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Cerebral Cortex 2005 15(9):1343-1355; doi:10.1093/cercor/bhi017
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Overexpression of p27Kip1, Probability of Cell Cycle Exit, and Laminar Destination of Neocortical Neurons

T. Tarui1, T. Takahashi1,2, R.S. Nowakowski3, N.L. Hayes3, P.G. Bhide1 and V.S. Caviness1

1 Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA, 2 Pediatrics, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan and 3 Neuroscience & Cell Biology, UMDNJ-RWJ Medical School, Piscataway, NJ, USA

Address correspondence to Verne S. Caviness, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, VBK-901, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Email: caviness{at}helix.mgh.harvard.edu

Neocortical projection neurons arise from a pseudostratified ventricular epithelium (PVE) from embryonic day 11 (E11) to E17 in mice. The sequence of neuron origin is systematically related to mechanisms that specify neuronal class properties including laminar fate destination. Thus, the neurons to be assembled into the deeper layers are the earliest generated, while those to be assembled into superficial layers are the later generated neurons. The sequence of neuron origin also correlates with the probability of cell cycle exit (Q) and the duration of G1-phase of the cell cycle (TG1) in the PVE. Both Q and TG1 increase as neuronogenesis proceeds. We test the hypothesis that mechanisms regulating specification of neuronal laminar destination, Q and TG1 are coordinately regulated. We find that overexpression of p27Kip1 in the PVE from E12 to E14 increases Q but not TG1 and that the increased Q is associated with a commensurate increase in the proportion of exiting cells that is directed to superficial layers. We conclude that mechanisms that govern specification of neocortical neuronal laminar destination are coordinately regulated with mechanisms that regulate Q and are independent of mechanisms regulatory to cell cycle duration. Moreover, they operate prior to postproliferative mechanisms necessary to neocortical laminar assembly.

Key Words: cell cycle • cell specification • neurogenesis • p27Kip1 • tet-system


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