FoxOs Cooperatively Regulate Diverse Pathways Governing Neural Stem Cell Homeostasis

Ji hye Paik, Zhihu Ding, Rujuta Narurkar, Shakti Ramkissoon, Florian Muller, Walid S. Kamoun, Sung Suk Chae, Hongwu Zheng, Haoqiang Ying, Jed Mahoney, David Hiller, Shan Jiang, Alexei Protopopov, Wing H. Wong, Lynda Chin, Keith L. Ligon, Ronald A. DePinho

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Abstract

The PI3K-AKT-FoxO pathway is integral to lifespan regulation in lower organisms and essential for the stability of long-lived cells in mammals. Here, we report the impact of combined FoxO1, 3, and 4 deficiencies on mammalian brain physiology with a particular emphasis on the study of the neural stem/progenitor cell (NSC) pool. We show that the FoxO family plays a prominent role in NSC proliferation and renewal. FoxO-deficient mice show initial increased brain size and proliferation of neural progenitor cells during early postnatal life, followed by precocious significant decline in the NSC pool and accompanying neurogenesis in adult brains. Mechanistically, integrated transcriptomic, promoter, and functional analyses of FoxO-deficient NSC cultures identified direct gene targets with known links to the regulation of human brain size and the control of cellular proliferation, differentiation, and oxidative defense. Thus, the FoxO family coordinately regulates diverse genes and pathways to govern key aspects of NSC homeostasis in the mammalian brain.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)540-553
Number of pages14
JournalCell Stem Cell
Volume5
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 6 2009

Keywords

  • STEMCELL

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Medicine
  • Genetics
  • Cell Biology

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