Biophysics and Structural Genomics Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata, 700064, India.
Structural Biology & Bio-Informatics Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, 4 Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata, 700032, India.
Cell Death Dis. 2022 Sep 5;13(9):766. doi: 10.1038/s41419-022-05212-x.
Zinc Finger transcription factors are crucial in modulating various cellular processes, including differentiation. Chromatin reader Zinc Finger MYND (Myeloid, Nervy, and DEAF-1) type containing 8 (ZMYND8), an All-Trans Retinoic Acid (ATRA)-responsive gene, was previously shown to play a crucial role in promoting the expression of neuronal-lineage committed genes. Here, we report that ZMYND8 promotes neuronal differentiation by positively regulating canonical MAPT protein-coding gene isoform, a key player in the axonal development of neurons. Additionally, ZMYND8 modulates gene-isoform switching by epigenetically silencing key regulatory regions within the MAPT gene, thereby suppressing the expression of non-protein-coding isoforms such as MAPT213. Genetic deletion of ZMYND8 led to an increase in the MAPT213 that potentially suppressed the parental MAPT protein-coding transcript expression related to neuronal differentiation programs. In addition, ectopic expression of MAPT213 led to repression of MAPT protein-coding transcript. Similarly, ZMYND8-driven transcription regulation was also observed in other neuronal differentiation-promoting genes. Collectively our results elucidate a novel mechanism of ZMYND8-dependent transcription regulation of different neuronal lineage committing genes, including MAPT, to promote neural differentiation.
锌指转录因子在调节各种细胞过程中至关重要,包括分化。先前已经表明,含 8 个锌指的 MYND(髓系、神经和 DEAF-1)型染色质读锌指(ZMYND8)是全反式视黄酸(ATRA)反应基因,在促进神经元谱系决定基因的表达中起着关键作用。在这里,我们报告 ZMYND8 通过正调控经典 MAPT 蛋白编码基因异构体来促进神经元分化,MAPT 是神经元轴突发育中的关键因子。此外,ZMYND8 通过表观遗传沉默 MAPT 基因内的关键调节区域来调节基因异构体的转换,从而抑制非蛋白编码异构体(如 MAPT213)的表达。ZMYND8 的遗传缺失导致 MAPT213 的增加,这可能抑制与神经元分化程序相关的亲本 MAPT 蛋白编码转录物的表达。此外,MAPT213 的异位表达导致 MAPT 蛋白编码转录物的抑制。同样,在其他促进神经元分化的基因中也观察到 ZMYND8 驱动的转录调节。总的来说,我们的结果阐明了 ZMYND8 依赖的转录调节不同神经元谱系决定基因(包括 MAPT)的新机制,以促进神经分化。