JAK activity regulates mesoderm cell fate by controlling MESP1 expression.
Eur J Cell Biol
; 103(4): 151452, 2024 Aug 23.
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ABSTRACT
Cardiac development requires precise gene expression programs at each developmental stage guided by multiple signaling pathways and transcription factors (TFs). MESP1 is transiently expressed in mesoderm, and is essential for subsequent cardiac development, while the precise mechanism regulating its own transcription and mesoderm cell fate is not fully understood. Therefore, we developed a high content screen assay to identify regulators of MESP1 expression in mesodermal cells differentiated from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs). The screen identified CYT387, a JAK1/JAK2 kinase inhibitor, as a potent activator of MESP1 expression, which was also found to promote cardiomyocyte differentiation in vitro. Mechanistic studies found that JAK inhibition promotes MESP1 expression by reducing cytoplasmic calcium concentration and subsequently activating canonical WNT signaling. Our study identified a role of JAK signaling in early mesodermal cells, and sheds light on the connection between the JAK-STAT pathway and transcriptional regulation of MESP1, which expands our understanding of mesoderm and cardiac development.
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