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Endogenous Wnt signalling in human embryonic stem cells generates an equilibrium of distinct lineage-specified progenitors
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The pluripotent nature of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) makes them convenient for deriving therapeutically relevant cells. Here we show using Wnt reporter hESC lines that the cells are heterogeneous with respect to endogenous Wnt signalling activity. Moreover, the level of Wnt signalling activity in individual cells correlates with differences in clonogenic potential and lineage-specific differentiation propensity. The addition of Wnt protein or, conversely, a small-molecule Wnt inhibitor (IWP2) reduces heterogeneity, allowing stable expansion of Wnthigh or Wntlow hESC populations, respectively. On differentiation, the Wnthigh hESCs predominantly form endodermal and cardiac cells, whereas the Wntlow hESCs generate primarily neuroectodermal cells. Thus, heterogeneity with respect to endogenous Wnt signalling underlies much of the inefficiency in directing hESCs towards specific cell types. The relatively uniform differentiation potential of the Wnthigh and Wntlow hESCs leads to faster and more efficient derivation of targeted cell types from these populations. Human embryonic stem cell cultures are morphologically heterogeneous. Here, differences in Wnt signalling are shown to contribute to this heterogeneity, cells containing high levels of Wnt form endodermal and cardiac cells, whereas cells with low Wnt form neuroectodermal cells, when differentiation is induced.
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- Blauwkamp, T. A., Nigam, S., Ardehali, R., Weissman, I. L., & Nusse, R.
- Venue
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2012-09-18
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1070-1070
- ISSN
- 2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
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- W2018744859
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- 184
- References
- 5
- FWCI
- 7.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
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