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Olig2 Targets Chromatin Remodelers to Enhancers to Initiate Oligodendrocyte Differentiation

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Yu, Yang, Chen, Ying, Kim, Bongwoo, Wang, Haibo, Zhao, Chuntao, He, Xuelian, Liu, Lei, Liu, Wei +5 more·2013·Cell

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Establishment of oligodendrocyte identity is crucial for subsequent events of myelination in the CNS. Here, we demonstrate that activation of ATP-dependent SWI/SNF chromatin-remodeling enzyme Smarca4/Brg1 at the differentiation onset is necessary and sufficient to initiate and promote oligodendrocyte lineage progression and maturation. Genome-wide multistage studies by ChIP-seq reveal that oligodendrocyte-lineage determination factor Olig2 functions as a prepatterning factor to direct Smarca4/Brg1 to oligodendrocyte-specific enhancers. Recruitment of Smarca4/Brg1 to distinct subsets of myelination regulatory genes is developmentally regulated. Functional analyses of Smarca4/Brg1 and Olig2 co-occupancy relative to chromatin epigenetic marking uncover stage-specific cis-regulatory elements that predict sets of transcriptional regulators controlling oligodendrocyte differentiation. Together, our results demonstrate that regulation of the functional specificity and activity of a Smarca4/Brg1-dependent chromatin-remodeling complex by Olig2, coupled with transcriptionally linked chromatin modifications, is critical to precisely initiate and establish the transcriptional program that promotes oligodendrocyte differentiation and subsequent myelination of the CNS.

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Authors
Yu, Y., Chen, Y., Kim, B., Wang, H., Zhao, C., He, X., Liu, L., Liu, W., Wu, L. M. N., Mao, M., Chan, J. R., Wu, J., & Lu, Q. R.
Affiliations
  • Sichuan University (CN)
  • The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
  • Konkuk University (KR)
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
Corresponding author
Lu, Q. Richard
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-01
Volume
152
Issue
1-2
Pages
248-261
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2021548599
Cited by
375
References
49
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FWCI
11.99
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS075243, R01NS072427, R01NS078092)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer
Keywords
Olig2, SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling, oligodendrocyte differentiation, myelination, enhancers, cis-regulatory elements, transcriptional regulation, central nervous system development
MeSH terms
Oligodendrocyte Transcription Factor 2, Animals, Brain, Cell Differentiation, Cells, Cultured, DNA Helicases, Enhancer Elements, Genetic, Gene Expression Regulation, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Nuclear Proteins, Oligodendroglia, Spinal Cord, Transcription Factors, Mice, Knockout, Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly, Mice, Rats, Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins

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