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Intrinsically disordered domain of transcription factor TCF-1 is required for T cell developmental fidelity.

Nature immunology | 2023

In development, pioneer transcription factors access silent chromatin to reveal lineage-specific gene programs. The structured DNA-binding domains of pioneer factors have been well characterized, but whether and how intrinsically disordered regions affect chromatin and control cell fate is unclear. Here, we report that deletion of an intrinsically disordered region of the pioneer factor TCF-1 (termed L1) leads to an early developmental block in T cells. The few T cells that develop from progenitors expressing TCF-1 lacking L1 exhibit lineage infidelity distinct from the lineage diversion of TCF-1-deficient cells. Mechanistically, L1 is required for activation of T cell genes and repression of GATA2-driven genes, normally reserved to the mast cell and dendritic cell lineages. Underlying this lineage diversion, L1 mediates binding of TCF-1 to its earliest target genes, which are subject to repression as T cells develop. These data suggest that the intrinsically disordered N terminus of TCF-1 maintains T cell lineage fidelity.

Pubmed ID: 37592014 RIS Download

Associated grants

  • Agency: NHLBI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 HL145754
  • Agency: NCI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P30 CA016520
  • Agency: NCI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 CA248041
  • Agency: NIAID NIH HHS, United States
    Id: F30 AI161873
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: U01 DK127768
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: UC4 DK112217
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: U01 DK112217
  • Agency: NCI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 CA230800
  • Agency: NIAID NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 AI091627
  • Agency: NIAID NIH HHS, United States
    Id: F30 AI174776
  • Agency: NIDA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: U01 DA052715
  • Agency: NIAID NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 AI168240
  • Agency: NIAID NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 AI168136

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