课题组负责人：孙涛 教授

主要研究方向：

干细胞、神经干细胞发育和神经再生；

神经系统发育和人类神经、精神疾病的遗传机制；

非编码RNA的基因治疗及精准医学研究

课题组教师：

张龙斌 讲师

研究内容：非编码RNA对神经系统发育的调控机制研究

沙永强 讲师

研究内容：生物力学与组织再生；肿瘤的发生与生物治疗

苗楠 讲师

研究内容：母性遗传，表观遗传

科研助理：滕继云

在读研究生：

2016级：杜坤钊、李家恒、曾志伟、肖磊、唐锦玲

2017级：王靖、孙元元、黄佳

主要科研成果：

孙涛教授科研成就：

1. 首次筛选了人类胚胎大脑不对称表达基因。此工作发表在＂Science＂杂志上，此文被引用250余次；

2. 首次证实了微型RNA在大脑中的功能；

3. 首次建立了微型RNA sponge转基因小鼠，发表于“Cell Reports”；

4. 首次确定了Olig2的结合蛋白Nkx2.2；

5. 首次建立了用人类PDGFRa YAC DNA的转基因小鼠。

研究论文:

1. Tao Sun (1995). Methods of the preparation of the chromosome from land snails. Chinese Journal of Zoology 30(6), 27-30 (in Chinese with English abstract).

2. Shui-gen Hong, Tao Sun, Zi-mian Ni and Ru Xue (1995). Studies on the spermatogenesis in Tachypleus tridentatus: I. The stages of spermatogenesis. Acta Zoologica Sinica 41(4), 393-402 (in Chinese with English abstract).

3. Tao Sun, Nigel P. Pringle, Adrain P. Hardy, William D. Richardson and Hazel K. Smith (1998). Pax6 influences the time and site of origin of glial precursors in the ventral spinal cord. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience 12, 228-239.

4. Tao Sun, Damith Jayatilake, Gijs Afink, Paris Ataliotis, Monica Nister, William D. Richardson and Hazel K. Smith (2000). A human YAC transgene rescues craniofacial and neural tube development in PDGFRa knockout mice and uncovers a role for PDGFRa in prenatal lung growth. Development 127, 4519-4529.

5. Jose L. Mullor, Nadia Dahmane, Tao Sun and Ariel Ruiz i Altaba (2001). Wnt signals are targets and mediators of Gli function. Current Biology 11:769-73

6. Tao Sun, Yann Echelard, Richard Lu, Dong-in Yuk, Sovann Kaing, Charles D. Stiles and David H. Rowitch (2001). Olig bHLH proteins interact with homeodomain proteins to regulate cell fate acquisition in progenitors of the ventral neural tube. Current Biology 11:1413–1420.

7. Q. Richard Lu, Tao Sun, Zhimin Zhu, Nan Ma, Meritxell Garcia, Charles D. Stiles and David H. Rowitch (2002). Common developmental requirement for Olig function indicates a motor neuron/oligodendrocyte connection. Cell 109, 75–86.

8. Lizi Wu, Tao Sun, Karla Kobayashi, Ping Gao, and James D. Griffin (2002). Identification of a family of mastermind-like transcriptional coactivators for mammalian Notch receptors. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 22(21):7688–7700.

9. Tao Sun, Hualing Dong, Lizi Wu, Micheal Kane, David H. Rowitch and Charles D. Stiles (2003). Cross-repressive interaction of the Olig2 and Nkx2.2 transcription factors in developing neural tube associated with formation of a specific physical complex. Journal of Neuroscience. 23(29):9547-56.

10. Lizi Wu, Karla Kobayashi, Tao Sun, Ping Gao, Jingxuan Liu, Makoto Nakamura, Ellen Weisberg, Nishit Mukhopadhyay and James D. Griffin (2004). Cloning and functional characterization of the murine mastermind-like 1 (maml1) gene. Gene, 328:153-65.

11. Tao Sun, Christina Patoine, Jane Visvader, Eleanor Sum, Timothy J. Cherry, Stuart H. Orkin, Daniel H. Geschwind and Christopher A. Walsh (2005). Early asymmetry of gene transcription in embryonic human left and right cerebral cortex. Science, 308(5729):1794-8. (Published online 12 May 2005).

12. Keith L. Ligon, Santosh Kesari, Masaaki Kitada, Tao Sun, Heather A. Arnett, John A. Alberta, David J. Anderson, Charles D. Stiles, and David H. Rowitch (2006). Development of NG2 neural progenitor cells requires Olig gene function. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 103(20):7853-8.

