論文

査読有り 国際誌
2020年9月24日

Mucin-type O-glycosylation controls pluripotency in mouse embryonic stem cells via Wnt receptor endocytosis.

Journal of cell science
  • Federico Pecori
  • ,
  • Yoshihiro Akimoto
  • ,
  • Hisatoshi Hanamatsu
  • ,
  • Jun-Ichi Furukawa
  • ,
  • Yasuro Shinohara
  • ,
  • Yuzuru Ikehara
  • ,
  • Shoko Nishihara

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記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1242/jcs.245845

Mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) can differentiate into a range of cell types during development and this pluripotency is regulated by various extrinsic and intrinsic factors. Mucin-type O-glycosylation has been suggested to be a potential factor in the control of ESC pluripotency and is characterized by the addition of N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) to serine or threonine residues of membrane-anchored proteins and secreted proteins. To date, the relationship between mucin-type O-glycosylation and signaling in ESCs remains undefined. Here, we identify the elongation pathway via C1GalT1 that synthesizes T antigen (Galβ1-3GalNAc) as the most prominent among mucin-type O-glycosylation modifications in ESCs. Moreover, we show that mucin-type O-glycosylation on the Wnt signaling receptor Frizzled-5 regulates its endocytosis via galectin-3 binding to T antigen, and that reduction of T antigen results in the exit of the ESCs from pluripotency via canonical Wnt signaling activation. Our findings reveal a novel regulatory mechanism that modulates Wnt signaling and, consequently, ESC pluripotency.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.245845
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32973111
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1242/jcs.245845
  • PubMed ID : 32973111

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