Journal
CEREBRAL CORTEX
Volume 22, Issue 7, Pages 1510-1519Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhr215
Keywords
adhesion; dendritic arborization; in utero electroporation; repulsion; self-avoidance
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- Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2009ZX09501-030]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30430260, 31030034]
- Tongji University
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Self-avoidance is a mechanism by which dendrites from the same neuron repel one another in order to establish uniform coverage of the dendritic field. The importance of self-avoidance for the development of complex arborization patterns has been highlighted by studies of Drosophila sensory and mouse retinal neurons. However, it is unclear whether branch patterning in the mammalian central nervous system is also governed by this strategy. We reduced Satb2 expression in a population of layer II/III pyramidal neurons in vivo by RNA interference and found that the somas of Satb2-deficient neurons clumped together, and their dendrites failed to expand laterally but instead formed fascicles. Furthermore, experiments showed that reducing Satb2 caused the adhesion of not only neighboring Satb2-deficient neurons but also neighboring wild-type neurons. Our results indicate a cell autonomous and non-cell autonomous role for Satb2 in regulating the adhesive and/or repulsive properties of cerebral pyramidal neurons.
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