The transcription factor NKX2-2 regulates oligodendrocyte differentiation through domain-specific interactions with transcriptional corepressors

© 2020 Zhang et al..

The homeodomain protein NK2 homeobox 2 (NKX2-2) is a transcription factor that plays a critical role in the control of cell fate specification and differentiation in many tissues. In the developing central nervous system, this developmentally important transcription factor functions as a transcriptional repressor that governs oligodendrocyte (OL) differentiation and myelin gene expression, but the roles of various NKX2-2 structural domains in this process are unclear. In this study, using in situ hybridization, immunofluorescence, and coimmunoprecipitation, we determined the structural domains that mediate the repressive functions of murine NKX2-2 and identified the transcriptional corepressors that interact with it in OL cells. Through in ovo electroporation in embryonic chicken spinal cords, we demonstrate that the N-terminal Tinman domain and C-terminal domain synergistically promote OL differentiation by recruiting distinct transcriptional corepressors, including enhancer of split Groucho 3 (GRG3), histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1), and DNA methyltransferase 3 α (DNMT3A). We also observed that the NK2-specific domain suppresses the function of the C-terminal domain in OL differentiation. These findings delineate the distinct NKX2-2 domains and their roles in OL differentiation and suggest that NKX2-2 regulates differentiation by repressing gene expression via multiple cofactors and molecular mechanisms.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:295

Enthalten in:

The Journal of biological chemistry - 295(2020), 7 vom: 14. Feb., Seite 1879-1888

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Chengfu [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Hao [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Zhen [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Zunyi [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Wenwen [VerfasserIn]
Qiu, Mengsheng [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chicken
Co-Repressor Proteins
DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases
DNA Methyltransferase 3A
Differentiation
Dnmt3a protein, mouse
EC 2.1.1.37
EC 3.5.1.98
Electroporation
Genetics
Hdac1 protein, mouse
Histone Deacetylase 1
Homeobox Protein Nkx-2.2
Homeodomain Proteins
Journal Article
Neurobiology
Neurodevelopment
Neurodifferentiation
Nkx2-2 protein, mouse
Nkx2.2b protein, zebrafish
Oligodendrocyte
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Spinal cord
Tle3 protein, mouse
Transcription Factors
Zebrafish Proteins

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Date Completed 14.10.2020

Date Revised 04.12.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1074/jbc.RA119.011163

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM305309293