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Jiaqiong Lin1, Yuhua Ye1, Xuan Shang1,2,3

  • 1Department of Medical Genetics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, China.

British Journal of Haematology
|September 27, 2021
PubMed

Re-activation of fetal haemoglobin (HbF) has been proved to be an effective strategy for the treatment of β-haemoglobinopathies. In this study, we identified TEA domain transcription factor 4 (TEAD4) as a new potential regulator of HbF by integrating public data sets with quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis in β-thalassaemia patients. Significant negative correlation was observed between the expression of TEAD4 and HbF levels in β-thalassaemia patients. Functional validations of TEAD4 inhibition in both β-thalassaemia CD34+ cells and HUDEP-2 cells indicated that depletion of TEAD4 led to a significant increase of HbF. Finally, we identified a binding motif of TEAD4 on γ-globin gene promoters; its disruption consistently led to de-repression of HbF. Taken together, these results demonstrate that TEAD4 could act as a transcriptional inhibitor of the γ-globin gene through direct binding on its promoter. Our findings demonstrate a novel role of TEAD4 on the regulation of HbF, which may benefit patients with β-haemoglobinopathies.

Keywords:
CRISPR Cas9TEA domain transcription factor 4foetal haemoglobinβ-thalassaemia

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