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Developmental Changes of Human Neural Progenitor Cells Grafted into the Ventricular System and Prefrontal Cortex of Mouse Brain in Utero

The transplantation of neural progenitors into a host brain represents a useful tool to evaluate the involvement of cell-autonomous processes and host local cues in the regulation of neuronal differentiation during the development of the mammalian brain. Human brain development starts at the embryon...

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Autores principales: Llach Pou, Maria, Thiberge, Camille, Van der Zwan, Michiel, Devi Govindan, Annousha, Pons, Stéphanie, Maskos, Uwe, Cloëz-Tayarani, Isabelle
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10093207/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37048140
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells12071067
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author Llach Pou, Maria
Thiberge, Camille
Van der Zwan, Michiel
Devi Govindan, Annousha
Pons, Stéphanie
Maskos, Uwe
Cloëz-Tayarani, Isabelle
author_facet Llach Pou, Maria
Thiberge, Camille
Van der Zwan, Michiel
Devi Govindan, Annousha
Pons, Stéphanie
Maskos, Uwe
Cloëz-Tayarani, Isabelle
author_sort Llach Pou, Maria
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description The transplantation of neural progenitors into a host brain represents a useful tool to evaluate the involvement of cell-autonomous processes and host local cues in the regulation of neuronal differentiation during the development of the mammalian brain. Human brain development starts at the embryonic stages, in utero, with unique properties at its neotenic stages. We analyzed the engraftment and differentiation of human neuronal progenitor cells (hNPCs) transplanted in utero into the mouse brain. The influence of the environment was studied by transplanting human NPCs within the lateral ventricles (LV), compared with the prefrontal cortex (PFC) of immunocompetent mice. We developed a semi-automated method to accurately quantify the number of cell bodies and the distribution of neuronal projections among the different mouse brain structures, at 1 and 3 months post-transplantation (MPT). Our data show that human NPCs can differentiate between immature “juvenile” neurons and more mature pyramidal cells in a reproducible manner. Depending on the injection site, LV vs. PFC, specific fetal local environments could modify the synaptogenesis processes while maintaining human neoteny. The use of immunocompetent mice as host species allows us to investigate further neuropathological conditions making use of all of the engineered mouse models already available.
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spelling pubmed-100932072023-04-13 Developmental Changes of Human Neural Progenitor Cells Grafted into the Ventricular System and Prefrontal Cortex of Mouse Brain in Utero Llach Pou, Maria Thiberge, Camille Van der Zwan, Michiel Devi Govindan, Annousha Pons, Stéphanie Maskos, Uwe Cloëz-Tayarani, Isabelle Cells Article The transplantation of neural progenitors into a host brain represents a useful tool to evaluate the involvement of cell-autonomous processes and host local cues in the regulation of neuronal differentiation during the development of the mammalian brain. Human brain development starts at the embryonic stages, in utero, with unique properties at its neotenic stages. We analyzed the engraftment and differentiation of human neuronal progenitor cells (hNPCs) transplanted in utero into the mouse brain. The influence of the environment was studied by transplanting human NPCs within the lateral ventricles (LV), compared with the prefrontal cortex (PFC) of immunocompetent mice. We developed a semi-automated method to accurately quantify the number of cell bodies and the distribution of neuronal projections among the different mouse brain structures, at 1 and 3 months post-transplantation (MPT). Our data show that human NPCs can differentiate between immature “juvenile” neurons and more mature pyramidal cells in a reproducible manner. Depending on the injection site, LV vs. PFC, specific fetal local environments could modify the synaptogenesis processes while maintaining human neoteny. The use of immunocompetent mice as host species allows us to investigate further neuropathological conditions making use of all of the engineered mouse models already available. MDPI 2023-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC10093207/ /pubmed/37048140 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells12071067 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Llach Pou, Maria
Thiberge, Camille
Van der Zwan, Michiel
Devi Govindan, Annousha
Pons, Stéphanie
Maskos, Uwe
Cloëz-Tayarani, Isabelle
Developmental Changes of Human Neural Progenitor Cells Grafted into the Ventricular System and Prefrontal Cortex of Mouse Brain in Utero
title Developmental Changes of Human Neural Progenitor Cells Grafted into the Ventricular System and Prefrontal Cortex of Mouse Brain in Utero
title_full Developmental Changes of Human Neural Progenitor Cells Grafted into the Ventricular System and Prefrontal Cortex of Mouse Brain in Utero
title_fullStr Developmental Changes of Human Neural Progenitor Cells Grafted into the Ventricular System and Prefrontal Cortex of Mouse Brain in Utero
title_full_unstemmed Developmental Changes of Human Neural Progenitor Cells Grafted into the Ventricular System and Prefrontal Cortex of Mouse Brain in Utero
title_short Developmental Changes of Human Neural Progenitor Cells Grafted into the Ventricular System and Prefrontal Cortex of Mouse Brain in Utero
title_sort developmental changes of human neural progenitor cells grafted into the ventricular system and prefrontal cortex of mouse brain in utero
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10093207/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37048140
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells12071067
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