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MOLECULAR CELL
Volume 52, Issue 3, Pages 380-392Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2013.09.002
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- RIKEN research grant
- Cell Innovation Program from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
- CREST Program, from the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [25830148] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Sox2 is a transcription factor required for the maintenance of pluripotency. It also plays an essential role in different types of multipotent stem cells, raising the possibility that Sox2 governs the common sternness phenotype. Here we show that Sox2 is a critical downstream target of fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling, which mediates self-renewal of trophoblast stem cells (TSCs). Sustained expression of Sox2 together with Esrrb or Tfap2c can replace FGF dependency. By comparing genome-wide binding sites of Sox2 in embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and TSCs combined with inducible knockout systems, we found that, despite the common role in safeguarding the stem cell state, Sox2 regulates distinct sets of genes with unique functions in these two different yet developmentally related types of stem cells. Our findings provide insights into the functional versatility of transcription factors during embryogenesis, during which they can be recursively utilized in a variable manner within discrete network structures.
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