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Altered neuronal migratory trajectories in human cerebral organoids derived from individuals with neuronal heterotopia.
Nat. Med. 25, 561–568 (2019)
Malformations of the human cortex represent a major cause of disability1. Mouse models with mutations in known causal genes only partially recapitulate the phenotypes and are therefore not unlimitedly suited for understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms responsible for these conditions(2). Here we study periventricular heterotopia (PH) by analyzing cerebral organoids derived from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) of patients with mutations in the cadherin receptor-ligand pair DCHS1 and FAT4 or from isogenic knockout (KO) lines(1,3). Our results show that human cerebral organoids reproduce the cortical heterotopia associated with PH. Mutations in DCHS1 and FAT4 or knockdown of their expression causes changes in the morphology of neural progenitor cells and result in defective neuronal migration dynamics only in a subset of neurons. Single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) data reveal a subpopulation of mutant neurons with dysregulated genes involved in axon guidance, neuronal migration and patterning. We suggest that defective neural progenitor cell (NPC) morphology and an altered navigation system in a subset of neurons underlie this form of PH.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
Nodular Heterotopia; Read Alignment; Isoform
ISSN (print) / ISBN
1078-8956
e-ISSN
1546-170X
Journal
Nature medicine
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Volume: 25,
Issue: 4,
Pages: 561–568
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Publishing Place
New York, NY
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Peer reviewed
Institute(s)
Institute of Stem Cell Research (ISF)