Regulation of Myc transcription by an enhancer cluster dedicated to pluripotency and early embryonic expression.

MYC plays various roles in pluripotent stem cells, including the promotion of somatic cell reprogramming to pluripotency, the regulation of cell competition and the control of embryonic diapause. However, how Myc expression is regulated in this context remains unknown. The Myc gene lies within a ~ 3...

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Autores: Li-Bao, Lin, Díaz-Díaz, Covadonga, Raiola, Morena, Sierra, Rocío, Temiño, Susana, Moya, Francisco J, Rodriguez-Perales, Sandra, Santos, Elisa, Giovinazzo, Giovanna, Bleckwehl, Tore, Rada-Iglesias, Álvaro, Spitz, Francois, Torres, Miguel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
Repositorio:Repisalud
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repisalud.isciii.es:20.500.12105/19521
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/19521
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Enhancer Elements, Genetic
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
Pluripotent Stem Cells
Animals
Mice
Transcription, Genetic
Embryo, Mammalian
Embryonic Stem Cells
Female
Male
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Sumario:MYC plays various roles in pluripotent stem cells, including the promotion of somatic cell reprogramming to pluripotency, the regulation of cell competition and the control of embryonic diapause. However, how Myc expression is regulated in this context remains unknown. The Myc gene lies within a ~ 3-megabase gene desert with multiple cis-regulatory elements. Here we use genomic rearrangements, transgenesis and targeted mutation to analyse Myc regulation in early mouse embryos and pluripotent stem cells. We identify a topologically-associated region that homes enhancers dedicated to Myc transcriptional regulation in stem cells of the pre-implantation and early post-implantation embryo. Within this region, we identify elements exclusively dedicated to Myc regulation in pluripotent cells, with distinct enhancers that sequentially activate during naive and formative pluripotency. Deletion of pluripotency-specific enhancers dampens embryonic stem cell competitive ability. 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.