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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-3-15
pubmed:abstractText
Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) are a promising model for studying mechanisms of regulation of early development and differentiation. OCT4, NANOG, OCT4-related genes and some others were recently described to be important in pluripotency maintenance. Lesser is known about molecular mechanisms involved in their regulation. Apart from genetic regulation of gene expression epigenetic events, particularly methylation, play an important role in early development. Using RT-PCR we studied the expression of pluripotency-related genes OCT4, NANOG, DPPA3 and DPPA5 during hESCs differentiation to embryoid bodies. Analysis of methylation profiles of promoter or putative regulatory regions of the indicated genes demonstrated that expression of the pluripotency-maintaining genes correlated with their methylation status, whereas methylation of DPPA3 and DPPA5 varied between cell lines. We propose that DNA methylation underlies the developmental stage-specific mechanisms of pluripotency-related genes expression and reactivation and may have an impact on differentiation potential of hESC lines.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1551-4005
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
416-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16479162-5' Flanking Region, pubmed-meshheading:16479162-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:16479162-DNA Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:16479162-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16479162-Embryo, Mammalian, pubmed-meshheading:16479162-Epigenesis, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:16479162-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:16479162-Homeodomain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16479162-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16479162-Octamer Transcription Factor-3, pubmed-meshheading:16479162-Pluripotent Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:16479162-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:16479162-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16479162-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:16479162-Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:16479162-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:16479162-Stem Cells
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Diverse epigenetic profile of novel human embryonic stem cell lines.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't