Department of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China.
Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China; School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China.
Stem Cell Reports. 2017 Nov 14;9(5):1630-1641. doi: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2017.09.001. Epub 2017 Oct 5.
OCT4 is required to maintain the pluripotency of embryonic stem cells (ESCs); yet, overdose-expression of OCT4 induces ESC differentiation toward primitive endoderm. The molecular mechanism underlying this differentiation switch is not fully understood. Here, we found that substitution of threonine by alanine (T343A), but not aspartic acid (T343D), caused a significant loss of OCT4-phosphorylation signal in ESCs. Loss of such OCT4-phosphorylation compromises its interaction with SOX2 but promotes interaction with SOX17. We therefore propose that threonine-based OCT4-phosphorylation is crucial for the maintenance of ESC pluripotency. This OCT4-phosphorylation-based mechanism may provide insight into the regulation of lineage specification during early embryonic development.
OCT4 对于维持胚胎干细胞(ESCs)的多能性至关重要;然而,OCT4 的过表达会诱导 ESC 向原始内胚层分化。这种分化开关的分子机制尚不完全清楚。在这里,我们发现苏氨酸被丙氨酸(T343A)取代,而不是天冬氨酸(T343D),会导致 ESCs 中 OCT4 磷酸化信号的显著丢失。这种 OCT4 磷酸化的丢失会损害其与 SOX2 的相互作用,但会促进与 SOX17 的相互作用。因此,我们提出基于苏氨酸的 OCT4 磷酸化对于维持 ESC 的多能性至关重要。这种基于 OCT4 磷酸化的机制可能为早期胚胎发育过程中谱系特化的调控提供了新的见解。
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