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Mabel M Jung1, Vu L Tran1, Yue Xiong1
1Wisconsin Blood Cancer Research Institute, Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA; Carbone Cancer Center, Madison, WI, USA.
Abstract:
GATA2 establishes transcriptomes governing hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell development. In progenitors, GATA2 represses inflammatory genes (Il6st and Il6ra) encoding IL6ST/GP130 and IL6RA receptor subunits mediating IL-6 signaling. While IL6ST heterodimerizes with IL6RA, IL-11, IL-27, oncostatin M, and leukemia inhibitory factor receptors, IL6RA heterodimerizes exclusively with IL6ST to confer IL-6 signaling. As GATA2-dependent repression is not well understood, we devised a multi-omics strategy to elucidate mechanisms underlying repression and applied the approach to the cytokine/chemokine receptor gene family. Identifying accessible distal and intronic chromatin sites in GATA2-deficient (GATA2low), but not wild-type, progenitors unveiled that GATA2 represses Il6st and Il6ra enhancers. GATA2 loss instigates a chromatin transition to increase accessibility, occupancy by the hematopoietic activator PU.1, transcription, and cell signaling capacity. Ablating Il6st enhancers in GATA2low cells abrogates Il6st expression and IL-6 and IL-27 signaling. Il6ra enhancer loss selectively abrogates Il6ra expression and IL-6 signaling. Thus, GATA2 decommissions enhancers to constrain inflammatory signaling.
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