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PRDM3/16 regulate chromatin accessibility required for NKX2-1 mediated alveolar epithelial differentiation and function

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  • Hua He

    (Sichuan University
    Sichuan University)

  • Sheila M. Bell

    (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center)

  • Ashley Kuenzi Davis

    (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center)

  • Shuyang Zhao

    (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center)

  • Anusha Sridharan

    (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center)

  • Cheng-Lun Na

    (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center)

  • Minzhe Guo

    (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
    University of Cincinnati College of Medicine)

  • Yan Xu

    (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
    University of Cincinnati College of Medicine)

  • John Snowball

    (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center)

  • Daniel T. Swarr

    (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
    University of Cincinnati College of Medicine)

  • William J. Zacharias

    (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
    University of Cincinnati College of Medicine)

  • Jeffrey A. Whitsett

    (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
    University of Cincinnati College of Medicine)

Abstract

While the critical role of NKX2-1 and its transcriptional targets in lung morphogenesis and pulmonary epithelial cell differentiation is increasingly known, mechanisms by which chromatin accessibility alters the epigenetic landscape and how NKX2-1 interacts with other co-activators required for alveolar epithelial cell differentiation and function are not well understood. Combined deletion of the histone methyl transferases Prdm3 and Prdm16 in early lung endoderm causes perinatal lethality due to respiratory failure from loss of AT2 cells and the accumulation of partially differentiated AT1 cells. Combination of single-cell RNA-seq, bulk ATAC-seq, and CUT&RUN data demonstrate that PRDM3 and PRDM16 regulate chromatin accessibility at NKX2-1 transcriptional targets critical for perinatal AT2 cell differentiation and surfactant homeostasis. Lineage specific deletion of PRDM3/16 in AT2 cells leads to lineage infidelity, with PRDM3/16 null cells acquiring partial AT1 fate. Together, these data demonstrate that NKX2-1-dependent regulation of alveolar epithelial cell differentiation is mediated by epigenomic modulation via PRDM3/16.

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  • Hua He & Sheila M. Bell & Ashley Kuenzi Davis & Shuyang Zhao & Anusha Sridharan & Cheng-Lun Na & Minzhe Guo & Yan Xu & John Snowball & Daniel T. Swarr & William J. Zacharias & Jeffrey A. Whitsett, 2024. "PRDM3/16 regulate chromatin accessibility required for NKX2-1 mediated alveolar epithelial differentiation and function," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-17, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-52154-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52154-3
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