E2A regulates neural ectoderm fate specification in human embryonic stem cells
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Project description:During primary neurulation, the separation of a single-layered ectodermal sheet into the surface ectoderm (SE) and neural tube specifies SE and neural ectoderm (NE) cell fates. The mechanisms underlying fate specification in conjunction with neural tube closure are poorly understood. Here, by comparing expression profiles between SE and NE lineages, we observed that uncommitted progenitor cells, expressing stem cell markers, are present in the neural plate border/neural fold prior to neural tube closure.
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Project description:Background: E2A, encoded by the TCF3 gene locus, belongs to the E protein transcription factor family, which also includes HEB (TCF12) and E2-2 (TCF4), has been suggested to play an important role in leukemogenesis. However, far less is known about the function of E2A in cell-fate regulation of hESCs. Therefore, further understanding of E2A in self-renewal and differentiation of embryonic stem cells may be influenced. In the study, we demonstrated E2A knockout exhibited blocked neural differentiation, which is tightly related to histone modification H3K4me3 and H3K27me3. Methods: The genomic DNA of H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 binding peaks in wild type and E2A knockout neural progenitor cells were generated by ChIP-seq technique using IIIumina Hiseq 2500. Results: A comprehensive human chromatin state of H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 in wild type and E2A knockout neural progenitor cells was provided. Function enrichment, network characteristics and disease association of the binding peaks were analyzed. Conclusion: The dataset could serve as a baseline resource for investigating the potential effects and mechanism of H3K4me3/H3K27me3/E2A complex in neural differentiation period of embryonic stem cells
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