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Regulation of extra-embryonic endoderm stem cell differentiation by Nodal and Cripto signaling

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Julio, Marianna Kruithof-de, Alvarez, Mariano J., Galli, Antonella, Chu, Jianhua, Price, Sandy M., Califano, Andrea, Shen, Michael M.·2011·Development

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The signaling pathway for Nodal, a ligand of the TGFβ superfamily, plays a central role in regulating the differentiation and/or maintenance of stem cell types that can be derived from the peri-implantation mouse embryo. Extra-embryonic endoderm stem (XEN) cells resemble the primitive endoderm of the blastocyst, which normally gives rise to the parietal and the visceral endoderm in vivo, but XEN cells do not contribute efficiently to the visceral endoderm in chimeric embryos. We have found that XEN cells treated with Nodal or Cripto (Tdgf1), an EGF-CFC co-receptor for Nodal, display upregulation of markers for visceral endoderm as well as anterior visceral endoderm (AVE), and can contribute to visceral endoderm and AVE in chimeric embryos. In culture, XEN cells do not express Cripto, but do express the related EGF-CFC co-receptor Cryptic (Cfc1), and require Cryptic for Nodal signaling. Notably, the response to Nodal is inhibited by the Alk4/Alk5/Alk7 inhibitor SB431542, but the response to Cripto is unaffected, suggesting that the activity of Cripto is at least partially independent of type I receptor kinase activity. Gene set enrichment analysis of genome-wide expression signatures generated from XEN cells under these treatment conditions confirmed the differing responses of Nodal- and Cripto-treated XEN cells to SB431542. Our findings define distinct pathways for Nodal and Cripto in the differentiation of visceral endoderm and AVE from XEN cells and provide new insights into the specification of these cell types in vivo.

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  • emVE represents a specialized variant of exVE, perhaps modulating a transcriptional program in response to stimuli such as BMP or Nodal.

    “Differential expression between bulk RNA sequenced E7.5 exVE and emVE populations suggested that emVE represents a specialized variant of exVE (Extended Data Fig. 7d), perhaps modulating a transcriptional program in response to stimuli, such as BMP or Nodal38–40.”

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Authors
Julio, M. K.-D., Alvarez, M. J., Galli, A., Chu, J., Price, S. M., Califano, A., & Shen, M. M.
Affiliations
  • Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
  • University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (US)
Corresponding author
Shen, Michael M.
Venue
Development
Published
2011-09-15
Volume
138
Issue
18
Pages
3885-3895
ISSN
  • 0950-1991 (ISSN-L)
  • 1477-9129
OpenAlex
W2141775956
Cited by
62
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63
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FWCI
2.08
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Development (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD42837, R01HD042837)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › TGF-β signaling in diseases
Keywords
Nodal signaling, Cripto, TDGF1, visceral endoderm, anterior visceral endoderm, primitive endoderm, peri-implantation embryo, chimeric embryos, SB431542, TGF-beta superfamily, cell fate specification
MeSH terms
Animals, Cell Differentiation, Cell Line, Embryo, Mammalian, Endoderm, Epidermal Growth Factor, Female, Extraembryonic Membranes, Membrane Glycoproteins, Mice, Inbred ICR, Mice, Transgenic, Neoplasm Proteins, Pregnancy, Signal Transduction, Gene Expression Profiling, Microarray Analysis, Mice, Embryonic Stem Cells, Nodal Protein

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