Metabolic-epigenetic nexus in regulation of stem cell fate.

ABSTRACT: Stem cell fate determination is one of the central questions in stem cell biology, and although its regulation has been studied at genomic and proteomic levels, a variety of biological activities in cells occur at the metabolic level. Metabolomics studies have established the metabolome during stem cell differentiation and have revealed the role of metabolites in stem cell fate determination. While metabolism is considered to play a biological regulatory role as an energy source, recent studies have suggested the nexus between metabolism and epigenetics because several metabolites function as cofactors and substrates in epigenetic mechanisms, including histone modification, DNA methylation, and microRNAs. Additionally, the epigenetic modification is sensitive to the dynamic metabolites and

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9350619 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature