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Sci Rep ; 6: 31068, 2016 08 09.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27501774

ABSTRACT

The differentiation efficiency of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) into heart muscle cells (cardiomyocytes) is highly sensitive to culture conditions. To elucidate the regulatory mechanisms involved, we investigated hESCs grown on three distinct culture platforms: feeder-free Matrigel, mouse embryonic fibroblast feeders, and Matrigel replated on feeders. At the outset, we profiled and quantified their differentiation efficiency, transcriptome, transcription factor binding sites and DNA-methylation. Subsequent genome-wide analyses allowed us to reconstruct the relevant interactome, thereby forming the regulatory basis for implicating the contrasting differentiation efficiency of the culture conditions. We hypothesized that the parental expressions of FOXC1, FOXD1 and FOXQ1 transcription factors (TFs) are correlative with eventual cardiomyogenic outcome. Through WNT induction of the FOX TFs, we observed the co-activation of WNT3 and EOMES which are potent inducers of mesoderm differentiation. The result strengthened our hypothesis on the regulatory role of the FOX TFs in enhancing mesoderm differentiation capacity of hESCs. Importantly, the final proportions of cells expressing cardiac markers were directly correlated to the strength of FOX inductions within 72 hours after initiation of differentiation across different cell lines and protocols. Thus, we affirmed the relationship between early FOX TF expressions and cardiomyogenesis efficiency.


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Forkhead Transcription Factors/genetics , Forkhead Transcription Factors/metabolism , Human Embryonic Stem Cells/cytology , Human Embryonic Stem Cells/metabolism , Myocytes, Cardiac/cytology , Myocytes, Cardiac/metabolism , Animals , Binding Sites , Cell Culture Techniques/methods , Cell Differentiation/genetics , Cell Differentiation/physiology , Cells, Cultured , Collagen , Drug Combinations , Epigenesis, Genetic , Feeder Cells/metabolism , Gene Expression Profiling , Genome-Wide Association Study , Humans , Laminin , Mesoderm/cytology , Mesoderm/metabolism , Mice , Models, Cardiovascular , Proteoglycans , Signal Transduction , Wnt Proteins/metabolism
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