Xin Huang, Kyoung-Mi Park, Paul Gontarz, Bo Zhang, Joshua Pan, Zachary McKenzie, Laura A Fischer, Chen Dong, Sabine Dietmann, Xiaoyun Xing, Pavel V Shliaha, Jihong Yang, Dan Li, Junjun Ding, Tenzin Lungjangwa, Maya Mitalipova, Shafqat A Khan, Sumeth Imsoonthornruksa, Nick Jensen, Ting Wang, Cigall Kadoch, Rudolf Jaenisch, Jianlong Wang, Thorold W Theunissen
Understanding the molecular underpinnings of pluripotency is a prerequisite for optimal maintenance and application of embryonic stem cells (ESCs). While the protein-protein interactions of core pluripotency factors have been identified in mouse ESCs, their interactome in human ESCs (hESCs) has not to date been explored. Here we mapped the OCT4 interactomes in naïve and primed hESCs, revealing extensive connections to mammalian ATP-dependent nucleosome remodeling complexes. In naïve hESCs, OCT4 is associated with both BRG1 and BRM, the two paralog ATPases of the BAF complex...
August 26, 2021: Nature Communications