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Self-Organization of Mouse Stem Cells into an Extended Potential Blastoid.

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Authors

Sozen, Berna 
Cox, Andy L 
Hollfelder, Florian  ORCID logo  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1367-6312

Abstract

Mammalian blastocysts comprise three distinct cell lineages essential for development beyond implantation: the pluripotent epiblast, which generates the future embryo, and surrounding it the extra-embryonic primitive endoderm and the trophectoderm tissues. Embryonic stem cells can reintegrate into embryogenesis but contribute primarily to epiblast lineages. Here, we show that mouse embryonic stem cells cultured under extended pluripotent conditions (EPSCs) can be partnered with trophoblast stem cells to self-organize into blastocyst-like structures with all three embryonic and extra-embryonic lineages. Morphogenetic and transcriptome profiling analyses reveal that these blastocyst-like structures show distinct embryonic-abembryonic axes and primitive endoderm differentiation and can initiate the transition from the pre- to post-implantation egg cylinder morphology in vitro.

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Keywords

Blastoid, Development, Embryo, Endoderm, Extended pluripotency, In Vitro, Preimplantation, Stem cells, Trophoblast, Animals, Blastocyst, Cell Differentiation, Cell Lineage, Embryo Implantation, Embryo, Mammalian, Embryonic Development, Endoderm, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Mice, Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells

Journal Title

Dev Cell

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Journal ISSN

1534-5807
1878-1551

Volume Title

51

Publisher

Elsevier BV

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All rights reserved
Sponsorship
Wellcome Trust (098287/Z/12/Z)
European Research Council (669198)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (1795140)