Long range inter-chromosomal interaction of Oct4 distal enhancer loci regulates ESCs pluripotency [RNA-seq]
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE122753 | GEO | 2019/11/30
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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Project description:Nuclear architecture underlies the transcriptional programs within the cell to establish cell identity. As previously demonstrated, long-range chromatin interactions of the Oct4 distal enhancer (DE) are correlated with active transcription in naïve state embryonic stem cells. Here, we identify and characterize extreme long range interactions of the Oct4 DE through a novel CRISPR labeling technique we developed and chromosome conformation capture to identify lethal giant larvae 2 (Llgl2) and growth factor receptor-bound protein 7 (Grb7) as putative functional interacting target genes in different chromosomes. We show that the Oct4 DE directly regulates expression of Llgl2 and Grb7 in addition to Oct4. Expression of Llgl2 and Grb7 closely correlates with the pluripotent state, where knock down of either result in loss of pluripotency, and overexpression enhances somatic cell reprogramming. We demonstrated that biologically important interactions of the Oct4 DE can occur at extreme distances that are necessary for the maintenance of the pluripotent state.
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Project description:Oct4 is considered a master transcription factor for pluripotent cell self-renewal and embryo development. It primarily collaborates with other transcriptional factors or coregulators to maintain pluripotency. However, it is still unclear how Oct4 interacts with its partners. Here, we show that the Oct4 linker interface mediates competing and balanced Oct4 protein interactions which are crucial for maintaining pluripotency. Linker mutant ESCs maintain the key pluripotency genes expression, but show decreased expression of self-renewal genes and increased expression of differentiation genes which result in impaired ESCs self-renewal and early embryonic lethality. Linker mutation dose not affect Oct4 genomic binding and transactivation potential, but breaks the balanced Oct4 interactome. In mutant ESCs, the interaction between Oct4 and Klf5 was decreased, but interactions between Oct4 and Cbx1, Ctr9, Cdc73 were increased which disrupt the epigenetic state of ESCs. Overexpression of Klf5 or knockdown Cbx1, Cdc73 rescue the cellular phenotype of linker mutant ESCs by rebalancing Oct4 interactome indicating that different partners interact with Oct4 competitively. Thus, by showing how Oct4 interacts with different partners, we provide novel molecular insights to explain how Oct4 contributes to the maintenance of pluripotency.
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Project description:Embryonic stem cell (ESC) pluripotency is governed by a gene regulatory network centred on the transcription factors Oct4 and Nanog. ESCs fluctuate between states of high and low Nanog expression that direct efficient or inefficient self-renewal. To date, robust self-renewing ESC states have only been attained by chemical inhibition of signalling pathways or enforced transgene expression. Here we show that ESCs expressing a reduced range of Oct4 concentrations, typified by Oct4 heterozygous ESCs exhibit stable robust pluripotency. Despite this reduced Oct4 concentration range, this state is characterised by increased genome-wide binding of Oct4, particularly at pluripotency-associated enhancers, homogeneous expression of pluripotency transcription factors, enhanced self-renewal efficiency and delayed differentiation kinetics. In this state, ESCs exhibit increased wnt expression, enhanced LIF-sensitivity, non-responsiveness to FGF signalling and can clonally maintain pluripotency without BMP but remain dependent upon LIF. Robust pluripotency is destabilised either by alteration of the Oct4 level or by removal of LIF. Our findings suggest that robust pluripotency originates from cells with a reduced Oct4 protein concentration and that the wild-type Oct4 range enables effective differentiation.
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Project description:The transcription factors OCT4 and SOX2 are required for generating induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and for maintaining embryonic stem cells (ESCs). To this end, OCT4 and SOX2 associate and bind to DNA in different configurations depending on the composite DNA element present in their target genes. Here, we have investigated the role of the different OCT4-SOX2 conformational arrangements in regulating and inducing pluripotency. To this end, we have generated SOX2 mutants that interfere with specific OCT4-SOX2 heterodimer configurations and we have assessed their abilities to generate iPSCs and to rescue ESC self-renewal. Our results demonstrate that the OCT4-SOX2 configuration that dimerizes on a Hoxb1-like composite, a canonical element with juxtaposed individual binding sites, plays a more critical role in the induction and maintenance of pluripotency than other OCT4-SOX2 configurations. Overall, the results of this study provide a new insight into the protein interactions required to establish a de novo pluripotent network and to maintain a true pluripotent cell fate.
2017-02-13 | GSE65345 | GEO
Project description:Chavez2009 - a core regulatory network of OCT4 in human embryonic stem cells
A core OCT4-regulated network has been identified as a test case, to analyase stem cell characteristics and cellular differentiation.
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In silico identification of a core regulatory network of OCT4 in human embryonic stem cells using an integrated approach.
Chavez L, Bais AS, Vingron M, Lehrach H, Adjaye J, Herwig R
BMC Genomics, 2009, 10:314
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: The transcription factor OCT4 is highly expressed in pluripotent embryonic stem cells which are derived from the inner cell mass of mammalian blastocysts. Pluripotency and self renewal are controlled by a transcription regulatory network governed by the transcription factors OCT4, SOX2 and NANOG. Recent studies on reprogramming somatic cells to induced pluripotent stem cells highlight OCT4 as a key regulator of pluripotency.
RESULTS: We have carried out an integrated analysis of high-throughput data (ChIP-on-chip and RNAi experiments along with promoter sequence analysis of putative target genes) and identified a core OCT4 regulatory network in human embryonic stem cells consisting of 33 target genes. Enrichment analysis with these target genes revealed that this integrative analysis increases the functional information content by factors of 1.3 - 4.7 compared to the individual studies. In order to identify potential regulatory co-factors of OCT4, we performed a de novo motif analysis. In addition to known validated OCT4 motifs we obtained binding sites similar to motifs recognized by further regulators of pluripotency and development; e.g. the heterodimer of the transcription factors C-MYC and MAX, a prerequisite for C-MYC transcriptional activity that leads to cell growth and proliferation.
CONCLUSION: Our analysis shows how heterogeneous functional information can be integrated in order to reconstruct gene regulatory networks. As a test case we identified a core OCT4-regulated network that is important for the analysis of stem cell characteristics and cellular differentiation. Functional information is largely enriched using different experimental results. The de novo motif discovery identified well-known regulators closely connected to the OCT4 network as well as potential new regulators of pluripotency and differentiation. These results provide the basis for further targeted functional studies.
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Project description:Naïve and primed pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) and germ cells express the Pou5f1 (Oct4) gene. The Oct4 gene contains two cis-regulatory elements, the distal (DE) and proximal enhancer (PE), which differentially control Oct4 expression in a cell-type- and stage-specific manner. Here, we generated double transgenic mice carrying both Oct4-ΔPE-GFP and Oct4-ΔDE-tdTomato (RFP), enabling us to simultaneously monitor the activity of DE and PE. Oct4 expression is stage-specifically regulated by DE and PE during embryonic and germ cell development. Using this dual reporter system, we successfully cultured pure populations of naïve (GFP+RFP-) and primed (GFP-RFP+) PSCs. We found that GFP+RFP- cells were metastable in serum-containing medium; stable naïve pluripotent cells were observed in medium containing two inhibitors (Meki and GSKi) but lacking serum. Finally, we suggest that the activity of Oct4 DE and PE is regulated by the repressive histone marks H3K9me3 and DNA methylation.
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