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Retinoic acid orchestrates fibroblast growth factor signalling to drive embryonic stem cell differentiation

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Stavridis, Marios P., Collins, Barry J., Storey, Kate G.·2010·Development

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Embryonic stem (ES) cells fluctuate between self-renewal and the threshold of differentiation. Signalling via the fibroblast growth factor (Fgf)/Erk pathway is required to progress from this dynamic state and promote mouse ES cell differentiation. Retinoic acid also induces differentiation in many cellular contexts, but its mechanism of action in relation to Fgf/Erk signalling in ES cells is poorly understood. Here, we show for the first time that endogenous retinoid signalling is required for the timely acquisition of somatic cell fate in mouse ES cells and that exposure to retinoic acid advances differentiation by a dual mechanism: first increasing, but in the long-term decreasing, Fgf signalling. Rapid retinoid induction of Fgf8 and downstream Erk activity on day 1 in differentiation conditions may serve to ensure loss of self-renewal. However, more gradual repression of Fgf4 by retinoic acid is accompanied by an overall reduction in Erk activity on day 2, and the acquisition of neural and non-neural fates is now advanced by inhibition of Fgf signalling. So, although blocking Fgf/Erk activity is known to promote ES cell self-renewal, once cells have experienced a period of such signals, subsequent inhibition of Fgf signalling has the opposite effect and drives differentiation. We further show in the embryo that retinoid repression of Fgf signalling promotes neural differentiation onset in an analogous step in the extending embryonic body axis and so identify attenuation of Fgf signalling by retinoic acid as a conserved fundamental mechanism driving differentiation towards somatic cell fates.

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Authors
Stavridis, M. P., Collins, B. J., & Storey, K. G.
Affiliations
University of Dundee (GB)
Venue
Development
Published
2010-03-15
Volume
137
Issue
6
Pages
881-890
ISSN
  • 0950-1991 (ISSN-L)
  • 1477-9129
OpenAlex
W2115463333
Cited by
124
References
60
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FWCI
6.52
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Development (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Discovery Research Portal (University of Dundee) (publishedVersion)
Funders
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
Keywords
retinoic acid, FGF signaling, embryonic stem cell differentiation, self-renewal, FGF8, FGF4, neuronal differentiation, retinoic acid signaling, mouse embryo
MeSH terms
Animals, Cell Differentiation, Cells, Cultured, Chick Embryo, Fibroblast Growth Factors, Neurons, Pyrimidines, Tretinoin, Signal Transduction, Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Body Patterning, Protein Kinase Inhibitors, Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases, Mice, Embryonic Stem Cells, Neurogenesis

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