TGFβ-dependent mitochondrial biogenesis is activated during definitive endoderm differentiation.

In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology. Animal
Shengbiao LiQiuhong Li

Abstract

Whether mitochondrial remodeling and metabolic reprogramming occur during the differentiation of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) to definitive endoderm (DE) is unknown. We found that fragmented and punctate mitochondria in undifferentiated hESCs progressively fused into an extensive and branched network upon DE differentiation. Mitochondrial mass and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) content were significantly increased with the upregulated expression of mitochondrial biogenesis regulator PGC1-A upon DE differentiation, accompanied by the rise of the amount of ATP (2.5-fold) and its by-product reactive oxygen species (2.0-fold). We observed that in contrast to a shutoff of glycolysis, expressions of oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) genes were increased, indicating that a transition from glycolysis to OXPHOS was tightly coupled to DE differentiation. In the meantime, we discovered that inhibition of TGF-β signaling led to impaired mitochondrial biogenesis and disturbed metabolic switch upon DE differentiation. Our work, for the first time, reports that TGF-β signaling-dependent mitochondrial biogenesis and metabolic reprogramming occur during early endodermal differentiation.

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