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Core Transcriptional Regulatory Circuitry in Human Embryonic Stem Cells

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Boyer, Laurie A., Lee, Tong Ihn, Cole, Megan F., Johnstone, Sarah E., Levine, Stuart S., Zucker, Jacob P., Guenther, Matthew G., Kumar, Roshan M. +6 more·2005·Cell

Abstract

The transcription factors OCT4, SOX2, and NANOG have essential roles in early development and are required for the propagation of undifferentiated embryonic stem (ES) cells in culture. To gain insights into transcriptional regulation of human ES cells, we have identified OCT4, SOX2, and NANOG target genes using genome-scale location analysis. We found, surprisingly, that OCT4, SOX2, and NANOG co-occupy a substantial portion of their target genes. These target genes frequently encode transcription factors, many of which are developmentally important homeodomain proteins. Our data also indicate that OCT4, SOX2, and NANOG collaborate to form regulatory circuitry consisting of autoregulatory and feedforward loops. These results provide new insights into the transcriptional regulation of stem cells and reveal how OCT4, SOX2, and NANOG contribute to pluripotency and self-renewal.

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  • Core transcriptional regulatory circuitries self-sustain high expression of identity transcription factors and their target effector genes and are involved in continuous modulation of the hepatic transcriptome in response to environmental stimuli.

    “Indeed, CoRCs allows to self‐sustain high expression of identity TFs and their target effector genes in addition to being involved in the continuous modulation of the hepatic transcriptome in response to environmental stimuli (Boyer et al, 2005; Arendt et al, 2016; Wilkinson et al, 2017; Almeida et al, 2021).”
  • In mice and humans, pioneer factors OCT4 and SOX2 form a core part of the regulatory network controlling stem cell pluripotency.

    “In mice and humans, the pioneer factors OCT4 and SOX2 form a core part of the regulatory network controlling stem cell pluripotency [36].”

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Boyer, L. A., Lee, T. I., Cole, M. F., Johnstone, S. E., Levine, S. S., Zucker, J. P., Guenther, M. G., Kumar, R. M., Murray, H. L., Jenner, R. G., Gifford, D. K., Melton, D. A., Jaenisch, R., & Young, R. A.
Affiliations
  • Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (US)
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
  • Broad Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Young, Richard A.
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2005-09
Volume
122
Issue
6
Pages
947-956
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2107575419
Cited by
4,505
References
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FWCI
77.51
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (HG002668, R01HG002668)
  • National Cancer Institute (CA094664, F32CA094664)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM068273, R01GM069400, F32GM068273, GM069400)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
Keywords
human embryonic stem cells, Oct4, SOX2, Nanog, transcription factor target genes, homeodomain transcription factor, autoregulatory loop, feed-forward loop, pluripotency, self-renewal
MeSH terms
Nanog Homeobox Protein, Animals, Cell Differentiation, Cells, Cultured, DNA-Binding Proteins, Embryo, Mammalian, Genes, Regulator, Humans, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Protein Binding, Stem Cells, Transcription Factors, Signal Transduction, Cell Transplantation, Homeodomain Proteins, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, HMGB Proteins, MicroRNAs, Octamer Transcription Factor-3, Mice, SOXB1 Transcription Factors

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