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Mouse embryonic stem cells derived from the epiblast contribute to the somatic lineages and the germline but are excluded from the extra-embryonic tissues that are derived from the trophectoderm and the primitive endoderm upon reintroduction to the blastocyst. Here we report that cultures of expanded potential stem cells can be established from individual eight-cell blastomeres, and by direct conversion of mouse embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells. Remarkably, a single expanded potential stem cell can contribute both to the embryo proper and to the trophectoderm lineages in a chimaera assay. Bona fide trophoblast stem cell lines and extra-embryonic endoderm stem cells can be directly derived from expanded potential stem cells in vitro. Molecular analyses of the epigenome and single-cell transcriptome reveal enrichment for blastomere-specific signature and a dynamic DNA methylome in expanded potential stem cells. The generation of mouse expanded potential stem cells highlights the feasibility of establishing expanded potential stem cells for other mammalian species.

Original publication

DOI

10.1038/nature24052

Type

Journal article

Journal

Nature

Publication Date

19/10/2017

Volume

550

Pages

393 - 397

Keywords

Animals, Blastocyst, Blastomeres, Cell Lineage, Cells, Cultured, Chimera, Embryo, Mammalian, Endoderm, Epigenesis, Genetic, Epigenomics, Female, Male, Mice, Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells, Placenta, Pluripotent Stem Cells, Pregnancy, Single-Cell Analysis, Transcriptome, Trophoblasts