Hierarchical enhancers 1 confer the temporal and partially compensatory transcriptional regulation of Nkx2-5 during heart development
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ABSTRACT: We comprehensively interrogate enhancers U1 and U2 in controlling Nkx2-5 transcription during heart development. Serial genomic deletions in mice reveal a functional hierarchy of U1 and U2 as evidenced by stage-dependent phenotypic variations. Specifically, U1 and U2 function redundantly to confer Nkx2-5 expression at early stages, but U2 instead of U1 supported its expression at later stages of heart chamber formation and maturation. Combined deletions markedly reduce Nkx2-5 dosage as early as E7.5, despite being largely reinstated two days later, displaying heart malformations with precocious differentiation of cardiac progenitors. Together, we propose a model that the temporal and partially compensatory regulatory function of two enhancers dictates a TF?s dosage and specificity during development.
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE133760 | GEO | 2022/07/03
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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