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CELL REPORTS
Volume 14, Issue 6, Pages 1540-1554Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.01.013
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [91319306, 31325019, 31430056, 91519309, 91019017, 31271373]
- Ministry of Science and Technology [2012CBA01300, 2011CB965104, 2012AA020405]
- Aurora Talent Project of Shanghai [10SG24]
- program for Eastern Scholar of Shanghai
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The core pluripotency factor Oct4 plays key roles in somatic cell reprogramming through transcriptional control. Here, we profile Oct4 occupancy, epigenetic changes, and gene expression in reprogramming. We find that Oct4 binds in a hierarchical manner to target sites with primed epigenetic modifications. Oct4 binding is temporally continuous and seldom switches between bound and unbound. Oct4 occupancy in most of promoters is maintained throughout the entire reprogramming process. In contrast, somatic cell-specific enhancers are silenced in the early and intermediate stages, whereas stem cell-specific enhancers are activated in the late stage in parallel with cell fate transition. Both epigenetic remodeling and Oct4 binding contribute to the hyperdynamic enhancer signature transitions. The hierarchical Oct4 bindings are associated with distinct functional themes at different stages. Collectively, our results provide a comprehensive molecular roadmap of Oct4 binding in concert with epigenetic rearrangements and rich resources for future reprogramming studies.
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