Journal
FEBS LETTERS
Volume 476, Issue 3, Pages 218-223Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(00)01747-6
Keywords
reactive oxygen species; NADPH oxidase; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase; embryonic stem cell; embryoid body; cardiomyocyte differentiation
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Cardiotypic development in embryonic stem cell-derived embryoid bodies may be regulated by reactive oxygen species (ROS), ROS were generated by a NADPH oxidase-like enzyme which was transiently expressed during the time course of embryoid body development. Incubation with either H2O2 or menadione enhanced cardiomyogenesis, whereas the radical scavengers trolox, pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate and N-acetylcysteine exerted inhibitory effects. The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-kinase) inhibitors LY294002 and wortmannin abolished cardiac commitment and downregulated ROS in embryoid bodies. Coadministration of LY294002 with prooxidants resumed cardiomyocyte differentiation, indicating a role for PI-3-kinase in the regulation of the intracellular redox state. (C) 2000 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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