PMID- 25706387 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20151201 LR - 20181113 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 2 DP - 2015 TI - Integrin-associated protein promotes neuronal differentiation of neural stem/progenitor cells. PG - e0116741 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0116741 [doi] LID - e0116741 AB - Neural stem/progenitor cells (NSPCs) proliferate and differentiate depending on their intrinsic properties and local environment. During the development of the mammalian nervous system, NSPCs generate neurons and glia sequentially. However, little is known about the mechanism that determines the timing of switch from neurogenesis to gliogenesis. In this study, we established a culture system in which the neurogenic potential of NSPCs is decreased in a time-dependent manner, so that short-term-cultured NSPCs differentiate into more neurons compared with long-term-cultured NSPCs. We found that short-term-cultured NSPCs express high levels of integrin-associated protein form 2 (IAP2; so-called CD47) mRNA using differential display analysis. Moreover, IAP2 overexpression in NSPCs induced neuronal differentiation of NSPCs. These findings reveal a novel mechanism by which IAP2 induces neuronal differentiation of NSPCs. FAU - Fujimura, Kazuhiko AU - Fujimura K AD - Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. FAU - Niidome, Tetsuhiro AU - Niidome T AD - Department of Neuroscience for Drug Discovery, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. FAU - Shinozuka, Yoriko AU - Shinozuka Y AD - Department of Neuroscience for Drug Discovery, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. FAU - Izumi, Yasuhiko AU - Izumi Y AD - Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. FAU - Kihara, Takeshi AU - Kihara T AD - Department of Neuroscience for Drug Discovery, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. FAU - Sugimoto, Hachiro AU - Sugimoto H AD - World-Leading Drug Discovery Research Center, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. FAU - Akaike, Akinori AU - Akaike A AD - Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan. FAU - Kume, Toshiaki AU - Kume T AD - Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20150223 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (CD47 Antigen) RN - 0 (CD47 protein, rat) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - CD47 Antigen/*metabolism MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Neural Stem Cells/*cytology/metabolism MH - Neurogenesis/*physiology MH - Neurons/*cytology/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar PMC - PMC4338140 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2015/02/24 06:00 MHDA- 2015/12/15 06:00 PMCR- 2015/02/23 CRDT- 2015/02/24 06:00 PHST- 2014/09/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/12/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/02/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/02/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/12/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/02/23 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-14-39733 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0116741 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2015 Feb 23;10(2):e0116741. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116741. eCollection 2015.