Bexarotene drives the self‐renewing proliferation of adult neural stem cells, promotes neuron‐glial fate shift, and regulates late neuronal differentiation

Author:

Saibro‐Girardi Carolina12ORCID,Scheibel Ingrid Matsubara1,Santos Lucas12ORCID,Bittencourt Reykla Ramon1ORCID,Fröhlich Nicole Taís1,dos Reis Possa Luana1,Moreira José Claudio Fonseca12ORCID,Gelain Daniel Pens12ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Centro de Estudos em Estresse Oxidativo, Departamento de Bioquímica Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde—Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (ICBS‐UFRGS) Porto Alegre RS Brazil

2. Programa de Pós‐graduação em Biologia Celular e Molecular Centro de Biotecnologia—Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre RS Brazil

Abstract

AbstractTreatment with bexarotene, a selective retinoid X receptor (RXR) agonist, significantly improves behavioral dysfunctions in various neurodegenerative animal models. Additionally, it activates neurodevelopmental and plasticity pathways in the brains of adult mice. Our objective was to investigate the impact of RXR activation by bexarotene on adult neural stem cells (aNSC) and their cell lineages. To achieve this, we treated NSCs isolated from the subventricular zone (SVZ) of adult rat brains from the proliferative stage to the differentiated status. The results showed that bexarotene‐treated aNSC exhibited increased BrdU incorporation, SOX2+ dividing cell pairs, and cell migration from neurospheres, revealing that the treatment promotes self‐renewing proliferation and cell motility in SVZ‐aNCS. Furthermore, bexarotene induced a cell fate shift characterized by a significant increase in GFAP+/S100B+ differentiated astrocytes, which uncovers the participation of activated‐RXR in astrogenesis. In the neuronal lineage, the fate shift was counteracted by bexarotene‐induced enhancement of NeuN+ nuclei together with neurite network outgrowth, indicating that the RXR agonist stimulates SVZ‐aNCS neuronal differentiation at later stages. These findings establish new connections between RXR activation, astro‐ and neurogenesis in the adult brain, and contribute to the development of therapeutic strategies targeting nuclear receptors for neural repair.

Funder

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience,Biochemistry

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