Abstract
Human glial progenitor cells (hGPCs) exhibit diminished expansion competence with age, as well as after recurrent demyelination. Using RNA-sequencing to compare the gene expression of fetal and adult hGPCs, we identify age-related changes in transcription consistent with the repression of genes enabling mitotic expansion, concurrent with the onset of aging-associated transcriptional programs. Adult hGPCs develop a repressive transcription factor network centered on MYC, and regulated by ZNF274, MAX, IKZF3, and E2F6. Individual over-expression of these factors in iPSC-derived hGPCs lead to a loss of proliferative gene expression and an induction of mitotic senescence, replicating the transcriptional changes incurred during glial aging. miRNA profiling identifies the appearance of an adult-selective miRNA signature, imposing further constraints on the expansion competence of aged GPCs. hGPC aging is thus associated with acquisition of a MYC-repressive environment, suggesting that suppression of these repressors of glial expansion may permit the rejuvenation of aged hGPCs.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Artikelnummer | 3873 |
Tidsskrift | Nature Communications |
Vol/bind | 15 |
Udgave nummer | 1 |
Antal sider | 19 |
ISSN | 2041-1723 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 2024 |
Bibliografisk note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the Adelson Medical Research Foundation, and NIH grants R01NS110776 and R01AG072298 to S.G, as well as by CNS2, Inc., and by a Novo Nordisk Foundation grant to P.M. We thank Roman Lu\u0161trik (Genialis) for assistance in deploying the Shiny app, and Lorenz Studer (Memorial Sloan-Kettering) for his generous provision of the C27 hiPS cells.
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