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Analysis of Retinoic Acid-induced Neural Differentiation of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells in Two and Three-dimensional Embryoid Bodies
Published on: April 22, 2017
The expression of peroxisomal protein transcripts increased by retinoic acid during neural differentiation
Maryam Ostadsharif1, Kamran Ghaedi, Mohammad Hossein Nasr-Esfahani
1Basic Medical Sciences Department, Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan Branch, Isfahan, Iran.
Abstract:
Peroxisomal matrix protein is mainly expressed in heart, skeletal muscle, and brain tissues. To study the expression of peroxisomal protein (PEP) during neurogenesis, we employed mouse embryonic carcinoma cells (P19) and embryonic stem cells (mESCs) as an in vitro model for neural differentiation by retinoic acid (RA) induction. Expression pattern of PEP was investigated under distinct steps of differentiation by RT-PCR and real-time PCR. The results revealed that expression of PEP transcripts was markedly increased after the RA treatment at embryoid body and neural stages. Therefore, we concluded that PEP might be involved in the early process of neurogenesis, which needs further verification.

