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A lineage-specific requirement for YY1 Polycomb Group protein function in early T cell development.


ABSTRACT: Yin Yang 1 (YY1) is a ubiquitous transcription factor and mammalian Polycomb Group protein (PcG) with important functions for regulating lymphocyte development and stem cell self-renewal. YY1 mediates stable PcG-dependent transcriptional repression via recruitment of PcG proteins that result in histone modifications. Many questions remain unanswered regarding how cell- and tissue-specificity is achieved by PcG proteins. Here, we demonstrate that a conditional knockout of Yy1 in the hematopoietic system results in an early T cell developmental blockage at the double negative (DN) 1 stage with reduced Notch1 signaling. There is a lineage-specific requirement for YY1 PcG function. YY1 PcG domain is required for T and B cell development but not necessary for myeloid cells. YY1 functions in early T cell development are multicomponent and involve both PcG-dependent and -independent regulations. Although YY1 promotes early T cell survival through its PcG function, its function to promote the DN1-to-DN2 transition and Notch1 expression and signaling is independent of its PcG function. Our results reveal how a ubiquitously expressed PcG protein mediates lineage-specific and context-specific functions to control early T cell development.

SUBMITTER: Assumpcao ALFV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8077518 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A lineage-specific requirement for YY1 Polycomb Group protein function in early T cell development.

Assumpção Anna L F V ALFV   Fu Guoping G   Singh Deependra K DK   Lu Zhanping Z   Kuehnl Ashley M AM   Welch Rene R   Ong Irene M IM   Wen Renren R   Pan Xuan X  

Development (Cambridge, England) 20210415 7


Yin Yang 1 (YY1) is a ubiquitous transcription factor and mammalian Polycomb Group protein (PcG) with important functions for regulating lymphocyte development and stem cell self-renewal. YY1 mediates stable PcG-dependent transcriptional repression via recruitment of PcG proteins that result in histone modifications. Many questions remain unanswered regarding how cell- and tissue-specificity is achieved by PcG proteins. Here, we demonstrate that a conditional knockout of Yy1 in the hematopoietic  ...[more]

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