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Canonical Wnt signaling is required for development of embryonic stem cell-derived mesoderm

Canonical Wnt signaling is required for development of embryonic stem cell-derived mesoderm. Lindsley R.C. et al, Development (2006). Keller G., Genes Dev.(2005) Tam P.P.L. and behringer R.R., curr. Opin. Genet. Dev.(2003).

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Canonical Wnt signaling is required for development of embryonic stem cell-derived mesoderm

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  1. Canonical Wnt signaling is required for development of embryonic stem cell-derived mesoderm Lindsley R.C. et al, Development (2006)

  2. Keller G., Genes Dev.(2005) Tam P.P.L. and behringer R.R., curr. Opin. Genet. Dev.(2003)

  3. Generation of the primitive streak is regulated by multiple pathways, including Nodal, Wnt and Bmp • Canonical Wnt signaling is absolutely required for primitive streak formation (Wnt3, LRP5/6) • Wnt signaling can induce expression of at least one primitive streak gene (brachyury) and can antagonize neuronal differentiation Rossant J. and Tam P. P. L., Dev. Cell (2006)

  4. ES cells differentiation • Without discernible axes and lack tissue components • Can study the mechanisms of signaling pathways during discrete developmental transitions in the absence of asymmetric embryonic structures and signaling centers • Characterization of Wnt signaling in regulating features of in vitro ES cell differentiation that may be analogous to primitive streak formation in vivo.

  5. Activation of canonical Wnt signaling during early ES cell differentiation In the pre-streak and early gastrula-stage Keller G., Genes Dev.(2005) Kemp C. et al, Dev. Dyn. (2005)

  6. independent of extrinsic serum-derived factors • initiated by either cell autonomous mechanisms or by intercellular signals present

  7. Wnt signaling is required for generation of Flk1+ mesoderm Flk1 - VEGF receptor expressed by multipotent mesoderm cells NOGGIN - Bmp2/4/7 inhibitor Keller G., Genes Dev.(2005)

  8. Wnt-dependent expression of genes associated with primitive streak, EMT, endoderm and mesoderm early primitive streak-stage embryo epithelial-mesenchymal transition ES cell associated gene mes/endoderm mesoderm Dkk1 treatment causes a global block at the ES cell equivalent of primitive streak formation

  9. Early inhibition of canonical Wnt signaling enhances longterm Neuronal differentiation Neuroectoderm associated genes

  10. Canonical Wnt signaling is required forgeneration of ES cell-derived mesoderm - 12day - 16day methylcellulose colonyforming assays Cadio-specific genes Transcriptional factors for hematopoietic development

  11. E-cadherin -> epithelial marker Fibronectin -> mesenchymal marker

  12. Stabilized b-catenin is insufficient for induction ofprimitive streak-associated gene expression

  13. Soluble factors can restore mesoderm generation in the presence of Dkk1 CRIPTO -> EGF-CFC factor, cardiomyocyte development FST -> Follistatin

  14. Wnt and Bmp signaling act cooperatively to regulate brachyury expression A2lox.sbcat cells

  15. We demonstrate a requirement for Wnt signaling during the earliest steps of mesendodermal differentiation of ES cells • How Wnt signaling regulates gene expression • Wnt pathway activation could act autonomously and directly to induce target gene expression through the b-catenin-dependent conversion • Wnt signaling regulate the threshold or stability of gene transcription induced by other pathways • ES cells may provide auseful and experimentally tractable model system to define complex signaling interactions at the cellular and molecular levels • Evx1 -> b-catenin deficient embryo(3.2 fold reduced) ES cell (40-fold reduced)

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