ASXL3 controls cortical neuron fate specification through extrinsic self-renewal pathways
McGrath, B. T.; Wu, P.; Salvi, S.; Girgla, N.; Xu, C.; Zhu, J.; KC, R.; Tsan, Y.-C.; Moccia, A.; Srivastava, A.; Zhou, X.; Bielas, S. L.
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During corticogenesis, transcription plasticity is fundamental to the restriction of neural progenitor cell (NPC) multipotency and production of cortical neuron heterogeneity. Human and mouse genetic studies have highlighted the role of Polycomb transcriptional regulation in this process. ASXL3, which encodes a component of the Polycomb repressive deubiquitination (PR-DUB) complex, has been identified as a high confidence autism spectrum disorder (ASD) risk gene. Genetic inactivation of Asxl3, in a mouse model that carries a clinically relevant ASXL3 frameshift (Asxl3fs) variant, disrupts lateral expansion of NPCs and delays cortical neuron differentiation. Single-cell RNA sequencing analysis implicates Notch signaling, which alters the composition of excitatory neurons and fidelity of cortical layer deposition. Our data provides a new link between extrinsic signaling cues and intrinsic epigenetic regulation that together control the timing of cell fate programs. Furthermore, transcriptomic analysis revealed dysregulation of other known ASD risk genes indicating that a convergent developmental pathway is affected. Collectively our work provides important insights about developmental mechanisms that contribute to ASD neuropathology.
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