Cited by 219Pluripotent Stem Cells ResearchDevelopmental Biology and Gene RegulationLiver physiology and pathology

HNF4A is essential for specification of hepatic progenitors from human pluripotent stem cells

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DeLaForest, Ann, Nagaoka, Masato, Si-Tayeb, Karim, Noto, Fallon K., Konopka, Genevieve, Battle, Michele A., Duncan, Stephen A.·2011·Development

Abstract

The availability of pluripotent stem cells offers the possibility of using such cells to model hepatic disease and development. With this in mind, we previously established a protocol that facilitates the differentiation of both human embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells into cells that share many characteristics with hepatocytes. The use of highly defined culture conditions and the avoidance of feeder cells or embryoid bodies allowed synchronous and reproducible differentiation to occur. The differentiation towards a hepatocyte-like fate appeared to recapitulate many of the developmental stages normally associated with the formation of hepatocytes in vivo. In the current study, we addressed the feasibility of using human pluripotent stem cells to probe the molecular mechanisms underlying human hepatocyte differentiation. We demonstrate (1) that human embryonic stem cells express a number of mRNAs that characterize each stage in the differentiation process, (2) that gene expression can be efficiently depleted throughout the differentiation time course using shRNAs expressed from lentiviruses and (3) that the nuclear hormone receptor HNF4A is essential for specification of human hepatic progenitor cells by establishing the expression of the network of transcription factors that controls the onset of hepatocyte cell fate.

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  • In liver, HNF4A is required for normal development, including morphogenesis and differentiation, and controls other TFs critical in liver cell fate as well as genes necessary for hepatocyte functions.

    “In liver, HNF4A is required for normal development (2), including morphogenesis (3) and differentiation (4), and controls other TFs critical in liver cell fate as well as genes necessary for hepatocyte functions.”

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Authors
DeLaForest, A., Nagaoka, M., Si-Tayeb, K., Noto, F. K., Konopka, G., Battle, M. A., & Duncan, S. A.
Affiliations
  • Medical College of Wisconsin (US)
  • Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
  • David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Corresponding author
Duncan, Stephen A.
Venue
Development
Published
2011-10-01
Volume
138
Issue
19
Pages
4143-4153
ISSN
  • 0950-1991 (ISSN-L)
  • 1477-9129
OpenAlex
W1997086295
Cited by
219
References
49
Citations by year
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FWCI
5.72
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Development (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Jerry M. Lewis, M.D. Mental Health Research Foundation
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HL094857, R01HL094857)
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (U01HG006398, HG006398)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK 55743, R01DK055743, DK087377, RC1DK087377)
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
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Liver physiology and pathology
Keywords
HNF4α, hepatic progenitor cells, hepatocyte differentiation, human embryonic stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells, nuclear receptors, transcription factors, gene expression profiling, shRNA knockdown, liver development
MeSH terms
Animals, Cell Differentiation, Humans, Liver, Lentivirus, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Cell Lineage, Hepatocytes, RNA, Small Interfering, Pluripotent Stem Cells, Cell Proliferation, Mice, Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4

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