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Cdk2 Is Dispensable for Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis
Vandenbosch, Renaud; Borgs, Laurence; Beukelaers, Pierre et al.
2007In Cell Cycle, 6 (24), p. 3065-9
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Keywords :
cell cycle; dentate gyrus; adult neurogenesis; cdk2
Abstract :
[en] Granule neurons of the dentate gyrus (DG) of the hippocampus undergo continuous renewal throughout life. Among cell cycle regulators, cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (Cdk2) is considered as a major regulator of S-phase entry. We used Cdk2-deficient mice to decipher the requirement of Cdk2 for the generation of new neurons in the adult hippocampus. The quantification of cell cycle markers first revealed that the lack of Cdk2 activity does not influence spontaneous or seizure-induced proliferation of neural progenitor cells (NPC) in the adult DG. Using bromodeoxyuridine incorporation assays, we showed that the number of mature newborn granule neurons generated de novo was similar in both wild-type (WT) and Cdk2-deficient adult mice. Moreover, the apparent lack of cell output reduction in Cdk2(-/-) mice DG did not result from a reduction in apoptosis of newborn granule cells as analyzed by TUNEL assays. Our results therefore suggest that Cdk2 is dispensable for NPC proliferation, differentiation and survival of adult-born DG granule neurons in vivo. These data emphasize that functional redundancies between Cdks also occur in the adult brain at the level of neural progenitor cell cycle regulation during hippocampal neurogenesis.
Disciplines :
Life sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Biochemistry, biophysics & molecular biology
Author, co-author :
Vandenbosch, Renaud  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > CNCM/ Centre fac. de rech. en neurobiologie cell. et moléc.
Borgs, Laurence ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > CNCM/ Centre fac. de rech. en neurobiologie cell. et moléc.
Beukelaers, Pierre ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > CNCM/ Centre fac. de rech. en neurobiologie cell. et moléc.
Foidart, Agnès ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Services généraux (Faculté de médecine) > Service administratif de la Faculté (Médecine)
Nguyen, Laurent  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Neurologie
Moonen, Gustave  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Neurologie - Doyen de la Faculté de Médecine
Berthet, Cyril;  National Cancer Institute (Maryland USA)
Kaldis, Philipp;  National Cancer Institute (Maryland USA)
Gallo, Vittorio;  Children's National Medical Center (USA) > Center for Neuroscience Research
Belachew, Shibeshih ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Neurologie
Malgrange, Brigitte  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > CNCM/ Centre fac. de rech. en neurobiologie cell. et moléc.
Language :
English
Title :
Cdk2 Is Dispensable for Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis
Publication date :
December 2007
Journal title :
Cell Cycle
ISSN :
1538-4101
eISSN :
1551-4005
Publisher :
Landes Bioscience, United States - Texas
Volume :
6
Issue :
24
Pages :
3065-9
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]
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