Stadhouders R, Vidal E, Serra F, et al., Transcription factors orchestrate dynamic interplay between genome topology and gene regulation
during cell reprogramming.
The findings reported in Nature Genetics indicate that genome architecture has important informational value for controlling gene expression
during cell reprogramming, and is thus required for the specialized functions of a cell.
Transcription factors orchestrate dynamic interplay between genome topology and gene regulation
during cell reprogramming.
Not exact matches
The MYC protein — which is one of the molecules used to
reprogram iPSCs from adult
cells — likely plays a role in dictating which sites in the genome are randomly methylated
during the
reprogramming process, the researchers hypothesized.
Plath's team found that the changes that happen in
cells during reprogramming occur in a sequential stage - by - stage manner, and that importantly, the stages were the same across all the different
reprogramming systems and different
cell types analyzed.
When researchers suppressed the ARF gene in mole - rat
cells during the
reprogramming process to iPSCs, the
cells stopped proliferation with sign of cellular senescence, while the opposite happens with mouse
cells.
«As researchers started using these
cells more, it became clear that
during the process of
reprogramming to create stem
cells the
cell was also rejuvenated in other ways,» says Jerome Mertens, a postdoctoral research fellow and first author of the new paper.
During the first hours after fertilization, the two separate genomes undergo
reprogramming events that presumably function to erase the memory of the differentiated
cell type and establish a state of totipotency.
After some time
during which
reprogramming should take place, you start to evaluate the outcome and conduct functional assays, such as patch clamp recordings in case you try to obtain neurons to prove that
cells really change their identity.
We have identified a number of key transcription factors that are deregulated
during this process, and we are using this information to investigate mechanisms by which differentiation can be
reprogrammed in tumour
cells.
(2015) Myc and SAGA rewire an alternative splicing network
during early somatic
cell reprogramming.
His lab has pioneered the generation of clinical grade induced pluripotent stem (iPS)
cells using non-viral
reprogramming methods such as direct delivery of
reprogrammed proteins and novel episomal methods, and has recently identified novel mechanisms underlying metabolic
reprogramming during human induced pluripotency.
Compared to MEF
cells, which can be maintained for only 5 — 7 days after irradiation, HFF
cells as a feeder layer avoid frequent passage and allow the maintenance of established
cell -
cell interaction
during the
reprogramming process.
The three - dimensional organization of the genome represents a
cell - type specific means to regulate gene transcription; however, we currently lack a detailed understanding of the architectural changes that occur
during the generation of induced pluripotent stem
cells (iPSCs) due to the inherent inefficiency of the
reprogramming process [1].
Previous data in the literature suggested that
reprogramming factors should be maintained for up to 12 days
during iPSC generation from mouse
cells [31], [32].
Reversible
Reprogramming of Circulating Memory T Follicular Helper
Cell Function
during Chronic HIV Infection.
The single -
cell perspective has helped to better understand gene regulation and regulatory networks
during exit from pluripotency,
cell - fate determination as well as molecular mechanisms driving cellular
reprogramming of somatic
cells to induced pluripotent stage.
Utilising both chondrocytes as a starting material and non-integrating mRNA technology as a
reprogramming strategy, the group aimed to remove the risk of epigenetic memory of somatic
cell of origin, which can affect future differentiation propensity, and reduces the risk of abnormalities being introduced
during reprogramming.