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ArticleNature communications2019

Capicua regulates neural stem cell proliferation and lineage specification through control of Ets factors.

Shiekh Tanveer Ahmad, Alexandra D Rogers, Myra J Chen, Rajiv Dixit, Lata Adnani, Luke S Frankiw, Samuel O Lawn, Michael D Blough, Mana Alshehri, Wei Wu and 5 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Shiekh Tanveer AhmadDepartment of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9882-8636
Alexandra D RogersCharbonneau Cancer Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Myra J ChenCharbonneau Cancer Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8633-1414
Rajiv DixitCharbonneau Cancer Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Lata AdnaniAlberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Luke S FrankiwCharbonneau Cancer Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Samuel O LawnCharbonneau Cancer Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Michael D BloughCharbonneau Cancer Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Mana AlshehriCharbonneau Cancer Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Wei WuCharbonneau Cancer Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Marco A MarraBC Genome Sciences Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7146-7175
Stephen M RobbinsCharbonneau Cancer Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
J Gregory CairncrossCharbonneau Cancer Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Carol SchuurmansAlberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Jennifer A ChanDepartment of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. jawchan@ucalgary.ca.
University of Calgary · CASunnybrook Health Science Centre · CACalifornia Institute of Technology · USGenome British Columbia · CA

Funding

Alberta Cancer Foundation 26110Alberta Cancer Foundation 26235Alberta Cancer Foundation 26559Cancer Research Society (Société de Recherche sur le Cancer) 20159Gouvernement du Canada | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Instituts de Recherche en Santé du Canada) MOP-133446Terry Fox Research Institute (Institut de Recherche Terry Fox) 1008
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Capicua (Cic) is a transcriptional repressor mutated in the brain cancer oligodendroglioma. Despite its cancer link, little is known of Cic's function in the brain. We show that nuclear Cic expression is strongest in astrocytes and neurons but weaker in stem cells and oligodendroglial lineage cells. Using a new conditional Cic knockout mouse, we demonstrate that forebrain-specific Cic deletion increases proliferation and self-renewal of neural stem cells. Furthermore, Cic loss biases neural stem cells toward glial lineage selection, expanding the pool of oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs). These proliferation and lineage effects are dependent on de-repression of Ets transcription factors. In patient-derived oligodendroglioma cells, CIC re-expression or ETV5 blockade decreases lineage bias, proliferation, self-renewal, and tumorigenicity. Our results identify Cic as an important regulator of cell fate in neurodevelopment and oligodendroglioma, and suggest that its loss contributes to oligodendroglioma by promoting proliferation and an OPC-like identity via Ets overactivity.

Indexed as

AnimalsAstrocytesBrain NeoplasmsCell DifferentiationCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationDNA-Binding ProteinsEmbryo, MammalianFemaleGene Knockdown TechniquesHumansMaleMiceMice, KnockoutNeural Stem CellsNeuronsCIC protein, humanCic protein, mouseDNA-Binding ProteinsETV5 protein, humanEtv5 protein, mouseProto-Oncogene Proteins c-etsRepressor ProteinsTranscription Factors

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PMID31043608
PMCPMC6494820
OpenAlexW2951602062

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