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A Simple Method to Identify Kinases That Regulate Embryonic Stem Cell Pluripotency by High-throughput Inhibitor Screening
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A PiggyBac-based recessive screening method to identify pluripotency regulators.

Ge Guo1, Yue Huang, Peter Humphreys

  • 1Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Plos One
|May 3, 2011
PubMed
Summary

We identified Tcf3 as a key regulator of stem cell pluripotency using a novel genetic screen. Tcf3 deficiency impairs differentiation, enhancing self-renewal in embryonic stem cells.

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Area of Science:

  • Stem cell biology
  • Genetics
  • Molecular biology

Background:

  • Phenotype-driven genetic screens offer unbiased discovery of genomic regulators.
  • Bloom syndrome (Blm) deficient embryonic stem (ES) cells facilitate recessive screening via loss of heterozygosity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a forward genetic screening strategy for identifying regulators of mammalian pluripotency.
  • To isolate novel genes controlling stem cell self-renewal and differentiation resistance.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized PiggyBac gene trap insertions in Blm-deficient ES cells, inducing homozygosity.
  • Applied stringent selection for resistance to differentiation to isolate mutants.
  • Analyzed gene function through gene trap disruption and excision experiments.

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Main Results:

  • Screened 2000 mutants, identifying a disruptive insertion in the Tcf3 gene.
  • Homozygous Tcf3 mutants exhibited impaired differentiation and enhanced self-renewal capacity.
  • The observed phenotype was dosage-sensitively reverted by excising the gene trap insertion.

Conclusions:

  • Tcf3 acts as a potent negative regulator of pluripotency in mammalian stem cells.
  • The study validates a forward screening methodology for discovering modulators of pluripotent stem cell biology.