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Embryonic stem (ES) cell-based therapy is a promising treatment for neurodegenerative diseases.Although it is well established that ES cells have the potential to differentiate into dopamine neurons,t
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Baylor College of Medicine USA
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Embryonic stem (ES) cell-based therapy is a promising treatment for neurodegenerative diseases.Although it is well established that ES cells have the potential to differentiate into dopamine neurons,the molecular basis of this process, particularly the role of microRNAs (miRNAs), remains largely unknown.Here we report that miR-132 plays a key role in the differentiation of dopamine neurons by directly regulating the expression of Nurr1.First, we constructed a mouse ES cell line CGRS,which stably expresses GFP under the tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-promoter, so the TH-positive neurons could be easily sorted out by a fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS).Then, we performed a miRNA array analysis in the purified TH-positive neurons and we identified miR-132 to play an important role in the differentiation processing of TH-positive neurons through the direct regulation of Nurr1 gene.
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