Authors
Masanori Kawaguchi, Kota Sugiyama, Kazumi Matsubara, Che-Yi Lin, Shigehiro Kuraku, Shota Hashimoto, Yoshiaki Suwa, Luok Wen Yong, Koji Takino, Shota Higashida, Daisuke Kawamura, Jr-Kai Yu, Yoshiyuki Seki
Publication date
2019/1/15
Journal
Development
Volume
146
Issue
2
Pages
dev168633
Publisher
The Company of Biologists Ltd
Description
Gene regulatory networks underlying cellular pluripotency are controlled by a core circuitry of transcription factors in mammals, including POU5F1. However, the evolutionary origin and transformation of pluripotency-related transcriptional networks have not been elucidated in deuterostomes. PR domain-containing protein 14 (PRDM14) is specifically expressed in pluripotent cells and germ cells, and is required for establishing embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and primordial germ cells in mice. Here, we compared the functions and expression patterns of PRDM14 orthologues within deuterostomes. Amphioxus PRDM14 and zebrafish PRDM14, but not sea urchin PRDM14, compensated for mouse PRDM14 function in maintaining mouse ESC pluripotency. Interestingly, sea urchin PRDM14 together with sea urchin CBFA2T, an essential partner of PRDM14 in mouse ESCs, complemented the self-renewal defect in …
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M Kawaguchi, K Sugiyama, K Matsubara, CY Lin… - Development, 2019