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ArticleStem cell reports2016

Zscan4 Is Activated after Telomere Shortening in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells.

Yoko Nakai-Futatsugi, Hitoshi Niwa

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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 25 papers.

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yoko Nakai-FutatsugiLaboratory for Pluripotent Stem Cell Studies, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, 2-2-3 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0047, Japan. Electronic address: y.futatsugi@cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp.
Hitoshi NiwaLaboratory for Pluripotent Stem Cell Studies, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, 2-2-3 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0047, Japan; Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Sanbancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan. Electronic address: niwa@kumamoto-u.ac.jp.
Japan Science and Technology Agency · JPRIKEN Center for Computational Science · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

ZSCAN4 is a DNA-binding protein that functions for telomere elongation and genomic stability. In vivo, it is specifically expressed at the two-cell stage during mouse development. In vitro, it is transiently expressed in mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs), only in 5% of the population at one time. Here we attempted to elucidate when, under what circumstances, Zscan4 is activated in ESCs. Using live cell imaging, we monitored the activity of Zscan4 together with the pluripotency marker Rex1. The lengths of the cell cycles in ESCs were diverse. Longer cell cycles were accompanied by shorter telomeres and higher activation of Zscan4. Since activation of Zscan4 is involved in telomere elongation, we speculate that the extended cell cycles accompanied by Zscan4 activation reflect the time for telomere recovery. Rex1 and Zscan4 did not show any correlation. Taken together, we propose that Zscan4 is activated to recover shortened telomeres during extended cell cycles, irrespective of the pluripotent status.

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AnimalsCell CycleGreen Fluorescent ProteinsIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceLuciferasesMiceMicroscopy, FluorescenceModels, GeneticMouse Embryonic Stem CellsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA InterferenceTelomereTelomere ShorteningTime FactorsTime-Lapse ImagingTranscription FactorsGreen Fluorescent ProteinsLuciferasesTranscription FactorsZfp42 protein, mouseZscan4c protein, mouseZscan4d protein, mouse

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PMID26997646
PMCPMC4834046
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