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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

BRD8 Guards the Pluripotent State by Sensing and Maintaining Histone Acetylation.

Li Sun, Xiuling Fu, Zhen Xiao, Gang Ma, Yibin Zhou, Haoqing Hu, Liyang Shi, Dongwei Li, Ralf Jauch, Andrew Paul Hutchins

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Li SunDepartment of Systems Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5902-6684
Xiuling FuDepartment of Systems Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
Zhen XiaoDepartment of Systems Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
Gang MaDepartment of Systems Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8302-124X
Yibin ZhouDepartment of Systems Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
Haoqing HuSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China.
Liyang ShiDepartment of Systems Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
Dongwei LiKey Laboratory of Biological Targeting Diagnosis, Therapy and Rehabilitation of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510799, China.
Ralf JauchSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9579
Andrew Paul HutchinsDepartment of Systems Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7784-2255

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 32270597
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epigenetic control of cell fates is a critical determinant to maintain cell type stability and permit differentiation during embryonic development. However, the epigenetic control mechanisms are not well understood. Here, it is shown that the histone acetyltransferase reader protein BRD8 impairs the conversion of primed mouse EpiSCs (epiblast stem cells) to naive mouse ESCs (embryonic stem cells). BRD8 works by maintaining histone acetylation on promoters and transcribed gene bodies. BRD8 is responsible for maintaining open chromatin at somatic genes, and histone acetylation at naive-specific genes. When Brd8 expression is reduced, chromatin accessibility is unchanged at primed-specific genes, but histone acetylation is reduced. Conversely, naive-specific genes has reduced repressive chromatin marks and acquired accessible chromatin more rapidly during the cell type conversion. It is shown that this process requires active histone deacetylation to promote the conversion of primed to naive. This data supports a model for BRD8 reading histone acetylation to accurately localize the genome-wide binding of the histone acetyltransferase KAT5. Overall, this study shows how the reading of the histone acetylation state by BRD8 maintains cell type stability and both enables and impairs stem cell differentiation.

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HistonesPluripotent Stem CellsTranscription FactorsAcetylationAnimalsCell DifferentiationChromatinEpigenesis, GeneticHistone AcetyltransferasesMiceChromatinHistone AcetyltransferasesHistonesTranscription Factorschromatinepigeneticshistone acetylationpluripotent stem cells

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PMID39656858
PMCPMC11792058

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