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Opposite Regulation of Wnt/Β-Catenin and Shh Signaling Pathways by Rack1 Controls Mammalian Cerebellar Development Opposite regulation of Wnt/β-catenin and Shh signaling pathways by Rack1 controls mammalian cerebellar development Haihong Yanga,1, Qian Zhua,1, Juanxian Chenga, Yan Wua, Ming Fana,b,c, Jiyan Zhangd,2, and Haitao Wua,b,c,2 aDepartment of Neurobiology, Beijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, 100850 Beijing, China; bChinese Institute for Brain Research, 102206 Beijing, China; cKey Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, 226019 Jiangsu Province, China; and dDepartment of Neuroimmunology and Antibody Engineering, Beijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, 100850 Beijing, China Edited by Mary E. Hatten, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, and approved January 18, 2019 (received for review August 2, 2018) The development of the cerebellum depends on intricate processes blastoma, the most common type of pediatric malignant primary of neurogenesis, migration, and differentiation of neural stem cells brain tumor (16, 17). In addition, GNP differentiation and cer- (NSCs) and progenitor cells. Defective cerebellar development often ebellar vermis formation are regulated by Wnt/β-catenin signal- results in motor dysfunctions and psychiatric disorders. Understand- ing in the rhombic lip (RL), in the ventricular zone, and in early ing the molecular mechanisms that underlie the complex develop- migrating GNPs (18–20). Several other molecules, such as FGF8 ment of the cerebellum will facilitate the development of novel (21, 22), contactin (23), Reelin (24), Gbx2 (25), Zic1/2 (26), En1/ treatment options. Here, we report that the receptor for activated C 2 (27), and neurofibromin 1 (28), have also been implicated in kinase (Rack1), a multifaceted signaling adaptor protein, regulates cerebellar development. However, the particular intracellular mammalian cerebellar development in a cell type-specific manner. signaling pathways that coordinate and integrate those mor- Selective deletion of Rack1 in mouse NSCs or granule neuron phogenic signals are not well understood. Furthermore, genetic progenitors (GNPs), but not Bergmann glial cells (BGs), causes pathways that determine the formation and patterning of cere- severe defects in cerebellar morphogenesis, including impaired folia bellar fissures remain unresolved. and fissure formation. NSCs and GNPs lacking Rack1 exhibit en- The receptor for activated C kinase 1 (Rack1) is a multifaceted β NEUROSCIENCE hanced Wnt/ -catenin signaling but reduced Sonic hedgehog (Shh) scaffolding protein with seven conserved WD40-repeat (WDR) β signaling. Simultaneous deletion of -catenin in NSCs, but not GNPs, domains, which was originally identified as an anchoring protein Rack1 significantly rescues the mutant phenotype. Interestingly, for the conventional protein kinase C (PKC) (29, 30). Mice Rack1 controls the activation of Shh signaling by regulating the lacking Rack1 are embryonic lethal at the gastrulation stage, ubiquitylation and stability of histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1)/ suggesting it is crucial for mammalian development (31). In the HDAC2. Suppression of HDAC1/HDAC2 activity in the developing cer- central nervous system (CNS), Rack1 is involved in the regulation ebellum phenocopies the Rack1 mutant. Together, these results re- of neurite outgrowth and dendritic transport, long-term potenti- veal a previously unknown role of Rack1 in controlling mammalian + ation initiation, intracellular Ca2 release, synaptic transmission, cerebellar development by opposite regulation of Wnt/β-catenin and and neurodegenerative processes, suggesting a critical role of Rack1 Shh signaling pathways. Rack1 | neural stem cells | granule neuron progenitors | HDAC1/HDAC2 | Significance cerebellar morphogenesis The molecular mechanisms underlying cerebellar development erebellum morphogenesis is critically important in normal have not yet been fully understood. Here, we analyzed and Cbrain development. The developmental deficits of the cere- revealed a critical function of receptor for activated C kinase 1 bellum can result in motor and higher cognitive dysfunctions, (Rack1), a WD40-repeat domain containing scaffolding protein, including impaired balance control, language processing, sen- in the regulation of cerebellar patterning and fissure forma- – tion. We found that during embryonic and early postnatal sory/motor learning, and spatial memory (1 3). Cerebellar pat- β terning critically depends on neurogenesis, an intricate process development, Rack1 oppositely regulates Wnt/ -catenin and that involves the proliferation, migration, and differentiation of Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling pathways in distinct develop- mental stages. Interestingly, we also found that Rack1-mediated neural stem cells (NSCs) and progenitor cells (4, 5). The ap- stabilization of histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1)/HDAC2 is es- pearance of granule neuron progenitors (GNPs) over the surface sential for the activation of Shh signaling in granule neuron of the cerebellum was identified as a key feature of cerebellar progenitors during cerebellar development. Together, we have development (6). The coordinated interaction between NSCs, demonstrated the crucial role of Rack1 for cerebellar morpho- GNPs, Purkinje cells (PCs), and Bergmann glia cells (BGs) re- genesis by homeostatic regulation of two distinct morphogenic fines the developing cerebellum into the typical pattern of pathways. 