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WNT7 Promotes Proliferation of Pancreatic Progenitor Cells Differentiated from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells through Non-Canonical Wnt Signaling Pathway

ABSTRACT: A small molecule, AT7867, promotes proliferation of human pluripotent stem cell-derived pancreatic progenitor cells (PPCs), yet detailed mechanisms of its proliferative effect were not fully understood. Here, we performed cell-based siRNA screening on a subset of genes to reveal that WNT7B is a growth factor of human PPCs as previously shown in mouse pancreas development. Although recombinant proteins had no in vitro activity, feeder cell lines stably expressing Wnt7a or Wnt7b enhanced PPC proliferation. Further analyses showed that canonical Wnt signaling pathway was not affected by AT7867 treatment as well as Wnt7a and Wnt7b. Knockdown of a non-canonical Wnt pathway component, PKCα, and its downstream substrate, MARCKS, blocked PPC proliferation suggesting a requirement of this pathway. Phosphoproteome analysis revealed that AT7867 inhibited Yin Yang 1 (YY1) phosphorylation at Ser118, which directly or indirectly regulated expression of WNT7B in PPCs. Taken together, non-canonical Wnt signaling mediated by WNT7B plays a critical role for the expansion of human PPC population that is a promising alternative cell source to generate β cells for the cure of diabetes.

ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)

SUBMITTER: Mio Iwasaki

PROVIDER: PXD018222 | JPOST Repository | Sun Mar 27 00:00:00 GMT 2022

REPOSITORIES: jPOST

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Combined Omics Approaches Reveal the Roles of Non-canonical WNT7B Signaling and YY1 in the Proliferation of Human Pancreatic Progenitor Cells.

Kimura Azuma A Toyoda Taro T Iwasaki Mio M Hirama Ryusuke R Osafune Kenji K

Cell chemical biology 20201029 12

The proliferation of human pancreatic progenitor cells (PPCs) is critical for developing cell therapies for diabetes. Here, using transcriptome analysis combined with small interfering RNA (siRNA) screening, we revealed that WNT7B is a downstream growth factor of AT7867, a compound known to promote the proliferation of PPCs generated from human pluripotent stem cells. Feeder cell lines stably expressing mouse Wnt7a or Wnt7b, but not other Wnts, enhanced PPC proliferation in the absence of AT7867 ...[more]

PMID: 33125912

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WNT7 Promotes Proliferation of Pancreatic Progenitor Cells Differentiated from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells through Non-Canonical Wnt Signaling Pathway

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Combined Omics Approaches Reveal the Roles of Non-canonical WNT7B Signaling and YY1 in the Proliferation of Human Pancreatic Progenitor Cells.

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