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First published online June 14, 2004
doi: 10.1242/10.1242/dev.01188
1 Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona (CSIC), Parc Cientific de
Barcelona, C/Josep Samitier 1-5, Barcelona 08028, Spain
2 Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas de Barcelona (IDIBAPS-CSIC),
C/Rosselló 161, Barcelona 08036, Spain
Authors for correspondence (e-mail:
emgbmc{at}ibmb.csic.es
and
spfnqi{at}iibb.csic.es)
Accepted 23 March 2004
During development of the cerebellum, sonic hedgehog (Shh) is directly responsible for the proliferation of granule cell precursors in the external germinal layer. We have looked for signals able to regulate a switch from the Shh-mediated proliferative response to one that directs differentiation of granule neurones. Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are expressed in distinct neuronal populations within the developing cerebellar cortex. Bmp2 and Bmp4 are expressed in the proliferating precursors and subsequently in differentiated granule neurones of the internal granular layer, whereas Bmp7 is expressed by Purkinje neurones. In primary cultures, Bmp2 and Bmp4, but not Bmp7, are able to prevent Shh-induced proliferation, thereby allowing granule neuron differentiation. Furthermore, Bmp2 treatment downregulates components of the Shh pathway in proliferating granule cell precursors. Smad proteins, the only known BMP receptor substrates capable of transducing the signal, are also differentially expressed in the developing cerebellum: Smad1 in the external germinal layer and Smad5 in newly differentiated granule neurones. Among them, only Smad5 is phosphorylated in vivo and in primary cultures treated with Bmp2, and overexpression of Smad5 is sufficient to induce granule cell differentiation in the presence of Shh. We propose a model in which Bmp2-mediated Smad5 signalling suppresses the proliferative response to Shh by downregulation of the pathway, and allows granule cell precursor to enter their differentiation programme.
Key words: Cerebellar development, Granule neuron, Sonic hedgehog, Bone morphogenetic proteins, Smad proteins, Mouse, Chick
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