The transcription factor GABPA is a master regulator of naive pluripotency
Zhou, C.; Wang, M.; Zhang, C.; Zhang, Y.
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The establishment of naive pluripotency is a continuous process starting with the generation of inner cell mass (ICM) which then differentiating into epiblast (EPI). Recent studies have revealed key transcription factors (TFs) for ICM formation, but which TFs initiate EPI specification remains unknown. Here, using a targeted rapid protein degradation system, we show that GABPA is not only a regulator of major ZGA, but also a master EPI specifier required for naive pluripotency establishment by regulating 47% of EPI genes during E3.5 to E4.5 transition. Chromatin binding dynamics analysis suggests that GABPA controls EPI formation at least partly by binding to the ICM gene promoters occupied by the pluripotency regulators TFAP2C and SOX2 at E3.5 to establish naive pluripotency at E4.5. Our study not only uncovers GABPA as a master pluripotency regulator, but also supports the notion that mammalian pluripotency establishment requires a dynamic and stepwise multi-TFs regulatory network.
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