ArticleStem cell reports2022
Stabilization of cell-cell adhesions prevents symmetry breaking and locks in pluripotency in 3D gastruloids.
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- Investigation of embryogenesis in a dish: the development and application of gastruloid models from pluripotent stem cells.Cell & bioscience · 2026Review
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- Optogenetic WNT signaling drives germ layer self-organization in a human gastruloid model.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Non-cell-autonomous control of mouse gastruloid development by the ultra-conserved lncRNA T-UCstem1.The EMBO journal · 2025Article
- N2B27 media formulations influence gastruloid development.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2025Article
- Fine-tuning mechanical constraints reveals uncoupled patterning and gene expression programs in murine gastruloids.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2025Article
- Advances in engineered models of peri-gastrulation.iScience · 2025Review
- The Modulation of Cell Plasticity by Budesonide: Beyond the Metabolic and Anti-Inflammatory Actions of Glucocorticoids.Pharmaceutics · 2025Review
- BPA Exposure Affects Mouse Gastruloids Axial Elongation by Perturbing the Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Three-dimensional environment sensitizes pancreatic cancer cells to the anti-proliferative effect of budesonide by reprogramming energy metabolism.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2024Article
- Budesonide Analogues Preserve Stem Cell Pluripotency and Delay 3D Gastruloid Development.Pharmaceutics · 2023Article
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Abstract
3D embryonic stem cell (ESC) aggregates self-organize into embryo-like structures named gastruloids that recapitulate the axial organization of post-implantation embryos. Crucial in this process is the symmetry-breaking event that leads to the emergence of asymmetry and spatially ordered structures from homogeneous cell aggregates. Here, we show that budesonide, a glucocorticoid drug widely used to treat asthma, prevents ESC aggregates to break symmetry. Mechanistically, the effect of budesonide is glucocorticoid receptor independent. RNA sequencing and lineage fate analysis reveal that budesonide counteracts exit from pluripotency and modifies the expression of a large set of genes associated with cell migration, A-P axis formation, and WNT signaling. This correlates with reduced phenotypic and molecular cell heterogeneity, persistence of E-CADHERIN at the cell-cell interface, and cell aggregate compaction. Our findings reveal that cell-cell adhesion properties control symmetry breaking and cell fate transition in 3D gastruloids and suggest a potential adverse effect of budesonide on embryo development.
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