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ArticleCell reports2025

Meningeal-derived retinoic acid regulates neurogenesis via suppression of Notch and Sox2.

Christina N Como, Rebecca O'Rourke, Caitlin Winkler, Danae Mitchell, Luuli Tran, David Lorberbaum, Lori Sussel, Santos Franco, Julie Siegenthaler

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Christina N ComoUniversity of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Neuroscience Graduate Program, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Rebecca O'RourkeUniversity of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Caitlin WinklerUniversity of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Danae MitchellUniversity of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Neuroscience Graduate Program, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Luuli TranUniversity of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
David LorberbaumUniversity of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Department of Pediatrics, Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; University of Michigan Medical School, Department of Pharmacology and Caswell Diabetes Institute, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA.
Lori SusselUniversity of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Department of Pediatrics, Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Santos FrancoUniversity of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology, Aurora, CO 80045, USA. Electronic address: santos.franco@cuanschutz.edu.
Julie SiegenthalerUniversity of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Neuroscience Graduate Program, Aurora, CO 80045, USA. Electronic address: julie.siegenthaler@cuanschutz.edu.

Funding

Retinoic Acid in Development of CNS VasculatureR01NS098273 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI SIEGENTHALER, JULIE · 2016 to 2025
$3.2M
CNS Fibroblast Formation and FunctionR01NS131823 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI Julie Siegenthaler · 2024 to 2026
$1.1M
Meninges Specification and Cellular Crosstalk to the Developing BrainF31NS130940 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI COMO, CHRISTINA N · 2023 to 2025
$115k
NINDS NIH HHS F31 NS130940NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS098273NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS131823
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The meninges act as a regulator of brain development by secreting ligands that act on neural cells to regulate neurogenesis and neuronal migration. Meningeal-derived retinoic acid (RA) promotes neocortical neural progenitor cell cycle exit; however, the underlying molecular mechanism is unknown. Here, we used spatial transcriptomics and profiling of retinoic acid receptor α (RARα) DNA binding in Foxc1-mutant embryos that lack meninges-derived signals to identify potential neurogenic transcriptional mechanisms of RA signaling in telencephalic neural progenitors. This identified upregulation of Sox2 and Notch pathway genes, and RARα binds to the Sox2ot promoter, a long noncoding RNA that regulates Sox2 expression. Our experiments using maternal RA treatment and in utero electroporation in Foxc1 mutants support that meningeal-derived RA promotes neurogenesis by suppressing Notch signaling, a progenitor self-renewal pathway. Our findings elucidate a previously unknown mechanism of how meningeal RA coordinates neocortical development and provide insight into how defects in meningeal development may cause neurodevelopmental disorders.

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MeningesNeurogenesisReceptors, NotchSOXB1 Transcription FactorsTretinoinAnimalsFemaleForkhead Transcription FactorsGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalMiceNeural Stem CellsRetinoic Acid Receptor alphaSignal TransductionForkhead Transcription FactorsReceptors, NotchRetinoic Acid Receptor alphaSox2 protein, mouseSOXB1 Transcription FactorsTretinoinCP: Neurosciencemeningesneocortical developmentneural progenitorsneurogenesisNotch signalingretinoic acid receptor αSox2ottelencephalon

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PMCPMC13147546

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