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Investigation of the Transcriptional Role of a RUNX1 Intronic Silencer by CRISPR/Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cells
Published on: September 1, 2019
The transcriptional programme controlled by Runx1 during early embryonic blood development
Yosuke Tanaka1, Anagha Joshi, Nicola K Wilson
1Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan.
Developmental Biology
|May 5, 2012
Summary
Runx1 is a key regulator in blood cell development. This study reveals how Runx1 and other factors collaborate in a regulatory network to control blood cell specification and gene expression during mammalian development.
Area of Science:
- Developmental Biology
- Hematopoiesis
- Gene Regulation
Background:
- Transcription factors are critical for mammalian development, but their roles in complex regulatory networks are not fully understood.
- Runx1 is an essential transcription factor for blood cell specification.
Purpose of the Study:
- To define the transcriptional program controlled by Runx1 during early hematopoietic development.
- To construct a global regulatory network model for blood cell specification.
Main Methods:
- Global gene expression analysis
- Chromatin-immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays
- Integrated analysis of genome-wide datasets
Main Results:
- A global regulatory network model was constructed, indicating sequential activation and collaboration of key regulators.
- Runx1 collaborates with Scl/Tal1 to control CD41 expression in specified blood cells.
- CD41 expression initiation is severely impaired in Runx1-deficient embryos.
Conclusions:
- This study provides the first global analysis of a key hematopoietic regulator's transcriptional program during early blood cell specification.
- The interplay of sequentially deployed regulators is a likely design principle in mammalian developmental transcriptional control.
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