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ArticleStem cell reports2021

Rbbp4 Suppresses Premature Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells.

Yikai Huang, Ting Su, Congcong Wang, Lixia Dong, Shuang Liu, Yaru Zhu, Kunying Hao, Yin Xia, Qing Jiang, Jinzhong Qin

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Article in Stem cell reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Rbbp4 loss disrupts neural progenitor cell cycle regulation independent of Rb and leads to Tp53 acetylation and apoptosis.Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Yikai HuangState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and MOE Key Laboratory of Model Animals for Disease Study, Model Animal Research Center, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, 12 Xuefu Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210061, China.
Ting SuState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and MOE Key Laboratory of Model Animals for Disease Study, Model Animal Research Center, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, 12 Xuefu Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210061, China.
Congcong WangState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and MOE Key Laboratory of Model Animals for Disease Study, Model Animal Research Center, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, 12 Xuefu Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210061, China.
Lixia DongState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and MOE Key Laboratory of Model Animals for Disease Study, Model Animal Research Center, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, 12 Xuefu Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210061, China.
Shuang LiuState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and MOE Key Laboratory of Model Animals for Disease Study, Model Animal Research Center, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, 12 Xuefu Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210061, China.
Yaru ZhuState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and MOE Key Laboratory of Model Animals for Disease Study, Model Animal Research Center, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, 12 Xuefu Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210061, China.
Kunying HaoState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and MOE Key Laboratory of Model Animals for Disease Study, Model Animal Research Center, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, 12 Xuefu Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210061, China.
Yin XiaSchool of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: xia.yin@cuhk.edu.hk.
Qing JiangDepartment of Sports Medicine and Adult Reconstructive Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Affiliated to Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China. Electronic address: qingj@nju.edu.cn.
Jinzhong QinState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and MOE Key Laboratory of Model Animals for Disease Study, Model Animal Research Center, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, 12 Xuefu Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210061, China. Electronic address: qinjz@nju.edu.cn.
Model Animal Research Center · CNChinese University of Hong Kong · HKNanjing Drum Tower Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polycomb group (PcG) proteins exist in distinct multi-protein complexes and play a central role in silencing developmental genes, yet the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. Here, we show that deficiency of retinoblastoma binding protein 4 (RBBP4), a component of the Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2), in embryonic stem cells (ESCs) leads to spontaneous differentiation into mesendodermal lineages. We further show that Rbbp4 and core PRC2 share an important number of common genomic targets, encoding regulators involved in early germ layer specification. Moreover, we find that Rbbp4 is absolutely essential for genomic targeting of PRC2 to a subset of developmental genes. Interestingly, we demonstrate that Rbbp4 is necessary for sustaining the expression of Oct4 and Sox2 and that the forced co-expression of Oct4 and Sox2 fully rescues the pluripotency of Rbbp4-null ESCs. Therefore, our study indicates that Rbbp4 links maintenance of the pluripotency regulatory network with repression of mesendoderm lineages.

Indexed as

Cell DifferentiationGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalAnimalsCell LineCell Self RenewalChromatin Immunoprecipitation SequencingEmbryonic Stem CellsGene Knockout TechniquesHEK293 CellsHistonesHumansMethylationMiceOctamer Transcription Factor-3Polycomb Repressive Complex 2Retinoblastoma-Binding Protein 4HistonesOctamer Transcription Factor-3Polycomb Repressive Complex 2Pou5f1 protein, mouseRbbp4 protein, mouseRetinoblastoma-Binding Protein 4Sox2 protein, mouseSOXB1 Transcription Factorsembryonic stem cellsmesendodermOct4pluripotencypolycombPRC2RBBP4self-renewalSox2

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PMID33606987
PMCPMC7940252
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