Title |
Forkhead box family transcription factors as versatile regulators for cellular reprogramming to pluripotency
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Published in |
Cell Regeneration, July 2021
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DOI | 10.1186/s13619-021-00078-4 |
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Authors |
Meijun Fu, Huan Chen, Zepo Cai, Yihang Yang, Ziyu Feng, Mengying Zeng, Lijun Chen, Yue Qin, Baomei Cai, Pinghui Zhu, Chunhua Zhou, Shengyong Yu, Jing Guo, Jing Liu, Shangtao Cao, Duanqing Pei |
Abstract |
Forkhead box (Fox) transcription factors play important roles in mammalian development and disease. However, their function in mouse somatic cell reprogramming remains unclear. Here, we report that FoxD subfamily and FoxG1 accelerate induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) generation from mouse fibroblasts as early as day4 while FoxA and FoxO subfamily impede this process obviously. More importantly, FoxD3, FoxD4 and FoxG1 can replace Oct4 respectively and generate iPSCs with germline transmission together with Sox2 and Klf4. On the contrary, FoxO6 almost totally blocks reprogramming through inhibiting cell proliferation, suppressing the expression of pluripotent genes and hindering the process of mesenchymal to epithelial transition (MET). Thus, our study uncovers unexpected roles of Fox transcription factors in reprogramming and offers new insights into cell fate transition. |
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