The zinc finger transcription factor Sall1 is required for the early developmental transition of microglia in mouse embryos.
Glia
; 70(9): 1720-1733, 2022 09.
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ABSTRACT
Microglia play many critical roles in neural development. Recent single-cell RNA-sequencing studies have found diversity of microglia both across different stages and within the same stage in the developing brain. However, how such diversity is controlled during development is poorly understood. In this study, we first found the expression of the macrophage mannose receptor CD206 in early-stage embryonic microglia on mouse brain sections. This expression showed a sharp decline between E12.5 and E13.5 across the central nervous system. We next tested the roles of the microglia-expressed zinc finger transcription factor SALL1 in this early transition of gene expression. By deleting Sall1 specifically in microglia, we found that many microglia continued to express CD206 when it is normally downregulated. In addition, the mutant microglia continued to show less ramified morphology in comparison with controls even into postnatal stages. Thus, SALL1 is required for early microglia to transition into a more mature status during development.
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Assunto principal:
Fatores de Transcrição
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Dedos de Zinco
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Microglia
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Regulação da Expressão Gênica no Desenvolvimento
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Neurogênese
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Animals
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En
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Glia
Ano de publicação:
2022
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Article