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ArticleCell reports2021

Stage-specific regulation of DNA methylation by TET enzymes during human cardiac differentiation.

Yahui Lan, Kelly M Banks, Heng Pan, Nipun Verma, Gary R Dixon, Ting Zhou, Bo Ding, Olivier Elemento, Shuibing Chen, Danwei Huangfu and 1 more

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Article in Cell reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yahui LanDepartment of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Kelly M BanksDepartment of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Heng PanDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Nipun VermaDevelopmental Biology Program; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Gary R DixonDevelopmental Biology Program; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Ting ZhouDepartment of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Bo DingBonacept LLC, 6755 Mira Mesa Blvd, Ste123-360, San Diego, CA 92122, USA.
Olivier ElementoDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Shuibing ChenDepartment of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Danwei HuangfuDevelopmental Biology Program; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Todd EvansDepartment of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA. Electronic address: tre2003@med.cornell.edu.
Cornell University · USMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · US

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Regulation of DNA methylation by TETs and QSER1R01HD111256 · NICHD · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI Todd R Evans, Danwei Huangfu · 2022 to 2026
$3.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD111256
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Changes in DNA methylation are associated with normal cardiogenesis, whereas altered methylation patterns can occur in congenital heart disease. Ten-eleven translocation (TET) enzymes oxidize 5-methylcytosine (5mC) and promote locus-specific DNA demethylation. Here, we characterize stage-specific methylation dynamics and the function of TETs during human cardiomyocyte differentiation. Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) in which all three TET genes are inactivated fail to generate cardiomyocytes (CMs), with altered mesoderm patterning and defective cardiac progenitor specification. Genome-wide methylation analysis shows TET knockout causes promoter hypermethylation of genes encoding WNT inhibitors, leading to hyperactivated WNT signaling and defects in cardiac mesoderm patterning. TET activity is also needed to maintain hypomethylated status and expression of NKX2-5 for subsequent cardiac progenitor specification. Finally, loss of TETs causes a set of cardiac structural genes to fail to be demethylated at the cardiac progenitor stage. Our data demonstrate key roles for TET proteins in controlling methylation dynamics at sequential steps during human cardiac development.

Indexed as

Cell DifferentiationDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticDioxygenasesDNA-Binding ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHEK293 CellsHomeobox Protein Nkx-2.5Human Embryonic Stem CellsHumansMembrane ProteinsMixed Function OxygenasesMyocytes, CardiacPromoter Regions, GeneticProto-Oncogene ProteinsTroponin IDioxygenasesDNA-Binding ProteinsHomeobox Protein Nkx-2.5Membrane ProteinsMixed Function OxygenasesNKX2-5 protein, humanProto-Oncogene ProteinsTET1 protein, humanTET2 protein, humanTET3 protein, humanTMEM88 protein, humanTNNI3 protein, humanTroponin IcardiogenesisepigenomicshESCsNKX2-5TMEM88WNT

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PMID34879277
PMCPMC11229417
OpenAlexW4200198753

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