Project description:In order to investigate the characteristics and mechanisms of embryonic stem cell derived exosomes attenuates transverse aortic constriction induced ventricular remodeling, the proteomic profiles of human embryonic stem cell derived exosomes were analysed by label-free quantification.
Project description:There are no described quality assurance mechanisms for newly formed stem cells. We observed intimate interactions between macrophages and blood stem cells in zebrafish embryos. Stressed stem cells were marked by surface Calreticulin, which stimulates macrophage interaction as an eat me signal. Macrophage-stem cell interactions either lead to removal of cytoplasmic material and stem cell proliferation or resulted in complete stem cell engulfment. Calreticulin knock down or embryonic macrophage depletion reduced the number of stem cell clones into adulthood. Our work supports a model in which embryonic macrophages determine hematopoietic clonality by monitoring stem cell quality.
Project description:We report the mRNA profiles of single cells with high-throughput sequencing (RNA-seq) of hypoblast stem cells derived from rat embryonic stem cells. The single-cell data was combined with the previously published dataset: transcriptomes of mouse embryo cells (inner cell mass or trophectoderm). The clustering revealed that rat embryonic stem cell-derived hypoblast stem cells were similar to the mouse inner cell mass cells.
Project description:Chickarmane2006 - Stem cell switch reversible
Kinetic modeling approach of the transcriptional dynamics of the embryonic stem cell switch.
This model is described in the article:
Transcriptional dynamics of the embryonic stem cell switch.
Chickarmane V, Troein C, Nuber UA, Sauro HM, Peterson C
PLoS Computational Biology. 2006; 2(9):e123
Abstract:
Recent ChIP experiments of human and mouse embryonic stem cells have elucidated the architecture of the transcriptional regulatory circuitry responsible for cell determination, which involves the transcription factors OCT4, SOX2, and NANOG. In addition to regulating each other through feedback loops, these genes also regulate downstream target genes involved in the maintenance and differentiation of embryonic stem cells. A search for the OCT4-SOX2-NANOG network motif in other species reveals that it is unique to mammals. With a kinetic modeling approach, we ascribe function to the observed OCT4-SOX2-NANOG network by making plausible assumptions about the interactions between the transcription factors at the gene promoter binding sites and RNA polymerase (RNAP), at each of the three genes as well as at the target genes. We identify a bistable switch in the network, which arises due to several positive feedback loops, and is switched on/off by input environmental signals. The switch stabilizes the expression levels of the three genes, and through their regulatory roles on the downstream target genes, leads to a binary decision: when OCT4, SOX2, and NANOG are expressed and the switch is on, the self-renewal genes are on and the differentiation genes are off. The opposite holds when the switch is off. The model is extremely robust to parameter changes. In addition to providing a self-consistent picture of the transcriptional circuit, the model generates several predictions. Increasing the binding strength of NANOG to OCT4 and SOX2, or increasing its basal transcriptional rate, leads to an irreversible bistable switch: the switch remains on even when the activating signal is removed. Hence, the stem cell can be manipulated to be self-renewing without the requirement of input signals. We also suggest tests that could discriminate between a variety of feedforward regulation architectures of the target genes by OCT4, SOX2, and NANOG.
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