LSD1 Regulates Neurogenesis in Human Neural Stem Cells Through the Repression of Human-Enriched Extracellular Matrix and Cell Adhesion Genes.
Title | LSD1 Regulates Neurogenesis in Human Neural Stem Cells Through the Repression of Human-Enriched Extracellular Matrix and Cell Adhesion Genes. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2024 |
Authors | Channakkar AS, D'Souza L, Kumar A, Kalia K, Prabhu S, Phalnikar K, Reddy PChandramou, Muralidharan B |
Journal | Stem Cells |
Volume | 42 |
Issue | 2 |
Pagination | 128-145 |
Date Published | 2024 Feb 08 |
ISSN | 1549-4918 |
Keywords | Cell Adhesion, Histone Demethylases, Histones, Humans, Neural Stem Cells, Neurogenesis |
Abstract | Neurogenesis begins with neural stem cells undergoing symmetric proliferative divisions to expand and then switching to asymmetric differentiative divisions to generate neurons in the developing brain. Chromatin regulation plays a critical role in this switch. Histone lysine-specific demethylase LSD1 demethylates H3K4me1/2 and H3K9me1/2 but the mechanisms of its global regulatory functions in human neuronal development remain unclear. We performed genome-wide ChIP-seq of LSD1 occupancy, RNA-seq, and Histone ChIP-seq upon LSD1 inhibition to identify its repressive role in human neural stem cells. Novel downstream effectors of LSD1 were identified, including the Notch signaling pathway genes and human-neural progenitor-enriched extracellular matrix (ECM) pathway/cell adhesion genes, which were upregulated upon LSD1 inhibition. LSD1 inhibition led to decreased neurogenesis, and overexpression of downstream effectors mimicked this effect. Histone ChIP-seq analysis revealed that active and enhancer markers H3K4me2, H3K4me1, and H3K9me1 were upregulated upon LSD1 inhibition, while the repressive H3K9me2 mark remained mostly unchanged. Our work identifies the human-neural progenitor-enriched ECM pathway/cell adhesion genes and Notch signaling pathway genes as novel downstream effectors of LSD1, regulating neuronal differentiation in human neural stem cells. |
DOI | 10.1093/stmcls/sxad088 |
Alternate Journal | Stem Cells |
PubMed ID | 38152966 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC10852026 |
Grant List | / WT_ / Wellcome Trust / United Kingdom IA/E/21/1/506309 / WTDBT_ / DBT-Wellcome Trust India Alliance / India IA/I/19/1/504288 / WTDBT_ / DBT-Wellcome Trust India Alliance / India |