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Znhit1 controls intestinal stem cell maintenance by regulating H2A.Z incorporation

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  • Bing Zhao

    (Fudan University
    Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center)

  • Ying Chen

    (Fudan University
    Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Ning Jiang

    (Fudan University)

  • Li Yang

    (Fudan University)

  • Shenfei Sun

    (Fudan University
    Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Yan Zhang

    (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center)

  • Zengqi Wen

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Lorraine Ray

    (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center)

  • Han Liu

    (Fudan University)

  • Guoli Hou

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Xinhua Lin

    (Fudan University
    Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center)

Abstract

Lgr5+ stem cells are crucial to gut epithelium homeostasis; however, how these cells are maintained is not fully understood. Zinc finger HIT-type containing 1 (Znhit1) is an evolutionarily conserved subunit of the SRCAP chromosome remodeling complex. Currently, the function of Znhit1 in vivo and its working mechanism in the SRCAP complex are unknown. Here we show that deletion of Znhit1 in intestinal epithelium depletes Lgr5+ stem cells thus disrupts intestinal homeostasis postnatal establishment and maintenance. Mechanistically, Znhit1 incorporates histone variant H2A.Z into TSS region of genes involved in Lgr5+ stem cell fate determination, including Lgr5, Tgfb1 and Tgfbr2, for subsequent transcriptional regulation. Importantly, Znhit1 promotes the interaction between H2A.Z and YL1 (H2A.Z chaperone) by controlling YL1 phosphorylation. These results demonstrate that Znhit1/H2A.Z is essential for Lgr5+ stem cell maintenance and intestinal homeostasis. Our findings identified a dominant role of Znhit1/H2A.Z in controlling mammalian organ development and tissue homeostasis in vivo.

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  • Bing Zhao & Ying Chen & Ning Jiang & Li Yang & Shenfei Sun & Yan Zhang & Zengqi Wen & Lorraine Ray & Han Liu & Guoli Hou & Xinhua Lin, 2019. "Znhit1 controls intestinal stem cell maintenance by regulating H2A.Z incorporation," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 10(1), pages 1-12, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:10:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-019-09060-w
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09060-w
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    1. Xingxing Ren & Qiuyuan Liu & Peirong Zhou & Tingyue Zhou & Decai Wang & Qiao Mei & Richard A. Flavell & Zhanju Liu & Mingsong Li & Wen Pan & Shu Zhu, 2024. "DHX9 maintains epithelial homeostasis by restraining R-loop-mediated genomic instability in intestinal stem cells," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-17, December.

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