Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Lgl1 controls NG2 endocytic pathway to regulate oligodendrocyte differentiation and asymmetric cell division and gliomagenesis

  • Mathieu Daynac,
  • Malek Chouchane,
  • Hannah Y. Collins,
  • Nicole E. Murphy,
  • Noemi Andor,
  • Jianqin Niu,
  • Stephen P. J. Fancy,
  • William B. Stallcup,
  • Claudia K. Petritsch

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05099-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) undergo asymmetric cell division, and disruption of such mechanism can generate oligodendroglioma precursors. Here, Daynac and colleagues show that Lgl1 regulates asymmetric division and differentiation of OPCs by interfering with the endocytosis pathway, and that Lgl1 knockout can lead to gliomagenesis.