Linking substrate and nucleus via actin cytoskeleton in pluripotency maintenance of mouse embryonic stem cells.
Embryonic stem cells
Nesprin
Stem cell pluripotency
Journal
Stem cell research
ISSN: 1876-7753
Titre abrégé: Stem Cell Res
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101316957
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
12 2019
12 2019
Historique:
received:
12
03
2019
revised:
13
09
2019
accepted:
08
10
2019
pubmed:
13
11
2019
medline:
3
6
2020
entrez:
13
11
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Pluripotency of mouse embryonic stem cells is regulated by transcription factor regulatory networks as well as mechanical stimuli sensed by the cells. It has been unclear how the mechanical strain applied to the plasma membrane is transferred to the nucleus in mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs). We here investigated the machinery of the mechanotransduction based on the finding that spontaneous differentiation of mESCs was inhibited with the downregulation of ROCK2 in cells attached to soft substrates. On examining the effects of actin bindings to both focal adhesions and cell junctions in cells on soft substrates, co-localization of actin filaments and α-catenin, which links actin to E-cadherin, decreased after differentiation induction. Also, disrupting actin-nucleus mechanical link through dominant negative assay of Nesprins helps to sustain the pluripotency genes; thus, revealing that mechanical strain relayed by actin-Nesprin connection is required for the initiation of the differentiation process.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31715427
pii: S1873-5061(19)30244-2
doi: 10.1016/j.scr.2019.101614
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Cadherins
0
alpha Catenin
0
Rock2 protein, mouse
EC 2.7.11.1
rho-Associated Kinases
EC 2.7.11.1
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
101614Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.