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KLF17 promotes human naïve pluripotency but is not required for its establishment.

Development (Cambridge, England) | 2021

Current knowledge of the transcriptional regulation of human pluripotency is incomplete, with lack of interspecies conservation observed. Single-cell transcriptomics analysis of human embryos previously enabled us to identify transcription factors, including the zinc-finger protein KLF17, that are enriched in the human epiblast and naïve human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). Here, we show that KLF17 is expressed coincident with the known pluripotency-associated factors NANOG and SOX2 across human blastocyst development. We investigate the function of KLF17 using primed and naïve hESCs for gain- and loss-of-function analyses. We find that ectopic expression of KLF17 in primed hESCs is sufficient to induce a naïve-like transcriptome and that KLF17 can drive transgene-mediated resetting to naïve pluripotency. This implies a role for KLF17 in establishing naïve pluripotency. However, CRISPR-Cas9-mediated knockout studies reveal that KLF17 is not required for naïve pluripotency acquisition in vitro. Transcriptome analysis of naïve hESCs identifies subtle effects on metabolism and signalling pathways following KLF17 loss of function, and possible redundancy with other KLF paralogues. Overall, we show that KLF17 is sufficient, but not necessary, for naïve pluripotency under the given in vitro conditions.

Pubmed ID: 34661235 RIS Download

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Associated grants

  • Agency: Cancer Research UK, United Kingdom
    Id: FC001120
  • Agency: Arthritis Research UK, United Kingdom
    Id: FC001120
  • Agency: Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom
    Id: FC001120
  • Agency: Medical Research Council, United Kingdom
    Id: FC001120
  • Agency: Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom

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