Human neurogenesis is altered via glucocorticoid-mediated regulation of<i>ZBTB16</i>expression

Glucocorticoids are important for proper organ maturation and their levels are tightly regulated during development. Here we use human cerebral organoids and mice to study cell-type specific effects of glucocorticoids on neurogenesis. We show that glucocorticoids increase a specific type of basal progenitors (co-expressing PAX6 and EOMES) that has been shown to drive cortical expansion in gyrified species. This effect is mediated via the transcription factorZBTB16and leads to increased production of neurons. A phenome-wide mendelian randomization analysis of an enhancer variant that moderates glucocorticoid-inducedZBTB16levels, reveals causal relationships with higher educational attainment and altered brain structure. The relationship with postnatal cognition is supported by data from a prospective pregnancy cohort. This study provides a novel cellular and molecular pathway for the effects of glucocorticoids on human neurogenesis that relates to lasting postnatal phenotypes..

Medienart:

Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

bioRxiv.org - (2023) vom: 12. Juli Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Krontira, Anthi C. [VerfasserIn]
Cruceanu, Cristiana [VerfasserIn]
Dony, Leander [VerfasserIn]
Kyrousi, Christina [VerfasserIn]
Link, Marie Helen [VerfasserIn]
Kappelmann, Nils [VerfasserIn]
Poehlchen, Dorothee [VerfasserIn]
Raimundo, Catarina [VerfasserIn]
Penner-Goeke, Signe [VerfasserIn]
Schowe, Alicia [VerfasserIn]
Czamara, Darina [VerfasserIn]
Lahti-Pulkkinen, Marius [VerfasserIn]
Sammallahti, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Wolford, Elina [VerfasserIn]
Heinonen, Kati [VerfasserIn]
Roeh, Simone [VerfasserIn]
Sportelli, Vincenza [VerfasserIn]
Woelfel, Barbara [VerfasserIn]
Koedel, Maik [VerfasserIn]
Sauer, Susann [VerfasserIn]
Rex-Haffner, Monika [VerfasserIn]
Raikkonen, Katri [VerfasserIn]
Labeur, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Cappello, Silvia [VerfasserIn]
Binder, Elisabeth B. [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

570
Biology

doi:

10.1101/2022.08.21.504700

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

XBI036978965