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STEM CELL EPIGENETICS, GENOMICS, AND PROTEOMICS

T-Cell Factor 3 Regulates Embryonic Stem Cell Pluripotency and Self-Renewal by the Transcriptional Control of Multiple Lineage Pathways

^aStem Cell and Developmental Biology, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore;
^bBioinformatics Institute, Singapore;
^cHarvard Institutes of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Key Words. Embryonic stem cells • Differentiation • T-cell factor 3 • Transcription • Wnt signaling

Correspondence: Bing Lim, M.D., Ph.D., Stem Cell and Developmental Biology, Genome Institute of Singapore, #02-01, Genome, Singapore 138672. Telephone: 65-6478-8186; Fax: 65-6478-9005; e-mail: limb1{at}gis.a-star.edu.sg

Received January 9, 2008; accepted for publication April 22, 2008.
First published online in STEM CELLS EXPRESS   May 8, 2008.

The Wnt signaling pathway is necessary both for maintaining undifferentiated stem cells and for directing their differentiation. In mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs), Wnt signaling preferentially maintains "stemness" under certain permissive conditions. T-cell factor 3 (Tcf3) is a component of the Wnt signaling and a dominant downstream effector in ESCs. Despite the wealth of knowledge regarding the importance of Wnt signaling underlying stem cells functions, the precise mechanistic explanation by which the effects are mediated is unknown. In this study, we identified new regulatory targets of Tcf3 using a whole-genome approach and found that Tcf3 transcriptionally represses many genes important for maintaining pluripotency and self-renewal, as well as those involved in lineage commitment and stem cell differentiation. This effect is in part mediated by the corepressors transducin-like enhancer of split 2 and C-terminal Binding Protein (CtBP). Notably, Tcf3 binds to and represses the Oct4 promoter, and this repressive effect requires both the Groucho and CtBP interacting domains of Tcf3. Interestingly, we find that in mouse preimplantation development embryos, Tcf3 expression is coregulated with Oct4 and Nanog and becomes localized to the inner cell mass of the blastocyst. These data demonstrate an important role for Tcf3 in modulating the appropriate level of gene transcription in ESCs and during embryonic development.

Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest is found at the end of this article.

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