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  • Lzts1 controls both neuronal delamination and outer radial glial-like cell generation during mammalian cerebral development.

Lzts1 controls both neuronal delamination and outer radial glial-like cell generation during mammalian cerebral development.

Nature communications (2019-06-27)
T Kawaue, A Shitamukai, A Nagasaka, Y Tsunekawa, T Shinoda, K Saito, R Terada, M Bilgic, T Miyata, F Matsuzaki, A Kawaguchi
ABSTRACT

In the developing central nervous system, cell departure from the apical surface is the initial and fundamental step to form the 3D, organized architecture. Both delamination of differentiating cells and repositioning of progenitors to generate outer radial glial cells (oRGs) contribute to mammalian neocortical expansion; however, a comprehensive understanding of their mechanisms is lacking. Here, we demonstrate that Lzts1, a molecule associated with microtubule components, promotes both cell departure events. In neuronally committed cells, Lzts1 functions in apical delamination by altering apical junctional organization. In apical RGs (aRGs), Lzts1 expression is variable, depending on Hes1 expression levels. According to its differential levels, Lzts1 induces diverse RG behaviors: planar division, oblique divisions of aRGs that generate oRGs, and their mitotic somal translocation. Loss-of-function of lzts1 impairs all these cell departure processes. Thus, Lzts1 functions as a master modulator of cellular dynamics, contributing to increasing complexity of the cerebral architecture during evolution.

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