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Arginine 65 methylation of Neurogenin 3 by PRMT1 is a prerequisite for development of hESCs into pancreatic endocrine cells

Cho, G.; Hyun, K.; Choi, J.; Shin, E.; Kim, B.; Kim, J.; Kim, H.; Han, Y.-M.

2022-03-17 developmental biology
10.1101/2022.03.15.484450 bioRxiv
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In the developing pancreas, Neurogenin 3 (NGN3) is a key transcription factor in the cell fate determination of endocrine progenitors (EPs). Although the activation and stability of NGN3 are regulated by phosphorylation, the role of arginine methylation of NGN3 is poorly understood. Here, we report arginine 65 methylation of NGN3 is absolutely required for the pancreatic lineage development of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) in vitro. First, we found inducible protein arginine methyltransferase 1 (PRMT1)-knockout (P-iKO) hESCs did not differentiate from EPs to endocrine cells (ECs) in the presence of doxycycline. Loss of PRMT1 caused an accumulation of NGN3 in the cytoplasm of EPs and blocked NGN3s transcriptional activity in PRMT1-KO EPs. We also found that PRMT1 specifically methylates NGN3 arginine 65, and this modification is a prerequisite for ubiquitin-mediated NGN3 degradation. Our findings indicate arginine 65 methylation of NGN3 is a key molecular switch in hESCs in vitro permitting the differentiation into pancreatic endocrine lineages.

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