Xiaomei Zhang, Lihao Ge, Guanghui Jin, Yasong Liu, Qingfen Yu, Weizhao Chen, Liang Chen, Tao Dong, Kiyoharu J Miyagishima, Juan Shen, Jinghong Yang, Guo Lv, Yan Xu, Qing Yang, Linsen Ye, Shuhong Yi, Hua Li, Qi Zhang, Guihua Chen, Wei Liu, Yang Yang, Wei Li, Jingxing Ou
Cold-induced injuries severely limit opportunities and outcomes of hypothermic therapies and organ preservation, calling for better understanding of cold adaptation. Here, by surveying cold-altered chromatin accessibility and integrated CUT&Tag/RNA-seq analyses in human stem cells, we reveal forkhead box O1 (FOXO1) as a key transcription factor for autonomous cold adaptation. Accordingly, we find a nonconventional, temperature-sensitive FOXO1 transport mechanism involving the nuclear pore complex protein RANBP2, SUMO-modification of transporter proteins Importin-7 and Exportin-1, and a SUMO-interacting motif on FOXO1...
April 3, 2024: Nature Communications