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MOLECULAR CELL
卷 58, 期 2, 页码 311-322出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2015.02.003
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- Intramural NIH HHS [ZIA ES101987-09, Z01 ES101987] Funding Source: Medline
- NIEHS NIH HHS [Z01ES101987] Funding Source: Medline
The remarkable capacity for pluripotency and self-enewal in embryonic stem cells (ESCs) requires a finely tuned transcriptional circuitry wherein the pathways and genes that initiate differentiation are suppressed, but poised to respond rapidly to developmental signals. To elucidate transcriptional control in mouse ESCs in the naive, ground state, we defined the distribution of engaged RNA polymerase II (Pol II) at high resolution. We find that promoter-roximal pausing of Pol II is most enriched at genes regulating cell cycle and signal transduction and not, as expected, at developmental or bivalent genes. Accordingly, ablation of the primary pause-nducing factor NELF does not increase expression of lineage markers, but instead causes proliferation defects, embryonic lethality, and dysregulation of ESC signaling pathways. Indeed, ESCs lacking NELF have dramatically attenuated FGF/ERK activity, rendering them resistant to differentiation. This work thus uncovers a key role for NELF-mediated pausing in establishing the responsiveness of stem cells to developmental cues.
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