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Zhu K, Liu Y, Fan C, Zhang M, Cao H, He X, Li N, Chu D, Li F, Zou M, Hua J, Wang H, Wang Y, Fan G, Zhang S. Etv5 safeguards trophoblast stem cells differentiation from mouse EPSCs by regulating fibroblast growth factor receptor 2. Mol Biol Rep 2020; 47:9259-9269. [PMID: 33159233 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-020-05969-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2020] [Revised: 10/29/2020] [Accepted: 10/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
Previous studies have demonstrated that transcription factor Etv5 plays an important role in the segregation between epiblast and primitive endoderm at the second fate decision of early embryo. However, it remains elusive whether Etv5 functions in the segregation between inner cell mass and trophectoderm at the first cell fate decision. In this study, we firstly generated Etv5 knockout mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) by CRISPR/Cas9, then converted them into extended potential stem cells (EPSCs) by culturing the cells in small molecule cocktail medium LCDM (LIF, CHIR99021, (S)-(+)-dimethindene maleate, minocycline hydrochloride), and finally investigated their differentiation efficiency of trophoblast stem cells (TSCs). The results showed that Etv5 knockout significantly decreased the efficiency of TSCs (CDX2+) differentiated from EPSCs. In addition, Etv5 knockout resulted in higher incidence of the differentiated cells with tetraploid and octoploid than that from wild type. Mechanistically, Etv5 was activated by extracellular-signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling pathway; in turn, Etv5 had a positive feedback on the expression of fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) which lies upstream of ERK. Etv5 knockout decreased the expression of FGFR2, whose binding with fibroblast growth factor 4 was essentially needed for TSCs differentiation. Collectively, the findings in this study suggest that Etv5 is required to safeguard the TSCs differentiation by regulating FGFR2 and provide new clues to understand the specification of trophectoderm in vivo.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kui Zhu
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shaanxi Center of Stem Cells Engineering and Technology, Northwest A&F University, 712100, Yangling, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shaanxi Center of Stem Cells Engineering and Technology, Northwest A&F University, 712100, Yangling, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shaanxi Center of Stem Cells Engineering and Technology, Northwest A&F University, 712100, Yangling, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shaanxi Center of Stem Cells Engineering and Technology, Northwest A&F University, 712100, Yangling, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shaanxi Center of Stem Cells Engineering and Technology, Northwest A&F University, 712100, Yangling, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shaanxi Center of Stem Cells Engineering and Technology, Northwest A&F University, 712100, Yangling, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shaanxi Center of Stem Cells Engineering and Technology, Northwest A&F University, 712100, Yangling, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetically Engineered Veterinary Vaccines, Yebio Bioengineering Co.Ltd of Qingdao, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetically Engineered Veterinary Vaccines, Yebio Bioengineering Co.Ltd of Qingdao, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetically Engineered Veterinary Vaccines, Yebio Bioengineering Co.Ltd of Qingdao, Qingdao, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shaanxi Center of Stem Cells Engineering and Technology, Northwest A&F University, 712100, Yangling, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shaanxi Center of Stem Cells Engineering and Technology, Northwest A&F University, 712100, Yangling, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shaanxi Center of Stem Cells Engineering and Technology, Northwest A&F University, 712100, Yangling, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetically Engineered Veterinary Vaccines, Yebio Bioengineering Co.Ltd of Qingdao, Qingdao, China.
| | - Shiqiang Zhang
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shaanxi Center of Stem Cells Engineering and Technology, Northwest A&F University, 712100, Yangling, China.
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