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Crosstalk between RNA mA and DNA methylation regulates transposable element chromatin activation and cell fate in human pluripotent stem cells

Nature Genetics, ISSN: 1546-1718, Vol: 55, Issue: 8, Page: 1324-1335
2023
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Transposable elements (TEs) are parasitic DNA sequences accounting for over half of the human genome. Tight control of the repression and activation states of TEs is critical for genome integrity, development, immunity and diseases, including cancer. However, precisely how this regulation is achieved remains unclear. Here we develop a targeted proteomic proximity labeling approach to capture TE-associated proteins in human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). We find that the RNA N -methyladenosine (mA) reader, YTHDC2, occupies genomic loci of the primate-specific TE, LTR7/HERV-H, specifically through its interaction with mA-modified HERV-H RNAs. Unexpectedly, YTHDC2 recruits the DNA 5-methylcytosine (5mC)-demethylase, TET1, to remove 5mC from LTR7/HERV-H and prevent epigenetic silencing. Functionally, the YTHDC2/LTR7 axis inhibits neural differentiation of hESCs. Our results reveal both an underappreciated crosstalk between RNA mA and DNA 5mC, the most abundant regulatory modifications of RNA and DNA in eukaryotes, and the fact that in hESCs this interplay controls TE activity and cell fate.

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Sun, Tongyu; Xu, Yueyuan; Xiang, Yu; Ou, Jianhong; Soderblom, Erik J; Diao, Yarui

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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