Transitions between cellular states - Induced pluripotent stem cells

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What are the 4 factors that induce iPS cell form fibroblasts?

Oct3
Sox2
Klf4
MYC

(Eselbrug: OSKM)

iPS cell contribute to various germ layers, which indicate that iPS are not only pluripotent in vitro but also in vivo

Why is reprogramming iPS cells inefficient?

  • Time consuming
  • Only 1% of plated cells are able to become iPS cells
    • Epigenetic barriers restrict reprogramming efficiency

Epigenetic barriers (chromatin structure)

The chromatin structure has an influence on the cellular identity and state transitions
  • Normal (good, because your don't want your skin cell to spontaneously become a heart cell)
  • Restrictive, difficult to get over the barrier for the cell and is therefore not able to leave the proliferative epistate (cancer)
    • Epigenetic insult raises chromatin barrier
  • Permissive, plasticity allows bidirectional transition
    • epigenetic lesion lowers chromatin barrier
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What are the restrictive factor in reprogramming iPS cells ?

Mbd3 is a repressor, if it is knocked down it gets activated and is able to differentiate into iPS cells
  • Mbd3 is a member of NuRD-complex
  • The NuRD-complex functions as a co-repressor complex

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