Spinal cord injury induces astroglial conversion towards neuronal lineage

Harun Najib Noristani 1, 2 Jean Charles Sabourin 3 Hassan Boukhaddaoui 2 Emilie Chan-Seng 4, 3 Yannick Nicolas Gerber 1 Florence Evelyne Perrin 1, 2, 3, *
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1 MMDN - Mécanismes moléculaires dans les démences neurodégénératives
2 INM - Institut des Neurosciences de Montpellier - Déficits sensoriels et moteurs
3 Science and Neuroscience Department [Bilbao, Spain]
4 Service de Neurochirurgie [Montpellier]
Abstract : AbstractBackgroundNeurons have intrinsic capability to regenerate after lesion, though not spontaneously. Spinal cord injury (SCI) causes permanent neurological impairments partly due to formation of a glial scar that is composed of astrocytes and microglia. Astrocytes play both beneficial and detrimental roles on axonal re-growth, however, their precise role after SCI is currently under debate.MethodsWe analyzed molecular changes in astrocytes at multiple stages after two SCI severities using cell-specific transcriptomic analyses.ResultsWe demonstrate that astrocyte response after injury depends on both time after injury and lesion severity. We then establish that injury induces an autologous astroglial transdifferentiation where over 10 % of astrocytes express classical neuronal progenitor markers including βIII-tubulin and doublecortin with typical immature neuronal morphology. Lineage tracing confirmed that the origin of these astrocytes is resident mature, rather than newly formed astrocytes. Astrocyte-derived neuronal progenitors subsequently express GABAergic, but not glutamatergic-specific markers. Furthermore, we have identified the neural stem cell marker fibroblast growth factor receptor 4 (Fgfr4) as a potential autologous modulator of astrocytic transdifferentiation following SCI. Finally, we establish that astroglial transdifferentiation into neuronal progenitors starts as early as 72 h and continues to a lower degrees up to 6 weeks post-lesion.ConclusionWe thus demonstrate for the first time autologous injury-induced astroglial conversion towards neuronal lineage that may represent a therapeutic strategy to replace neuronal loss and improve functional outcomes after central nervous system injury.
Keywords : Cell specific transcriptomic Spinal cord injury Astrocytes Astrogliosis Transdifferentiation
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Molecular Neurodegeneration, BioMed Central, 2016, 11 (1), pp.68. 〈10.1186/s13024-016-0133-0〉
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Harun Najib Noristani, Jean Charles Sabourin, Hassan Boukhaddaoui, Emilie Chan-Seng, Yannick Nicolas Gerber, et al.. Spinal cord injury induces astroglial conversion towards neuronal lineage. Molecular Neurodegeneration, BioMed Central, 2016, 11 (1), pp.68. 〈10.1186/s13024-016-0133-0〉. 〈inserm-01376950〉

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