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Promotion of direct reprogramming by transformation-deficient Myc.

ABSTRACT: Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are generated from mouse and human fibroblasts by the introduction of three transcription factors: Oct3/4, Sox2, and Klf4. The proto-oncogene product c-Myc markedly promotes iPSC generation, but also increases tumor formation in iPSC-derived chimeric mice. We report that the promotion of iPSC generation by Myc is independent of its transformation property. We found that another Myc family member, L-Myc, as well as c-Myc mutants (W136E and dN2), all of which have little transformation activity, promoted human iPSC generation more efficiently and specifically compared with WT c-Myc. In mice, L-Myc promoted germline transmission, but not tumor formation, in the iPSC-derived chimeric mice. These data demonstrate that different functional moieties of the Myc proto-oncogene products are involved in the transformation and promotion of directed reprogramming.

SUBMITTER: Nakagawa M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2922531 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Promotion of direct reprogramming by transformation-deficient Myc.

Nakagawa Masato M Takizawa Nanako N Narita Megumi M Ichisaka Tomoko T Yamanaka Shinya S

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20100726 32

Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are generated from mouse and human fibroblasts by the introduction of three transcription factors: Oct3/4, Sox2, and Klf4. The proto-oncogene product c-Myc markedly promotes iPSC generation, but also increases tumor formation in iPSC-derived chimeric mice. We report that the promotion of iPSC generation by Myc is independent of its transformation property. We found that another Myc family member, L-Myc, as well as c-Myc mutants (W136E and dN2), all of which ...[more]

PMID: 20660764

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Promotion of direct reprogramming by transformation-deficient Myc.

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Promotion of direct reprogramming by transformation-deficient Myc.

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