the formation of complex structures in the brain. We report that the histone methyltransferase PRDM16 is required in radial glia to regulate lineage-autonomous and stage-specific gene expression programs that control number and position of upper layer cortical projection neurons. PRDM16 regulates the epigenetic state of transcriptional enhancers to activate genes involved in intermediate progenitor cell production and repress genes involved in cell migration. The histone methyltransferase domain of PRDM16 is necessary in radial glia to promote cortical neuron migration through transcriptional silencing. We show that repression of the gene encoding the E3 ubiquitin ligase PDZRN3 by PRDM16 determines the position of upper layer neurons. These findings provide insights into how epigenetic control of transcriptional enhancers in radial glial determines the organization of the mammalian cerebral cortex.

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Gene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalNeural Stem CellsNeuronsAnimalsCell MovementCerebral CortexDNA-Binding ProteinsEpendymoglial CellsEpigenesis, GeneticMiceNeurogenesisTranscription FactorsUbiquitin-Protein LigasesDNA-Binding ProteinsPDZRN3 protein, mousePrdm16 protein, mouseTranscription FactorsUbiquitin-Protein Ligasescerebral cortexenhancerepigeneticmigrationneural stem cellneurogenesisPDZRN3PRDM16radial glia

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PMID29779941
PMCPMC6667181
OpenAlexW2803933126

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