CoCl2 inhibits neural differentiation of retinoic acid-treated embryoid bodies

2008 ◽  
Vol 106 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun-Ichi Nonaka ◽  
Masahide Yoshikawa ◽  
Yukiteru Ouji ◽  
Ryosuke Matsuda ◽  
Fumihiko Nishimura ◽  
...  
1990 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 155
Author(s):  
P MONTALDO ◽  
A BIANO ◽  
S FOLGHERA ◽  
M LANCIOTTI ◽  
P LONGONE ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle M. Spice ◽  
Joshua Dierolf ◽  
Gregory M. Kelly

AbstractHedgehog signaling is essential for vertebrate development, however, less is known about the negative regulators that influence this pathway during the differentiation of cell fates. Using the mouse P19 embryonal carcinoma cell model, Suppressor of Fused (SUFU), a negative regulator of the Hedgehog pathway, was investigated during retinoic acid-induced neural differentiation. We found Hedgehog signaling was activated in the early phase of neural differentiation and became inactive during terminal differentiation of neurons and astrocytes. SUFU, which regulates signaling at the level of GLI, remained relatively unchanged during the differentiation process, however SUFU loss through CRISPIR-Cas9 gene editing resulted in decreased cell proliferation and ectopic expression of Hedgehog target genes. Interestingly, SUFU-deficient cells were unable to differentiate in the absence of retinoic acid, but when differentiated in its presence they showed delayed and decreased astrocyte differentiation; neuron differentiation did not appear to be affected. Retinoic acid-induced differentiation also caused ectopic activation of Hh target genes in SUFU-deficient cells and while the absence of the GLI3 transcriptional inhibitor suggested the pathway was active, no full-length GLI3 was detected even though the message encoding Gli3 was present. Thus, the study would indicate the proper timing and proportion of glial cell differentiation requires SUFU, and its normal regulation of GLI3 to maintain Hh signaling in an inactive state.


1999 ◽  
Vol 112 (18) ◽  
pp. 3071-3080
Author(s):  
K. Miki

When retinoic acid-primed F9 cells are allowed to aggregate, they form embryoid bodies with an outer layer of (α)-fetoprotein-producing visceral endoderm cells and an internal cavity. I show that maturation of the visceral endoderm is dependent on the size of F9 aggregates. Size fractionation of aggregates of retinoic acid-primed F9 cells on Percoll density gradients revealed that only aggregates with diameters larger than 180 microm developed into embryoid bodies with an endoderm layer secreting (α)-fetoprotein. Size dependent alpha-fetoprotein-secretion was also observed when retinoic acid-primed F9 cells were cultured on porous microcarrier beads larger than 185 microm. Retinoic acid-primed F9 cells on flat microporous membranes did not differentiate and secrete alpha-fetoprotein unless exposed to a limited volume of medium at their basolateral surface. This suggested that maturation of the visceral endoderm is signaled by the volume of liquid phase below the epithelium. I postulate that the epithelial layer of an F9 aggregate encloses liquid and forms a barrier to diffusion of some critical factor(s). The concentration of such a factor may reach a threshold due to enlargement of the liquid phase during growth of the F9 aggregate and thereby signal maturation of the outer layer of cells into visceral endoderm.


1993 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 2235-2246
Author(s):  
R J Arceci ◽  
A A King ◽  
M C Simon ◽  
S H Orkin ◽  
D B Wilson

We report the cDNA cloning and characterization of mouse GATA-4, a new member of the family of zinc finger transcription factors that bind a core GATA motif. GATA-4 cDNA was identified by screening a 6.5-day mouse embryo library with oligonucleotide probes corresponding to a highly conserved region of the finger domains. Like other proteins of the family, GATA-4 is approximately 50 kDa in size and contains two zinc finger domains of the form C-X-N-C-(X17)-C-N-X-C. Cotransfection assays in heterologous cells demonstrate that GATA-4 trans activates reporter constructs containing GATA promoter elements. Northern (RNA) analysis and in situ hybridization show that GATA-4 mRNA is expressed in the heart, intestinal epithelium, primitive endoderm, and gonads. Retinoic acid-induced differentiation of mouse F9 cells into visceral or parietal endoderm is accompanied by increased expression of GATA-4 mRNA and protein. In vitro differentiation of embryonic stem cells into embryoid bodies is also associated with increased GATA-4 expression. We conclude that GATA-4 is a tissue-specific, retinoic acid-inducible, and developmentally regulated transcription factor. On the basis of its tissue distribution, we speculate that GATA-4 plays a role in gene expression in the heart, intestinal epithelium, primitive endoderm, and gonads.


