Mitochondrial and glycolytic remodeling during nascent neural differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells
Mitochondrial and glycolytic remodeling during nascent neural differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells
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DOI:
10.1242/dev.168997
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发表时间:
2018-10-01
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4.6
通讯作者:
Harvey, Alexandra J.
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作者:
Lees, Jarmon G.;Gardner, David K.;Harvey, Alexandra J.
As human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) exit pluripotency, they reportedly switch from glycolytic energy production to primarily mitochondrial metabolism. Here, we show that upon ectoderm differentiation to neural precursor cells (NPCs), hPSCs increase glycolytic rate, ultimately producing more carbon as lactate than is consumed as glucose. However, glucose, lactate and pyruvate utilization decrease to half their PSC levels by the NPC stage, establishing a more quiescent metabolic state. Furthermore, we characterize a metabolic exit event within the first 24 h of differentiation, plausibly necessary to transition hPSCs out of the pluripotent state. Contrary to current thinking, mitochondrial mass does not increase during NPC induction. Instead, mitochondrial DNA copies and mitochondrial activity decrease, suggesting that mitochondrial metabolism either requires suppression, or is not required, for nascent ectoderm differentiation. Our work, therefore, contrasts with the dogma that the hPSC state is primarily glycolytic, transitioning to an oxidative metabolism upon the loss of the pluripotent state. Instead, we show that heightened glycolytic metabolism is acquired, indicating that metabolic modulation of both glycolysis and mitochondrial metabolism occurs during exit from pluripotency in hPSCs.