Histone crotonylation promotes mesoendodermal commitment of human embryonic stem cells

Y Fang, X Xu, J Ding, L Yang, MT Doan, PWF Karmaus… - Cell Stem Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Y Fang, X Xu, J Ding, L Yang, MT Doan, PWF Karmaus, NW Snyder, Y Zhao, JL Li, X Li
Cell Stem Cell, 2021cell.com
Histone crotonylation is a non-acetyl histone lysine modification that is as widespread as
acetylation. However, physiological functions associated with histone crotonylation remain
almost completely unknown. Here we report that histone crotonylation is crucial for
endoderm differentiation. We demonstrate that key crotonyl-coenzyme A (CoA)-producing
enzymes are specifically induced in endodermal cells during differentiation of human
embryonic stem cells (hESCs) in vitro and in mouse embryos, where they function to …
Summary
Histone crotonylation is a non-acetyl histone lysine modification that is as widespread as acetylation. However, physiological functions associated with histone crotonylation remain almost completely unknown. Here we report that histone crotonylation is crucial for endoderm differentiation. We demonstrate that key crotonyl-coenzyme A (CoA)-producing enzymes are specifically induced in endodermal cells during differentiation of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) in vitro and in mouse embryos, where they function to increase histone crotonylation and enhance endodermal gene expression. Chemical enhancement of histone crotonylation promotes endoderm differentiation of hESCs, whereas deletion of crotonyl-CoA-producing enzymes reduces histone crotonylation and impairs meso/endoderm differentiation in vitro and in vivo. Our study uncovers a histone crotonylation-mediated mechanism that promotes endodermal commitment of pluripotent stem cells, which may have important implications for therapeutic strategies against a number of human diseases.
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