Self-renewal of Embryonic Stem Cells by a Small Molecule.
From: Department of Chemistry and the Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Publish Date: Nov 2006
- ISSN: 0027-8424
- Volume: 103
- Issue: 46
- Pages: 17266-71
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Chen Shuibing, Do Jeong Tae, Zhang Qisheng, et al. Self-renewal of Embryonic Stem Cells by a Small Molecule.. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. Nov 2006;103:17266-71
Abstract
A cell-based screen of chemical libraries was carried out to identify small molecules that control the self-renewal of ES cells. A previously uncharacterized heterocycle, SC1, was discovered that allows one to propagate murine ES cells in an undifferentiated, pluripotent state under chemically defined conditions in the absence of feeder cells, serum, and leukemia inhibitory factor. Long-term SC1-expanded murine ES cells can be differentiated into cells of the three primary germ layers in vitro and also can generate chimeric mice and contribute to the germ line in vivo. Biochemical and cellular experiments suggest that SC1 works through dual inhibition of RasGAP and ERK1. Molecules of this kind may not only facilitate practical applications of stem cells in research and therapy, but also provide previously undescribed insights into the complex biology of stem cells.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Animals, Cell Proliferation, Cells, Cultured, Chromatography, Affinity, Embryonic Stem Cells, Mice, Molecular Structure, Pyrazoles, Pyrimidines, Signal Transduction
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