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Dox-regulated Notch4 overexpression in mouse ES cells redirects hemagioblasts to a cardiac fate.

ABSTRACT: Previous studies have demonstrated that distinct progenitor subpopulations of mesoderm display tissue specific and vascular potential: hemangioblasts, a progenitor population capable of generating cells of the hematopoietic, endothelial and vascular smooth muscle lineages, and a multipotential progenitor capable of generating progeny of the cardiac, endothelial and vascular smooth muscle lineages. Each of these populations is characterized by co-expression of brachyury (Bry) and Flk-1, although the hemangioblast population is established before the cardiovascular progenitors in ES cell differentiation cultures (e.g. d3.5 for hemagioblast, versus d4.5 for cardiovascular progenitors). To investigate the role of Notch signalling in the establishment of cardiac lineages, we used a tet-inducible ES cell line (Ainv18) engineered to express an activated form of the Notch4 receptor following doxycycline treatment. This line also expresses a GFP cDNA from the Bry locus. Following 3.0-3.5 days of serum stimulation, three distinct populations based on Flk-1 and GFP expression are observed: Bry-GFP-/Flk-1-, Bry-GFP+/Flk-1- and Bry-GFP+/Flk-1+ cells. Previous studies have shown that the Bry-GFP+/Flk-1+ population contains hemangioblasts, whereas the Bry-GFP+/Flk-1- population displays cardiac potential. Bry-GFP+/Flk-1+ cells, sorted from EB's derived from ES cell differentiation cultures exposed to serum for 3.5 days, were allowed to reaggregate for 24 in the presence or absence of doxycycline, and the total RNA harvested at 4, 12, 24, 48, and 96 hours post Dox induction for microarray analysis. The induced populations were compared to non-induced population harvested at the same time points.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Robert Stull

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-12425 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Notch signaling respecifies the hemangioblast to a cardiac fate.

Chen Vincent C VC Stull Robert R Joo Daniel D Cheng Xin X Keller Gordon G

Nature biotechnology 20080928 10

To efficiently generate cardiomyocytes from embryonic stem (ES) cells in culture it is essential to identify key regulators of the cardiac lineage and to develop methods to control them. Using a tet-inducible mouse ES cell line to enforce expression of a constitutively activated form of the Notch 4 receptor, we show that signaling through the Notch pathway can efficiently respecify hemangioblasts to a cardiac fate, resulting in the generation of populations consisting of >60% cardiomyocytes. Mic ...[more]

PMID: 18820686

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Dox-regulated Notch4 overexpression in mouse ES cells redirects hemagioblasts to a cardiac fate.

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Notch signaling respecifies the hemangioblast to a cardiac fate.

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