Maintenance of retinal stem cells by Abcg2 is regulated by notch signaling
| Autor: | Sumitra Bhattacharya, Ani V. Das, Kavita Mallya, Iqbal Ahmad |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Cellular differentiation Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay Biology Retina Rats Sprague-Dawley Cancer stem cell Neurosphere ATP Binding Cassette Transporter Subfamily G Member 2 Animals Cells Cultured Induced stem cells Receptors Notch Stem Cells Cell Differentiation Cell Biology Neural stem cell Cell biology Rats Neuroepithelial cell Gene Expression Regulation embryonic structures ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters Female RNA Interference sense organs Stem cell Metabolic Networks and Pathways Adult stem cell Signal Transduction |
| Zdroj: | Journal of cell science. 120(Pt 15) |
| ISSN: | 0021-9533 |
| Popis: | ABCG2 belongs to the ATP-binding cassette superfamily of transmembrane proteins and is ubiquitously expressed in stem cells including those in the developing nervous system. The ability of ABCG2 to preferentially exclude DNA-intercalating dyes is regarded to be the basis for the enrichment of stem cells or progenitors as dyelow side population (SP) cells. However, the role of ABCG2 in neural stem cells remains speculative and poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate using retinal stem cells, that ABCG2 is the molecular determinant of SP cell phenotype of neural stem cells and plays an important role in their maintenance. Overexpression of ABCG2 prevents the SP cell phenotype and adversely affects the lineage commitment of retinal stem cells. By contrast, targeted attenuation of ABCG2 depletes retinal SP cells and promotes their differentiation along pan neural and retinal lineages. In addition, we demonstrate for the first time that ABCG2 is a target of Notch signaling, and as such, constitutes one of the genes in the regulatory network of Notch signaling, involved in the maintenance of stem cells. |
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