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ArticleCells2020

The Switch from NF-YAl to NF-YAs Isoform Impairs Myotubes Formation.

Debora Libetti, Andrea Bernardini, Sarah Sertic, Graziella Messina, Diletta Dolfini, Roberto Mantovani

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Article in Cells, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Debora LibettiDipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5651-9993
Andrea BernardiniDipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5082-5295
Sarah SerticDipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1458-410X
Graziella MessinaDipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8189-0727
Diletta DolfiniDipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5346-6096
Roberto MantovaniDipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milano, Italy.
University of Milan · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

NF-YA, the regulatory subunit of the trimeric transcription factor (TF) NF-Y, is regulated by alternative splicing (AS) generating two major isoforms, "long" (NF-YAl) and "short" (NF-YAs). Muscle cells express NF-YAl. We ablated exon 3 in mouse C2C12 cells by a four-guide CRISPR/Cas9n strategy, obtaining clones expressing exclusively NF-YAs (C2-YAl-KO). C2-YAl-KO cells grow normally, but are unable to differentiate. Myogenin and-to a lesser extent, MyoD- levels are substantially lower in C2-YAl-KO, before and after differentiation. Expression of the fusogenic Myomaker and Myomixer genes, crucial for the early phases of the process, is not induced. Myomaker and Myomixer promoters are bound by MyoD and Myogenin, and Myogenin overexpression induces their expression in C2-YAl-KO. NF-Y inactivation reduces MyoD and Myogenin, but not directly: the Myogenin promoter is CCAAT-less, and the canonical CCAAT of the MyoD promoter is not bound by NF-Y in vivo. We propose that NF-YAl, but not NF-YAs, maintains muscle commitment by indirectly regulating Myogenin and MyoD expression in C2C12 cells. These experiments are the first genetic evidence that the two NF-YA isoforms have functionally distinct roles.

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AnimalsBase SequenceCCAAT-Binding FactorCell DifferentiationCell FusionCell LineClone CellsCRISPR-Cas SystemsExonsGene Expression RegulationMiceMuscle Fibers, SkeletalMyoD ProteinMyogeninProtein IsoformsTranscription FactorsCCAAT-Binding FactorMyoD ProteinMyogeninNfya protein, mouseProtein IsoformsTranscription FactorsC2C12 cellsCRISPR-Cas9exon deletionmuscle differentiationNF-Ysplicing isoforms

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PMID32214056
PMCPMC7140862
OpenAlexW3013499025

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