{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Mote RD"],"funding":["Department of Biotechnology, India","DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance","Wellcome Trust"],"pagination":["16888-16896"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7864080"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["295(49)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) display unique mechanical properties, including low cellular stiffness in contrast to differentiated cells, which are stiffer. We have previously shown that mESCs lacking the clathrin heavy chain (<i>Cltc</i>), an essential component for clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME), display a loss of pluripotency and an enhanced expression of differentiation markers. However, it is not known whether physical properties such as cellular stiffness also change upon loss of <i>Cltc</i>, similar to what is seen in differentiated cells, and if so, how these altered properties specifically impact pluripotency. Using atomic force microscopy (AFM), we demonstrate that mESCs lacking <i>Cltc</i> display higher Young's modulus, indicative of greater cellular stiffness, compar"],"journal":["The Journal of biological chemistry"],"pubmed_title":["Pluripotency of embryonic stem cells lacking clathrin-mediated endocytosis cannot be rescued by restoring cellular stiffness."],"pmcid":["PMC7864080"],"funding_grant_id":["BT/PR30450/MED/31/399/2018","500172/Z/09/Z","IA/I/12/1/500507"],"pubmed_authors":["Yadav J","V SL","Mote RD","Patil S","Singh SB","Tiwari M","Subramanyam D"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Pluripotency of embryonic stem cells lacking clathrin-mediated endocytosis cannot be rescued by restoring cellular stiffness.","description":"Mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) display unique mechanical properties, including low cellular stiffness in contrast to differentiated cells, which are stiffer. We have previously shown that mESCs lacking the clathrin heavy chain (<i>Cltc</i>), an essential component for clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME), display a loss of pluripotency and an enhanced expression of differentiation markers. However, it is not known whether physical properties such as cellular stiffness also change upon loss of <i>Cltc</i>, similar to what is seen in differentiated cells, and if so, how these altered properties specifically impact pluripotency. Using atomic force microscopy (AFM), we demonstrate that mESCs lacking <i>Cltc</i> display higher Young's modulus, indicative of greater cellular stiffness, compar","dates":{"release":"2020-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2020 Dec","modification":"2026-05-07T17:05:42.199Z","creation":"2022-02-10T14:16:43.153Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7864080","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33087446"],"doi":["10.1074/jbc.AC120.014343"]}}