Progenitors from the postnatal forebrain subventricular zone differentiate into cerebellar-like interneurons and cerebellar-specific astrocytes upon transplantation. Milosevic, A., Noctor, S. C, Martinez-Cerdeno, V., Kriegstein, A. R, & Goldman, J. E Mol Cell Neurosci, 39(3):324–334, July, 2008.
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Forebrain subventricular zone (SVZ) progenitor cells give rise to glia and olfactory bulb interneurons during early postnatal life in rats. We investigated the potential of SVZ cells to alter their fate by transplanting them into a heterotypic neurogenic and gliogenic environment-the cerebellum. Transplanted cells were examined 1 to 7 weeks and 6 months post transplantation. Forebrain progenitors populated the cerebellum and differentiated into oligodendrocytes, cerebellar-specific Bergmann glia and velate astrocytes, and neurons. The transplanted cells that differentiated into neurons maintained an interneuronal fate: they were GABA-positive, expressed interneuronal markers, such as calretinin, and exhibited membrane properties that are characteristic of interneurons. However, the transplanted interneurons lost the expression of the olfactory bulb transcription factors Tbr2 and Dlx1, and acquired a cerebellar-like morphology. Forebrain SVZ progenitors thus have the potential to adapt to a new environment and integrate into diverse regions, and may be a useful tool in transplantation strategies.
@ARTICLE{Milosevic2008-if,
  title    = "Progenitors from the postnatal forebrain subventricular zone
              differentiate into cerebellar-like interneurons and
              cerebellar-specific astrocytes upon transplantation",
  author   = "Milosevic, Ana and Noctor, Stephen C and Martinez-Cerdeno,
              Veronica and Kriegstein, Arnold R and Goldman, James E",
  abstract = "Forebrain subventricular zone (SVZ) progenitor cells give rise to
              glia and olfactory bulb interneurons during early postnatal life
              in rats. We investigated the potential of SVZ cells to alter
              their fate by transplanting them into a heterotypic neurogenic
              and gliogenic environment-the cerebellum. Transplanted cells were
              examined 1 to 7 weeks and 6 months post transplantation.
              Forebrain progenitors populated the cerebellum and differentiated
              into oligodendrocytes, cerebellar-specific Bergmann glia and
              velate astrocytes, and neurons. The transplanted cells that
              differentiated into neurons maintained an interneuronal fate:
              they were GABA-positive, expressed interneuronal markers, such as
              calretinin, and exhibited membrane properties that are
              characteristic of interneurons. However, the transplanted
              interneurons lost the expression of the olfactory bulb
              transcription factors Tbr2 and Dlx1, and acquired a
              cerebellar-like morphology. Forebrain SVZ progenitors thus have
              the potential to adapt to a new environment and integrate into
              diverse regions, and may be a useful tool in transplantation
              strategies.",
  journal  = "Mol Cell Neurosci",
  volume   =  39,
  number   =  3,
  pages    = "324--334",
  month    =  jul,
  year     =  2008,
  language = "en"
}

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