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Lead exposure disrupts global DNA methylation in human embryonic stem cells and alters their neuronal differentiation

ABSTRACT: Exposure to lead (Pb) during childhood can result in learning disabilities and behavioral problems. Although described in animal models, whether Pb exposure also alters neuronal differentiation in the developing brains of exposed children is unknown. Here, we investigated the effects of physiologically relevant concentrations of Pb (from 0.4 to 1.9 M-BM-5M or 0 to 40M-BM-5g/dl) on the capacity of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) to progress to a neuronal fate. We found that neither acute nor chronic exposure to Pb prevented hESCs from generating neural precursor cells (NPCs). NPCs derived from hESCs chronically exposed to 1.9 M-BM-5M or 40M-BM-5g/dl Pb throughout the neural differentiation process generated 2.5 times more TUJ1-positive neurons than those derived from control hESCs. Pb exposure of hESCs during the stage of neural rosette formation resulted in a significant decrease in the expression levels of the neural marker genes PAX6 and MSI1. Furthermore, the resulting NPCs differentiated into neurons with shorter neurites and less branching than control neurons, as assessed by Sholl analysis. DNA methylation studies of control, acutely treated hESCs and NPCs derived from chronically exposed hESCs using the Illumina HumanMethylation450 BeadChipM-BM-. demonstrated that Pb exposure induced changes in the methylation status of genes involved in neurogenetic signaling pathways. In summary, our study shows that exposure to Pb subtly alters the neuronal differentiation of exposed hESCs and that these changes could be partly mediated by modifications in the DNA methylation status of genes crucial to brain development. We analyzed the methylation profile of undifferentiated (n=2 independent experiments) and differentiating (n=2 independent experiments) human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) acutely exposed to losed to lead (Pb) and neural precursor cells derived from hESCs chronically exposed to Pb throughout the neural differentiation process (n=3 independent experiments).

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Douglas Ruden

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-54596 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Project description:Studies of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) commonly describe the non-functional p53-p21 axis of the G1/S checkpoint pathway with subsequent relevance for cell cycle regulation and the DNA damage response (DDR). Importantly, p21 mRNA is clearly present and upregulated after the DDR in hESCs but p21 protein is not detectable. In this article, we provide evidence that expression of p21 protein is directly regulated by the microRNA pathway under standard culture conditions and after DNA damage. The DDR in hESCs leads to upregulation of tens of microRNAs, including hESC-specific microRNAs such as those of the miR-302 family, miR-371-372 family, or C19MC microRNA cluster. Most importantly, we show that the hESC-enriched microRNA family miR-302 (miR-302a, miR-302b, miR-302c, and miR-302d) directly contributes to regulation of p21 expression in hESCs and thus demonstrate a novel function for miR-302s in hESCS. The described mechanism elucidates the role of microRNAs in regulation of important molecular pathway governing the G1/S transition checkpoint before as well as after DNA damage. Karyotypically normal hESC lines CCTL-14 (46, XX, at passages 20M-bM-^@M-^S30 and 242M-bM-^@M-^S250, respectively) was used in this study (for detailed characterization of hESC lines see International Stem Cell Registry: http://www.iscr-admin). For UVC irradiation, culture media were aspirated and cells were washed once with phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) without Mg2+ and Ca2+ (pH 7.4). For each time point, nine culture dishes were independently irradiated with a dose of 3 J/m2. Cells were then further incubated in culture media (37M-BM-0C/5% CO2) until they were harvested at 4, 8, and 16 hrs, respectively, post-UVC treatment. Differentiation and culture of NPCs derived from hESCs To induce neural differentiation, we utilized a protocol based on embryoid body (EB) formation with simultaneous all-trans-retinoic acid (RA) treatment. Colonies of hESCs were transferred to a non-adherent cell culture dish in the presence of differentiation media [DMEM/F12:Neurobasal 1:1, N2, B27 (Invitrogen), 2 mmol/l L-Glutamine (all media components from Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA), 1M-CM-^W MEM non-essential amino acids, 0.5% penicillin-streptomycin, 100 M-BM-5mol/l M-NM-2-2 mercaptoethanol (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA) and 20 ng/ml FGF-2 (PeproTech, Rocky Hill, NJ, USA)]. RA was added (Sigma-Aldrich, concentration 0.5 M-BM-5mol/l) into fresh differentiation media on days 6, 10, and 14 after the beginning of EB development. On day 16, cells were dissociated using Accutase (Sigma-Aldrich) and plated on a gelatin-coated cell culture dish in maintenance media (DMEM/F12, N2, B27, L-Glutamine, MEM non-essential amino acids, 0.5% penicillin-streptomycin, 100 M-BM-5mol/l M-NM-2-2 mercaptoethanol, and 20 ng/ml FGF-2). Cells were passaged twice and subsequently harvested for RNA isolation.

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