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Srf destabilizes cell identity (Microarray_Agilent Technologies)


ABSTRACT: Multicellular organisms consist of multiple cell types, whose identities are maintained appropriately at locations where they are reside. The identity of each cell type is primarily maintained by cell-type-specific gene expression programs, but mechanisms that suppress these programs are poorly defined. Here we show that serum response factor (Srf), a transcription factor that is activated by various extracellular stimuli, can repress cell-type-specific genes and promote cellular reprogramming to pluripotency. Manipulations that decrease β-actin monomer resulted in nuclear accumulation of Mkl1 and the activation of Srf, which downregulated cell-type-specific genes and altered epigenetics in enhancers and chromatin organization. Mice overexpressing Srf exhibited various pathologies including an ulcerative colitis-like symptom and a metaplasia-like phenotype in the pancreas. Our results demonstrate an unexpected function of Srf via a mechanism by which extracellular stimuli actively destabilize cell identity and suggest Srf involvement in a wide range of diseases.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE89427 | GEO | 2018/04/18

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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