Journal
DEVELOPMENT
Volume 139, Issue 7, Pages 1247-1257Publisher
COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/dev.073627
Keywords
Human pluripotent stem cells; Neural commitment; MicroRNA
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- Medicen Paris Region
- Agence National pour lar Recherche
- Ile de France Regional Council
- Essonne District Council
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The role of microRNAs (miRNAs) as coordinators of stem cell fate has emerged over the last decade. We have used human embryonic stem cells to identify miRNAs involved in neural lineage commitment induced by the inhibition of TGF beta-like molecule-mediated pathways. Among several candidate miRNAs expressed in the fetal brain, the two isoforms of miR-125 alone were detected in a time window compatible with a role in neural commitment in vitro. Functional analysis indicated that miR-125 isoforms were actively involved in the promotion of pluripotent cell conversion into SOX1-positive neural precursors. miR-125 promotes neural conversion by avoiding the persistence of non-differentiated stem cells and repressing alternative fate choices. This was associated with the regulation by miR-125 of SMAD4, a key regulator of pluripotent stem cell lineage commitment. Activation of miR-125 was directly responsive to the levels of TGF beta-like molecules, placing miR-125 at the core of mechanisms that lead to the irreversible neural lineage commitment of pluripotent stem cells in response to external stimuli.
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