Pluripotent Stem Cell Plasticity is Sculpted by a Slit-Independent Robo Pathway in a Regenerative Animal
Wang, K.-T.; Chen, Y.-C.; Tsai, F.-Y.; Judy, C. P.; Adler, C. E.
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Whole-body regeneration requires adult stem cells with high plasticity to differentiate into missing cell types. Planarians possess a unique configuration of organs embedded in a vast pool of pluripotent stem cells. How stem cells integrate positional information with discrete fates remains unknown. Here, we use the planarian pharynx to define the cell fates that depend on the pioneer transcription factor FoxA. We find that Roundabout receptor RoboA suppresses aberrant pharynx cell fates by altering foxA expression, independent of the canonical ligand Slit. An RNAi screen for extracellular proteins identifies Anosmin-1 as a potential partner of RoboA. Perturbing global patterning demonstrates that roboA/anosmin-1 functions locally in the brain. By contrast, altering pharynx fate with foxA knockdown induces head-specific neurons in the pharynx, indicating a latent plasticity of stem cells. Our data links critical extracellular cues with cell fate decisions of highly plastic stem cells, ensuring the fidelity of organ regeneration.
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