A Matter of State: Diversity in Oligodendrocyte Lineage Cells

Yasmine Kamen; Helena Pivonkova; Kimberley A. Evans; Ragnhildur Þóra Káradóttir

doi:10.1177/1073858420987208

A Matter of State: Diversity in Oligodendrocyte Lineage Cells

Yasmine Kamen, Helena Pivonkova, Kimberley A. Evans, Ragnhildur Þóra Káradóttir^*

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Faculty of Medicine

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Abstract

Oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) give rise to oligodendrocytes which myelinate axons in the central nervous system. Although classically thought to be a homogeneous population, OPCs are reported to have different developmental origins and display regional and temporal diversity in their transcriptome, response to growth factors, and physiological properties. Similarly, evidence is accumulating that myelinating oligodendrocytes display transcriptional heterogeneity. Analyzing this reported heterogeneity suggests that OPCs, and perhaps also myelinating oligodendrocytes, may exist in different functional cell states. Here, we review the evidence indicating that OPCs and oligodendrocytes are diverse, and we discuss the implications of functional OPC states for myelination in the adult brain and for myelin repair.

Original language	English
Journal	Neuroscientist
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1073858420987208
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 10 Feb 2021

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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: We would like to thank our funders: the European Research Council (ERC: the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme grant agreement no. 771411: RTK, KAE); the Wellcome (studentship award 102160/Z/13/Z: YK; and Pathfinder Award 204488/Z/16/Z: RTK, HP); The Fonds de recherche du Québec-Santé (a scholarship, YK); The Cambridge Commonwealth European & International Trust (a scholarship, YK); and the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine (a research prize, RTK). The funders had no role in decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript.

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cell states
glia
heterogeneity
ion channels
myelin
neurotransmitter
oligodendrocyte
oligodendrocyte precursor cell
OPC

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