PMID- 26084202 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160503 LR - 20220408 IS - 1365-2443 (Electronic) IS - 1356-9597 (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 8 DP - 2015 Aug TI - Loss of ADAR1 in human iPS cells promotes caspase3-mediated apoptotic cell death. PG - 675-80 LID - 10.1111/gtc.12261 [doi] AB - Adenosine deaminases acting on RNA (ADARs) convert adenosine residues to inosine specifically in double-stranded RNAs. In this study, we investigated the function of primary RNA editing enzyme ADAR1 in pluripotent stem cells and found that loss of ADAR1 in human iPS cells promotes caspase3-mediated cell death. However, ADAR1 knockdown (KD) did not alter cell morphology, alkaline phosphatase (AP) staining activities and the expression levels of pluripotent marker genes, indicating that ADAR1 is dispensable for maintenance of pluripotency. Furthermore, ADAR1-KD iPS cells did not change proliferation rate. These findings extended the role of ADAR1 and might open the road for understanding pluripotent state more deeply. CI - (c) 2015 The Molecular Biology Society of Japan and Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd. FAU - Katayama, Shota AU - Katayama S AD - Animal Stem Cell Project, Animal Reproduction Unit, Hokkaido Center for Animal Science, Shinseiminami, Memuro-cho, Hokkaido, 082-0081, Japan. FAU - Shimoda, Kaori AU - Shimoda K AD - Animal Stem Cell Project, Animal Reproduction Unit, Hokkaido Center for Animal Science, Shinseiminami, Memuro-cho, Hokkaido, 082-0081, Japan. FAU - Takenaga, Yuji AU - Takenaga Y AD - Animal Stem Cell Project, Animal Reproduction Unit, Hokkaido Center for Animal Science, Shinseiminami, Memuro-cho, Hokkaido, 082-0081, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20150618 PL - England TA - Genes Cells JT - Genes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms JID - 9607379 RN - 0 (RNA-Binding Proteins) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspase 3) RN - EC 3.5.4.37 (ADAR protein, human) RN - EC 3.5.4.4 (Adenosine Deaminase) SB - IM MH - Adenosine Deaminase/*genetics/metabolism MH - *Apoptosis MH - Caspase 3/*metabolism MH - Cell Line MH - Humans MH - Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells/cytology/*metabolism MH - RNA-Binding Proteins/*genetics/metabolism EDAT- 2015/06/19 06:00 MHDA- 2016/05/04 06:00 CRDT- 2015/06/19 06:00 PHST- 2015/04/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/05/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/06/19 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/06/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/05/04 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1111/gtc.12261 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Genes Cells. 2015 Aug;20(8):675-80. doi: 10.1111/gtc.12261. Epub 2015 Jun 18.