Project description:Methods for differentiating human pluripotent stem cells to pancreatic and liver lineages in vitro have been limited by the inability to identify and isolate distinct endodermal subpopulations specific to these two organs. Here we report that pancreatic and hepatic progenitors can be isolated using the surface markers CD177/NB1 glycoprotein and inducible T-cell costimulatory ligand CD275/ICOSL, respectively, from seemingly homogeneous definitive endoderm derived from human pluripotent stem cells. Anterior definitive endoderm (ADE) subpopulations identified by CD177 and CD275 show inverse activation of canonical and noncanonical WNT signaling. CD177+ ADE expresses and synthesizes the secreted WNT, NODAL and BMP antagonist CERBERUS1 and is specified toward the pancreatic fate. CD275+ ADE receives canonical Wnt signaling and is specified toward the liver fate. Isolated CD177+ ADE differentiates more homogeneously into pancreatic progenitors and into more functionally mature and glucose-responsive β-like cells in vitro compared with cells from unsorted differentiation cultures.
Project description:Precisely co-ordinated activation of lineage specific transcription factors direct cell fate decisions during mouse early development. The T-box transcription factor Eomes is dynamically expressed during mouse gastrulation and is a key regulator of the anterior visceral endoderm (AVE), cardiac mesoderm and definitive endoderm (DE) lineages. The cis-acting regulatory elements that direct spatiotemporally restricted Eomes expression domains have yet to be elucidated. To understand transcriptional regulation of Eomes in Definitive Endoderm open chromatin data was generated by ATAC-seq and histone modifications identified by ChIP-seq. Interactions at the Eomes locus and the loci of two related transcription factors Foxa2 and Lhx1, was also determined by NG Capture-C.
Project description:Precisely co-ordinated activation of lineage specific transcription factors direct cell fate decisions during mouse early development. The T-box transcription factor Eomes is dynamically expressed during mouse gastrulation and is a key regulator of the anterior visceral endoderm (AVE), cardiac mesoderm and definitive endoderm (DE) lineages. The cis-acting regulatory elements that direct spatiotemporally restricted Eomes expression domains have yet to be elucidated. To understand transcriptional regulation of Eomes in Definitive Endoderm open chromatin data was generated by ATAC-seq and histone modifications identified by ChIP-seq. Interactions at the Eomes locus and the loci of two related transcription factors Foxa2 and Lhx1, was also determined by NG Capture-C.
Project description:Precisely co-ordinated activation of lineage specific transcription factors direct cell fate decisions during mouse early development. The T-box transcription factor Eomes is dynamically expressed during mouse gastrulation and is a key regulator of the anterior visceral endoderm (AVE), cardiac mesoderm and definitive endoderm (DE) lineages. The cis-acting regulatory elements that direct spatiotemporally restricted Eomes expression domains have yet to be elucidated. To understand transcriptional regulation of Eomes in Definitive Endoderm open chromatin data was generated by ATAC-seq and histone modifications identified by ChIP-seq. Interactions at the Eomes locus and the loci of two related transcription factors Foxa2 and Lhx1, was also determined by NG Capture-C.
Project description:Optimizing the efficiency of definitive endoderm differentiation is significant for the generation of diverse organ-like structures. In this study, we utilized saracatinib to enhance definitive endoderm differentiation in pluripotent stem cells. We found saracatinib significantly improved the definitive endoderm differentiation at low concentrations. To investigate the impact of 0.5 μM saracatinib on definitive endoderm differentiation of ESC H1 cells, we conducted RNA-seq analysis with differentiated cells with or without 0.5 μM saracatinib treatment.
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE16678: MicroRNA expression data from differentiation of human Cyt49 ESCs into definitive endoderm in feeder-free conditions GSE16681: mRNA expression data from differentiation of human ESCs into definitive endoderm, Cyt49 on matrigel GSE16687: MicroRNA expression data from differentiation of human Cyt49 ESCs into definitive endoderm on MEF feeder layers GSE16689: MicroRNA expression data from differentiation of human H9 ESCs into definitive endoderm on MEF feeder layers Refer to individual Series
Project description:hESCs can differentiate into the three primary embryonic lineages (endoderm, mesoderm, ectoderm) as well as extraembryonic tissues. Definitive endoderm (DE) is the first step into the pathway to endoderm derived tissues: pancreas, liver, gut, lung. We used microarrays to detail the changes in mRNA expression during the transition from pluripotent hESCs into definitive endoderm.
Project description:We discovered a role for the transcription factor OTX2 in formation of mouse definitive endoderm (DE). We used ATAC-seq to identify open chromatin regions in OTX2-depleted definitive endoderm cells and identify sites with changed accessibility during DE differentiation
Project description:Pluripotent hESCs can differentiate into the three primary embryonic lineages (endoderm, mesoderm, ectoderm) as well as extraembryonic tissues. Definitive endoderm (DE) is the first step into the pathway to endoderm dreived tissues (pancreas, liver, gut, lung). We used microarrays to detail the changes in microRNA expression during the transition from pluripotent hESCs into definitive endoderm.