10 folia and a three-layered cerebellar cortex, which includes the external molecular layer (ML), the middle Purkinje cell layer Author contributions: H.W. designed research; H.Y., Q.Z., J.C., and Y.W. performed re- (PCL), and the innermost internal granular layer (IGL) (4, 7, 8). search; J.Z. contributed new reagents/analytic tools; H.Y., Q.Z., M.F., and H.W. analyzed The cellular organization and signaling assembly of the cere- data; and H.Y. and H.W. wrote the paper. bellar cortex constitute an ideal model for studying neuronal The authors declare no conflict of interest. properties and cortical circuitry formation. This article is a PNAS Direct Submission. The proliferation, migration, and differentiation of GNPs is Published under the PNAS license. temporally and spatially regulated during cerebellum develop- 1H.Y. and Q.Z. contributed equally to this work. ment. PCs control the proliferation of GNPs by releasing dif- 2To whom correspondence may be addressed. Email: [email protected] or wuht@ fusible factors, such as insulin-like and epidermal growth factors bmi.ac.cn. (8–11) and Sonic hedgehog (Shh), a predominant player in This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10. cerebellar patterning (12–15). Constitutive activation of Shh 1073/pnas.1813244116/-/DCSupplemental. signaling in GNPs may contribute to the formation of medullo- www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1813244116 PNAS Latest Articles | 1of10 Downloaded by guest on September 27, 2021 for normal brain functions (32). Rack1 is abundantly coexpressed with PKC-βII, an isozyme of PKC, in select brain regions, including the cerebellum (33). Nevertheless, the exact function of Rack1 in the cerebellum remains elusive. Intriguingly, previous studies in gastric cancer cells show that Rack1 represses Wnt/β-catenin transcriptional activity and promotes β-catenin degradation by stabilizing the β-catenin destruction complex (34). In contrast, Rack1 activates Shh signaling by activating the Smoothened receptor in non-small cell lung cancer cells (35). Thus, we hypothesized that Rack1 might be critical for cerebellar development by simulta- neously targeting both Wnt/β-catenin and Shh signaling pathways. In this study, we demonstrated that Wnt/β-catenin and Shh sig- naling pathways were oppositely regulated by Rack1 during distinct stages of cerebellar development in a cell type-specific manner. Ablation of Rack1 expression in either NSCs or GNPs disrupts cerebellar morphogenesis. Simultaneous removal of Rack1 and β-catenin in NSCs significantly rescues cerebellar developmental deficits, consistent with the notion that Rack1 inhibits Wnt/ β-catenin signaling. Moreover, we found Rack1-mediated stabi- lization of histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1)/HDAC2 is essential for the activation of Shh signaling. Suppression of HDAC1/HDAC2 activity in the neonatal cerebellum severely disrupts cerebellar folia formation and GNP proliferation, phenocopying NSC- or GNP- F/F specific Rack1 knockouts (KOs). Taken together, our findings re- Fig. 1. hGFAP-Cre;Rack1 mutant mice display impaired cerebellar mor- phogenesis. (A) Nissl staining of sagittal histological sections of the vermis veal a crucial role of Rack1-mediated opposite regulation of Wnt/ F/F β-catenin and Shh signaling pathways during cerebellar development. shows considerable cerebellar foliation defects in hGFAP-Cre;Rack1 mu- tant mice at the indicated postnatal developmental stages. a, anterior; d, Results dorsal; p, posterior; v, ventral. (Scale bar: 1 mm.) (B) Area of sagittal sections of the cerebellar vermis in Rack1F/F control and hGFAP-Cre;Rack1F/F mutant Ablation of Rack1 in Multipotent NSCs Disrupts Cerebellar mice (mean ± SEM; P = 0.67, **P = 0.0035, **P = 0.0022, and **P = 0.0011, Development. Consistent with high cerebellar proliferation in respectively; n = 4). n.s., not significant. (C) Number of observed lobules in early postnatal development (5, 12), we found relatively high control and mutant mice at the indicated postnatal developmental stages Rack1 expression levels in the external granular layer (EGL) at (mean ± SEM; **P < 0.0001, n =
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