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PLOS ONE
Volume 12, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172420
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- International S&T Cooperation Program [2011DFA31040]
- 863 Program from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2011AA020106]
- New Drug Innovation of China [2011ZX09102-010-02]
- Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDA01040000]
- Shanghai Bureau of Science and Technology [12DZ1910900]
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Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are pluripotent cells and have the capability for differentiation into any of the three embryonic germ layers. The Wnt/beta-Catenin pathway has been shown to play an essential role in ESC differentiation regulation. Activation of beta-Catenin by post-translational modification has been extensively studied. However, mechanism(s) of posttranscriptional regulation of beta-Catenin are not well defined. In this study, we report an RNA recognition motif-containing protein (RNA binding motif protein 46, RBM46) which regulates the degradation of beta-Catenin mRNA. Our results show that Rbm46 is distributed primarily in the cytoplasm of mouse ESCs (mESCs) and is elevated during the process of ESC differentiation. In addition, overexpression of Rbm46 results in differentiation of mESCs into trophectoderm, while knock-down of Rbm46 leads to mESC differentiation into endoderm. beta-Catenin, a key effector in the Wnt pathway which has been reported to play a significant role in the regulation of ESC differentiation, is post-transcriptionally regulated by Rbm46. Our study reveals Rbm46 plays a novel role in the regulation of ESC differentiation.
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