A spatio-temporally constrained gene regulatory network directed by PBX1/2 acquires limb patterning specificity via HAND2

© 2023. The Author(s)..

A lingering question in developmental biology has centered on how transcription factors with widespread distribution in vertebrate embryos can perform tissue-specific functions. Here, using the murine hindlimb as a model, we investigate the elusive mechanisms whereby PBX TALE homeoproteins, viewed primarily as HOX cofactors, attain context-specific developmental roles despite ubiquitous presence in the embryo. We first demonstrate that mesenchymal-specific loss of PBX1/2 or the transcriptional regulator HAND2 generates similar limb phenotypes. By combining tissue-specific and temporally controlled mutagenesis with multi-omics approaches, we reconstruct a gene regulatory network (GRN) at organismal-level resolution that is collaboratively directed by PBX1/2 and HAND2 interactions in subsets of posterior hindlimb mesenchymal cells. Genome-wide profiling of PBX1 binding across multiple embryonic tissues further reveals that HAND2 interacts with subsets of PBX-bound regions to regulate limb-specific GRNs. Our research elucidates fundamental principles by which promiscuous transcription factors cooperate with cofactors that display domain-restricted localization to instruct tissue-specific developmental programs.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Nature communications - 14(2023), 1 vom: 06. Juli, Seite 3993

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Losa, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Barozzi, Iros [VerfasserIn]
Osterwalder, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Hermosilla-Aguayo, Viviana [VerfasserIn]
Morabito, Angela [VerfasserIn]
Chacón, Brandon H [VerfasserIn]
Zarrineh, Peyman [VerfasserIn]
Girdziusaite, Ausra [VerfasserIn]
Benazet, Jean Denis [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Jianjian [VerfasserIn]
Mackem, Susan [VerfasserIn]
Capellini, Terence D [VerfasserIn]
Dickel, Diane [VerfasserIn]
Bobola, Nicoletta [VerfasserIn]
Zuniga, Aimée [VerfasserIn]
Visel, Axel [VerfasserIn]
Zeller, Rolf [VerfasserIn]
Selleri, Licia [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Hand2 protein, mouse
Homeodomain Proteins
Journal Article
Pbx1 protein, mouse
Pbx2 protein, mouse
Pre-B-Cell Leukemia Transcription Factor 1
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Transcription Factors

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Date Completed 11.07.2023

Date Revised 18.11.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41467-023-39443-z

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM35915882X