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TGF-Β Family Signaling in Neural and Neuronal Differentiation, Development, and Function Downloaded from http://cshperspectives.cshlp.org/ on September 29, 2021 - Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press TGF-b Family Signaling in Neural and Neuronal Differentiation, Development, and Function Emily A. Meyers and John A. Kessler Department of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611 Correspondence: [email protected] Signaling by the transforming growth factor b (TGF-b) family is necessary for proper neural development and function throughout life. Sequential waves of activation, inhibition, and reactivation of TGF-b family members regulate numerous elements of the nervous system from the earliest stages of embryogenesis through adulthood. This review discusses the expression, regulation, and function of TGF-b family members in the central nervous system at various developmental stages, beginning with induction and patterning of the nervous system to their importance in the adult as modulators of inflammatory response and involvement in degenerative diseases. he transforming growth factor b (TGF-b) NEURAL INDUCTION Tfamily plays a central role in multiple aspects of nervous system development and function. Formation of the neural plate, the first step in During embryogenesis, TGF-b family members the genesis of the nervous system, is triggered regulate the initial formation of the nervous during gastrulation by signals produced by an system, dorsalization and establishment of ros- organizer region on the dorsal blastophore lip trocaudal boundaries, patterning of the central (Fig. 1) (Spemann and Mangold 1924). These nervous system (CNS), stem-cell lineage com- signals act primarily by inhibiting signaling by mitment to neurons and glia, cell migration and TGF-b family members including bone mor- axon guidance, synaptogenesis, and cell survival phogenetic proteins (BMPs), nodal, and activin (see Table 1). During adulthood, TGF-b family (Hemmati-Brivanlou and Melton 1992, 1994). members modulate inflammatory responses, Noggin, follistatin, and chordin, the first neural influence quiescence in neural stem cells of the inducers that were identified (Hemmati-Bri- hippocampus, and have a role in neurodegen- vanlou et al. 1994; Sasai et al. 1994, 1995), act erative disease. This review will cover the expres- by suppressing BMP signaling (Piccolo et al. sion, regulation and function of TGF-b family 1996; Zimmerman et al. 1996; Fainsod et al. members in the CNS from early development to 1997). Additional BMP antagonists secreted adult life. from the organizer include Cerberus, Gremlin, Editors: Rik Derynck and Kohei Miyazono Additional Perspectives on The Biology of the TGF-b Family available at www.cshperspectives.org Copyright # 2017 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press; all rights reserved; doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a022244 Cite this article as Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2017;9:a022244 1 Downloaded from http://cshperspectives.cshlp.org/ on September 29, 2021 - Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press E.A. Meyers and J.A. Kessler Table 1. Summary of some known actions of transforming growth factor b (TGF-b) family members in the nervous system TGF-b family member Effects of antagonism Synergistic effects BMPs Induction of nervous system Roof plate induction (BMP-4 and BMP-7) Floor plate induction (BMP- Anterior neural tissue specification (BMP-5 and BMP-7) 4 and BMP-7) Dorsoventral patterning of the nervous system (BMP-4, BMP-6, Oligodendrogenesis and BMP-7) (BMP-2/BMP-4) Neurogenesis (BMP-2, BMP-4, and BMP-6) Neurogenesis in olfactory Astrocytogenesis (BMP-2 and BMP-4) epithelium Cholinergic neuron specification (BMP-9) Guidance of commissural axons (BMP-7) Dendritic growth Neuronal migration Induction of neurotrophin dependence Apoptosis of stem/progenitor cells Nodal Induction of nervous system Induction of floor plate Differentiation of hypothalamic neurons Activins Induction of nervous system Specification of rod photo receptors GDFs Neurogenesis in olfactory Specification of dorsal neurons (GDF-7) epithelium (GDF-11) Neurogenesis in olfactory epithelium (GDF-7) Guidance of commissural axons (GDF-7) TGF-bs Microglial activation Neurotrophic for dopaminergic and Purkinje neurons (TGF-b2 (TGF-b1) and TGF-b3) Neuronal differentiation in olfactory epithelium (TGF-b1 and TGF-b2) Differentiation of oligodendrocytes Neuronal migration (TGF-b1 and TGF-b2) Axon elongation (TGF-b1 and TGF-b2) Synaptogenesis Astrogliosis after injury (TGF-b1) Dan, Drm, Coco, and Ogon/Sizzled (sFRP) 2005). Thus, chordin, noggin and follistatin (Wagner and Mullins 2002; Yabe et al. 2003). have redundant functions in the BMP inhibi- Targeted inactivation of any one neural in- tion required for neural formation and pattern- ducer