13. Tao Sun, Brain Hafler, Sovann Kaing, Masaaki Kitada, Keith Ligon, Hans Widlund, Dong-in Yuk, Charles D. Stiles and David H. Rowitch (2006). Evidence for motoneuron lineage-specific regulation of Olig2 in the vertebrate neural tube. Developmental Biology, 292(1):152-164.

14. Tao Sun, Randall V. Collura, Katherine Miller, Maryellen Ruvolo and Christopher A. Walsh (2006). Genomic and evolutionary analyses of asymmetrically expressed genes in human fetal left and right cerebral cortex. Cerebral Cortex, 16 Suppl 1:i18-25.

15. Zhenyong Huang, Yoko Kawase-Koga, Shuqun Zhang, Jane Visvader, Miklos Toth, Christopher A. Walsh and Tao Sun (2009). Transcription factor Lmo4 defines the shape of functional areas in developing cortices and regulates sensorimotor control. Developmental Biology, 327(1):132-142. Epub 2008 Dec 16.

16. Yoko Kawase-Koga, Gaizka Otaegi and Tao Sun (2009). Different timings of Dicer deletion affect neurogenesis and gliogenesis in the developing mouse central nervous system. Developmental Dynamics, 238:2800–2812.

17. Yoko Kawase-Koga, Roger Low, Gaizka Otaegi, Andrew Pollock, Haiteng Deng, Frank Eisenhaber, Sebastian Maurer-Stroh and Tao Sun (2010). RNAase III enzyme Dicer maintains signaling pathways for differentiation and survival in mouse cortical neural stem cells. Journal of Cell Science, 123(Pt 4):586-94.

18. Gaizka Otaegi, Andrew Pollock, Janet Hong and Tao Sun (2011). MicroRNA miR-9 modifies motor neuron columns by a tuning regulation of FoxP1 levels in developing spinal cords. Journal of Neuroscience, 31(3):809-18.

19. Qingsong Li, Shan Bian, Janet Hong , Yoko Kawase-Koga, Edwin Zhu, Yongri Zheng, Lizhuang Yang and Tao Sun (2011). Timing specific requirement of microRNA function is essential for embryonic and postnatal hippocampal development. PloS ONE, 6(10): e26000.

20. Hea-Jin Jung, Catherine Coffinier, Youngshik Choe, Anne P. Beigneux, Brandon S. J. Davies, Shao H. Yang, Richard H. Barnes II, Janet Hong, Tao Sun, Samuel J. Pleasure, Stephen G. Young and Loren G. Fong (2012) Regulation of prelamin A but not lamin C by miR-9, a brain-specific microRNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 109(7): E423-31.

21. Gaizka Otaegi, Andrew Pollock and Tao Sun (2012). An optimized sponge for microRNA miR-9 affects spinal motor neuron development in vivo. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 5:146.

22. Qingsong Li, Shan Bian, Bingfang Liu, Janet Hong, Yan Zhao, Miklos Toth and Tao Sun (2013). Establishing brain functional laterality in adult mice through unilateral gene manipulation in the embryonic cortex. Cell Research. 23(9):1147-9. PMID: 23917527; NIHMSID: 485487.

23. Shan Bian, Janet Hong, Qingsong Li, Laura Schebelle, Andrew Pollock, Vidur Garg and Tao Sun (2013). miR-17-92 miRNAs regulate expansion of radial glial cells and conversion of intermediate progenitors in the developing neocortex. Cell Reports. 3(5):1398-1406. PMID: 23623502; PMCID: PMC3762321.

24. Tomasz Jan Nowakowski, Vassiliki Fotaki, Andrew Pollock, Tao Sun, Thomas Pratt and David J. Price (2013). MicroRNA-92b regulates the development of intermediate cortical progenitors in embryonic mouse brain. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 110(17):7056-61. PMID: 23569256.

25. Janet Hong, Haijun Zhang, Yoko Kawase-Koga and Tao Sun (2013). MicroRNA function is required for neurite outgrowth of mature neurons in the mouse postnatal cerebral cortex. Frontiers in Cellular Neurosciences. 7:151. PMID: 24062642.

26. Jennifer L. Knauss, Shan Bian and Tao Sun (2013). Plasmid-based target protectors allow specific blockade of miRNA silencing activity in mammalian developmental systems. Frontiers in Cellular Neurosciences. 7:163. PMID: 24068984.

27. Andrew Pollock, Shan Bian, Chao Zhang, Zhengming Chen, Tao Sun (2014). Growth of the developing cerebral cortex is controlled by microRNA-7 through the p53 pathway. Cell Reports. 7(4):1184-96. PMID: 24813889.

