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Lecture 7 (3b) The Development of the Nervous System Flashcards

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Overview

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  1. generation of neural stem cells in a single layer
  2. each stem cell produces a specific part of nerual tissue
    3.identify target cells and form synapses
    form networks
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Neurogenesis can be subdivided into 4 processes

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  1. generation of neural stem cells
  2. establishment of neural stem cell indentity
  3. differentiation of neural precursors
  4. establishment of neuronal networks
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The regions that will give rise to the different parts of the embryo are

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already determined at the blastoderm stage

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The neural cells move into the

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embryo

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The ventral nerve cord is

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simpler than the brain

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The ectoderm forms

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ventral stem cells and makes skin cells

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In order to generate all the different cell types of the nervous system, cells go through different stages of development

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  • competence
  • specification
  • determination
  • differentiation
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Neural epithelium goes from a single layer

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to the neural and skin cells

• have to make competent with specific signals (proneural genes in scattered clusters)

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Competence =

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proneural genes expressed in clusters

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Competence

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all the cells in the neuroectoderm can also become neural cells if they are exposed to the appropriate combination of signals

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The appropriate signals that lets the cells in neuroectoderm become neural cells

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proneural genes

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Proneural gens are required for

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neural stem cell (neuroblast) formation

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Proneural genes belong to 2 gene families

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  • Achaete-scutefamily

* Atonal family

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Achaete v Atonal

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  • achaete - present and expressed

* atonal - more imporant for peripheral nervous system

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Proneural proteins are

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bHLH transcription factors

- bind to DNA

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Proneural genes are essential for

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the formation of the nervous system and sensory organ formation

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Pronerual mutant

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2 of proneural genes is effected

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Proneural double mutant

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double number = barely any nervous system

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Sensory organs

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peripheral nervous system
• flies have sensory bristles with a sensory neuron inside
• proneural mutant = no bristles

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Specification

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cells have received the appropriate signals (expression of proneural genes) to become neural cells
• progression along the neural differentiation pathway can still be repressed by other signals

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Cometent cells

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express proneural genes

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Specification

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only 1 cell of the cluster is turned into neural stem cells by neurogenic genes
• some become skin cells (binary decision pathway)
• neurogenic genes see that enough cells left for epidermis
–difficult to restrict to 1 cell to neural stem cell

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The antagonistic signal

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neurogenic genes restrict proneural gene expression to a single cell
• proneural genes - essesntial for neuroblast formation
• neurogenic genes - restrict the number of neuroblasts
–decision bettween between epidermal and neural fate

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Mutant neurogenic gene

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the whole cluster of neural stem cells

  • -> embryos die at embryogenesis
    • lots of nervous no skin in periphery = more sensory bristles
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The neurogenic genes that are transmembrane proteins

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Notch and Delta
• intra, trans, and extra cellular receptors
• communicate so notch receptor and delta ligand come together
• don’t diffuse far so must be neighboring = cluster

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There is only 1 neuroblast in a cluster of

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epidermoblasts

• differ in amount of proneural

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Model for interaction of proneural and neurogenic genes

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only 1 neuroblast in a cluster of epidermoblast
• differ in amount of proneural

• transcription factors switch on Delta ligands and binds to Notch recpetors on neighbor
–> neighbor not able to make neuroblast
• enhancers esp with negative effect on Delta
= FEEDBACK LOOP

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Notch signalling inactive

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proneural gene expression high

–neuroblast

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Notch signalling active

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proneural gene expression low

– epidermoblast

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Determination

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  • no longer responds to Notch signalling

* neuroblasts in fixed positions in neural ectoderm (ventral)

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Differentiatin definiton

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cells have entered the neural differentiation pathway and will become neural cells even int he presence of inhibitory signals
(neurogenic genes)

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Neuroblasts delaminate from the neuroectoderm region their

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determination

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Neuroblasts produce

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ganglion mother cells (GMC)

• self renew because uneven division

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Asymmetric cell division =

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asymmetric division of neural cell fate determinants
• basal complex - inside
• apical complex - outside

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Par is in all

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asymmetric

• organize asymmetric division

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Neural cell fate determinants are localized to the

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ganglion mother cell
• Miranda = protein binding protein
• mitotic spindle rotates
• 1 cell gets all neural cells, 1 protects

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Divide asymmetrical –>

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1 can become another kind of neural cell

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Neural stem cells only give rise to

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cells of the neural system

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Early born neurons form the

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deepest layers of the central nervous system

