Lineage-selective super enhancers mediate core regulatory circuitry during adipogenic and osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells

Abstract Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) can be differentiated into osteoblasts and adipocytes. During these processes, super enhancers (SEs) play important roles. Here, we performed comprehensive characterization of the SEs changes associated with adipogenic and osteogenic differentiation of h...

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Main Authors: Chen Wang, Wen Tian, Shou-Ye Hu, Chen-Xi Di, Chang-Yi He, Qi-Long Cao, Ruo-Han Hao, Shan-Shan Dong, Cong-Cong Liu, Yu Rong, Hua-Feng Kang, Tie-Lin Yang, Zhi Yang, Yan Guo
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Published: Nature Publishing Group 2022-10-01
Series:Cell Death and Disease
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41419-022-05309-3
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author Chen Wang
Wen Tian
Shou-Ye Hu
Chen-Xi Di
Chang-Yi He
Qi-Long Cao
Ruo-Han Hao
Shan-Shan Dong
Cong-Cong Liu
Yu Rong
Hua-Feng Kang
Tie-Lin Yang
Zhi Yang
Yan Guo
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Wen Tian
Shou-Ye Hu
Chen-Xi Di
Chang-Yi He
Qi-Long Cao
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Shan-Shan Dong
Cong-Cong Liu
Yu Rong
Hua-Feng Kang
Tie-Lin Yang
Zhi Yang
Yan Guo
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description Abstract Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) can be differentiated into osteoblasts and adipocytes. During these processes, super enhancers (SEs) play important roles. Here, we performed comprehensive characterization of the SEs changes associated with adipogenic and osteogenic differentiation of hMSCs, and revealed that SEs changed more dramatically compared with typical enhancers. We identified a set of lineage-selective SEs, whose target genes were enriched with cell type-specific functions. Functional experiments in lineage-selective SEs demonstrated their specific roles in directed differentiation of hMSCs. We also found that some key transcription factors regulated by lineage-selective SEs could form core regulatory circuitry (CRC) to regulate each other’s expression and control the hMSCs fate determination. In addition, we found that GWAS SNPs of osteoporosis and obesity were significantly enriched in osteoblasts-selective SEs or adipocytes-selective SEs, respectively. Taken together, our studies unveiled important roles of lineage-selective SEs in hMSCs differentiation into osteoblasts and adipocytes.
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spelling doaj.art-ddbd2636d709473e958c08ccf374357c2022-12-22T04:06:56ZengNature Publishing GroupCell Death and Disease2041-48892022-10-01131011210.1038/s41419-022-05309-3Lineage-selective super enhancers mediate core regulatory circuitry during adipogenic and osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cellsChen Wang0Wen Tian1Shou-Ye Hu2Chen-Xi Di3Chang-Yi He4Qi-Long Cao5Ruo-Han Hao6Shan-Shan Dong7Cong-Cong Liu8Yu Rong9Hua-Feng Kang10Tie-Lin Yang11Zhi Yang12Yan Guo13Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, Biomedical Informatics & Genomics Center, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityKey Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, Biomedical Informatics & Genomics Center, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityHonghui Hospital, Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityKey Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, Biomedical Informatics & Genomics Center, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityKey Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, Biomedical Informatics & Genomics Center, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityKey Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, Biomedical Informatics & Genomics Center, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityKey Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, Biomedical Informatics & Genomics Center, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityKey Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, Biomedical Informatics & Genomics Center, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityKey Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, Biomedical Informatics & Genomics Center, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityKey Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, Biomedical Informatics & Genomics Center, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityDepartment of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityKey Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, Biomedical Informatics & Genomics Center, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityHonghui Hospital, Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityKey Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, Biomedical Informatics & Genomics Center, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityAbstract Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) can be differentiated into osteoblasts and adipocytes. During these processes, super enhancers (SEs) play important roles. Here, we performed comprehensive characterization of the SEs changes associated with adipogenic and osteogenic differentiation of hMSCs, and revealed that SEs changed more dramatically compared with typical enhancers. We identified a set of lineage-selective SEs, whose target genes were enriched with cell type-specific functions. Functional experiments in lineage-selective SEs demonstrated their specific roles in directed differentiation of hMSCs. We also found that some key transcription factors regulated by lineage-selective SEs could form core regulatory circuitry (CRC) to regulate each other’s expression and control the hMSCs fate determination. In addition, we found that GWAS SNPs of osteoporosis and obesity were significantly enriched in osteoblasts-selective SEs or adipocytes-selective SEs, respectively. Taken together, our studies unveiled important roles of lineage-selective SEs in hMSCs differentiation into osteoblasts and adipocytes.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41419-022-05309-3
spellingShingle Chen Wang
Wen Tian
Shou-Ye Hu
Chen-Xi Di
Chang-Yi He
Qi-Long Cao
Ruo-Han Hao
Shan-Shan Dong
Cong-Cong Liu
Yu Rong
Hua-Feng Kang
Tie-Lin Yang
Zhi Yang
Yan Guo
Lineage-selective super enhancers mediate core regulatory circuitry during adipogenic and osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells
Cell Death and Disease
title Lineage-selective super enhancers mediate core regulatory circuitry during adipogenic and osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells
title_full Lineage-selective super enhancers mediate core regulatory circuitry during adipogenic and osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells
title_fullStr Lineage-selective super enhancers mediate core regulatory circuitry during adipogenic and osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells
title_full_unstemmed Lineage-selective super enhancers mediate core regulatory circuitry during adipogenic and osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells
title_short Lineage-selective super enhancers mediate core regulatory circuitry during adipogenic and osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells
title_sort lineage selective super enhancers mediate core regulatory circuitry during adipogenic and osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41419-022-05309-3
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