1. Phase separation of OCT4 controls TAD reorganization to promote cell fate transitions
- Author
-
Haopeng Yu, Junjun Ding, Shaoshuai Jiang, Cai Zhao, Xiaoxi Zeng, Lumeng Jia, Cheng Li, Wei Zhang, Jianlong Wang, Yangyinhui Yu, Jia Wang, Qian Ma, Xianglin Huang, Yujie Sun, Xinyi Liu, Fenjie Li, Miguel Fidalgo, Jun Sun, Yingping Hou, Jiahao Chen, Yilong Chen, Yi-Liang Miao, Pengguihang Zeng, Danya Wu, and Diana Guallar
- Subjects
0303 health sciences ,Cell type ,Somatic cell ,Cellular differentiation ,Cell Differentiation ,Cell Biology ,Cell fate determination ,Biology ,Cellular Reprogramming ,Chromatin ,Cell biology ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Genetics ,Molecular Medicine ,Transcription factor ,Reprogramming ,Octamer Transcription Factor-3 ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,030304 developmental biology - Abstract
Topological-associated domains (TADs) are thought to be relatively stable across cell types, although some TAD reorganization has been observed during cellular differentiation. However, little is known about the mechanisms through which TAD reorganization affects cell fate or how master transcription factors affect TAD structures during cell fate transitions. Here, we show extensive TAD reorganization during somatic cell reprogramming, which is correlated with gene transcription and changes in cellular identity. Manipulating TAD reorganization promotes reprogramming, and the dynamics of concentrated chromatin loops in OCT4 phase separated condensates contribute to TAD reorganization. Disrupting OCT4 phase separation attenuates TAD reorganization and reprogramming, which can be rescued by fusing an intrinsically disordered region (IDR) to OCT4. We developed an approach termed TAD reorganization-based multiomics analysis (TADMAN), which identified reprogramming regulators. Together, these findings elucidate a role and mechanism of TAD reorganization, regulated by OCT4 phase separation, in cellular reprogramming.
- Published
- 2019