期刊
DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS
卷 236, 期 6, 页码 1547-1557出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21160
关键词
chromatin; acetyltransferase; histone; stem cell; embryo; Gcn5; PCAF
资金
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM067718] Funding Source: Medline
Gcn5 is a prototypical histone acetyltransferase (HAT) that serves as a coactivator for multiple DNA-bound transcription factors. We previously determined that deletion of Gcn512 (hereafter referred to as Gcn5) causes embryonic lethality in mice. Gcn5 null embryos undergo gastrulation but exhibit high levels of apoptosis, leading to loss of mesodermal lineages. To further define the functions of Gcn5 during development, we created Gcn5(-/-) mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells. These cells survived in vitro and formed embryoid bodies (Ells) that expressed markers for ectodermal, mesodermal, and endodermal lineages. Gcn5(-/-) EBs were misshapen and smaller than wild-type Ells by day 6, with an increased proportion of cells in G2/M. Expression of Oct 4 and Nodal was prematurely curtailed in Gcn5(-/-) Ells, indicating early loss of pluripotent ES cells. Gcn5(-/-) EBs differentiated efficiently into skeletal and cardiac muscle, which derive from mesoderm. High percentage Gcn5(-/-) chimeric embryos created by injection of Gcn5(-/-) ES cells into wild-type blastocysts were delayed in development and died early. Interestingly, elevated levels of apoptosis were observed specifically in Gcn5 null cells within the chimeric embryos. Collectively, these data indicate that Gcn5 may be required to maintain pluripotent states and that loss of Gcn5 invokes a cell-autonomous pathway of cell death in vivo.
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