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ArticleNature communications2026

The DLX/Notch axis is necessary for spatiotemporal regulation of neural cell fate.

Ryan F Leung, Michael See, Ankita M George, Patrick L Barry, Kyle A France, Natalie Charitakis, Mirana Ramialison, Maree C Faux, David D Eisenstat

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Ryan F LeungStem Cell Medicine Department, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8546-0185
Michael SeeStem Cell Medicine Department, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7231-3896
Ankita M GeorgeStem Cell Medicine Department, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Patrick L BarryStem Cell Medicine Department, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-1327-5542
Kyle A FranceStem Cell Medicine Department, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-6061-0853
Natalie CharitakisStem Cell Medicine Department, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9592-6257
Mirana RamialisonStem Cell Medicine Department, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6315-4777
Maree C FauxStem Cell Medicine Department, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7770-6683
David D EisenstatStem Cell Medicine Department, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, VIC, Australia. david.eisenstat@mcri.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5976-0798

Funding

Department of Health | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Ideas Grant APP1180905Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) RGP008/2024National Heart Foundation of Australia (Heart Foundation) Future Leader Fellowship 107328Novo Nordisk Fonden (Novo Nordisk Foundation) NNF21CC0073729University of Melbourne (Melbourne University) Children's Cancer Foundation and My Room Chair in Childhood Cancer
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Abstract

Neuronal-glial cell fate switch during forebrain development is highly regulated. DLX transcription factors are necessary for promoting GABAergic interneuron differentiation and migration but the mechanisms for concomitant repression of glial fate in neural progenitors remain elusive. Here, the DLX2 regulatory network dynamic in the developing ventral telencephalon is characterised using a multi-omic approach at single-cell resolution, including single-cell whole genome spatial transcriptomics. We identify a secondary proliferative zone in the ventral subventricular zone and spatiotemporal-context dependent Notch pathway repression by DLX2 in maintaining progenitor populations and facilitating neural differentiation. We find that DLX2 controls cell fate determination by directly repressing Notch signalling genes as well as glial fate-promoting transcription factors, thereby inhibiting early adoption of oligodendroglial differentiation during neurogenesis. Here, we show that temporal cell fate switch is mediated by DLX2 via a multilayer gene regulatory network, redefining current understanding of neuronal-glial cell specification mechanisms in the developing telencephalon.

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Homeodomain ProteinsNeuronsReceptors, NotchTranscription FactorsAnimalsCell DifferentiationGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene Regulatory NetworksMiceNeural Stem CellsNeurodevelopmentNeurogenesisNeurogliaSignal TransductionTelencephalonDistal-less homeobox proteinsHomeodomain ProteinsReceptors, NotchTranscription Factors

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PMID42754574
PMCPMC13586391

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