Ablation of coactivator Med1 switches the cell fate of dental epithelia to that generating hair

Keigo Yoshizaki, Lizhi Hu, Thai Nguyen, Kiyoshi Sakai, Bing He, Chak Fong, Yoshihiko Yamada, Daniel D. Bikle, Yuko Oda

研究成果: ジャーナルへの寄稿学術誌査読

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抄録

Cell fates are determined by specific transcriptional programs. Here we provide evidence that the transcriptional coactivator, Mediator 1 (Med1), is essential for the cell fate determination of ectodermal epithelia. Conditional deletion of Med1 in vivo converted dental epithelia into epidermal epithelia, causing defects in enamel organ development while promoting hair formation in the incisors. We identified multiple processes by which hairs are generated in Med1 deficient incisors: 1) dental epithelial stem cells lacking Med 1 fail to commit to the dental lineage, 2) Sox2-expressing stem cells extend into the differentiation zone and remain multi-potent due to reduced Notch1 signaling, and 3) epidermal fate is induced by calcium as demonstrated in dental epithelial cell cultures. These results demonstrate that Med1 is a master regulator in adult stem cells to govern epithelial cell fate.

本文言語英語
論文番号e99991
ジャーナルPloS one
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DOI
出版ステータス出版済み - 6月 20 2014
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