2011
miRNA Regulatory Circuits in ES Cells Differentiation: A Chemical Kinetics Modeling Approach
Luo Z, Xu X, Gu P, Lonard D, Gunaratne PH, Cooney AJ, Azencott R. miRNA Regulatory Circuits in ES Cells Differentiation: A Chemical Kinetics Modeling Approach. PLOS ONE 2011, 6: e23263. PMID: 22039400, PMCID: PMC3198445, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023263.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsES cell differentiationMRNA genesRepressive interactionsCell differentiationTarget mRNA genesEmbryonic stem cellsGene regulationRegulatory circuitsTranslation inhibitionMRNA targetsGene MES cellsMiRNAs inhibitorsMicroarray dataGenesMiRNAsStem cellsGene GProtein expressionDirect degradationMRNADifferentiationImportant roleCellsMicroRNAsDifferential Recruitment of Methyl CpG‐Binding Domain Factors and DNA Methyltransferases by the Orphan Receptor Germ Cell Nuclear Factor Initiates the Repression and Silencing of Oct4
Gu P, Xu X, Le Menuet D, Chung A, Cooney AJ. Differential Recruitment of Methyl CpG‐Binding Domain Factors and DNA Methyltransferases by the Orphan Receptor Germ Cell Nuclear Factor Initiates the Repression and Silencing of Oct4. Stem Cells 2011, 29: 1041-1051. PMID: 21608077, PMCID: PMC3468724, DOI: 10.1002/stem.652.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCell DifferentiationCell Line, TumorCpG IslandsDNA (Cytosine-5-)-MethyltransferasesDNA MethylationDNA Methyltransferase 3ADNA-Binding ProteinsEmbryonic Stem CellsGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene Knockdown TechniquesMiceMolecular Sequence DataNuclear Receptor Subfamily 6, Group A, Member 1Octamer Transcription Factor-3Promoter Regions, GeneticProtein BindingTranscription FactorsConceptsGerm cell nuclear factorEmbryonic stem cellsOct4 promoterDNA methylationDNA methyltransferasesRepressive functionEpigenetic modificationsTranscription factorsProximal promoterDifferentiation of ESCsWild-type embryonic stem cellsDe novo DnmtsGene-specific repressionKey transcription factorDifferential recruitmentNuclear factorGCNF bindsESC differentiationPluripotency genesOct4 geneSomatic cellsMethyl-CpGCis elementsMBD3Gene expression
2008
Novel MicroRNA Candidates and miRNA-mRNA Pairs in Embryonic Stem (ES) Cells
Gu P, Reid J, Gao X, Shaw C, Creighton C, Tran P, Zhou X, Drabek R, Steffen D, Hoang D, Weiss M, Naghavi A, El-daye J, Khan M, Legge G, Wheeler D, Gibbs R, Miller J, Cooney A, Gunaratne P. Novel MicroRNA Candidates and miRNA-mRNA Pairs in Embryonic Stem (ES) Cells. PLOS ONE 2008, 3: e2548. PMID: 18648548, PMCID: PMC2481296, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002548.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMiRNA-mRNA pairsEmbryonic stem cellsES cellsMiRNA candidatesPost-transcriptional gene regulationTranscriptional gene regulationCore regulatory networkLoss of repressionMiRNA target predictionOpposite expression trendsStem cellsES cell differentiationNovel candidatesNovel miRNAsGene regulationSmall RNAsMiRNA maturationGene networksTranscript sequencesRegulatory networksExpression trendsSilico searchMicroRNA candidatesCell differentiationTarget predictionNanog and Oct4 associate with unique transcriptional repression complexes in embryonic stem cells
Liang J, Wan M, Zhang Y, Gu P, Xin H, Jung SY, Qin J, Wong J, Cooney AJ, Liu D, Songyang Z. Nanog and Oct4 associate with unique transcriptional repression complexes in embryonic stem cells. Nature Cell Biology 2008, 10: 731-739. PMID: 18454139, DOI: 10.1038/ncb1736.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsES cell fateRepression complexMouse ES cellsCell fateTranscription factorsES cellsTranscriptional repression complexES cell differentiationEssential transcription factorEmbryonic stem cellsSub-stoichiometric levelsHistone deacetylase activityNuRD complexRepressor complexEndogenous NanogProtein complexesGene transcriptionTarget genesDeacetylase activityNanogNuRDGenesStem cellsCellsComplexes