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Then, granule cell precursors differentiate and migrate into the inner granular layer (IGL) of the cerebellum to form a terminally differentiated cell compartment. Aberrant activation of Sonic hedgehog signaling leads to granule cell precursors hyperproliferation and the onset of Sonic hedgehog medulloblastoma (MB), the most common embryonal brain tumor. \u03b2-arrestin1 (ARRB1) protein plays an important role downstream of Smoothened, a component of the Sonic hedgehog pathway. In the medulloblastoma context, \u03b2-arrestin1 is involved in a regulatory axis in association with the acetyltransferase P300, leading to the acetylated form of the transcription factor E2F1 (E2F1-ac) and redirecting its activity toward pro-apoptotic gene targets. This axis in the granule cell precursors physiological context has not been investigated yet. In this study, we demonstrate that \u03b2-arrestin1 has antiproliferative and pro-apoptotic functions in cerebellar development. \u03b2-arrestin1 silencing increases proliferation of Sonic hedgehog treated-cerebellar precursor cells while decreases the transcription of E2F1-ac pro-apoptotic targets genes, thus impairing apoptosis. Indeed, chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments show a direct interaction between \u03b2-arrestin1 and the promoter regions of the pro-apoptotic E2F1 target gene and <jats:italic>P27<\/jats:italic>, indicating the double role of \u03b2-arrestin1 in controlling apoptosis and cell cycle exit in a physiological context. Our data elucidate the role of \u03b2-arrestin1 in the early postnatal stages of cerebellar development, in those cell compartments that give rise to medulloblastoma. 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