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BMP4 signaling plays critical roles in self-renewal of R2i mouse embryonic stem cells
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- Issue Date
- 2022-08
- Publisher
- Academic Press
- Citation
- Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Vol.617, pp.8-15
- Abstract
- Mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) can be maintained in a pluripotent state under R2i culture conditions that inhibit the TGF-I3 and ERK signaling pathways. BMP4 is another member of the TGF-I3 family that plays a crucial role in maintaining the pluripotency state of mESCs. It has been reported that inhibition of BMP4 caused the death of R2i-grown cells. In this study, we used the loss-of-function approach to investigate the role of BMP4 signaling in mESC self-renewal. Inhibition of this pathway with Noggin and dorsomorphin, two bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) antagonists, elicited a quick death of the R2i-grown cells. We showed that the canonical pathway of BMP4 (BMP/SMAD) was dispensable for self-renewal and maintaining pluripotency of these cells. Transcriptome analysis of the BMPi-treated cells revealed that the p53 signaling and two adhesion (AD) and apoptotic mitochondrial change (MT) pathways could be involved in the cell death of the BMPi-treated cells. According to our results, inhibition of BMP4 signaling caused a decrease in cell adhesion and ECM detachment, which triggered anoikis in the R2i-grown cells. Altogether, these findings demonstrate that endogenous BMP signaling is required for the survival of mESCs under the R2i condition.(c) 2022 Published by Elsevier Inc.
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- 0006-291X
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