Advanced Science (May 2021)

Temporarily Epigenetic Repression in Bergmann Glia Regulates the Migration of Granule Cells

  • Shaoxuan Chen,
  • Kunkun Zhang,
  • Boxin Zhang,
  • Mengyun Jiang,
  • Xue Zhang,
  • Yi Guo,
  • Yingying Yu,
  • Tianyu Qin,
  • Hongda Li,
  • Qiang Chen,
  • Zhiyu Cai,
  • Site Luo,
  • Yi Huang,
  • Jin Hu,
  • Wei Mo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202003164
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 10
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

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Abstract Forming tight interaction with both Purkinje and granule cells (GCs), Bergmann glia (BG) are essential for cerebellar morphogenesis and neuronal homeostasis. However, how BG act in this process is unclear without comprehensive transcriptome landscape of BG. Here, high temporal‐resolution investigation of transcriptomes with FACS‐sorted BG revealed the dynamic expression of genes within given functions and pathways enabled BG to assist neural migration and construct neuron‐glia network. It is found that the peak time of GCs migration (P7‐10) strikingly coincides with the downregulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) related genes, and the disruption of which by Setdb1 ablation at P7‐10 in BG leads to significant migration defect of GCs emphasizing the criticality of Nfix‐Setdb1 mediated H3K9me3 repressive complex for the precise regulation of GCs migration in vivo. Thus, BG's transcriptomic landscapes offer an insight into the mechanism by which BG are in depth integrated in cerebellar neural network.

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