Lhx2 Regulates the Timing of β-catenin-dependent Cortical Neurogenesis

Overview

Journal Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Specialty Science

Date 2015 Sep 16

PMID 26371318

Citations 27

Authors

Lea Chia-Ling Hsu

Sean Nam

Yi Cui

Ching-Pu Chang

Chia-Fang Wang

Hung-Chih Kuo

Jonathan D Touboul

Shen-Ju Chou

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Abstract

The timing of cortical neurogenesis has a major effect on the size and organization of the mature cortex. The deletion of the LIM-homeodomain transcription factor Lhx2 in cortical progenitors by Nestin-cre leads to a dramatically smaller cortex. Here we report that Lhx2 regulates the cortex size by maintaining the cortical progenitor proliferation and delaying the initiation of neurogenesis. The loss of Lhx2 in cortical progenitors results in precocious radial glia differentiation and a temporal shift of cortical neurogenesis. We further investigated the underlying mechanisms at play and demonstrated that in the absence of Lhx2, the Wnt/β-catenin pathway failed to maintain progenitor proliferation. We developed and applied a mathematical model that reveals how precocious neurogenesis affected cortical surface and thickness. Thus, we concluded that Lhx2 is required for β-catenin function in maintaining cortical progenitor proliferation and controls the timing of cortical neurogenesis.

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