Exogenous Oct-4 inhibits lens transdifferentiation in the newt Notophthalmus viridescens.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
From the cocktail of four factors that were able to induce pluripotent stem cells from differentiated cells, Oct-4, c-Myc, Sox-2 and Klf4, only Oct-4 was not expressed during regeneration in newts. To explore the possible action of this stemness factor we developed an assay where we introduced exogenous Oct-4 protein to an in vitro system for lens regeneration in newts. We found that exogenous Oct-4 inhibits differentiation of iris pigmented epithelial cells into lens cells and also regulates Sox-2 and Pax-6, both important players during lens development. Thus, presence of Oct-4 hinders transdifferentiation of iris cells.
Medical subject headings
- Cell Transdifferentiation
- Lens, Crystalline
- Octamer Transcription Factor-3
- Salamandridae