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ArticleScientific reports2022

Hnf1b renal expression directed by a distal enhancer responsive to Pax8.

L Goea, I Buisson, V Bello, A Eschstruth, M Paces-Fessy, R Le Bouffant, A Chesneau, S Cereghini, J F Riou, M Umbhauer

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

L Goea *Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, IBPS, UMR7622, Sorbonne Université, 75005, Paris, France.
I Buisson *Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, IBPS, UMR7622, Sorbonne Université, 75005, Paris, France.
V BelloLaboratoire de Biologie du Développement, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, IBPS, UMR7622, Sorbonne Université, 75005, Paris, France.
A EschstruthLaboratoire de Biologie du Développement, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, IBPS, UMR7622, Sorbonne Université, 75005, Paris, France.
M Paces-FessyLaboratoire de Biologie du Développement, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, IBPS, UMR7622, Sorbonne Université, 75005, Paris, France.
R Le BouffantLaboratoire de Biologie du Développement, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, IBPS, UMR7622, Sorbonne Université, 75005, Paris, France.
A ChesneauParis-Saclay Institute of Neuroscience, CNRS, CERTO-Retina France, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405, Orsay, France.
S CereghiniLaboratoire de Biologie du Développement, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, IBPS, UMR7622, Sorbonne Université, 75005, Paris, France.
J F RiouLaboratoire de Biologie du Développement, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, IBPS, UMR7622, Sorbonne Université, 75005, Paris, France.
M UmbhauerLaboratoire de Biologie du Développement, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, IBPS, UMR7622, Sorbonne Université, 75005, Paris, France. muriel.umbhauer@sorbonne-universite.fr.
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRInstitut de Biologie Paris-Seine · FRLaboratoire de Biologie du Développement · FRSorbonne Université · FR

Funding

H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions MSCA-ITN-2014-642937
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Xenopus provides a simple and efficient model system to study nephrogenesis and explore the mechanisms causing renal developmental defects in human. Hnf1b (hepatocyte nuclear factor 1 homeobox b), a gene whose mutations are the most commonly identified genetic cause of developmental kidney disease, is required for the acquisition of a proximo-intermediate nephron segment in Xenopus as well as in mouse. Genetic networks involved in Hnf1b expression during kidney development remain poorly understood. We decided to explore the transcriptional regulation of Hnf1b in the developing Xenopus pronephros and mammalian renal cells. Using phylogenetic footprinting, we identified an evolutionary conserved sequence (CNS1) located several kilobases (kb) upstream the Hnf1b transcription start and harboring epigenomic marks characteristics of a distal enhancer in embryonic and adult renal cells in mammals. By means of functional expression assays in Xenopus and mammalian renal cell lines we showed that CNS1 displays enhancer activity in renal tissue. Using CRISPR/cas9 editing in Xenopus tropicalis, we demonstrated the in vivo functional relevance of CNS1 in driving hnf1b expression in the pronephros. We further showed the importance of Pax8-CNS1 interaction for CNS1 enhancer activity allowing us to conclude that Hnf1b is a direct target of Pax8. Our work identified for the first time a Hnf1b renal specific enhancer and may open important perspectives into the diagnosis for congenital kidney anomalies in human, as well as modeling HNF1B-related diseases.

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KidneyKidney DiseasesAdultAnimalsHepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-betaHumansMammalsMicePAX8 Transcription FactorPhylogenyRegulatory Sequences, Nucleic AcidXenopusXenopus laevisHepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-betaHNF1B protein, humanHnf1b protein, mousePAX8 protein, humanPAX8 Transcription Factor

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PMID36402859
PMCPMC9675860
OpenAlexW4309664737

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