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Neural stem cells

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  • self-renewing capacity
  • asymmetric cell division
  • pluripotent (capable of giving rise to many different cell types)
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In all bilaterians the neural progenitors of the central nervous system arise from

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a single-layered neuroectoderm
• dorsal neural plate –> neural cells only (no epiderm)
(drosophila has a ventral nervous system)

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Neurulation

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the neural plate folds into a tube

• in contrast to Drosophila, all cells become neural cells in vertebrates

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Different types of neural stem cells are generated in the

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neuroectoderm
neuroepithelium = aka = neuroepithelium
• tube-like structure inside –> nervous system

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Radial glial cells

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long, thin processes
• different layers of the brain
– are actually stem cells - give rise to neurons
• radial and glial attached to basal and apical
• basal - not attached to apical

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Neuroepithial and radial glial cells divide at the

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apical surface

• interkinetic movements of the nuclei

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Multiple layers

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  • brain multi-layered

* spinal cord is not multi-layered

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Asymmetric division –>

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neural epithelium looks multi-layered bc nuclei move up and down - in the spinal cord
(everywhere but brain)

(symmetrical –> more stem cells, post mitotic neurons)

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The post mitotic neurons migrate out of the

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ventriclar zone

and establish the distinct brain layers

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The brain has

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layers
• active migrations if neurons to deeper
–> layers of the brain

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Despite the different morphologies, conserved genes are expressed during

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neurogenesis in vertebrates
• proneural genes: eg achaete-scute homologues, members of the Atonal family (Atonal genes, neurogenins)
• neuronic genes: members of the Notch signalling pathway

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Proneual genes

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  • achaete-scute homologues

* members of the Atonal family (Atonal genes, neurogenins)

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Neurogenic genes

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members of the Notch signalling pathway

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Members of the Atonal family only after

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establishment of neural stem cells

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Neurogenin is expressed in

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broad stripes in the neural plate of Xenopus

• Neurogenin is in more cells than NeuroD

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Notch signalling keeps

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neural precursors in the epithelium

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The neural plate is all

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neural cells
• Notch keeps some cells from becoming neural stem cells
• not the case in vertebrates
- need ordered production of neurons bc fate of neurons depends on the time formed

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Notch signalling has an additional function in vertebrates

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Notch signalling is necessary for maintaining the neural stem cell pool
• Notch restricts the number of neural stem cells that make neurons

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Proneural genes have different/additional functions in vertebrates/mammals

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  • proneural genes promote the generation of neurons
  • also suppresses the formation of glial cells (astrocytes) in mammals
  • required for the delamination and migration of neurons
  • promote cell cycle exit
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In mammals proneural genes

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suppress astroglial differentiation and promote neural development

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Proneural gene function is required for

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delamination and migration

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In conrast to Drosophila, proneural genes promote

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cell cycle exit in vertebrates

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Proneural and neurogenic genes are conserved in vertebrates and invertebrates, but these genes have

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partially different/additional functions

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2 main processes contribute to the generation of neural diversity

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  • spatial patterning

* temporal regulation of formation

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In vertebrates - in some cases the identity of a neuron can be influenced

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a) as it migrates to its final position

b) after innervation of its target tissue

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Regional subdivision of ventral neuroctoderm

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D V
P

makes a grid of MR IR LR

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Each neuroblast expresses a different subset of

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segment polarity and dorso-ventral patterning genes

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The dorso-ventral patterning genes are

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conserved in vertebrates

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Temporal identity genes establish

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diversity among the progeny of individual neuroblasts

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Similar to drosophila, there is a strong link between

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time of formation and neural identity
• neurons are generated first followed by astrocytes and oligodendrocytes
• ventral motorneurons are born first followed by dorsal interneurons
• the ability of the neural stem cells to produce diverse neural cell types becomes restricted over time

–> Notch signalling and additional factors

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Neurons are generated first followed by

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astrocytes and oligodendrocytes

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Ventral motorneurons are born first followed by

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dorsal interneurons

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The ability of the neural stem cells to produce diverse neural cell types

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becomes restricted over time

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Neuronal subtype identity genes are expressed

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in response to the spatial and temporal identity cues

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In all bilaterians, neural stem cells are generated

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in a single layered neuroepithelium

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Proneural genes specify

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neural stem cells

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Neurogenic genes restrict the number of

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neural stem cells

77
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Spatial and temporal identity mechanisms establish the identity of

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individual neural stem cells and their progeny

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