28. Yase Chen, Shan Bian, Jing Zhang, Haijun Zhang, Beisha Tang and Tao Sun (2014). The silencing effect of microRNA miR-17 on p21 maintains the neural progenitor pool in the developing cerebral cortex. Frontiers in Neurology. 5:132. PMID: 25101050, PMCID: PMC4103084.

29. Haijun Zhang, Yoko Kawase-Koga and Tao Sun (2015). Protein Expression Profiles Characterize Distinct Features of Mouse Cerebral Cortices at Different Developmental Stages. PLoS One. 10(4):e0125608. PMID: 25915664.

30. Aisha I. Abdullah, Haijun Zhang, Yanzhen Nie, Wei Tang and Tao Sun (2016). CDK7 and miR-210 Co-regulate Cell-Cycle Progression of Neural Progenitors in the Developing Neocortex. Stem Cell Reports. 7(1):69-79. PMID: 27411104, PMCID: PMC4944761.

31. Junghee Jin, Seung-Nam Kim, Xuqing Liu, Haijun Zhang, Chao Zhang, Ji-Seon Seo, Yong Kim, Tao Sun (2016). miR-17-92 Cluster Regulates Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis, Anxiety, and Depression. Cell Reports. 16(6):1653-63. PMID: 27477270, PMCID: PMC4981532.

32. Nan Miao, Junghee Jin, Seung-Nam Kim, Tao Sun (2018). Hippocampal MicroRNAs Respond to Administration of Antidepressant Fluoxetine in Adult Mice. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 19(3), 671. PMID: 29495532.

33. Haijun Zhang, Longbin Zhang, Tao Sun (2018). Cohesive Regulation of Neural Progenitor Development by microRNA miR-26, Its Host Gene Ctdsp and Target Gene Emx2 in the Mouse Embryonic Cerebral Cortex. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 11:44. PMID: 29515367 PMCID: PMC5825903

专著与综述:

34. Tao Sun, Ming Zhao and Lian-feng Zhang (1996). Homeobox genes and the development. Overseas Medicine, Genetics Section 19(1), 38-40 (minireview in Chinese).

35. Tao Sun and Xue-feng Liu (1996). Isolation of specifically expressed genes by differential display. Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics 23(4), 316-318 (review in Chinese with English abstract).

36. William D. Richardson, Hazel K. Smith, Tao Sun, Nigel P. Pringle, Anita Hall and Rachel Woodruff (2000). Oligodendrocyte lineage and the motor neuron connection. Glia 29, 136-142.

37. Tao Sun and Christopher A. Walsh (2006). Molecular approaches to brain asymmetry and handedness. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 7(8):655-662.

38. Tao Sun (2010). Differential gene transcription in the left and right cerebral cortex. "The two halves of the brain: Information processing in the cerebral hemispheres". The MIT Press. P21-36.

39. Shan Bian and Tao Sun (2011). Functions of noncoding RNAs in neural development and neurological diseases. Molecular Neurobiology. 44(3):359-73. Epub 2011 Oct 4.

40. Shan Bian and Tao Sun (2012). Noncoding RNAs in Neural Stem Cell Development. “Neural Stem Cells and Therapy”. The InTech Open Access Publisher.

41. Aisha Abdullah, Andrew Pollock and Tao Sun (2012). The Path from Skin to Brain: Generation of Functional Neurons from Fibroblasts. Molecular Neurobiology. 45(3):586-95.

42. Tao Sun and Quan-hong Ma (2013). Repairing neural injuries using human umbilical cord blood. Molecular Neurobiology 47(3):938-45.

43. Haijun Zhang, Benjamin Shykind and Tao Sun (2012) Approaches to manipulating microRNAs in neurogenesis. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 6:196.

44. Jennifer L. Knauss and Tao Sun (2013). Regulatory mechanisms of long noncoding RNAs in neural development and function. Neuroscience. 235:200-14. PMID: 23337534; PMCID: PMC3595319.

45. Michał Harciarek, Dolores Malaspina, Tao Sun and Elkhonon Goldberg (2013). Schizophrenia and frontotemporal dementia: Shared causation? International Review of Psychiatry. 25(2):168-77. PMID: 23611347.

46. Shan Bian, Tian-le Xu and Tao Sun (2013). Tuning the cell fate of neurons and glia by microRNAs. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 23(6):928-34. PMID: 23978589; NIHMSID: 519154.

