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ArticlePloS one2012

Ell3 enhances differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells by regulating epithelial-mesenchymal transition and apoptosis.

Hee-Jin Ahn, Young Cha, Seok-Ho Moon, Jee-Eun Jung, Kyung-Soon Park

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Article in PloS one, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hee-Jin AhnDepartment of Biomedical Science, College of Life Science, CHA University, Seoul, Korea.
Young Cha
Seok-Ho Moon
Jee-Eun Jung
Kyung-Soon Park
CHA University · KR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ell3 is a testis-specific RNA polymerase II elongation factor whose cellular function is not clear. The present study shows that Ell3 is activated during the differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs). Furthermore, Ell3 plays a critical role in stimulating lineage differentiation of mESCs by promoting epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and suppressing apoptosis. Mouse ESCs engineered to stably express Ell3 were rapidly differentiated compared with control cells either under spontaneous differentiation or neural lineage-specific differentiation conditions. Gene expression profile and quantitative RT-PCR analysis showed that the expression of EMT markers, such as Zeb1 and Zeb2, two major genes that regulate EMT, was upregulated in Ell3-overexpressing mESCs. Remarkably, knockdown of Zeb1 attenuated the enhanced differentiation capacity of Ell3-overexpressing mESCs, which indicates that Ell3 plays a role in the induction of mESC differentiation by inducing EMT. In contrast to Ell3-overexpressing mESCs, Ell3-knock down mESCs could not differentiate under differentiation conditions and, instead, underwent caspase-dependent apoptosis. In addition, apoptosis of differentiating Ell3-knock out mESCs was associated with enhanced expression of p53. The present results suggest that Ell3 promotes the differentiation of mESCs by activating the expression of EMT-related genes and by suppressing p53 expression.

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ApoptosisCell DifferentiationEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionAnimalsCaspasesCell LineEmbryonic Stem CellsGene Knockdown TechniquesHomeodomain ProteinsKruppel-Like Transcription FactorsMiceNeuronsPluripotent Stem CellsSignal TransductionTranscriptional Elongation FactorsTumor Suppressor Protein p53CaspasesEll3 protein, mouseHomeodomain ProteinsKruppel-Like Transcription FactorsTranscriptional Elongation FactorsTumor Suppressor Protein p53ZEB1 protein, mouseZinc Finger E-box-Binding Homeobox 1

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PMID22768269
PMCPMC3386972
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