| Autor: |
Byung Su Ko, Myeong Hoon Han, Min Jee Kwon, Dong Gon Cha, Yuri Ji, Eun Seo Park, Min Jae Jeon, Somi Kim, Kyeongho Lee, Yoon Ha Choi, Jusung Lee, Monica Torras-Llort, Ki-Jun Yoon, Hyosang Lee, Jong Kyoung Kim, Sung Bae Lee |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2024 |
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| Zdroj: |
Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Vol 56, Iss 2, Pp 422-440 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2092-6413 |
| DOI: |
10.1038/s12276-024-01169-3 |
| Popis: |
Abstract Accumulating evidence hints heterochromatin anchoring to the inner nuclear membrane as an upstream regulatory process of gene expression. Given that the formation of neural progenitor cell lineages and the subsequent maintenance of postmitotic neuronal cell identity critically rely on transcriptional regulation, it seems possible that the development of neuronal cells is influenced by cell type-specific and/or context-dependent programmed regulation of heterochromatin anchoring. Here, we explored this possibility by genetically disrupting the evolutionarily conserved barrier-to-autointegration factor (Baf) in the Drosophila nervous system. Through single-cell RNA sequencing, we demonstrated that Baf knockdown induces prominent transcriptomic changes, particularly in type I neuroblasts. Among the differentially expressed genes, our genetic analyses identified teashirt (tsh), a transcription factor that interacts with beta-catenin, to be closely associated with Baf knockdown-induced phenotypes that were suppressed by the overexpression of tsh or beta-catenin. We also found that Baf and tsh colocalized in a region adjacent to heterochromatin in type I NBs. Notably, the subnuclear localization pattern remained unchanged when one of these two proteins was knocked down, indicating that both proteins contribute to the anchoring of heterochromatin to the inner nuclear membrane. Overall, this study reveals that the Baf-mediated transcriptional regulation of teashirt is a novel molecular mechanism that regulates the development of neural progenitor cell lineages. |
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