PI3Kδ activity controls plasticity and discriminates between EMT and stemness based on distinct TGFβ signaling.
Jean AgnettiVanessa Bou MalhamChristophe DesterkeNassima BenzoubirJuan PengSophie JacquesSouad RahmouniEmanuel Di ValentinTuan-Zea TanDidier SamuelJean-Paul ThieryAma Gassama-DiagnePublished in: Communications biology (2022)
The stem cells involved in formation of the complex human body are epithelial cells that undergo apicobasal polarization and form a hollow lumen. Epithelial plasticity manifests as epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT), a process by which epithelial cells switch their polarity and epithelial features to adopt a mesenchymal phenotype. The connection between the EMT program and acquisition of stemness is now supported by a substantial number of reports, although what discriminates these two processes remains largely elusive. In this study, based on 3D organoid culture of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)-derived cell lines and AAV8-based protein overexpression in the mouse liver, we show that activity modulation of isoform δ of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3Kδ) controls differentiation and discriminates between stemness and EMT by regulating the transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) signaling. This study provides an important tool to control epithelial cell fate and represents a step forward in understanding the development of aggressive carcinoma.
Keyphrases
- epithelial mesenchymal transition
- transforming growth factor
- stem cells
- signaling pathway
- cell fate
- emergency department
- bone marrow
- mesenchymal stem cells
- small molecule
- ultrasound guided
- tyrosine kinase
- transcription factor
- induced pluripotent stem cells
- protein kinase
- electronic health record
- solid phase extraction
- cancer stem cells
- drug induced