RAR/RXR binding dynamics distinguish pluripotency from differentiation associated cis-regulatory elements
Résumé
In mouse embryonic cells, ligand-activated retinoic acid receptors (RARs) play a key role in inhibiting pluripotency-maintaining genes and activating some major actors of cell differentiation. To investigate the mechanism underlying this dual regulation, we performed joint RAR/RXR ChIP-seq and mRNA-seq time series during the first 48 h of the RA-induced Primitive Endoderm (PrE) differentiation process in F9 embryonal carcinoma (EC) cells. We show here that this dual regulation is associated with RAR/RXR genomic redistribution during the differentiation process. In-depth analysis of RAR/RXR binding sites occupancy dynamics and composition show that in undifferentiated cells, RAR/RXR interact with genomic regions characterized by binding of pluripotency-associated factors and high prevalence of the non-canonical DR0-containing RA response element. By contrast, in differentiated cells, RAR/RXR bound regions are enriched in functional Sox17 binding sites and are characterized with a higher frequency of the canonical DR5 motif. Our data offer an unprecedentedly detailed view on the action of RA in triggering pluripotent cell differentiation and demonstrate that RAR/RXR action is mediated via two different sets of regulatory regions tightly associated with cell differentiation status.
Mots clés
- in vivo study
- in vitro study
- gene cluster
- gene expression profiling
- regulatory sequence
- receptor occupancy
- receptor binding
- priority journal
- pluripotent stem cell
- nonhuman
- mouse
- messenger RNA
- endoderm
- embryo
- DNA responsive element
- controlled study
- chromatin immunoprecipitation
- cell differentiation
- binding site
- Article
- animal cell
- transcription factor Sox17
- retinoid X receptor
- retinoic acid receptor
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