ZEB2 and MEIS1 independently contribute to hematopoiesis via early hematopoietic enhancer activation.

ABSTRACT: Cell differentiation is achieved by acquiring a cell type-specific transcriptional program and epigenetic landscape. While the cell type-specific patterning of enhancers has been shown to precede cell fate decisions, it remains unclear how regulators of these enhancers are induced to initiate cell specification and how they appropriately restrict cells that differentiate. Here, using embryonic stem cell-derived hematopoietic cell differentiation cultures, we show the activation of some hematopoietic enhancers during arterialization of hemogenic endothelium, a prerequisite for hematopoiesis. We further reveal that ZEB2, a factor involved in the transcriptional regulation of arterial endothelial cells, and a hematopoietic regulator MEIS1 are independently required for activating these enhanc

SUBMITTER: Kitagawa Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10522983 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature