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Casanova EA, Shakhova O, Patel SS, et al. Pramel7 mediates LIF/STAT3-dependent self-renewal in embryonic stem cells. Stem Cells. 2011;29(3):474-85doi: 10.1002/stem.588.
Casanova, E. A., Shakhova, O., Patel, S. S., Asner, I. N., Pelczar, P., Weber, F. A., Graf, U., Sommer, L., Bürki, K., & Cinelli, P. (2011). Pramel7 mediates LIF/STAT3-dependent self-renewal in embryonic stem cells. Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio), 29(3), 474-85. https://doi.org/10.1002/stem.588
Casanova, Elisa A, et al. "Pramel7 mediates LIF/STAT3-dependent self-renewal in embryonic stem cells." Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) vol. 29,3 (2011): 474-85. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/stem.588
Casanova EA, Shakhova O, Patel SS, Asner IN, Pelczar P, Weber FA, Graf U, Sommer L, Bürki K, Cinelli P. Pramel7 mediates LIF/STAT3-dependent self-renewal in embryonic stem cells. Stem Cells. 2011 Mar;29(3):474-85. doi: 10.1002/stem.588. PMID: 21425410.
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Stem Cells. 2011 Mar;29(3):474-85. doi: 10.1002/stem.588.

Pramel7 mediates LIF/STAT3-dependent self-renewal in embryonic stem cells.

Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio)

Elisa A Casanova, Olga Shakhova, Sameera S Patel, Igor N Asner, Pawel Pelczar, Fabienne A Weber, Urs Graf, Lukas Sommer, Kurt Bürki, Paolo Cinelli

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  1. Institute of Laboratory Animal Science, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

PMID: 21425410 DOI: 10.1002/stem.588

Abstract

A unique and complex signaling network allows ESCs to undergo extended proliferation in vitro, while maintaining their capacity for multilineage differentiation. Genuine ESC identity can only be maintained when both self-renewal and suppression of differentiation are active and balanced. Here, we identify Pramel7 (preferentially expressed antigen in melanoma-like 7) as a novel factor crucial for maintenance of pluripotency and leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF)-mediated self-renewal in ESCs. In vivo, Pramel7 expression was exclusively found in the pluripotent pools of cells, namely, the central part of the morula and the inner cell mass of the blastocyst. Ablation of Pramel7 induced ESC differentiation, whereas its overexpression was sufficient to support long-term self-renewal in the absence of exogenous LIF. Furthermore, Pramel7 overexpression suppressed differentiation in ESCs in vitro and in vivo. This process was reversible, as on transgene excision cells reverted to a LIF-dependent state and regained their capacity to participate in the formation of chimeric mice. Molecularly, LIF directly controls Pramel7 expression, involving both STAT3-dependent transcriptional regulation and PI3K-dependent phosphorylation of glycogen synthase kinase 3β. Pramel7 expression in turn confers constitutive self-renewal and prevents differentiation through inactivation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase phosphorylation. Accordingly, knockdown of Pramel7 promotes ESC differentiation in presence of LIF and even on forced STAT3-activation. Thus, Pramel7 represents a central and essential factor in the signaling network regulating pluripotency and self-renewal in ESCs.

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