A core erythroid transcriptional network is repressed by a master regulator of myelo-lymphoid differentiation

作者：Wontakal Sandeep N; Guo Xingyi; Smith Cameron; MacCarthy Thomas; Bresnick Emery H; Bergman Aviv; Snyder Michael P; Weissman Sherman M^*; Zheng Deyou; Skoultchi Arthur I

来源：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2012, 109(10): 3832-3837.

DOI：10.1073/pnas.1121019109

• ChIP sequencing
• erythropoiesis
• cross antagonism

Two mechanisms that play important roles in cell fate decisions are control of a "core transcriptional network" and repression of alternative transcriptional programs by antagonizing transcription factors. Whether these two mechanisms operate together is not known. Herewe report that GATA-1, SCL, and Klf1 form an erythroid core transcriptional network by co-occupying > 300 genes. Importantly, we find that PU. 1, a negative regulator of terminal erythroid differentiation, is a highly integrated component of this network. GATA-1, SCL, and Klf1 act to promote, whereas PU. 1 represses expression of many of the core network genes. PU. 1 also represses the genes encoding GATA-1, SCL, Klf1, and important GATA-1 cofactors. Conversely, in addition to repressing PU. 1 expression, GATA-1 also binds to and represses > 100 PU. 1 myelo-lymphoid gene targets in erythroid progenitors. Mathematical modeling further supports that this dual mechanism of repressing both the opposing upstream activator and its downstream targets provides a synergistic, robust mechanism for lineage specification. Taken together, these results amalgamate two key developmental principles, namely, regulation of a core transcriptional network and repression of an alternative transcriptional program, thereby enhancing our understanding of the mechanisms that establish cellular identity.

• 出版日期2012-3-6
• 单位河北医科大学