PMID- 29079788 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190806 LR - 20190916 IS - 2045-2322 (Electronic) IS - 2045-2322 (Linking) VI - 7 IP - 1 DP - 2017 Oct 27 TI - Depletion of Mageb16 induces differentiation of pluripotent stem cells predominantly into mesodermal derivatives. PG - 14285 LID - 10.1038/s41598-017-14561-z [doi] LID - 14285 AB - The Melanoma-associated Antigen gene family (MAGE) generally encodes for tumour antigens. We had identified that one of the MAGE gene members, Mageb16 was highly expressed in undifferentiated murine embryonic stem cells (ESCs). While the role of Mageb16 in stemness and differentiation of pluripotent stem cells is completely unknown, here, in our current study, we have demonstrated that Mageb16 (41 kDa) is distributed in cytosol and/or in surface membrane in undifferentiated ESCs. A transcriptome study performed at differentiated short hairpin RNA (shRNA)-mediated Mageb16 knockdown (KD) ESCs and scrambled control (SCR) ESCs until a period of 22 days, revealed that Mageb16 KD ESCs mainly differentiated towards cells expressing mesodermal and cardiovascular lineage - gene markers. Gene markers of other mesoderm-oriented biological processes such as adipogenesis, osteogenesis, limb morphogenesis and spermatogenesis were also significantly enriched in the differentiated Mageb16 KD ESCs. The expression levels of contractile genes were higher in differentiated Mageb16 KD ESCs when compared to differentiated SCR and wild ESCs, suggesting a higher cardiomyogenic potential of Mageb16 depleted ESCs. Further analysis indicates that regulative epigenetic networks and nucleocytoplasmic modifications induced by the depletion of Mageb16, may play a probable role in differentiation. FAU - Gaspar, John Antonydas AU - Gaspar JA AD - University of Cologne (UKK), Institute of Neurophysiology and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Robert-Koch-Str. 39, 50931, Cologne, Germany. FAU - Srinivasan, Sureshkumar Perumal AU - Srinivasan SP FAU - Sureshkumar, Poornima AU - Sureshkumar P AD - University of Cologne (UKK), Institute of Neurophysiology and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Robert-Koch-Str. 39, 50931, Cologne, Germany. FAU - Doss, Michael Xavier AU - Doss MX AD - University of Cologne (UKK), Institute of Neurophysiology and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Robert-Koch-Str. 39, 50931, Cologne, Germany. FAU - Hescheler, Jurgen AU - Hescheler J AD - University of Cologne (UKK), Institute of Neurophysiology and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Robert-Koch-Str. 39, 50931, Cologne, Germany. FAU - Papadopoulos, Symeon AU - Papadopoulos S AD - University of Cologne, Center of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Institute of Vegetative Physiology, Robert-Koch-Str. 39, 50931, Cologne, Germany. FAU - Sachinidis, Agapios AU - Sachinidis A AD - University of Cologne (UKK), Institute of Neurophysiology and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Robert-Koch-Str. 39, 50931, Cologne, Germany. a.sachinidis@uni-koeln.de. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20171027 PL - England TA - Sci Rep JT - Scientific reports JID - 101563288 RN - 0 (Antigens, Neoplasm) RN - 0 (Mageb16 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Neoplasm Proteins) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) MH - Animals MH - Antigens, Neoplasm/genetics MH - Cell Differentiation/*physiology MH - Cell Membrane/metabolism MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cytosol/metabolism MH - Gene Expression MH - Gene Knockdown Techniques MH - Mice MH - Neoplasm Proteins/*deficiency/genetics MH - Pluripotent Stem Cells/cytology/*metabolism MH - RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism MH - Transcriptome PMC - PMC5660239 COIS- The authors declare that they have no competing interests. EDAT- 2017/10/29 06:00 MHDA- 2019/08/07 06:00 PMCR- 2017/10/27 CRDT- 2017/10/29 06:00 PHST- 2017/07/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/10/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/10/29 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/10/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/08/07 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/10/27 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1038/s41598-017-14561-z [pii] AID - 14561 [pii] AID - 10.1038/s41598-017-14561-z [doi] PST - epublish SO - Sci Rep. 2017 Oct 27;7(1):14285. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-14561-z.