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The chromatin-remodeling enzyme BRG1 plays an essential role in primitive erythropoiesis and vascular development.


ABSTRACT: ATP-dependent chromatin-remodeling complexes contribute to the proper temporal and spatial patterns of gene expression in mammalian embryos and therefore play important roles in a number of developmental processes. SWI/SNF-like chromatin-remodeling complexes use one of two different ATPases as their catalytic subunit: brahma (BRM, also known as SMARCA2) and brahma-related gene 1 (BRG1, also known as SMARCA4). We have conditionally deleted a floxed Brg1 allele with a Tie2-Cre transgene, which is expressed in developing hematopoietic and endothelial cells. Brg1(fl/fl):Tie2-Cre(+) embryos die at midgestation from anemia, as mutant primitive erythrocytes fail to transcribe embryonic alpha- and beta-globins, and subsequently undergo apoptosis. Additionally, vascular remodeling of the extraembryonic yolk sac is abnormal in Brg1(fl/fl):Tie2-Cre(+) embryos. Importantly, Brm deficiency does not exacerbate the erythropoietic or vascular abnormalities found in Brg1(fl/fl):Tie2-Cre(+) embryos, implying that Brg1-containing SWI/SNF-like complexes, rather than Brm-containing complexes, play a crucial role in primitive erythropoiesis and in early vascular development.

SUBMITTER: Griffin CT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2459551 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The chromatin-remodeling enzyme BRG1 plays an essential role in primitive erythropoiesis and vascular development.

Griffin Courtney T CT   Brennan Jennifer J   Magnuson Terry T  

Development (Cambridge, England) 20071219 3


ATP-dependent chromatin-remodeling complexes contribute to the proper temporal and spatial patterns of gene expression in mammalian embryos and therefore play important roles in a number of developmental processes. SWI/SNF-like chromatin-remodeling complexes use one of two different ATPases as their catalytic subunit: brahma (BRM, also known as SMARCA2) and brahma-related gene 1 (BRG1, also known as SMARCA4). We have conditionally deleted a floxed Brg1 allele with a Tie2-Cre transgene, which is  ...[more]

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