47. Tao Sun and Robert Hevner (2014). Growth and Folding of the Mammalian Cerebral Cortex, from Molecules to Malformations. Nature Reviews Neuroscience. 15(4):217-234.

48. Xuqing Liu and Tao Sun (2016). microRNAs and Molecular Pathogenesis of Microcephaly. Current Molecular Pharmacology. 9(4):300-304. PMID: 26415911

49. Yanxia Gao and Tao Sun (2016). Molecular regulation of hypothalamic development and physiological functions. Molecular Neurobiology. 53(7):4275-85. PMID: 26223804 PMCID: PMC4733441

50. Gabriele Floris, Longbin Zhang, Paolo Follesa and Tao Sun (2017). Regulatory Role of Circular RNAs and Neurological Disorders. Molecular Neurobiology. 54(7):5156-5165. PMID: 27558238

张龙斌科研成就：

1. Zhang L. B., Feng M. G. ^# Antioxidant enzymes and their contributions to biological control potential of fungal insect pathogens. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 2018. 102: 4995-5004.

2. Zhang H. J.^*, Zhang L. B.^*, Sun T. ^# Cohesive regulation of neural progenitor development by microRNA miR-26, its host gene Ctdsp and target gene Emx2 in the mouse embryonic cerebral cortex. Front. Mol. Neurosci. 2018. 11: 44.

3. Zhang L. B., Tang L., Ying S. H., Feng M. G.^# Two eisomes proteins play opposite roles in autophagic control and sustain cell integrity, function and pathogenicity in Beauveria bassiana. Environ Microbiol. 2017. 19:2037-2052.

4. Zhang L. B., Tang L., Ying S. H., Feng M. G.^# Distinct roles of cytoplasmic thioredoxin reductases (Trr1/Trr2) in the redox system involving cysteine synthesis and host infection of Beauveria bassiana. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 2016. 100: 10363-10374.

5. Zhang L. B., Tang L., Ying S. H., Feng M. G.^# Regulative roles of glutathione reductase and four glutaredoxins in glutathione redox, antioxidant activity, and iron homeostasis of Beauveria bassiana. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 2016. 100: 5907-5917.

6. Zhang L. B., Tang L., Ying S. H., Feng M. G.^# Subcellular localization of six thioredoxins and their antioxidant activity and contributions to biological control potential in Beauveria bassiana. Fungal Genet. Biol. 2014. 76, 1–9.

7. Du K. Z., Zhang L. B., Sun T. ^# m6A RNA methylation controls neural development and is involved in human diseases. Mol. Neurobiol. 2018. DOI: 10.1007/s12035-018-1138-1.

8. Hussain G., Zhang L. B., Rasul A., Anwar H., Sohail M. U., Razzaq A., Aziz N., Shabbir A., Ali M., Sun T. ^# Role of plant-derived flavonoids and their mechanism in attenuation of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases: An update of recent data. Molecules. Doi: 10.3390/molecules23040814.

9. Floris G., Zhang L.B., Follesa P., Sun T.^# Regulatory role of circular RNAs and neurological disorders, Mol Neurobiol. 2017. 5: 5156-5165.

10. Li F.*, Wang Z. L.*, Zhang L. B., Ying S. H., Feng M. G.^# The role of three calcineurin subunits and a related transcription factor (Crz1) in conidiation, multistress tolerance and virulence in Beauveria bassiana. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 2015. 99, 827–840.

11. Wang Z. L., Zhang L. B., Feng M. G.^# Catalases play differentiated roles in the adaptation of a fungal entomopa thogen to environmental stresses. Environ. Microbiol. 2013. 15, 409–418.

12. Zhang L. B., Mubarak T., Chen Y., Lee T., Pollock A., Sun T. ^# Counter-balance between Gli3 and miR-7 is required for proper morphogenesis and size control of the mouse brain. Front. Cellular Neurosci. 2018. Under reviewed.

13. Zhang L. B., Tang L., Ying S. H., Feng M. G. ^# Sur7 family plays a crucial role in the construction of cell membrane and the regulation of biocontrol potential in Beauveria bassiana. 2018. Under reviewed.

14. Zhang H. J. ^*, Chang Y. F. ^*, Zhang L. B. ^*, Kim S. N., Otaegi G., Zhang Z., Nie Y. Z., Mubarak T., Li C., Qin C. F., Xu Z. H., Sun T. ^# Upregulation of microRNA miR-9 is associated with microcephaly and Zika virus infection in mice. Front. Mol. Neurosci. 2018. Under reviewed.

