Human embryo polarization requires PLC signaling to mediate trophectoderm specification
Zhu M, Shahbazi M, Martin A, Zhang C, Sozen B, Borsos M, Mandelbaum RS, Paulson RJ, Mole MA, Esbert M, Titus S, Scott RT, Campbell A, Fishel S, Gradinaru V, Zhao H, Wu K, Chen ZJ, Seli E, de los Santos MJ, Goetz M. Human embryo polarization requires PLC signaling to mediate trophectoderm specification. ELife 2021, 10: e65068. PMID: 34569938, PMCID: PMC8514238, DOI: 10.7554/elife.65068.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActinsAdultBody PatterningCell DifferentiationCell LineageCell PolarityEmbryo Culture TechniquesEmbryo, MammalianFemaleGATA3 Transcription FactorGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicHumansPhosphoinositide Phospholipase CPhospholipase C betaPregnancySignal TransductionTime FactorsYoung AdultConceptsApical domain formationInner cell massEmbryo polarizationPhospholipase CFirst lineage segregationApico-basal polarizationEight-cell stageLineage segregationMammalian developmentTrophectoderm specificationTE fateApical enrichmentApical accumulationDistinct lineagesApical domainApolar cellsPar complexPolarized cellsRNA interferenceMolecular mechanismsF-actinHuman embryosCell stageEmbryosDomain formationReconstructing aspects of human embryogenesis with pluripotent stem cells
Sozen B, Jorgensen V, Weatherbee B, Chen S, Zhu M, Zernicka-Goetz M. Reconstructing aspects of human embryogenesis with pluripotent stem cells. Nature Communications 2021, 12: 5550. PMID: 34548496, PMCID: PMC8455697, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25853-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingBiomarkersBlastocystCell Culture TechniquesCell LineageEmbryo, MammalianEmbryonic DevelopmentGATA3 Transcription FactorGene ExpressionHumansModels, BiologicalPhospholipase C betaPluripotent Stem CellsSequence Analysis, RNASingle-Cell AnalysisSOXB1 Transcription FactorsSOXF Transcription FactorsConceptsStem cell modelPluripotent stem cellsStem cellsHuman embryogenesisHuman early embryogenesisSingle-cell RNA sequencingEarly embryo developmentHuman early embryo developmentPre-implantation developmentSubsets of cellsStem cell platformsCell identityEarly embryogenesisRNA sequencingCell modelTrophectoderm lineageNatural blastocystsSignaling pathwayClinical importanceCystic structuresExtended cultureEmbryogenesisPre-implantationSignificant divergenceEmbryo development