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ArticlePloS one2017

Dynamic regulation of EZH2 from HPSc to hepatocyte-like cell fate.

Mariaelena Pistoni, Nicky Helsen, Jolien Vanhove, Ruben Boon, Zhuofei Xu, Laura Ordovas, Catherine M Verfaillie

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Article in PloS one, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Mariaelena PistoniKU Leuven-Department Development and Regeneration, Stem Cell Institute (SCIL), Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1219-0038
Nicky HelsenKU Leuven-Department Development and Regeneration, Stem Cell Institute (SCIL), Leuven, Belgium.
Jolien VanhoveKU Leuven-Department Development and Regeneration, Stem Cell Institute (SCIL), Leuven, Belgium.
Ruben BoonKU Leuven-Department Development and Regeneration, Stem Cell Institute (SCIL), Leuven, Belgium.
Zhuofei XuKU Leuven-Department Development and Regeneration, Stem Cell Institute (SCIL), Leuven, Belgium.
Laura OrdovasKU Leuven-Department Development and Regeneration, Stem Cell Institute (SCIL), Leuven, Belgium.
Catherine M VerfaillieKU Leuven-Department Development and Regeneration, Stem Cell Institute (SCIL), Leuven, Belgium.
Rega Institute for Medical Research · BE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Currently, drug metabolization and toxicity studies rely on the use of primary human hepatocytes and hepatoma cell lines, which both have conceivable limitations. Human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC)-derived hepatocyte-like cells (HLCs) are an alternative and valuable source of hepatocytes that can overcome these limitations. EZH2 (enhancer of zeste homolog 2), a transcriptional repressor of the polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2), may play an important role in hepatocyte development, but its role during in vitro hPSC-HLC differentiation has not yet been assessed. We here demonstrate dynamic regulation of EZH2 during hepatic differentiation of hPSC. To enhance EZH2 expression, we inducibly overexpressed EZH2 between d0 and d8, demonstrating a significant improvement in definitive endoderm formation, and improved generation of HLCs. Despite induction of EZH2 overexpression until d8, EZH2 transcript and protein levels decreased from d4 onwards, which might be caused by expression of microRNAs predicted to inhibit EZH2 expression. In conclusion, our studies demonstrate that EZH2 plays a role in endoderm formation and hepatocyte differentiation, but its expression is tightly post-transcriptionally regulated during this process.

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Cell LineageCell DifferentiationEnhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 ProteinHEK293 CellsHepatocytesHumansMicroRNAsPluripotent Stem CellsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerEnhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 ProteinEZH2 protein, humanMicroRNAsRNA, Messenger

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PMID29091973
PMCPMC5665677
OpenAlexW2766806087

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