Silencing of TRIM28 in human iPSC
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ABSTRACT: TRIM28, a multi-domain protein, is crucial in the development of mouse embryos and the maintenance of embryonic stem cells (ESC) self-renewal potential. As the epigenetic factor modulating the structure of chromatin, TRIM28 regulates the expression of numerous genes and is associated with progression and poor prognosis in many types of cancer. IPSC served as a model of the cells with stem cell-like phenotype, e.g., cancer stem cells. We evaluated the role of TRIM28 in pluripotency maintenance in iPSC by silencing endogenous TRIM28 expression with siRNA (iPSC-siTRIM28). IPSC treated with siRNA with no target sequence served as a control (siCTRL) of the experiment. Cells lacking TRIM28 lose the expression of pluripotency markers, as well as the ability to self-renew, and they start to differentiate. Pathway enrichment analysis using Gene Ontology datasets showed significant upregulation of pathways related to apoptosis, differentiation, cellular response to DNA damage stimulus and cell cycle regulation in iPSC-siTRIM28, relative to reference iPSC (iPSC-WT and iPSC-siCTRL).
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE153726 | GEO | 2020/07/03
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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