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- Title
Hydrocephalus in Nfix −/− Mice Is Underpinned by Changes in Ependymal Cell Physiology.
- Authors
Harkins, Danyon; Harvey, Tracey J.; Atterton, Cooper; Miller, Ingrid; Currey, Laura; Oishi, Sabrina; Kasherman, Maria; Davila, Raul Ayala; Harris, Lucy; Green, Kathryn; Piper, Hannah; Parton, Robert G.; Thor, Stefan; Cooper, Helen M.; Piper, Michael
- Abstract
Nuclear factor one X (NFIX) is a transcription factor required for normal ependymal development. Constitutive loss of Nfix in mice (Nfix−/−) is associated with hydrocephalus and sloughing of the dorsal ependyma within the lateral ventricles. Previous studies have implicated NFIX in the transcriptional regulation of genes encoding for factors essential to ependymal development. However, the cellular and molecular mechanisms underpinning hydrocephalus in Nfix−/− mice are unknown. To investigate the role of NFIX in hydrocephalus, we examined ependymal cells in brains from postnatal Nfix−/− and control (Nfix+/+) mice using a combination of confocal and electron microscopy. This revealed that the ependymal cells in Nfix−/− mice exhibited abnormal cilia structure and disrupted localisation of adhesion proteins. Furthermore, we modelled ependymal cell adhesion using epithelial cell culture and revealed changes in extracellular matrix and adherens junction gene expression following knockdown of NFIX. Finally, the ablation of Nfix from ependymal cells in the adult brain using a conditional approach culminated in enlarged ventricles, sloughing of ependymal cells from the lateral ventricles and abnormal localisation of adhesion proteins, which are phenotypes observed during development. Collectively, these data demonstrate a pivotal role for NFIX in the regulation of cell adhesion within ependymal cells of the lateral ventricles.
- Subjects
CILIA &; ciliary motion; HYDROCEPHALUS; EPITHELIAL cell culture; ADHERENS junctions; CELLULAR control mechanisms; EXTRACELLULAR matrix; CELL adhesion
- Publication
Cells (2073-4409), 2022, Vol 11, Issue 15, p2377
- ISSN
2073-4409
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/cells11152377