Date of Award
2011
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Program
Biochemistry
Supervisor
Dr. Joseph Torchia
Abstract
p/CIP is a transcriptional coactivator that binds liganded nuclear hormone receptors, as well as other transcription factors, and facilitates transcription through direct recruitment of accessory factors. p/CIP is highly expressed in undifferentiated mouse embryonic stem (mES) cells and is downregulated during differentiation. Using siRNA- mediated knockdown of p/CIP in mES cells in combination with microarray analysis I have identified a contingent of essential pluripotency genes which are significantly downregulated including Klf4, Tbx3 and Dax-1. Subsequent chromatin immuno précipitation (ChIP) analysis demonstrated that Tbx3 and Dax-1 are direct transcriptional targets of p/CIP. Using the piggyBac transposase system, a mouse ES cell line that expresses Flag-p/CIP in a doxycycline-dependent manner was generated. p/CIP
overexpression increased pluripotency gene expression and promoted the formation of undifferentiated ES cell colonies. Collectively, these results indicate that p/CIP contributes to the maintenance of ES cell pluripotency through direct, as well as indirect, regulation o f essential pluripotency genes.
Recommended Citation
Chitilian, Jennifer M., "THE ROLE OF p/CIP ONCOGENE IN MOUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELL PLURIPOTENCY" (2011). Digitized Theses. 3594.
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/digitizedtheses/3594