Detecting and Modulating ER Stress to Improve Generation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

Alejandro Fuentes-Iglesias, Cristina Ameneiro, Diana Guallar, Miguel Fidalgo

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Abstract

The reprogramming of somatic cells into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) has proven to be a powerful system creating new opportunities to interrogate molecular mechanisms controlling cell fate determination. Under standard conditions, the generation of iPSCs upon overexpression of OCT4, SOX2, KLF4, and c-MYC (OSKM) is generally slow and inefficient due to the presence of barriers that confer resistance to cell fate changes. Hyperactivated endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress has emerged as a major reprogramming barrier that impedes the initial mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition (MET) step to form iPSCs from mesenchymal somatic cells. Here, we describe several systems to detect ER stress in the context of OSKM reprogramming and chemical interventions to modulate this process for improving iPSC formation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMethods in Molecular Biology
PublisherHumana Press Inc.
Pages743-754
Number of pages12
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameMethods in Molecular Biology
Volume2454
ISSN (Print)1064-3745
ISSN (Electronic)1940-6029

Keywords

  • Cell fate change
  • Endoplasmic reticulum stress
  • Induced pluripotent stem cell
  • Mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition
  • Pluripotency
  • Unfolded protein response

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