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ArticleStem cell reports2016

BMP-SMAD Signaling Regulates Lineage Priming, but Is Dispensable for Self-Renewal in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells.

Maria Gomes Fernandes, Ruben Dries, Matthias S Roost, Stefan Semrau, Ana de Melo Bernardo, Richard P Davis, Ramprasad Ramakrishnan, Karoly Szuhai, Elke Maas, Lieve Umans and 8 more

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Article in Stem cell reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Maria Gomes FernandesDepartment Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden 2333 ZC, the Netherlands.
Ruben DriesDepartment Development and Regeneration, Laboratory of Molecular Biology (Celgen), KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium; Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam 3015 CN, the Netherlands.
Matthias S RoostDepartment Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden 2333 ZC, the Netherlands.
Stefan SemrauLeiden Institute of Physics, Leiden University, Leiden 2333 CA, the Netherlands.
Ana de Melo BernardoDepartment Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden 2333 ZC, the Netherlands.
Richard P DavisDepartment Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden 2333 ZC, the Netherlands.
Ramprasad RamakrishnanDepartment Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden 2333 ZC, the Netherlands.
Karoly SzuhaiDepartment Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden 2333 ZC, the Netherlands.
Elke MaasDepartment Human Genetics, VIB Center for the Biology of Disease, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
Lieve UmansDepartment Development and Regeneration, Laboratory of Molecular Biology (Celgen), KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium; Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam 3015 CN, the Netherlands; Department Human Genetics, VIB Center for the Biology of Disease, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
Vanesa Abon EscalonaDepartment Human Genetics, VIB Center for the Biology of Disease, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
Daniela SalvatoriDepartment Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden 2333 ZC, the Netherlands; Center Laboratory Animal Facility, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden 2333 ZC, the Netherlands.
Dieter DeforceLaboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent 9000, Belgium.
Wim Van CriekingeMathematical Modelling, Statistics and Bio-informatics, Faculty Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent 9000, Belgium.
Danny HuylebroeckDepartment Development and Regeneration, Laboratory of Molecular Biology (Celgen), KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium; Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam 3015 CN, the Netherlands.
Christine MummeryDepartment Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden 2333 ZC, the Netherlands.
An ZwijsenDepartment Human Genetics, VIB Center for the Biology of Disease, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
Susana M Chuva de Sousa LopesDepartment Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden 2333 ZC, the Netherlands; Department Reproductive Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent 9000, Belgium. Electronic address: lopes@lumc.nl.
Leiden University Medical Center · NLVIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology · BEGhent University · BEErasmus MC · NLKU Leuven · BELeiden University · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Naive mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) are in a metastable state and fluctuate between inner cell mass- and epiblast-like phenotypes. Here, we show transient activation of the BMP-SMAD signaling pathway in mESCs containing a BMP-SMAD responsive reporter transgene. Activation of the BMP-SMAD reporter transgene in naive mESCs correlated with lower levels of genomic DNA methylation, high expression of 5-methylcytosine hydroxylases Tet1/2 and low levels of DNA methyltransferases Dnmt3a/b. Moreover, naive mESCs, in which the BMP-SMAD reporter transgene was activated, showed higher resistance to differentiation. Using double Smad1;Smad5 knockout mESCs, we showed that BMP-SMAD signaling is dispensable for self-renewal in both naive and ground state. These mutant mESCs were still pluripotent, but they exhibited higher levels of DNA methylation than their wild-type counterparts and had a higher propensity to differentiate. We showed that BMP-SMAD signaling modulates lineage priming in mESCs, by transiently regulating the enzymatic machinery responsible for DNA methylation.

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AnimalsBone Morphogenetic ProteinsCell LineageCells, CulturedCell Self RenewalDioxygenasesDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA (Cytosine-5-)-MethyltransferasesDNA MethylationGene Expression ProfilingMiceMice, KnockoutMice, TransgenicMicroscopy, ConfocalMouse Embryonic Stem CellsPluripotent Stem CellsBone Morphogenetic ProteinsDioxygenasesDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA (Cytosine-5-)-MethyltransferasesProto-Oncogene ProteinsSmad1 ProteinSmad5 ProteinSmad Proteins, Receptor-RegulatedTET1 protein, mouseTet2 protein, mouse

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PMID26711875
PMCPMC4720007
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