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ArticleStem cells (Dayton, Ohio)2011

MyoD gene suppression by Oct4 is required for reprogramming in myoblasts to produce induced pluripotent stem cells.

Shuichi Watanabe, Hiroyuki Hirai, Yoko Asakura, Christopher Tastad, Mayank Verma, Charles Keller, James R Dutton, Atsushi Asakura

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Article in Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio), 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Shuichi WatanabeStem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
Hiroyuki Hirai
Yoko Asakura
Christopher Tastad
Mayank Verma
Charles Keller
James R Dutton
Atsushi Asakura
University of Minnesota · USUniversity of Minnesota Medical Center · USOregon Health & Science University · US

Funding

Genetically Engineered Muscle Stem Cell Transplantation for Muscular Dystrophy...R01AR062142 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI ASAKURA, ATSUSHI · 2012 to 2016
$1.6M
Muscular Dystrophy Therapy by Increased AngiogenesisR03AR061545 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI ASAKURA, ATSUSHI · 2012 to 2014
$221k
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR062142NIAMS NIH HHS R03 AR061545
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Expression of the four transcription factors, that is, Oct4, Sox2, cMyc, and Klf4 has been shown to generate induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from many types of specialized differentiated somatic cells. It remains unclear, however, whether fully committed skeletal muscle progenitor cells (myoblasts) have the potency to undergo reprogramming to develop iPSCs in line with previously reported cases. To test this, we have isolated genetically marked myoblasts derived from satellite cell of adult mouse muscles using the Cre-loxP system (Pax7-CreER:R26R and Myf5-Cre:R26R). On infection with retroviral vectors expressing the four factors, these myoblasts gave rise to myogenic lineage tracer lacZ-positive embryonic stem cell (ESC)-like colonies. These cells expressed ESC-specific genes and were competent to differentiate into all three germ layers and germ cells, indicating the successful generation of myoblast-derived iPSCs. Continuous expression of the MyoD gene, a master transcription factor for skeletal muscle specification, inhibited this reprogramming process in myoblasts. In contrast, reprogramming myoblasts isolated from mice lacking the MyoD gene led to an increase in reprogramming efficiency. Our data also indicated that Oct4 acts as a transcriptional suppressor of MyoD gene expression through its interaction with the upstream enhancer region. Taken together, these results indicate that suppression of MyoD gene expression by Oct4 is required for the initial reprogramming step in the development of iPSCs from myoblasts. This data suggests that the skeletal muscle system provides a well-defined differentiation model to further elaborate on the effects of iPSC reprogramming in somatic cells.

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AnimalsCells, CulturedCellular ReprogrammingDown-RegulationFemaleInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsKruppel-Like Factor 4MiceMice, Inbred ICRMice, Inbred NODMice, KnockoutMice, SCIDMyoblastsMyoD ProteinOctamer Transcription Factor-3PregnancyKlf4 protein, mouseKruppel-Like Factor 4MyoD1 myogenic differentiation proteinMyoD ProteinOctamer Transcription Factor-3

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PMID21425413
PMCPMC3734538
OpenAlexW2099688541

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