The ability to induce autologous tissue-specific stem cells in culture could have a variety of applications in regenerative medicine and disease modeling. Here we show that transient expression of exogenous YAP or its closely related paralogue TAZ in primary differentiated mouse cells can induce conversion to a tissue-specific stem/progenitor cell state. Differentiated mammary gland, neuronal, and pancreatic exocrine cells, identified using a combination of cell sorting and lineage tracing approaches, efficiently convert to proliferating cells with properties of stem/progenitor cells of their respective tissues after YAP induction. YAP-induced mammary stem/progenitor cells show molecular and functional properties similar to endogenous MaSCs, including organoid formation and mammary gland reconstitution after transplantation. Because YAP/TAZ function is also important for self-renewal of endogenous stem cells in culture, our findings have implications for understanding the molecular determinants of the somatic stem cell state.

Induction of Expandable Tissue-Specific Stem/Progenitor Cells through Transient Expression of YAP/TAZ / Panciera, Tito; Azzolin, Luca; Fujimura, Atsushi; Di Biagio, Daniele; Frasson, Chiara; Bresolin, Silvia; Soligo, Sandra; Basso, Giuseppe; Bicciato, Silvio; Rosato, Antonio; Cordenonsi, Michelangelo; Piccolo, Stefano. - In: CELL STEM CELL. - ISSN 1934-5909. - ELETTRONICO. - 19:6(2016), pp. 725-737. [10.1016/j.stem.2016.08.009]

Induction of Expandable Tissue-Specific Stem/Progenitor Cells through Transient Expression of YAP/TAZ

BICCIATO, Silvio;
2016

Abstract

The ability to induce autologous tissue-specific stem cells in culture could have a variety of applications in regenerative medicine and disease modeling. Here we show that transient expression of exogenous YAP or its closely related paralogue TAZ in primary differentiated mouse cells can induce conversion to a tissue-specific stem/progenitor cell state. Differentiated mammary gland, neuronal, and pancreatic exocrine cells, identified using a combination of cell sorting and lineage tracing approaches, efficiently convert to proliferating cells with properties of stem/progenitor cells of their respective tissues after YAP induction. YAP-induced mammary stem/progenitor cells show molecular and functional properties similar to endogenous MaSCs, including organoid formation and mammary gland reconstitution after transplantation. Because YAP/TAZ function is also important for self-renewal of endogenous stem cells in culture, our findings have implications for understanding the molecular determinants of the somatic stem cell state.
2016
15-set-2016
19
6
725
737
Induction of Expandable Tissue-Specific Stem/Progenitor Cells through Transient Expression of YAP/TAZ / Panciera, Tito; Azzolin, Luca; Fujimura, Atsushi; Di Biagio, Daniele; Frasson, Chiara; Bresolin, Silvia; Soligo, Sandra; Basso, Giuseppe; Bicciato, Silvio; Rosato, Antonio; Cordenonsi, Michelangelo; Piccolo, Stefano. - In: CELL STEM CELL. - ISSN 1934-5909. - ELETTRONICO. - 19:6(2016), pp. 725-737. [10.1016/j.stem.2016.08.009]
Panciera, Tito; Azzolin, Luca; Fujimura, Atsushi; Di Biagio, Daniele; Frasson, Chiara; Bresolin, Silvia; Soligo, Sandra; Basso, Giuseppe; Bicciato, Silvio; Rosato, Antonio; Cordenonsi, Michelangelo; Piccolo, Stefano
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