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ArticleCell stem cell2021

Coordinated changes in cellular behavior ensure the lifelong maintenance of the hippocampal stem cell population.

Lachlan Harris, Piero Rigo, Thomas Stiehl, Zachary B Gaber, Sophie H L Austin, Maria Del Mar Masdeu, Amelia Edwards, Noelia Urbán, Anna Marciniak-Czochra, François Guillemot

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Article in Cell stem cell, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 99 papers.

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99citing papers in PubMed
16.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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99 citing papers in PubMed, 177 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Lachlan HarrisNeural Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Piero RigoNeural Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Thomas StiehlInstitute of Applied Mathematics, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR), Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Bioquant Center, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Zachary B GaberNeural Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Sophie H L AustinNeural Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Maria Del Mar MasdeuNeural Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Amelia EdwardsAdvanced Sequencing Facility, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Noelia UrbánNeural Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Anna Marciniak-CzochraInstitute of Applied Mathematics, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR), Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Bioquant Center, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
François GuillemotNeural Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK. Electronic address: francois.guillemot@crick.ac.uk.
The Francis Crick Institute · GBHeidelberg University · DE

Funding

Cancer Research UK FC0010089Medical Research Council FC0010089Medical Research Council MC_U117570528Medical Research Council MR/M023907/1Medical Research Council U117570528Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 106187/Z/14/ZWellcome Trust FC0010089
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neural stem cell numbers fall rapidly in the hippocampus of juvenile mice but stabilize during adulthood, ensuring lifelong hippocampal neurogenesis. We show that this stabilization of stem cell numbers in young adults is the result of coordinated changes in stem cell behavior. Although proliferating neural stem cells in juveniles differentiate rapidly, they increasingly return to a resting state of shallow quiescence and progress through additional self-renewing divisions in adulthood. Single-cell transcriptomics, modeling, and label retention analyses indicate that resting cells have a higher activation rate and greater contribution to neurogenesis than dormant cells, which have not left quiescence. These changes in stem cell behavior result from a progressive reduction in expression of the pro-activation protein ASCL1 because of increased post-translational degradation. These cellular mechanisms help reconcile current contradictory models of hippocampal neural stem cell (NSC) dynamics and may contribute to the different rates of decline of hippocampal neurogenesis in mammalian species, including humans.

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Adult Stem CellsNeural Stem CellsAnimalsCell ProliferationHippocampusMiceNeurogenesisageAscl1dormanthippocampusHuwe1neural stem cellneurogenesisquiescenceresting

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PMID33581058
PMCPMC8110946
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