TY - JOUR AU - Zocher, Sara AU - Toda, Tomohisa TI - Epigenetic aging in adult neurogenesis. JO - Hippocampus VL - 33 IS - 4 SN - 1050-9631 CY - New York, NY [u.a.] PB - Wiley M1 - DZNE-2023-00141 SP - 347-359 PY - 2023 N1 - Funding information: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Grant/Award Numbers: TO1347/4-1, TO1347/3-1; H2020 European Research Council, Grant/Award Numbers: EAGER, 804468 AB - Neural stem cells (NSCs) in the hippocampus generate new neurons throughout life, which functionally contribute to cognitive flexibility and mood regulation. Yet adult hippocampal neurogenesis substantially declines with age and age-related impairments in NSC activity underlie this reduction. Particularly, increased NSC quiescence and consequently reduced NSC proliferation are considered to be major drivers of the low neurogenesis levels in the aged brain. Epigenetic regulators control the gene expression programs underlying NSC quiescence, proliferation and differentiation and are hence critical to the regulation of adult neurogenesis. Epigenetic alterations have also emerged as central hallmarks of aging, and recent studies suggest the deterioration of the NSC-specific epigenetic landscape as a driver of the age-dependent decline in adult neurogenesis. In this review, we summarize the recently accumulating evidence for a role of epigenetic dysregulation in NSC aging and propose perspectives for future research directions. KW - Neurogenesis: physiology KW - Cell Differentiation: genetics KW - Neurons: metabolism KW - Hippocampus: physiology KW - Epigenesis, Genetic KW - DNA methylation (Other) KW - Lamin B1 (Other) KW - aging (Other) KW - chromatin (Other) KW - epigenetic (Other) KW - hippocampus (Other) KW - histone (Other) KW - neural stem cells (Other) KW - neurogenesis (Other) LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 C6 - pmid:36624660 DO - DOI:10.1002/hipo.23494 UR - https://pub.dzne.de/record/169366 ER -