Abstract
Transcription factors are key players in a broad range of cellular processes such as cell-fate decision. Understanding how they act to control these processes is of critical importance for therapy purposes. FLI-1 controls several hematopoietic lineage differentiation including megakaryopoiesis and erythropoiesis. Its aberrant expression is often observed in cancer and is associated with poor prognosis. We showed that FLI-1 interacts with the LDB1 complex, which also plays critical roles in erythropoiesis and megakaryopoiesis. In this study, we aimed to unravel how FLI-1 and the LDB1 complex act together in murine erythroleukemia cells and in megakaryocyte. Combining omics techniques, we show that FLI-1 enables the recruitment of the LDB1 complex to regulatory sequences of megakaryocytic genes and to enhancers. We show as well for the first time that FLI-1 is able to modulate the 3D chromatin organization by promoting chromatin looping between enhancers and promoters most likely through the LDB1 complex.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 102210 |
Journal | iScience |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 20 Feb 2021 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 19 Mar 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors acknowledge all the members of the Cell Biology Department at the Erasmus Medical Center for fruitful discussion. The authors acknowledge the members of the Biomics Department at the Erasmus Medical Center for the sequencing data. The authors also acknowledge the members of the animal house facility at the Erasmus Medical Center for taking care of the mice. This work was supported by the EU grants Syboss (GG) and Thalamos (PK) and a BIG grant (Erasmus MC) to FG. Conceptualization, G.G. and F.G.; Methodology, G.G. P.K. F.G. I.B.; Software, P.K.; Validation, G.G. and I.B.; Formal Analysis, G.G. P.K. I.B. J.v.S. M.W.G, and B.G. Investigation, G.G. and I.B.; Resources, G.G. and F.G.; Data Curation, G.G. and F.G.; Writing?Original draft, G.G.; Writing?Review & Editing, F.G. P.K. and I.B.; Visualization, G.G. and I.B. Supervision, G.G. and F.G. Project Administration; G.G. and F.G.; Funding Acquisition, F.G. The authors declare no competing of interest.
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