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Modular regulation of Myc transcription by a topologically defined enhancer cluster dedicated to pluripotency and early embryonic expression [4C-seq]

ABSTRACT: The transcription factor MYC plays essential roles in pluripotent stem cells, including the promotion of somatic cell reprogramming to pluripotency and the regulation of cell competition and embryonic diapause; however, how Myc expression is regulated in this context remains unknown. The Myc gene lies within a ~3-megabase gene desert that contains multiple cisregulatory elements. We used large-scale genomic deletions/inversions, BAC transgenesis and nested deletion of regulatory regions to characterize the cis-regulation of Myc transcription in the early mouse embryo and Embryonic Stem Cells (ESCs). We identified an Early Embryonic Expression (EEE) topologically-associated region that homes enhancers dedicated to Myc transcriptional regulation in stem cells of the early embryo, including the pluripotent cells of the inner cell mass, pre-implantation and post-implantation epiblast and other early embryonic stem cell populations. Within this region, we identified elements exclusively dedicated to Myc regulation in pluripotent cells, with distinct enhancers that sequentially regulate Myc ranscription during naive and formative pluripotency. Deletion of these pluripotency-specific enhancers dampens the competitive ability of ESCs. These results identify a topologically defined enhancer cluster dedicated to early embryonic expression and uncover a modular mechanism for the regulation of Myc expression in different states of pluripotency.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE222294 | GEO | 2024/03/06

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Modular regulation of Myc transcription by a topologically defined enhancer cluster dedicated to pluripotency and early embryonic expression [4C-seq]

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