does not prevent formation of the CNS. ing of the embryonic axis. For example, most mice have a normal CNS Nodal antagonists secreted from the orga- after inactivation of the Chordin gene (Bach- nizer are also required to induce neural devel- iller et al. 2000; Anderson et al. 2002), and opment. Although gastrulation is normal after Noggin2/2 mice also have normal gastrulation targeted inactivation of expression of either of and neural plate formation (McMahon et al. the nodal antagonists, Cerberus-like gene or 1998). However, Chordin2/2; Noggin2/2 dou- Lefty1, Cerberus2/2; Lefty12/2double-mutant ble-mutant mouse embryos have a severe neural mice have severe developmental impairment phenotype with a loss of the prosencephalic of the anterior embryo (Perea-Gomez et al. vesicle and lack of anterior notocord, because 2002; Yamamoto et al. 2004). In Xenopus laevis, of ventralization of the mesoderm (Bachiller the asymmetry of nodal signaling is partially et al. 2000). Similarly, antisense oligonucleo- regulated by two microRNAs (miRNAs), miR- tides targeting Noggin, Chordin, and Follistatin 15 and miR-16. These miRNAs are enriched at cause nearly complete loss of the neural plate the ventral side of the embryo and attenuate the in Xenopus tropicalis embryos (Khokha et al. nodal signaling gradient by targeting the nodal 2 Cite this article as Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2017;9:a022244 Downloaded from http://cshperspectives.cshlp.org/ on September 29, 2021 - Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press TGF-b and Neural Development Ectoderm Prospective neural tissue Noggin Chordin Follistatin Cerberus BMP Nodal Dorsal mesoderm Endoderm (organizer) Figure 1. Role of the transforming growth factor-b (TGF-b) family in neural induction. During late gastrulation, the neural tube is specified within ectoderm at the expense of epidermis. Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) and nodal antagonists are secreted by the dorsal mesoderm (organizer) to allow for neural differentiation. BMP, nodal, and their cofactors are secreted from the ventral center to specify prospective epidermis. receptor activin receptor type 2A (ACVR2A, in the dorsal gastrula organizing center (Moos also known as ActRII) (Martello et al. 2007). et al. 1995), causes complete neuralization of the Zebrafish use a different miRNA, miR-430, to ectoderm in Xenopus experiments. Restoring target nodal signaling (Choi et al. 2007). Taken signaling by BMP-2, -4, -7 and/or ADMP in together, these studies identify a fundamental embryos with silenced BMP-2, BMP-4, and role for BMP and nodal signaling in neural in- BMP-7 expression allows for an impressive re- duction and indicate that these families of an- turn of epidermal patterning (Reversade and De tagonists act in a redundant or compensatory Robertis 2005). Further, ADMP competes with manner (Piccolo et al. 1999; Niehrs 2001; Wu nodal for the ACVR2A receptor, which may be a and Hill 2009). method for self-regulation in the organizer Epidermal fate is determined by the expres- (Inui et al. 2012). sion of the BMP-related Decapentaplegic (Dpp) Manipulation of BMP signal transducers in Drosophila and BMP-4 in Xenopus explants and inhibitors of downstream signaling further (Wilson and Hemmati-Brivanlou 1995). Nu- validates their roles in regulation of epidermal merous experimental methods have been used formation. Expression of Smad1 and Smad5, to impair BMP signaling, promoting neural in- along with the BMP target gene Msx1 prevents duction of the epidermis (Hemmati-Brivanlou neuralization in Xenopus animal caps (Suzuki and Melton 1994; Hawley et al. 1995; Sasai et al. et al. 1997a,b; Wilson et al. 1997). Interfering 1995; Wilson and Hemmati-Brivanlou 1995; Xu with inhibitors of BMP signaling, for example, et al. 1995). Targeted silencing experiments for silencing the expression of the BMP decoy re- BMP-2, BMP-4, and BMP-7 in Xenopus indicate ceptor BAMBI, the Smad ubiquitin ligase a redundancy in neural tissue specification; Smurf1, or the Smad4 E3 ubiquitin ligase ecto- however, BMP-4 inhibition has the strongest dermin (also known as TIF1-g or TRIM33), dorsalized phenotype and is sufficient for neu- impair neural induction (Onichtchouk et al. ralization (Reversade et al. 2005). Inactivation 1999; Zhu et al. 1999b; Dupont et al. 2005). of BMP-2, BMP-4, and BMP-7 expression com- Additionally, BMPs and their antagonists are bined with inactivation of the expression of the regulated by extracellular metalloproteinases; BMP family member antidorsalizing morpho- specifically Twisted gastrulation (Tsg) binds genetic protein (ADMP), which is expressed both BMPs and chordin to modulate BMP sig- Cite this article as Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2017;9:a022244 3 Downloaded from http://cshperspectives.cshlp.org/ on September 29, 2021 - Published by Cold Spring
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