Dppa2/4 target chromatin bivalency enabling multi-lineage commitment
Eckersley-Maslin, M. A.; Parry, A. J.; Blotenburg, M.; Krueger, C.; Franklin, V. N. R.; Clark, S.; D'Santos, C. S.; Reik, W.
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Bivalent chromatin marks developmental promoters in pluripotent cells, yet their targeting and precise impact on lineage commitment remains unclear. We uncover Developmental Pluripotency Associated 2 (Dppa2) and 4 (Dppa4) as epigenetic priming factors, establishing chromatin bivalency. Single-cell transcriptomics and differentiation assays reveal Dppa2/4 double knockout embryonic stem cells fail to exit pluripotency and differentiate efficiently. Dppa2/4 associate with COMPASS and Polycomb complexes and are required to recruit and maintain their binding at a subset of developmentally important bivalent promoters which are characterised by low expression and poised RNA polymerase. Consequently, upon Dppa2/4 knockout, these dependent promoters gain DNA methylation and are unable to be activated upon differentiation. Our findings uncover a novel targeting principle for bivalency to developmental promoters, poising them for future lineage specific activation.
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