Regulation of Sox2 by STAT3 Initiates Commitment to the Neural Precursor Cell Fate
- 1 April 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Mary Ann Liebert Inc in Stem Cells and Development
- Vol. 17 (2), 269-278
- https://doi.org/10.1089/scd.2007.0098
Abstract
STAT3, a member of the signal transducer and activator or transcription (STAT) family of proteins, plays a major role in gliogenesis; however, its functions during differentiation of neural precursor cells (NPCs) are unclear. Our data demonstrate that STAT3 is present and active in the developing mouse central nervous system (CNS) as early as E7.5, several days prior to gliogenesis. We hypothesize that STAT3 is functioning very early in neural development to regulate NPC differentiation. To test this hypothesis, STAT3 dominant negative embryonic stem (ES) cells were generated and subjected to neural differentiation. The loss of STAT3 resulted in production of significantly fewer NPCs along with decreased expression of the neural stem cell marker nestin. Further investigation revealed the existence of a novel signaling pathway during early neural development in which STAT3 directly regulates the Sox2 promoter leading to Sox2 expression and subsequent nestin expression and commitment to the NPC fate.Keywords
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