2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (23) ◽  
pp. 8945
Author(s):  
Mercedes Fernández ◽  
Micaela Pannella ◽  
Vito Antonio Baldassarro ◽  
Alessandra Flagelli ◽  
Giuseppe Alastra ◽  
...  

While the role of thyroid hormones (THs) during fetal and postnatal life is well-established, their role at preimplantation and during blastocyst development remains unclear. In this study, we used an embryonic stem cell line isolated from rat (RESC) to study the effects of THs and retinoic acid (RA) on early embryonic development during the pre-implantation stage. The results showed that THs play an important role in the differentiation/maturation processes of cells obtained from embryoid bodies (EB), with thyroid hormone nuclear receptors (TR) (TRα and TRβ), metabolic enzymes (deiodinases 1, 2, 3) and membrane transporters (Monocarboxylate transporters -MCT- 8 and 10) being expressed throughout in vitro differentiation until the Embryoid body (EB) stage. Moreover, thyroid hormone receptor antagonist TR (1-850) impaired RA-induced neuroectodermal lineage specification. This effect was significantly higher when cells were treated with retinoic acid (RA) to induce neuroectodermal lineage, studied through the gene and protein expression of nestin, an undifferentiated progenitor marker from the neuroectoderm lineage, as established by nestin mRNA and protein regulation. These results demonstrate the contribution of the two nuclear receptors, TR and RA, to the process of neuroectoderm maturation of the in vitro model embryonic stem cells obtained from rat.


2011 ◽  
Vol 185 (4S) ◽  
Author(s):  
Akihiro Nakane ◽  
Ryuichi Nishinakamura ◽  
Kentaro Mizuno ◽  
Yoshiyuki Kojima ◽  
Tetsuji Maruyama ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 1539-1553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masataka Someda ◽  
Shunsuke Kuroki ◽  
Hitoshi Miyachi ◽  
Makoto Tachibana ◽  
Shin Yonehara

Abstract Among caspase family members, Caspase-8 is unique, with associated critical activities to induce and suppress death receptor-mediated apoptosis and necroptosis, respectively. Caspase-8 inhibits necroptosis by suppressing the function of receptor-interacting protein kinase 1 (RIPK1 or RIP1) and RIPK3 to activate mixed lineage kinase domain-like (MLKL). Disruption of Caspase-8 expression causes embryonic lethality in mice, which is rescued by depletion of either Ripk3 or Mlkl, indicating that the embryonic lethality is caused by activation of necroptosis. Here, we show that knockdown of Caspase-8 expression in embryoid bodies derived from ES cells markedly enhances retinoic acid (RA)-induced cell differentiation and necroptosis, both of which are dependent on Ripk1 and Ripk3; however, the enhancement of RA-induced cell differentiation is independent of Mlkl and necrosome formation. RA treatment obviously enhanced the expression of RA-specific target genes having the retinoic acid response element (RARE) in their promoter regions to induce cell differentiation, and induced marked expression of RIPK1, RIPK3, and MLKL to stimulate necroptosis. Caspase-8 knockdown induced RIPK1 and RIPK3 to translocate into the nucleus and to form a complex with RA receptor (RAR), and RAR interacting with RIPK1 and RIPK3 showed much stronger binding activity to RARE than RAR without RIPK1 or RIPK3. In Caspase-8-deficient as well as Caspase-8- and Mlkl-deficient mouse embryos, the expression of RA-specific target genes was obviously enhanced. Thus, Caspase-8, RIPK1, and RIPK3 regulate RA-induced cell differentiation and necroptosis both in vitro and in vivo.


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