Relief of hypoxia by angiogenesis promotes neural stem cell differentiation by targeting glycolysis |
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| Authors: | Christian Lange Miguel Turrero Garcia Ilaria Decimo Francesco Bifari Guy Eelen Annelies Quaegebeur Ruben Boon Hui Zhao Bram Boeckx Junlei Chang Christine Wu Ferdinand Le Noble Diether Lambrechts Mieke Dewerchin Calvin J Kuo Wieland B Huttner Peter Carmeliet |
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| Institution: | 1. Laboratory of Angiogenesis and Neurovascular Link, Vesalius Research Center, VIB, Leuven, Belgium;2. Laboratory of Angiogenesis and Neurovascular Link, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium;3. Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany;4. Laboratory of Translational Genetics, Vesalius Research Center, VIB, Leuven, Belgium;5. Laboratory of Translational Genetics, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium;6. Department of Medicine, Hematology Division, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA;7. Angiogenesis and Cardiovascular Pathology, Max‐Delbrück‐Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany;8. Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Blood vessels are part of the stem cell niche in the developing cerebral cortex, but their in vivo role in controlling the expansion and differentiation of neural stem cells (NSCs) in development has not been studied. Here, we report that relief of hypoxia in the developing cerebral cortex by ingrowth of blood vessels temporo‐spatially coincided with NSC differentiation. Selective perturbation of brain angiogenesis in vessel‐specific Gpr124 null embryos, which prevented the relief from hypoxia, increased NSC expansion at the expense of differentiation. Conversely, exposure to increased oxygen levels rescued NSC differentiation in Gpr124 null embryos and increased it further in WT embryos, suggesting that niche blood vessels regulate NSC differentiation at least in part by providing oxygen. Consistent herewith, hypoxia‐inducible factor (HIF)‐1α levels controlled the switch of NSC expansion to differentiation. Finally, we provide evidence that high glycolytic activity of NSCs is required to prevent their precocious differentiation in vivo. Thus, blood vessel function is required for efficient NSC differentiation in the developing cerebral cortex by providing oxygen and possibly regulating NSC metabolism. |
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| Keywords: | hypoxia neural stem cell neurogenesis stem cell metabolism vascular niche |
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