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Nuclear compression-mediated DNA damage drives ATR-dependent Lamin expression and mouse ESC differentiation

ABSTRACT: Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) which are susceptible to DNA damage depend on a robust and highly efficient DNA damage response (DDR) mechanism for their survival. However, the implications of physical force-mediated DNA damage on ESC fate remains unclear. Here we assessed the importance of DNA damage in ESC differentiation by culturing mouse ESCs (mESCs) on substrates of varying stiffness, which has been shown to induce stem cell differentiation. We show that stiffness-dependent mESC spreading induces DNA damage through nuclear compression that leads to loss of pluripotency, expression of Lamin A/C and germline markers. DNA damage and induction of Lamin A/C are observed in the presence of differentiating agents, as well as during mESC differentiation on cell derived matrices, identifying DNA damage as an early event in differentiation. Differentiation was also associated with reduction of DNA damage and activation of the DDR factor – ATR. While ATR is typically known to play roles in DDR pathway, its role during stiffness-mediated nuclear compression and mESC differentiation is unknown. Nuclear enrichment of activated ATR on stiff substrates and reduction of Lamin A/C expression due to ATR inhibition suggests that mESC differentiation is driven by nuclear compression-mediated DNA damage and involves ATR-dependent modulation of Lamin A/C.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE262150 | GEO | 2025/09/01

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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