沙永强科研成就：

1. Sha Y, Yang L, Lv Y*. ERK1/2 and Akt phosphorylation were essential for MGF E peptide regulating cell morphology and mobility but not proangiogenic capacity of BMSCs under severe hypoxia. Cell Biochem Funct. 2018. 36: 155-165.

2. Sha Y, Lv Y*, Xu Z, Yang L, Hao X, Afandi R. MGF E peptide pretreatment improves the proliferation and osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs via MEK-ERK1/2 and PI3K-Akt pathway under severe hypoxia. Life Sci. 2017. 189: 52-62.

3. Sha Y, Afandi R, Zhang B, Yang L, Lv Y*. MGF E peptide pretreatment improves collagen synthesis and cell proliferation of injured human ACL fibroblasts via MEK-ERK1/2 signaling pathway. Growth Factors. 2017. 35: 29-38.

4. Y Sha, Y Lv*. Effects of MGF E peptide pretreatment on the cell morphology, mobility, proliferation and osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs under severe hypoxia. FEBS J. 2017. 284 (Special issue, meeting abstract): 126-126.

5. 沙永强, 杨力, 吕永钢*. 力生长因子E肽对前交叉韧带成纤维细胞活力、迁移和侵袭的影响. 医用生物力学, 2016. 31: 227-234.

6. 余璨, 沙永强, 郭盼, 陈义梅, 等. 力生长因子对软组织修复调控作用的研究. 生物医学工程学杂志. 2015. 32: 235-9.

7. He J, Dong L, Xu K, Qian Y, Wang C, Sha Y, et al. Mechano growth factor E peptide inhibits invasion of melanoma cells and up-regulates CHOP expression via endoplasmic reticulum stress. Biotechnol Lett. 2018. 40: 205-213.

8. Xu K, Sun Y, Mohanad KA, Wang C, Sha Y, et al. Synergistic promoting effects of bone morphogenetic protein 12/connective tissue growth factor on functional differentiation of tendon derived stem cells and patellar tendon window defect regeneration. J Biomech. 2018. 66: 95-102.

9. Lv Y*, Nan P, Chen G, Sha Y, Xia B, Yang L. In vivo repair of rat transected sciatic nerve by low-intensity pulsed ultrasound and induced pluripotent stem cells-derived neural crest stem cells. Biotechnol Lett. 2015. 37: 2497-506.

10. Lv Y*, Hao X, Sha Y, Yang L. Pretreatment with mechano-growth factor E peptide protects bone marrow mesenchymal cells against damage by fluid shear stress. Biotechnol Lett. 2014. 36: 2559-69.

11. Lv Y*, Zhao P, Chen G, Sha Y, Yang L. Effects of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound on cell viability, proliferation and neural differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells-derived neural crest stem cells. Biotechnol Lett. 2013. 35: 2201-2212.

苗楠科研成就：

1.  Nan Miao; Junghee Jin; Seung-Nam Kim; Tao Sun, Hippocampal MicroRNAs Respond to Administration of Antidepressant Fluoxetine in Adult Mice, International journal of molecular science, 2018.2.27, 19(3)(671)

2. Miao, Nan; Wang, Xin; Feng, Yanping; Gong, Yanzhang, Male-biased miR-92 from early chicken embryonic gonads directly targets ATRX and DDX3X , GENE, 2017.8.30, 626: 326~336.

3. Miao, Nan; Wang, Xin; Hou, Yue; Feng, Yanping; Gong, Yanzhang, entification of male-biased microRNA-107 as a direct regulator for nuclear receptor subfamily 5 group A member 1 based on sexually dimorphic microRNA expression profiling from chicken embryonic gonads., Mol Cell Endocrinol, 2016.7.5, 429: 29~40.

4. 苗楠，王馨，李丹，李世军，彭秀丽，龚炎长，俸艳萍，雄性高表达的miR-107在鸡性腺发育早期中的功能研究.中国畜牧兽医学会家禽学分会第十次代表会议暨第十七次全国家禽学术讨论会, 中国重庆, 2015.04.17-2015.04.19

5. 苗楠;马军;李世军;彭秀丽;龚炎长;俸艳萍, miR-107、miR-92在鸡早期性腺发育中的时空表达分析 , 中国畜牧兽医学会家禽学分会第九次代表会议暨第十六次全国家禽学术讨论会, 中国江苏扬州, 2013.05.10-2013.05.13

6. Nan Miao，Shijun Li，Xiuli Peng，Yanzhang Gong，Yanping Feng, The function of miR-107, miR-92 on chicken gonadal development and sexual differentiation.全国畜牧学博士论坛, 中国武汉, 2013.12.21-2013.12.22