Disruption of neural progenitors along the ventricular and subventricular zones in periventricular heterotopia

Russell J. Ferland, Luis Federico Batiz, Jason Neal, Gewei Lian, Elizabeth Bundock, Jie Lu, Yi Chun Hsiao, Rachel Diamond, Davide Mei, Alison H. Banham, Philip J. Brown, Charles R. Vanderburg, Jeffrey Joseph, Jonathan L. Hecht, Rebecca Folkerth, Renzo Guerrini, Christopher A. Walsh, Esteban M. Rodriguez, Volney L. Sheen*

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Periventricular heterotopia (PH) is a disorder characterized by neuronal nodules, ectopically positioned along the lateral ventricles of the cerebral cortex. Mutations in either of two human genes, Filamin A (FLNA) or ADP-ribosylation factor guanine exchange factor 2 (ARFGEF2), cause PH (Fox et al. in 'Mutations in filamin 1 prevent migration of cerebral cortical neurons in human periventricular heterotopia'. Neuron, 21, 1315-1325, 1998; Sheen et al. in 'Mutations in ARFGEF2 implicate vesicle trafficking in neural progenitor proliferation and migration in the human cerebral cortex'. Nat. Genet., 36, 69-76, 2004). Recent studies have shown that mutations in mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase-4 (Mekk4), an indirect interactor with FlnA, also lead to periventricular nodule formation in mice (Sarkisian et al. in 'MEKK4 signaling regulates filamin expression and neuronal migration'. Neuron, 52, 789-801, 2006). Here we show that neurons in post-mortem human PH brains migrated appropriately into the cortex, that periventricular nodules were primarily composed of later-born neurons, and that the neuroependyma was disrupted in all PH cases. As studied in the mouse, loss of FlnA or Big2 function in neural precursors impaired neuronal migration from the germinal zone, disrupted cell adhesion and compromised neuroepithelial integrity. Finally, the hydrocephalus with hop gait (hyh) mouse, which harbors a mutation in Napa [encoding N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein alpha (α-SNAP)], also develops a progressive denudation of the neuroepithelium, leading to periventicular nodule formation. Previous studies have shown that Arfgef2 and Napa direct vesicle trafficking and fusion, whereas FlnA associates dynamically with the Golgi membranes during budding and trafficking of transport vesicles. Our current findings suggest that PH formation arises from a final common pathway involving disruption of vesicle trafficking, leading to impaired cell adhesion and loss of neuroependymal integrity.

Idioma originalInglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)497-516
Número de páginas20
PublicaciónHuman Molecular Genetics
Volumen18
N.º3
DOI
EstadoPublicada - 2009
Publicado de forma externa

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