MLL1 is required for PAX7 expression and satellite cell self-renewal in mice

Autor: Michael A. Rudnicki, Caroline E. Brun, Christopher J. Porter, Marie-Claude Sincennes, A. Francis Stewart, John Saber, Patricia Ernst, Gregory C. Addicks
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Male
0301 basic medicine
Molecular biology
General Physics and Astronomy
Stem cells
Myoblasts
Mice
0302 clinical medicine
Myocyte
Promoter Regions
Genetic

lcsh:Science
Cells
Cultured

Mice
Knockout

Multidisciplinary
PAX7 Transcription Factor
Cell Differentiation
musculoskeletal system
Cell biology
medicine.anatomical_structure
Epigenetics
Female
MYF5
Myogenic Regulatory Factor 5
Stem cell
Cell activation
Transcription
tissues
Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein
animal structures
Satellite Cells
Skeletal Muscle

Science
Biology
Methylation
Article
General Biochemistry
Genetics and Molecular Biology

03 medical and health sciences
medicine
Animals
Transcription factor
Cell Proliferation
Cell growth
Skeletal muscle
Promoter
Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase
General Chemistry
Mice
Inbred C57BL

030104 developmental biology
lcsh:Q
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2019)
Nature Communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Popis: PAX7 is a paired-homeobox transcription factor that specifies the myogenic identity of muscle stem cells and acts as a nodal factor by stimulating proliferation while inhibiting differentiation. We previously found that PAX7 recruits the H3K4 methyltransferases MLL1/2 to epigenetically activate target genes. Here we report that in the absence of Mll1, myoblasts exhibit reduced H3K4me3 at both Pax7 and Myf5 promoters and reduced Pax7 and Myf5 expression. Mll1-deficient myoblasts fail to proliferate but retain their differentiation potential, while deletion of Mll2 had no discernable effect. Re-expression of PAX7 in committed Mll1 cKO myoblasts restored H3K4me3 enrichment at the Myf5 promoter and Myf5 expression. Deletion of Mll1 in satellite cells reduced satellite cell proliferation and self-renewal, and significantly impaired skeletal muscle regeneration. Pax7 expression was unaffected in quiescent satellite cells but was markedly downregulated following satellite cell activation. Therefore, MLL1 is required for PAX7 expression and satellite cell function in vivo. Furthermore, PAX7, but not MLL1, is required for Myf5 transcriptional activation in committed myoblasts.
PAX7 transcription factor specifies the myogenic identity of muscle stem cells and acts as a nodal factor by stimulating proliferation while inhibiting differentiation. Here authors find that Mll1 deletion in myoblasts in mice results in reduced H3K4me3 at both Pax7 and Myf5 promoters, reduced Pax7 and Myf5 expression, and proliferation defects.
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