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CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES
Volume 66, Issue 8, Pages 1467-1478Publisher
SPRINGER BASEL AG
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-009-8691-8
Keywords
ES cell; proliferation; galectin-1; Src; caveolin-1
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- Stem Cell Research Center [SC 2270]
- Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
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Galectins have the potential to provide a promising alternative for unveiling the complexity of embryonic stem (ES) cell self-renewal, although the mechanism by which galectins maintain ES cell self-renewal has yet to be identified. Galectin-1 increased [H-3]-thymidine incorporation as well as cyclin expression and decreased p27(kip1) expression. Src and caveolin-1 phosphorylation was increased by galectin-1, and phospho-caveolin-1 was inhibited by PP2. In addition, inhibition of caveolin-1 by small interfering RNA and methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (M beta-CD) decreased galectin-1-induced cyclin expression and [H-3]-thymidine incorporation. Galectin-1 caused Akt and mTOR phosphorylation, which is involved in cyclin expression. Galectin-1-induced phospho-Akt and -mTOR was inhibited by PP2, ERas siRNA, caveolin-1 siRNA and M beta-CD. Furthermore, mTOR phosphorylation was decreased by LY294002 and Akt inhibitor. Galectin-1-induced increase in cyclin expression and decrease in p27(kip1) was blocked by Akt inhibitor and rapamycin. In conclusion, galectin-1 increased DNA synthesis in mouse ES cells via Src, caveolin-1 Akt, and mTOR signaling pathways.
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