RNA-seq analysis of ES cell populations with different functional potentials in serum/LIF and 2i/LIF, as well as analysis of the transcriptional effect of LIF in ground state (2i) culture conditions.

ABSTRACT: We report that ES cells cultured in ground state (2i and 2i/LIF) culture conditions are heterogeneous and show heterogeneus expression of extraembryonic markers. Using a highly sensitive reporter for the endoderm marker Hex we can sort Hex high and low populations from either serum/LIF or 2i/LIF and demonstrate that they have different functional properties. Here we explored the transcriptional basis of these functional differences and noted that Hex low (HV-) and Hex high (HV+) populations showed more distinct expression profiles in 2i/LIF than in serum/LIF. Additionally in 2i/LIF the HV+ population showed an upregulation of extraembryonic markers (such as trophoblast stem cell specific genes) and also imprinted genes compared to the HV- population, which is not observed when these popul

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Joshua Brickman 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-45182 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress