G protein coupled receptors in embryonic stem cells: a role for Gs-alpha signaling.
G protein coupled receptors in embryonic stem cells: a role for Gs-alpha signaling.
复制标题
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0009105
复制
发表时间:
2010-02-08
期刊:
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Lowe WL Jr
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Layden BT;Newman M;Chen F;Fisher A;Lowe WL Jr
Identification of receptor mediated signaling pathways in embryonic stem (ES) cells is needed to facilitate strategies for cell replacement using ES cells. One large receptor family, largely uninvestigated in ES cells, is G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs). An important role for these receptors in embryonic development has been described, but little is known about GPCR expression in ES cells. We have examined the expression profile of 343 different GPCRs in mouse ES cells demonstrating for the first time that a large number of GPCRs are expressed in undifferentiated and differentiating ES cells, and in many cases at high levels. To begin to define a role for GPCR signaling in ES cells, the impact of activating Gs-alpha, one of the major alpha subunits that couples to GPCRs, was investigated. Gs-alpha activation resulted in larger embryoid bodies (EBs), due, in part, to increased cell proliferation and prevented the time-related decline in expression of transcription factors important for maintaining ES cell pluripotency. These studies suggest that Gs-alpha signaling contributes to ES cell proliferation and pluripotency and provide a framework for further investigation of GPCRs in ES cells.
登录
查看更多内容
影响因子:
2.7
作者:
Okita, Keisuke;Yamanaka, Shinya
通讯作者:
Yamanaka, Shinya
影响因子:
3.6
作者:
Fredriksson, R;Schiöth, HB
通讯作者:
Schiöth, HB
影响因子:
3.7
作者:
Jiang S;Fu Y;Williams J;Wood J;Pandarinathan L;Avraham S;Makriyannis A;Avraham S;Avraham HK
通讯作者:
Avraham HK
影响因子:
4.4
作者:
Anisimov, SV;Tarasov, KV;Boheler, KR
通讯作者:
Boheler, KR
影响因子:
--
作者:
Mazerbourg, S;Bouley, DM;Hsueh, AJW
通讯作者:
Hsueh, AJW