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Prmt1 safeguards mouse embryonic stem cells against bias toward the extraembryonic endoderm cell fate via arginine methylation of Klf4

ABSTRACT: Heterogeneous gene expression is a characteristic feature of stem cells and is essential for steering lineage choices. However, the molecular mechanisms of heterogeneity remain largely unknown. Here, we report that depletion of protein arginine methyltransferase 1 (Prmt1) in mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells heterogeneously induces the expression of primitive endoderm (PrE) genes, consequently biasing the cells to fluctuate toward the extraembryonic endoderm stem (XEN) cell fate. Furthermore, the pluripotency factor Klf4 is arginine-methylated by Prmt1 at arginine 396 (R396), which is required for recruitment of the mSin3a/HDAC complex to silence PrE genes. Importantly, when methylation is disrupted by a Prmt1 knockout, a Prmt1 inhibitor, or a blocked methylation site in Klf4, ES cells are predisposed to XEN induction. Our data demonstrate the importance of Prmt1 in the fluctuating heterogeneity of ES cells and reveal a regulatory mechanism for cell fate decisions that is centered on Klf4 methylation mediated by Prmt1.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE124920 | GEO | 2021/12/27

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Protein methylation has been implicated in many important biological contexts including signaling, metabolism, and transcriptional control. Despite the importance of this post- translational modification, the global analysis of protein methylation by mass spectrometry-based proteomics has not been extensively studied due to the lack of robust, well-characterized techniques for methyl-peptidemethyl peptide enrichment. Here, to better investigate protein methylation, we optimized and compared two methods for methyl-peptidemethyl peptide enrichment: immunoaffinity purification (IAP) and high pH strong cation exchange (SCX). Comparison of these methods revealed that they are largely orthogonal for monomethyl arginine (MMA), suggesting that the usage of both techniques is required to provide a global view of protein methylation. Using both IAP and SCX, we investigated changes in protein methylation downstream of protein arginine methyltransferase 1 (PRMT1). Together, these techniques allowed us to quantify over ~1,000 arginine methylation sites on 407 proteins. Of these methylation sites, PRMT1 knockdown resulted in significant changes to 110 arginine methylation sites on 59 proteins. In contrast, zero lysine methylation sites were significantly changed upon PRMT1 knockdown. In PRMT1 knockdown cells, 24 MMA sites exhibited both significant downregulation (ie, putative PRMT1-mediated MMA targets) and 63 significant upregulation (ie, putative PRMT1-mediated ADMA targets). PRMT1 knockdown induced significant changes in asymmetric dimethyl arginine (ADMA), consistent with being PRMT1 targets. Additionally, We also observed that PRMT1 knockdown induced significant increases in symmetric dimethyl arginine (SDMA) methylation, suggesting that loss of PRMT1 activity allows scavenging of PRMT1 substrates by Type II PRMTs. Analysis of the subcellular localization and protein function of the significantly changing methyl-proteins revealed that the majority of PRMT1 substrates are localized to the nucleus and involved in RNA and DNA binding. Taken together, our results suggest that deep protein methylation profiling by mass spectrometry requires orthogonal enrichment techniques, identify novel PRMT1 methylation targets, and highlight in order to understand the dynamic interplay between methyltransferases in mammalian cells.

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Prmt1 safeguards mouse embryonic stem cells against bias toward the extraembryonic endoderm cell fate via arginine methylation of Klf4

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