Journal
LIFE SCIENCES
Volume 291, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2021.120298
Keywords
DDX5; DDX17; NTERA2; Neural differentiation
Funding
- CIF Grant, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University
- Science Achievement Scholarship of Thailand
- Mahidol University (New Discovery and Frontier Research Grant) [NDFR 11/2563]
- Office of National Higher Education Science Research and Innovation Policy Council by Program Management Unit for Human Resources and Institutional Development, Research and Innovation (PMU-B) [B05F630081]
- Intramural Research Program of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH
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This study reveals the role of DDX5 and DDX17 in neurogenesis and neural differentiation of hPSCs. These RNA helicases play a critical role in regulating the transcriptional expression of neurogenesis-related genes, facilitating early neural differentiation of hPSCs and generating neurospheres. They are also essential for the differentiation of hPSCs into neural progenitors and mature neurons.
Aims: Understanding human neurogenesis is critical toward regenerative medicine for neurodegeneration. However, little is known how neural differentiation is regulated by DEAD box-containing RNA helicases, which comprise a diverse class of RNA remodeling enzymes.Materials and methods: ChIP-seq was utilized to identify binding sites of DDX5 and DDX17 in both human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC) line NTERA2 and their retinoic acid-induced neural derivatives. RNA-seq was used to elucidate genes differentially expressed upon depletion of DDX5 and DDX17. Neurosphere assay, flow cytometry, and immunofluorescence staining were performed to test the effect of depletion of the two RNA helicases in neural differentiation.Key findings: We show here that expression of DDX5 and DDX17 is abundant throughout neural differentiation of NTERA2, and is mostly localized within the nucleus. The two RNA helicases occupy chromatin genome-wide at regions associated with neurogenesis-related genes in both hPSCs and their neural derivatives. Further, both DDX5 and DDX17 are mutually required for controlling transcriptional expression of these genes, but are not important for maintenance of stem cell state of hPSCs. In contrast, they facilitate early neural differentiation of hPSCs, generation of neurospheres from the stem cells, and transcriptional expression of key neurogenic transcription factors such as SOX1 and PAX6 during neural differentiation. Importantly, DDX5 and DDX17 are critical for differentiation of hPSCs toward NESTIN-and TUBB3-positive cells, which represent neural progenitors and mature neurons, respectively.Significance: Collectively, our findings suggest the role of DDX5 and DDX17 in transcriptional regulation of genes involved in neurogenesis, and hence in neural differentiation of hPSCs.
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