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Decoding of YAP levels and dynamics by pluripotency factors
Decoding of YAP levels and dynamics by pluripotency factors
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Oct 17, 2022
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http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2022.10.17.512504v1?rss=1
Authors: Meyer, K., Lammers, N. C., Bugaj, L. J., Garcia, H. H., Weiner, O. D.
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YAP is a transcriptional regulator that controls pluripotency, germ layer specification, and proliferation. Different subsets of YAP target genes are engaged in each physiological setting, but how YAP selectively regulates different effectors in different contexts is not known. Here we use optogenetics to investigate how the levels and dynamics of YAP activation control its pluripotency effectors Oct4 and Nanog. We observe different thresholds for repression of Oct4 and Nanog, enabling differential control of both genes through YAP levels. Pluripotency factors also decode YAP dynamics. Oct4 preferentially responds to oscillatory YAP inputs that mimic endogenous pulsatile YAP dynamics. Using single-cell live imaging of Oct4 transcription and computational-theoretical analysis of transcriptional regulation, we demonstrate that YAP dynamics are decoded by an adaptive change sensor that modulates Oct4 transcription burst frequency. Our results reveal how the levels and timing of YAP activation enable multiplexing of information transmission for key regulators of cellular differentiation and pluripotency.
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http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2022.10.17.512504v1?rss=1
Authors: Meyer, K., Lammers, N. C., Bugaj, L. J., Garcia, H. H., Weiner, O. D.
Abstract:
YAP is a transcriptional regulator that controls pluripotency, germ layer specification, and proliferation. Different subsets of YAP target genes are engaged in each physiological setting, but how YAP selectively regulates different effectors in different contexts is not known. Here we use optogenetics to investigate how the levels and dynamics of YAP activation control its pluripotency effectors Oct4 and Nanog. We observe different thresholds for repression of Oct4 and Nanog, enabling differential control of both genes through YAP levels. Pluripotency factors also decode YAP dynamics. Oct4 preferentially responds to oscillatory YAP inputs that mimic endogenous pulsatile YAP dynamics. Using single-cell live imaging of Oct4 transcription and computational-theoretical analysis of transcriptional regulation, we demonstrate that YAP dynamics are decoded by an adaptive change sensor that modulates Oct4 transcription burst frequency. Our results reveal how the levels and timing of YAP activation enable multiplexing of information transmission for key regulators of cellular differentiation and pluripotency.
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Oct 17, 2022
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