TY - JOUR
T1 - Novel 5′TOPmRNAs regulated by ribosomal S6 kinase are important for cardiomyocyte development
T2 - S6 kinase suppression limits cardiac differentiation and promotes pluripotent cells toward a neural lineage
AU - Li, Leeann
AU - Larabee, Shannon M.
AU - Chen, Shenglin
AU - Basiri, Ladan
AU - Yamaguchi, Seiji
AU - Zakaria, Asif
AU - Gallicano, G. Ian
PY - 2012/6/10
Y1 - 2012/6/10
N2 - Moving stem cells from bench to bedside has been a challenging task. Undermining this task is comprehending and optimizing the underlying regulatory mechanisms that drive differentiation of stem cells into desired cell and tissue types. Here we present evidence that ribosomal S6 kinase (S6K) is among the proteins upregulated as embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and human induced pluripotent stem cells differentiate into beating cardiomyocytes. We hypothesized that S6K plays a pivotal role in cardiomyogenesis, primarily because it regulates the translation of 3 cardiac-involved genes recently shown to have 5′ terminal oligopyrimidine (5′TOP) sequences: connexin 43 (Cx43), desmoplakin (Dsp), and phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN). Along with another independent laboratory, we confirmed that S6K is indeed upregulated in beating ESC-derived cardiomyocytes compared to the surrounding nonbeating, differentiated cells. S6K short interfering RNA-transfected stem cell cultures indicate that inhibition of S6K strongly hinders development of cardiomyocyte beating and translation of Cx43, Dsp, and PTEN; these cardiac 5′TOP mRNAs were only properly translated in cells with S6K, supporting our hypothesis. An unexpected discovery took the role of S6K one step further: S6K-knockdown stem cell cultures developed significantly more neurons than seen in embryoid bodies subjected to a typical cardiac differentiation protocol. These results introduced the novel idea that in addition to its critical cardiac roles, S6K may be a significant factor that prevents stem cells from pursuing a neuronal pathway. Overall, results have indicated the necessity of S6K for normal stem cell cardiomyogenesis, as well as lowered S6K expression for stem cell neurogenesis.
AB - Moving stem cells from bench to bedside has been a challenging task. Undermining this task is comprehending and optimizing the underlying regulatory mechanisms that drive differentiation of stem cells into desired cell and tissue types. Here we present evidence that ribosomal S6 kinase (S6K) is among the proteins upregulated as embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and human induced pluripotent stem cells differentiate into beating cardiomyocytes. We hypothesized that S6K plays a pivotal role in cardiomyogenesis, primarily because it regulates the translation of 3 cardiac-involved genes recently shown to have 5′ terminal oligopyrimidine (5′TOP) sequences: connexin 43 (Cx43), desmoplakin (Dsp), and phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN). Along with another independent laboratory, we confirmed that S6K is indeed upregulated in beating ESC-derived cardiomyocytes compared to the surrounding nonbeating, differentiated cells. S6K short interfering RNA-transfected stem cell cultures indicate that inhibition of S6K strongly hinders development of cardiomyocyte beating and translation of Cx43, Dsp, and PTEN; these cardiac 5′TOP mRNAs were only properly translated in cells with S6K, supporting our hypothesis. An unexpected discovery took the role of S6K one step further: S6K-knockdown stem cell cultures developed significantly more neurons than seen in embryoid bodies subjected to a typical cardiac differentiation protocol. These results introduced the novel idea that in addition to its critical cardiac roles, S6K may be a significant factor that prevents stem cells from pursuing a neuronal pathway. Overall, results have indicated the necessity of S6K for normal stem cell cardiomyogenesis, as well as lowered S6K expression for stem cell neurogenesis.
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U2 - 10.1089/scd.2011.0582
DO - 10.1089/scd.2011.0582
M3 - Article
C2 - 22165977
AN - SCOPUS:84862176808
SN - 1547-3287
VL - 21
SP - 1538
EP - 1548
JO - Stem Cells and Development
JF - Stem Cells and Development
IS - 9
ER -