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Differential requirement for the dual functions of β-catenin in embryonic stem cell self-renewal and germ layer formation

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Lyashenko, Natalia, Winter, Markus, Migliorini, Domenico, Biechele, Travis, Moon, Randall T., Hartmann, Christine·2011·Nature Cell Biology

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Canonical Wnt signalling has been implicated in mouse and human embryonic stem cell (ESC) maintenance; however, its requirement is controversial. β-catenin is the key component in this highly conserved Wnt pathway, acting as a transcriptional transactivator. However, β-catenin has additional roles at the plasma membrane regulating cell–cell adhesion, complicating the analyses of cells/tissues lacking β-catenin. We report here the generation of a Ctnnb1 (β-catenin)-deficient mouse ESC (mESC) line and show that self-renewal is maintained in the absence of β-catenin. Cell adhesion is partially rescued by plakoglobin upregulation, but fails to be maintained during differentiation. When differentiated as aggregates, wild-type mESCs form descendants of all three germ layers, whereas mesendodermal germ layer formation and neuronal differentiation are defective in Ctnnb1-deficient mESCs. A Tcf/Lef-signalling-defective β-catenin variant, which re-establishes cadherin-mediated cell adhesion, rescues definitive endoderm and neuroepithelial formation, indicating that the β-catenin cell-adhesion function is more important than its signalling function for these processes.

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Authors
Lyashenko, N., Winter, M., Migliorini, D., Biechele, T., Moon, R. T., & Hartmann, C.
Venue
Nature Cell Biology
Published
2011-06-19
Volume
13
Issue
7
Pages
753-761
ISSN
  • 1465-7392 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4679
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W2041472984
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journal article
Language
en
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Lyashenko, N., Winter, M., Migliorini, D., Biechele, T., Moon, R. T., & Hartmann, C. (2011). Differential requirement for the dual functions of β-catenin in embryonic stem cell self-renewal and germ layer formation. Nature Cell Biology. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb2260

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