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Neurog3-Independent Methylation Is the Earliest Detectable Mark Distinguishing Pancreatic Progenitor Identity.

Developmental cell | 2019

In the developing pancreas, transient Neurog3-expressing progenitors give rise to four major islet cell types: α, β, δ, and γ; when and how the Neurog3+ cells choose cell fate is unknown. Using single-cell RNA-seq, trajectory analysis, and combinatorial lineage tracing, we showed here that the Neurog3+ cells co-expressing Myt1 (i.e., Myt1+Neurog3+) were biased toward β cell fate, while those not simultaneously expressing Myt1 (Myt1-Neurog3+) favored α fate. Myt1 manipulation only marginally affected α versus β cell specification, suggesting Myt1 as a marker but not determinant for islet-cell-type specification. The Myt1+Neurog3+ cells displayed higher Dnmt1 expression and enhancer methylation at Arx, an α-fate-promoting gene. Inhibiting Dnmts in pancreatic progenitors promoted α cell specification, while Dnmt1 overexpression or Arx enhancer hypermethylation favored β cell production. Moreover, the pancreatic progenitors contained distinct Arx enhancer methylation states without transcriptionally definable sub-populations, a phenotype independent of Neurog3 activity. These data suggest that Neurog3-independent methylation on fate-determining gene enhancers specifies distinct endocrine-cell programs.

Pubmed ID: 30620902 RIS Download

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Associated grants

  • Agency: NICHD NIH HHS, United States
    Id: T32 HD007502
  • Agency: NCI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P50 CA095103
  • Agency: NIMHD NIH HHS, United States
    Id: U54 MD007586
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P30 DK058404
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 DK106228
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: U2C DK059637
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 DK065949
  • Agency: NEI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P30 EY008126
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P30 DK020593
  • Agency: NCI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P30 CA068485
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: F31 GM120940
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 DK103831
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: U24 DK059637
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 DK125696

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