Metabolic Effects on Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells and the Canonical Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Pathway

Author:

Correia Bibiana12,Sousa Maria Inês12,Ramalho-Santos João12ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal

2. CNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, CIBB, University of Coimbra, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, Polo 3, 3000-370 Coimbra, Portugal

Abstract

Diapause-like features can be extended to naïve mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) to induce paused pluripotency by using INK128 (mTi), a mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor. As a core integrative pathway, mTOR senses diverse stimuli and translates these cues to coordinate several processes. We have previously shown that the withdrawal of leucine and arginine from the culture medium of naïve mESCs can induce features of a paused-pluripotent state, including reduced cell proliferation, cell cycle arrest, and reductions in glycolytic and oxidative metabolism. However, surprisingly, although mTi did indeed provoke a paused-like state, this was distinct from and less pronounced than what resulted from leucine and arginine removal, and, according to our results, these features did not seem to necessarily be mTOR-driven. Therefore, this possibility should be considered in further experiments, and mTOR inhibition when using INK128 should always be confirmed and not merely assumed when INK128 is present in the culture medium.

Funder

Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal

the STEM@REST Project

the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Centro 2020 Regional Operational Programme

the COMPETE 2020—Operational Programme for Competitiveness and Internationalisation

the Portuguese national funds via FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Materials Science (miscellaneous)

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