Rap1 regulates TIP60 function during fate transition between two-cell-like and pluripotent states

© 2022 Barry et al.; Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press..

In mammals, the conserved telomere binding protein Rap1 serves a diverse set of nontelomeric functions, including activation of the NF-kB signaling pathway, maintenance of metabolic function in vivo, and transcriptional regulation. Here, we uncover the mechanism by which Rap1 modulates gene expression. Using a separation-of-function allele, we show that Rap1 transcriptional regulation is largely independent of TRF2-mediated binding to telomeres and does not involve direct binding to genomic loci. Instead, Rap1 interacts with the TIP60/p400 complex and modulates its histone acetyltransferase activity. Notably, we show that deletion of Rap1 in mouse embryonic stem cells increases the fraction of two-cell-like cells. Specifically, Rap1 enhances the repressive activity of Tip60/p400 across a subset of two-cell-stage genes, including Zscan4 and the endogenous retrovirus MERVL. Preferential up-regulation of genes proximal to MERVL elements in Rap1-deficient settings implicates these endogenous retroviral elements in the derepression of proximal genes. Altogether, our study reveals an unprecedented link between Rap1 and the TIP60/p400 complex in the regulation of pluripotency.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:36

Enthalten in:

Genes & development - 36(2022), 5-6 vom: 01. März, Seite 313-330

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Barry, Raymond Mario [VerfasserIn]
Sacco, Olivia [VerfasserIn]
Mameri, Amel [VerfasserIn]
Stojaspal, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Kartsonis, William [VerfasserIn]
Shah, Pooja [VerfasserIn]
De Ioannes, Pablo [VerfasserIn]
Hofr, Ctirad [VerfasserIn]
Côté, Jacques [VerfasserIn]
Sfeir, Agnel [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

2C-like
EPC1
Journal Article
MERVL
RAP1
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
TIP60
Telomere
Telomere-Binding Proteins
ZSCAN4

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Date Completed 21.04.2022

Date Revised 02.09.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1101/gad.349039.121

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM337417717