Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A3 controls mitotic progression of 
neural progenitors via interaction with cohesin

Ou, Min-Yi; Ju, Xiang-Chun; Cai, Yi-Jun; Sun, Xin-Yao; Wang, Jun-Feng; Fu, Xiu-Qing; Sun, Qiang; Luo, Zhen-Ge

doi:10.1242/dev.185132

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Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A3 controls mitotic progression of neural progenitors via interaction with cohesin

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Ju, Xiang-Chun
Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society;

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Ou, M.-Y., Ju, X.-C., Cai, Y.-J., Sun, X.-Y., Wang, J.-F., Fu, X.-Q., et al. (2020). Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A3 controls mitotic progression of neural progenitors via interaction with cohesin. Development, 147: dev185132. doi:10.1242/dev.185132.

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Abstract

Cortex development is controlled by temporal patterning of neural progenitor (NP) competence with sequential generation of deep and superficial layer neurons, but underlying mechanisms remain elusive. Here, we report a role for heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A3 (HNRNPA3) in regulating the division of early cortical NPs that mainly give rise to deep-layer neurons via direct neurogenesis. HNRNPA3 is expressed at high levels in NPs of mouse and human cortex at early stages, with a unique peri-chromosome pattern. Intriguingly, downregulation of HNRNPA3 caused chromosome disarrangement, which hindered normal separation of chromosomes during NP division, leading to mitotic delay. Furthermore, HNRNPA3 is associated with the cohesin-core subunit SMC1A and controls its association with chromosomes, implicating a mechanism for the role of HNRNPA3 in regulating chromosome segregation in dividing NPs. Hnrnpa3-deficient mice exhibited reduced cortical thickness, especially of deep layers. Moreover, downregulation of HNRNPA3 in cultured human cerebral organoids led to marked reduction in NPs and deep-layer neurons. Thus, this study has identified a crucial role for HNRNPA3 in NP division and highlighted the relationship between mitosis progression and early neurogenesis.