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Hippo signaling influences HNF4A and FOXA2 enhancer switching during hepatocyte differentiation.

ABSTRACT: Cell fate acquisition is heavily influenced by direct interactions between master regulators and tissue-specific enhancers. However, it remains unclear how lineage-specifying transcription factors, which are often expressed in both progenitor and mature cell populations, influence cell differentiation. Using in vivo mouse liver development as a model, we identified thousands of enhancers that are bound by the master regulators HNF4A and FOXA2 in a differentiation-dependent manner, subject to chromatin remodeling, and associated with differentially expressed target genes. Enhancers exclusively occupied in the embryo were found to be responsive to developmentally regulated TEAD2 and coactivator YAP1. Our data suggest that Hippo signaling may affect hepatocyte differentiation by influencing HNF4A and FOXA2 interactions with temporal enhancers. In summary, transcription factor-enhancer interactions are not only tissue specific but also differentiation dependent, which is an important consideration for researchers studying cancer biology or mammalian development and/or using transformed cell lines.

SUBMITTER: Alder O

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4612615 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Hippo signaling influences HNF4A and FOXA2 enhancer switching during hepatocyte differentiation.

Alder Olivia O Cullum Rebecca R Lee Sam S Kan Arohumam C AC Wei Wei W Yi Yuyin Y Garside Victoria C VC Bilenky Misha M Griffith Malachi M Morrissy A Sorana AS Robertson Gordon A GA Thiessen Nina N Zhao Yongjun Y Chen Qian Q Pan Duojia D Jones Steven J M SJM Marra Marco A MA Hoodless Pamela A PA

Cell reports 20140925 1

Cell fate acquisition is heavily influenced by direct interactions between master regulators and tissue-specific enhancers. However, it remains unclear how lineage-specifying transcription factors, which are often expressed in both progenitor and mature cell populations, influence cell differentiation. Using in vivo mouse liver development as a model, we identified thousands of enhancers that are bound by the master regulators HNF4A and FOXA2 in a differentiation-dependent manner, subject to chr ...[more]

PMID: 25263553

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Hippo signaling influences HNF4A and FOXA2 enhancer switching during hepatocyte differentiation.

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Hippo signaling influences HNF4A and FOXA2 enhancer switching during hepatocyte differentiation.

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