Naslov
SOX5 postmitotically regulates migration, postmigratory differentiation, and projections of subplate and deep-layer neocortical neurons

Autori
Kwan, K.Y. ; Lam, M.M. ; Krsnik, Željka ; Kawasawa, Y.I. ; Lefebvre, V. ; Šestan, Nenad

Izvornik
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (0027-8424) 105 (2008), 41; 16021-16016

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
neocortex development; postmitotic mechanisms; pyramidal neurons; Sox genes; transcriptional enhancer

Sažetak
Neocortical projection neurons exhibit layer-specific molecular profiles and axonal connections. Here we show that the molecular identities of early-born subplate and deep-layer neurons are not acquired solely during generation or shortly thereafter but undergo progressive postmitotic refinement mediated by SOX5. Fezf2 and Bcl11b, transiently expressed in all subtypes of newly postmigratory early-born neurons, are subsequently downregulated in layer 6 and subplate neurons, thereby establishing their layer 5-enriched postnatal patterns. In Sox5-null mice, this downregulation is disrupted, and layer 6 and subplate neurons maintain an immature differentiation state, abnormally expressing these genes postnatally. Consistent with this disruption, SOX5 binds and represses a conserved enhancer near Fezf2. The Sox5-null neocortex exhibits failed preplate partition and laminar inversion of early-born neurons, loss of layer 5 subcerebral axons, and misrouting of subplate and layer 6 corticothalamic axons to the hypothalamus. Thus, SOX5 postmitotically regulates the migration, postmigratory differentiation, and subcortical projections of subplate and deep-layer neurons. Keywords: neocortex development, postmitotic mechanisms, pyramidal neurons, Sox genes, transcriptional enhancer

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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