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The Journal of Neuroscience, September 21, 2005, 25(38):8627-8636; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1876-05.2005

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Transforming Growth Factor 1 Promotes Cell Cycle Exit through the Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21 in the Developing Cerebral Cortex

Julie A. Siegenthaler¹ and Michael W. Miller^1,2

¹Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, and ²Research Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Syracuse, New York 13210

During cortical neurogenesis, cell proliferation and cell cycle exit are carefully regulated to ensure that the appropriate numbers of cells are produced. The antiproliferative agent transforming growth factor 1 (TGF1) and its receptors are endogenously expressed in proliferative zones of the developing cerebral cortex, thus implicating the growth factor in cell cycle regulation. The present study tested the hypothesis that TGF1 promotes cell cycle exit in the cortical ventricular zone (VZ) through modulation of cell cycle protein expression, in particular cyclin D1 and the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors p27 and p21. Although it did not affect the length of the cell cycle, TGF1 decreased the fraction of VZ-cycling cells by 21% and increased the number of VZ cells exiting the cell cycle a commensurate 24%. TGF1 selectively increased the expression of p21 in the VZ. In addition, high p21 expression levels were observed in VZ cells as they exited the cell cycle, and TGF1 increased the number p21-positive cells exiting the cell cycle. Collectively, these data show the following: (1) TGF1 promotes cell cycle exit, (2) p21 upregulation is correlated with cell cycle exit, and (3) TGF1-induced cell cycle exit is mediated by p21.

Key words: BrdU; corticogenesis; cyclin D1; Ki-67; p27; neurogenesis; ventricular zone; cell proliferation

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Received May 10, 2005; revised August 4, 2005; accepted August 6, 2005.

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