Center for Stem Cell and Translational Medicine, Anhui University,Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California,Center for Stem Cell and Translational Medicine, Anhui University
This work was supported by grants from The National Natural Science Foundation of China and Anhui Province (31501191, 31671535, 1508085SQC204) and the 211 Scientific Research Startup Fund of Anhui University (J01006068,J01006045)
Mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) are isolated from the inner cell mass (ICM) of the pre-implantation embryos. They can be maintained indefinitely as self-renewing populations while retaining the pluripotency to differentiate into the cells of all three primary germ layers when cultured under appropriate conditions in vitro. The transcriptional factor inhibitor of DNA binding 1 (Id1) can promote mESC self-renewal in serum condition without LIF. However, whether the other Id family members, such as Id2 and Id3, have similar function in mESCs is still unclear. In this study, we overexpressed Id2 and Id3 in 46C mESCs respectively, and found that both factors are able to support mESC self-renewal in the absence of LIF, while the self-renewal-promoting effect of Id2 is stronger than Id3. RNA-sequence approach revealed that Id2 is capable of upregulating c-Myc and n-Myc expression levels. Functional studies demonstrated that knockdown of c-Myc and n-Myc together could greatly reduce the function of Id2 in sustaining the undifferentiated state of mESCs, indicating that Myc family members have functional redundancy and can mediate the self-renewal-promoting effect of Id2 in mESCs. Our results will expand the current understanding of the pluripotency regulation network of embryonic stem cells.
GUO Meng-Meng, YING Qi-Long, YE Shou-Dong.Id2 Promotes Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell Self-renewal Through Induction of The Expression Levels of Myc Family Members[J]. Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics,2017,44(11):990-998
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