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ArticleThe EMBO journal2024

ZBTB48 is a priming factor regulating B-cell-specific CIITA expression.

Grishma Rane, Vivian L S Kuan, Suman Wang, Michelle Meng Huang Mok, Vartika Khanchandani, Julia Hansen, Ieva Norvaisaite, Naasyidah Zulkaflee, Wai Khang Yong, Arne Jahn and 5 more

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Article in The EMBO journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors.

Grishma RaneCancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, 117599, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9674-4108
Vivian L S KuanCancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, 117599, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9547-0467
Suman WangMOE Key Laboratory for Cellular Dynamics, School of Life Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Michelle Meng Huang MokCancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, 117599, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7030-266X
Vartika KhanchandaniCancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, 117599, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9331-3051
Julia HansenCancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, 117599, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7828-1269
Ieva NorvaisaiteCancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, 117599, Singapore, Singapore.
Naasyidah ZulkafleeCancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, 117599, Singapore, Singapore.
Wai Khang YongCancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, 117599, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0872-9085
Arne JahnInstitute for Clinical Genetics, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus at the Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1045-1908
Vineeth T MukundanCancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, 117599, Singapore, Singapore.
Yunyu ShiMOE Key Laboratory for Cellular Dynamics, School of Life Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Motomi OsatoCancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, 117599, Singapore, Singapore.
Fudong LiMOE Key Laboratory for Cellular Dynamics, School of Life Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Dennis KappeiCancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, 117599, Singapore, Singapore. dennis.kappei@nus.edu.sg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3582-2253

Funding

Fritz Thyssen Stiftung (Fritz Thyssen Foundation) 10.21.1.022MNMinistry of Education - Singapore (MOE) MOE2014-T3-1-006MOH | National Medical Research Council (NMRC) MOH-OFIRG21jun-011PMO | National Research Foundation Singapore (NRF) Research Centres of Excellence initiative
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The class-II transactivator (CIITA) is the master regulator of MHC class-II gene expression and hence the adaptive immune response. Three cell type-specific promoters (pI, pIII, and pIV) are involved in the regulation of CIITA expression, which can be induced by IFN-γ in non-immune cells. While key regulatory elements have been identified within these promoters, our understanding of the transcription factors regulating CIITA expression is incomplete. Here, we demonstrate that the telomere-binding protein and transcriptional activator ZBTB48 directly binds to both critical activating elements within the B-cell-specific promoter CIITA pIII. ZBTB48 knockout impedes the CIITA/MHC-II expression program induced in non-APC cells by IFN-γ, and loss of ZBTB48 in mice silences MHC-II expression in pro-B and immature B cells. Transcriptional regulation of CIITA by ZBTB48 is enabled by ZBTB48-dependent chromatin opening at CIITA pIII upstream of activating H3K4me3 marks. We conclude that ZBTB48 primes CIITA pIII by acting as a molecular on-off-switch for B-cell-specific CIITA expression.

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B-LymphocytesGene Expression RegulationNuclear ProteinsPromoter Regions, GeneticTrans-ActivatorsTranscription FactorsAnimalsHumansInterferon-gammaMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutInterferon-gammaMHC class II transactivator proteinNuclear ProteinsTrans-ActivatorsTranscription FactorsB CellCIITAEpigeneticsGene ExpressionMHC II

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PMID39562739
PMCPMC11649694

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