Gains of 12p13.31 delay WNT-mediated initiation of hPSC differentiation and promote residual pluripotency in a cell cycle dependent manner
Keller, A.; Lei, Y.; Krivec, N.; Couvreu De Deckersberg, E.; Dziedzicka, D.; Markouli, C.; Sermon, K. D.; Geens, M.; Spits, C.
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Though gains of chromosome 12p13.31 are highly recurrent in hPSC, their impact on differentiation is poorly understood. We identify a reduction in differentiation capacity towards all three germ layers and a subpopulation of residual pluripotent cells that appear during hepatic specification. These cells form as a result of the overexpression of NANOG and GDF3, whereby NANOG as the primary driver delays activation of WNT signaling, partly as a result of a direct physical interaction with TCF7. Entry into the residual state is determined by cell cycle position at the onset of differentiation and is maintained by a feedback loop between NANOG and GDF3. These findings highlight the ability of genetically abnormal hPSC to escape correct differentiation and to form residual pluripotent cells, an important risk in the safe clinical translation of hPSC. Our results further refine the molecular mechanisms that underpin the exit from pluripotency and onset of differentiation.
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