Bo Wang, Chen Li, Jin Ming, Linlin Wu, Shicai Fang, Yi Huang, Lihui Lin, He Liu, Junqi Kuang, Chengchen Zhao, Xingnan Huang, Huijian Feng, Jing Guo, Xuejie Yang, Liman Guo, Xiaofei Zhang, Jiekai Chen, Jing Liu, Ping Zhu, Duanqing Pei
Cell fate decision involves rewiring of the genome, but remains poorly understood at the chromatin level. Here, we report that chromatin remodeling complex NuRD participates in closing open chromatin in the early phase of somatic reprogramming. Sall4, Jdp2, Glis1 and Esrrb can reprogram MEFs to iPSCs efficiently, but only Sall4 is indispensable capable of recruiting endogenous components of NuRD. Yet knocking down NuRD components only reduces reprogramming modestly, in contrast to disrupting the known Sall4-NuRD interaction by mutating or deleting the NuRD interacting motif at its N-terminus that renders Sall4 inept to reprogram...
May 18, 2023: Nature Communications