ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025
Mapping the developmental profile of ventricular zone-derived neurons in the human cerebellum.
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- A conserved differentiation programme facilitates inhibitory neuron production in the developing mouse and human cerebellum.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2025Article
- PRDM13 is required for specification of PAX2 lineage inhibitory neurons in the developing cerebellum.Developmental biology · 2025Article
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Abstract
The cerebellar ventricular zone (VZ) is the primary source of progenitors that generate cerebellar GABAergic neurons, including Purkinje cells (PCs) and interneurons (INs). This study provides detailed characterization of human cerebellar GABAergic neurogenesis using transcriptomic and histopathological analyses and reveals conserved and unique features compared to rodents. We show that the sequential progression of neurogenesis is conserved and occurs before 8 postconception weeks. Notably, PC differentiation occurs in the outer subventricular zone (SVZ), a region absent in the mouse cerebellum. Human PCs are generated during a compact two-week period before the onset of cerebral cortex histogenesis. A subset of human PCs retain proliferative marker expression weeks after leaving the VZ, another feature not observed in rodents. Human PC maturation is protracted with an extensive migration and reorganization throughout development with dendritic arborization developing in late gestation. We define a continuous transcriptional cascade of PC development from neuroepithelial cells to mature PCs. In contrast, while human interneuronal progenitors are born beginning in early fetal development, they exhibit an even more protracted differentiation across late gestation and into postnatal ages. These findings show dynamic developmental process for human cerebellar GABAergic neurons and underscore the importance of the embryonic environment, with early disruptions having potentially significant impacts.
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