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ArticleScientific reports2026

A long-range enhancer at -52Kb drives expression of the COUP-TFII transcription factor in erythroid cells.

Valentina Pastori, Agata Labedz, Maria A Simanovich, Martina Fabiano, Carlotta Frigo, Thijs Verheul, Ludovica Proietti, Florian Grebien, Elisabetta Citterio, Sjaak Philipsen and 1 more

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Valentina Pastori *Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
Agata Labedz *Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
Maria A Simanovich *Department of Developmental Biology, Erasmus MC, P.O. Box 2040, 3000CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Martina Fabiano *Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
Carlotta FrigoDipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
Thijs VerheulDepartment of Developmental Biology, Erasmus MC, P.O. Box 2040, 3000CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Ludovica ProiettiCentre of Biological Sciences, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Florian GrebienCentre of Biological Sciences, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Elisabetta CitterioDipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
Sjaak PhilipsenDepartment of Developmental Biology, Erasmus MC, P.O. Box 2040, 3000CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. j.philipsen@erasmusmc.nl.
Antonella Ellena RonchiDipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy. antonella.ronchi@unimib.it.

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European Union - NextGenerationEU through the Italian Ministry of University and Research under PNRR - M4C2-I1.3 Project PE_00000019 "HEAL ITALIA" H43C22000830006European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program No. 813091MUR - Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca PRIN: 2021-NAZ-0253NWO Applied and Engineering Sciences Open Technology Programme 18947ZonMw PSIDER programme 10250022110001
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Abstract

COUP-TFII, encoded by the NR2F2 gene, is an orphan nuclear receptor highly expressed during embryonic development in several tissues. In erythropoiesis, COUP-TFII is active in yolk sac-derived cells prior to the switch to adult globin expression. Its broad expression pattern suggests a complex transcriptional regulation involving multiple, yet poorly defined, regulatory elements. Using integrative in silico and chromatin accessibility analyses, here we identified an erythroid-specific enhancer located 52Kb upstream of the NR2F2 transcription start site. This element shows epigenetic features of an active enhancer in K562 erythroid cells. Notably, in subclones derived from adult HUDEP2 erythroid progenitor cells that spontaneously re-express fetal gamma globin, NR2F2 is reactivated, concomitantly with the opening of the -52Kb enhancer. We also identify the transcription factor ZBTB7A as a repressor of NR2F2, as knock-out of ZBTB7A in HUDEP2 cells restores NR2F2 expression and active chromatin marks at the -52Kb region. Our findings uncover a novel distal enhancer controlling NR2F2 expression in erythroid cells.

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COUP Transcription Factor IIEnhancer Elements, GeneticErythroid CellsGene Expression RegulationAnimalsChromatinDNA-Binding ProteinsErythropoiesisHumansK562 CellsTranscription FactorsChromatinCOUP Transcription Factor IIDNA-Binding ProteinsNR2F2 protein, humanTranscription FactorsZBTB7A protein, human

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PMCPMC13181106

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