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La salida de la pluripotencia está cerrada por la redistribución intracelular del factor de transcripción bHLH Tfe3
Joerg Betschinger1, Jennifer Nichols, Sabine Dietmann
1Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QR, UK. jb579@cam.ac.uk
Cell
|April 16, 2013
Resumen
Los supresores de tumores Folliculina (Flcn) y Tsc2 previenen el compromiso de las células madre embrionarias (CEM) mediante la regulación de Tfe3.3. El Tfe3 nuclear forzado mantiene la pluripotencia, revelando un reostato para el compromiso de linaje.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología de las células madre Biología de las células madre
- Mecanismos moleculares de la pluripotencia
- Determinación del destino de las células.
Sus antecedentes:
- La auto-renovación de las células madre embrionarias de ratón (CEM) es bien entendida.
- La maquinaria molecular que controla la salida de la pluripotencia sigue estando mal definida.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Identificar los factores que regulan la salida de la pluripotencia en los CES.
- Aclarar el papel de Folliculin (Flcn) y Tsc2 en el compromiso del CES.
Principales métodos:
- Pantalla de pequeño ARN interferente (siRNA) a gran escala.
- Análisis del objetivo mamífero de la vía de la rapamicina (mTOR).
- Investigación de la localización y actividad del factor de transcripción Tfe3.
- Localización de todo el genoma y análisis funcionales.
- Estudios in vivo del desarrollo de epiblastos.
Principales resultados:
- La eliminación de Flcn y Tsc2 impide el compromiso del CES.
- Flcn, junto con Fnip1/2, restringe el Tfe3 nuclear, promoviendo la diferenciación.
- El Tfe3 nuclear forzado permite a los CES resistirse a la diferenciación.
- Tfe3 regula directamente a Esrrb, integrándose en el circuito de pluripotencia.
- Flcn-Fnip1/2 influye en la localización de Tfe3 durante el desarrollo in vivo.
Conclusiones:
- La vía Flcn-Tsc2-mTOR y el eje Flcn-Fnip1/2-Tfe3 actúan como un reostato celular intrínseco para la desestabilización de la pluripotencia.
- Tfe3 es un regulador clave que integra la pluripotencia y la diferenciación.
- La regulación mediada por fluido de Tfe3 es crucial para la progresión del desarrollo del epiblasto.
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