Project description:Illumina BeadChip array analyses of mouse embryonic stem cell gene expression profiles in the presence of or upon knockdown of 4 candidate factors regulating genomic integrity -- Chek1, Ppm1g, Ppp2r1b and Bub1b. An ES complementation 'rescue' system was employed to measure the effects of knockdown (minus Dox). The 4 candidate factors are rescued to wildtype levels in the presence of Dox (plus Dox). A control rescue ES cell line, with a Luciferase-targeting shRNA, was also assessed.
Project description:A multitude of signals are coordinated to maintain self-renewal in embryonic stem cells (ESCs). To unravel the essential internal and external signals required for sustaining the ESC state, we expand upon a set of ESC pluripotency-associated phosphoregulators (PRs) identified previously by short hairpin RNA (shRNA) screening. In addition to the previously described Aurka, we identify 4 additional PRs (Bub1b, Chek1, Ppm1g, and Ppp2r1b) whose depletion compromises self-renewal and leads to consequent differentiation. Global gene expression profiling and computational analyses reveal that knockdown of the 5 PRs leads to DNA damage/genome instability, activating p53 and culminating in ESC differentiation. Similarly, depletion of genome integrity-associated genes involved in DNA replication and checkpoint, mRNA processing, and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease lead to compromise of ESC self-renewal via an increase in p53 activity. Our studies demonstrate an essential link between genomic integrity and developmental cell fate regulation in ESCs.
Project description:This dataset consists of 1 raw MS file and associated peak list and result file, acquired on an Orbitrap Elite mass spectrometer operated in Data Dependent Acquisition mode. The files are associated with a manuscript submitted for publication. Publication title: "JAK2-CHK2 signaling safeguards the integrity of the mitotic spindle assembly checkpoint and genome stability"
Project description:Mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells are locked into self-renewal by shielding from inductive cues. Release from this ground state in minimal conditions offers a system for delineating developmental progression from naive pluripotency. Here we examined the initial transition process. The ES cell population behaves asynchronously. We therefore exploited a short-half-life Rex1::GFP reporter to isolate cells either side of exit from naive status. Differentiation of Rex1-GFPd2 ES cells was initiated by withdrawing 2i (Kalkan et al., 2016). Undifferentiated 2i-cells and post-2i withdrawal differentiating populations (16h, 25h-Rex1-High, 25h-Rex1-Low) were subjected to proteomic analysis by Mass Spectrometry.
Project description:Recent evidence suggests that lncRNAs play an integral regulatory role in numerous functions, including determination of cellular identity. We determined global expression (RNA-seq) and genome wide profiles (ChIP-seq) of histone post-translational modifications and p53 binding in human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) undergoing differentiation to define a high-confidence set of 40 lncRNAs, which are p53 transcriptional targets. We focused on lncRNAs, highly expressed in pluripotent hESCs and repressed by p53 during differentiation, to identify lncPRESS1 as a p53-regulated transcript that maintains hESC pluripotency in concert with core pluripotency factors. RNA-seq of hESCs depleted of lncPRESS1 revealed that lncPRESS1 controls a gene network that promotes pluripotency. Further, we found that lncPRESS1 physically interacts with SIRT6 to prevent SIRT6 chromatin localization and maintain high levels of histone H3K56 and H3K9 acetylation at promoters of pluripotency genes. In summary, we describe a novel pluripotency-specific lncRNA that safeguards the hESC state by disrupting SIRT6 activity
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE30995: An Alternative Splicing Switch Regulates Embryonic Stem Cell Pluripotency and Reprogramming [RNA-Seq] GSE31006: An Alternative Splicing Switch Regulates Embryonic Stem Cell Pluripotency and Reprogramming [ChIP-Seq] GSE31007: An Alternative Splicing Switch Regulates Embryonic Stem Cell Pluripotency and Reprogramming [protein binding microarray] GSE31948: An Alternative Splicing Switch Regulates Embryonic Stem Cell Pluripotency and Reprogramming [AS microarray] Refer to individual Series
Project description:The mammalian BRG1-associated factors (BAF) complex is a multi-subunit chromatin remodeling complex that is an important component of the embryonic stem cell (ESC) transcriptional regulatory network. However, the role of individual subunits in BAF complex targeting and function needs to be elucidated. Here, we find that the Bromodomain containing protein 9 (BRD9) defines a smaller, non-canonical BAF complex in mouse ESCs that is distinct from the canonical embryonic stem cell BAF (esBAF) and the polybromo-associated BAF (PBAF) complexes. This BRD9-containing BAF complex, or BBAF complex, uniquely incorporates the BRD4-interacting chromatin remodeling associated protein-like (BICRAL) or its paralog BICRA and lacks several esBAF subunits including BAF47, ARID1A and BAF57. We demonstrate that BBAF and esBAF complexes are targeted to different features of the genome and are co-bound with different sets of pluripotency transcription factors. Specifically, BBAF complexes co-localize with key regulators of naïve pluripotency, KLF4 and Sp5, on the genome. Consistent with this, we provide evidence that BBAF’s specific function is to regulate the transcription of genes involved in the maintenance of naïve pluripotency, including Nanog and Prdm14. Additionally, we show that BRD9 is displaced from chromatin by the selective BRD9 bromodomain inhibitor, I-BRD9, and that this leads to changes in target gene expression. Together, our results provide evidence for the identification of a new BAF complex, and demonstrate functionally specific roles for BAF complex assemblies in maintaining the transcriptional network of pluripotency.