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De novo DNA methylation controls neuronal maturation during adult hippocampal neurogenesis
Adult neurogenesis enables the life‐long addition of functional neurons to the hippocampus and is regulated by both cell‐intrinsic molecular programs and behavioral activity. De novo DNA methylation is crucial for embryonic brain development, but its role during adult hippocampal neurogenesis has re...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8441477/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34337766 http://dx.doi.org/10.15252/embj.2020107100 |
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author | Zocher, Sara Overall, Rupert W Berdugo‐Vega, Gabriel Rund, Nicole Karasinsky, Anne Adusumilli, Vijay S Steinhauer, Christina Scheibenstock, Sina Händler, Kristian Schultze, Joachim L Calegari, Federico Kempermann, Gerd |
author_facet | Zocher, Sara Overall, Rupert W Berdugo‐Vega, Gabriel Rund, Nicole Karasinsky, Anne Adusumilli, Vijay S Steinhauer, Christina Scheibenstock, Sina Händler, Kristian Schultze, Joachim L Calegari, Federico Kempermann, Gerd |
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description | Adult neurogenesis enables the life‐long addition of functional neurons to the hippocampus and is regulated by both cell‐intrinsic molecular programs and behavioral activity. De novo DNA methylation is crucial for embryonic brain development, but its role during adult hippocampal neurogenesis has remained unknown. Here, we show that de novo DNA methylation is critical for maturation and functional integration of adult‐born neurons in the mouse hippocampus. Bisulfite sequencing revealed that de novo DNA methyltransferases target neuronal enhancers and gene bodies during adult hippocampal neural stem cell differentiation, to establish neuronal methylomes and facilitate transcriptional up‐regulation of neuronal genes. Inducible deletion of both de novo DNA methyltransferases Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b in adult neural stem cells did not affect proliferation or fate specification, but specifically impaired dendritic outgrowth and synaptogenesis of newborn neurons, thereby hampering their functional maturation. Consequently, abolishing de novo DNA methylation modulated activation patterns in the hippocampal circuitry and caused specific deficits in hippocampus‐dependent learning and memory. Our results demonstrate that proper establishment of neuronal methylomes during adult neurogenesis is fundamental for hippocampal function. |
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spelling | pubmed-84414772021-09-27 De novo DNA methylation controls neuronal maturation during adult hippocampal neurogenesis Zocher, Sara Overall, Rupert W Berdugo‐Vega, Gabriel Rund, Nicole Karasinsky, Anne Adusumilli, Vijay S Steinhauer, Christina Scheibenstock, Sina Händler, Kristian Schultze, Joachim L Calegari, Federico Kempermann, Gerd EMBO J Articles Adult neurogenesis enables the life‐long addition of functional neurons to the hippocampus and is regulated by both cell‐intrinsic molecular programs and behavioral activity. De novo DNA methylation is crucial for embryonic brain development, but its role during adult hippocampal neurogenesis has remained unknown. Here, we show that de novo DNA methylation is critical for maturation and functional integration of adult‐born neurons in the mouse hippocampus. Bisulfite sequencing revealed that de novo DNA methyltransferases target neuronal enhancers and gene bodies during adult hippocampal neural stem cell differentiation, to establish neuronal methylomes and facilitate transcriptional up‐regulation of neuronal genes. Inducible deletion of both de novo DNA methyltransferases Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b in adult neural stem cells did not affect proliferation or fate specification, but specifically impaired dendritic outgrowth and synaptogenesis of newborn neurons, thereby hampering their functional maturation. Consequently, abolishing de novo DNA methylation modulated activation patterns in the hippocampal circuitry and caused specific deficits in hippocampus‐dependent learning and memory. Our results demonstrate that proper establishment of neuronal methylomes during adult neurogenesis is fundamental for hippocampal function. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-08-02 2021-09-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8441477/ /pubmed/34337766 http://dx.doi.org/10.15252/embj.2020107100 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Published under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Articles Zocher, Sara Overall, Rupert W Berdugo‐Vega, Gabriel Rund, Nicole Karasinsky, Anne Adusumilli, Vijay S Steinhauer, Christina Scheibenstock, Sina Händler, Kristian Schultze, Joachim L Calegari, Federico Kempermann, Gerd De novo DNA methylation controls neuronal maturation during adult hippocampal neurogenesis |
title | De novo DNA methylation controls neuronal maturation during adult hippocampal neurogenesis |
title_full | De novo DNA methylation controls neuronal maturation during adult hippocampal neurogenesis |
title_fullStr | De novo DNA methylation controls neuronal maturation during adult hippocampal neurogenesis |
title_full_unstemmed | De novo DNA methylation controls neuronal maturation during adult hippocampal neurogenesis |
title_short | De novo DNA methylation controls neuronal maturation during adult hippocampal neurogenesis |
title_sort | de novo dna methylation controls neuronal maturation during adult hippocampal neurogenesis |
topic | Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8441477/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34337766 http://dx.doi.org/10.15252/embj.2020107100 |
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