| Literature DB >> 33596423 |
Ho Sun Jung1, Gene Uenishi1, Mi Ae Park1, Peng Liu2, Kran Suknuntha3, Matthew Raymond1, Yoon Jung Choi1, James A Thomson4, Irene M Ong2, Igor I Slukvin5.
Abstract
SOX17 has been implicated in arterial specification and the maintenance of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in the murine embryo. However, knowledge about molecular pathways and stage-specific effects of SOX17 in humans remains limited. Here, using SOX17-knockout and SOX17-inducible human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs), paired with molecular profiling studies, we reveal that SOX17 is a master regulator of HOXA and arterial programs in hemogenic endothelium (HE) and is required for the specification of HE with robust lympho-myeloid potential and DLL4+CXCR4+ phenotype resembling arterial HE at the sites of HSC emergence. Along with the activation of NOTCH signaling, SOX17 directly activates CDX2 expression, leading to the upregulation of the HOXA cluster genes. Since deficiencies in HOXA and NOTCH signaling contribute to the impaired in vivo engraftment of hPSC-derived hematopoietic cells, the identification of SOX17 as a key regulator linking arterial and HOXA programs in HE may help to program HSC fate from hPSCs.Entities:
Keywords: CDX2; HOXA; NOTCH signaling; SOX17; arterial hemogenic endothelium; hematopietic development; hemogenic endothleium specification; human pluripotent stem cells
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Year: 2021 PMID： 33596423 PMCID： PMC7988717 DOI： 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.108758
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Rep Impact factor: 9.423