title: DIXDC1 promotes retinoic acid-induced neuronal differentiation and inhibits gliogenesis in P19 cells.
abstract: Human DIXDC1 is a member of Dishevelled-Axin (DIX) domain containing gene family which plays important roles in Wnt signaling and neural development. In this report, we first confirmed that expression of Ccd1, a mouse homologous gene of DIXDC1, was up-regulated in embryonic developing nervous system. Further studies showed that Ccd1 was expressed specifically in neurons and colocalized with early neuronal marker Tuj1. During the aggregation induced by RA and neuronal differentiation of embryonic carcinoma P19 cells, expressions of Ccd1 as well as Wnt-1 and N-cadherin were dramatically increased. Stable overexpression of DIXDC1 in P19 cells promoted the neuronal differentiation. P19 cells overexpressing DIXDC1 but not the control P19 cells could differentiate into Tuj1 positive cells with RA induction for only 2 days. Meanwhile, we also found that overexpression of DIXDC1 facilitated the expression of Wnt1 and bHLHs during aggregation and differentiation, respectively, while inhibited gliogenesis by down-regulating the expression of GFAP in P19 cells. Thus, our finding suggested that DIXDC1 might play an important role during neurogenesis, overexpression of DIXDC1 in embryonic carcinoma P19 cells promoted neuronal differentiation, and inhibited gliogenesis induced by retinoic acid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Brain Protection & Plasticity Research, Beijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Tang
authors.initials: XT
authors.lastname: Jing
authors.forename: Hai-Tao
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Shu-Hong
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yan-Rui
authors.initials: YR
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Xue-Feng
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Xiao-Zhong
authors.initials: XZ
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Bo-Qin
authors.initials: BQ
authors.lastname: Qiang
authors.forename: Jian-Gang
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Wen-Hong
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D047108:Embryonic Development / Q000235:genetics; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000187:drug effects; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects; D005809:Genes, Regulator; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D055495:Neurogenesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects*; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: C513335:DIXDC1 protein, human; C509983:Dixdc1 protein, mouse; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D014212:Tretinoin