TEAD switches interacting partners along neural progenitor lineage progression to execute distinct functions.

ABSTRACT: The TEAD family of transcription factors is best known as the DNA-binding factor in the Hippo pathway, where these factors act by interacting with transcriptional coactivators YAP and TAZ (YAP/TAZ). Despite the importance of the Hippo pathway, the in vivo functions of TEAD in mammals have not been well established. By comparing mouse mutants lacking TEAD1 and TEAD2 (TEAD1/2) with those lacking YAP/TAZ, we found that TEAD1/2 have both YAP/TAZ-dependent and YAP/TAZ-independent functions during ventral telencephalon development. TEAD1/2 loss and YAP/TAZ loss similarly disrupt neuroepithelial apical junctions. However, the impacts of their losses on progenitor lineage progression are essentially opposite: YAP/TAZ loss depletes early progenitors and increases later progenitors, consistent with

SUBMITTER: Perry CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12212000 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature