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Distinct Signaling Requirements for the Establishment of ESC Pluripotency in Late-Stage EpiSCs.

ABSTRACT: It has previously been reported that mouse epiblast stem cell (EpiSC) lines comprise heterogeneous cell populations that are functionally equivalent to cells of either early- or late-stage postimplantation development. So far, the establishment of the embryonic stem cell (ESC) pluripotency gene regulatory network through the widely known chemical inhibition of MEK and GSK3beta has been impractical in late-stage EpiSCs. Here, we show that chemical inhibition of casein kinase 1alpha (CK1alpha) induces the conversion of recalcitrant late-stage EpiSCs into ESC pluripotency. CK1alpha inhibition directly results in the simultaneous activation of the WNT signaling pathway, together with inhibition of the TGFbeta/SMAD2 signaling pathway, mediating the rewiring of the gene regulatory network in favor of an ESC-like state. Our findings uncover a molecular mechanism that links CK1alpha to ESC pluripotency through the direct modulation of WNT and TGFbeta signaling.

SUBMITTER: Illich DJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4850425 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Distinct Signaling Requirements for the Establishment of ESC Pluripotency in Late-Stage EpiSCs.

Illich Damir Jacob DJ Zhang Miao M Ursu Andrei A Osorno Rodrigo R Kim Kee-Pyo KP Yoon Juyong J Araúzo-Bravo Marcos J MJ Wu Guangming G Esch Daniel D Sabour Davood D Colby Douglas D Grassme Kathrin S KS Chen Jiayu J Greber Boris B Höing Susanne S Herzog Wiebke W Ziegler Slava S Chambers Ian I Gao Shaorong S Waldmann Herbert H Schöler Hans R HR

Cell reports 20160414 4

It has previously been reported that mouse epiblast stem cell (EpiSC) lines comprise heterogeneous cell populations that are functionally equivalent to cells of either early- or late-stage postimplantation development. So far, the establishment of the embryonic stem cell (ESC) pluripotency gene regulatory network through the widely known chemical inhibition of MEK and GSK3beta has been impractical in late-stage EpiSCs. Here, we show that chemical inhibition of casein kinase 1alpha (CK1alpha) ind ...[more]

PMID: 27149845

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Project description:BackgroundREST is abundantly expressed in mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs). Many genome-wide analyses have found REST to be an integral part of the ESC pluripotency network. However, experimental systems have produced contradictory findings: (1) REST is required for the maintenance of ESC pluripotency and loss of REST causes increased expression of differentiation markers, (2) REST is not required for the maintenance of ESC pluripotency and loss of REST does not change expression of differentiation markers, and (3) REST is not required for the maintenance of ESC pluripotency but loss of REST causes decreased expression of differentiation markers. These reports highlight gaps in our knowledge of the ESC network.MethodsEmploying biochemical and genome-wide analyses of various culture conditions and ESC lines, we have attempted to resolve some of the discrepancies in the literature.ResultsWe show that Rest+/- and Rest-/- AB-1 mutant ESCs, which did not exhibit a role of REST in ESC pluripotency when cultured in the presence of feeder cells, did show impaired self-renewal when compared with the parental cells under feeder-free culture conditions, but only in early passage cells. In late passage cells, both Rest+/- and Rest-/- AB-1 ESCs restored pluripotency, suggesting a passage and culture condition-dependent response. Genome-wide analysis followed by biochemical validation supported this response and further indicated that the restoration of pluripotency was associated by increased expression of the ESC pluripotency factors. E14Tg2a.4 ESCs with REST-knockdown, which earlier showed a REST-dependent pluripotency when cultured under feeder-free conditions, as well as Rest-/- AB-1 ESCs, showed no REST-dependent pluripotency when cultured in the presence of either feeder cells or laminin, indicating that extracellular matrix components can rescue REST's role in ESC pluripotency.ConclusionsREST regulates ESC pluripotency in culture condition- and ESC line-dependent fashion and ESC pluripotency needs to be evaluated in a context dependent manner.

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Distinct Signaling Requirements for the Establishment of ESC Pluripotency in Late-Stage EpiSCs.

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Distinct Signaling Requirements for the Establishment of ESC Pluripotency in Late-Stage EpiSCs.

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