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- Title
Enforced Expression of Mixl1 During Mouse ES Cell Differentiation Suppresses Hematopoietic Mesoderm and Promotes Endoderm Formation.
- Authors
Sue Mei Lim; Pereira, Lloyd; Wong, Michael S.; Hirst, Claire E.; Van Vranken, Benjamin E.; Pick, Marjorie; Trounson, Alan; Elefanty, Andrew G.; Stanley, Edouard G.
- Abstract
The Mixl1 gene encodes a homeodomain transcription factor that is required for normal mesoderm and endoderm development in the mouse. We have examined the consequences of enforced Mixl1 expression during mouse embryonic stem cell (ESC) differentiation. We show that three independently derived ESC lines constitutively expressing Mixl1 (Mixl1C ESCs) differentiate into embryoid bodies (EBs) containing a higher proportion of E-cadherin (E-Cad)+ cells. Our analysis also shows that this differentiation occurs at the expense of hematopoietic mesoderm differentiation, with Mixl1C ESCs expressing only low levels of Flk1 and failing to develop hemoglobinized cells. Immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence studies revealed that Mixl1C EBs have extensive areas containing cells with an epithelial morphology that express E-Cad, FoxA2, and Sox17, consistent with enhanced endoderm formation. Luciferase reporter transfection experiments indicate that Mixl1 can transactivate the Gsc, Sox17, and E-Cad promoters, supporting the hypothesis that Mixl1 has a direct role in definitive endoderm formation. Taken together, these studies suggest that high levels of Mixl1 preferentially allocate cells to the endoderm during ESC differentiation.
- Subjects
CELL differentiation; EMBRYONIC stem cells; TRANSCRIPTION factors; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; GENETIC transformation; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN cloning
- Publication
Stem Cells, 2009, Vol 27, Issue 2, p363
- ISSN
1066-5099
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1634/stemcells.2008-1008