Nature Communications (Jul 2024)

ARID1A safeguards the canalization of the cell fate decision during osteoclastogenesis

  • Jiahui Du,
  • Yili Liu,
  • Jinrui Sun,
  • Enhui Yao,
  • Jingyi Xu,
  • Xiaolin Wu,
  • Ling Xu,
  • Mingliang Zhou,
  • Guangzheng Yang,
  • Xinquan Jiang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50225-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 1
pp. 1 – 20

Abstract

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Abstract Chromatin remodeler ARID1A regulates gene transcription by modulating nucleosome positioning and chromatin accessibility. While ARID1A-mediated stage and lineage-restricted gene regulation during cell fate canalization remains unresolved. Using osteoclastogenesis as a model, we show that ARID1A transcriptionally safeguards the osteoclast (OC) fate canalization during proliferation-differentiation switching at single-cell resolution. Notably, ARID1A is indispensable for the transcriptional apparatus condensates formation with coactivator BRD4/lineage-specifying transcription factor (TF) PU.1 at Nfatc1 super-enhancer during safeguarding the OC fate canalization. Besides, the antagonist function between ARID1A-cBAF and BRD9-ncBAF complex during osteoclastogenesis has been validated with in vitro assay and compound mutant mouse model. Furthermore, the antagonistic function of ARID1A-“accelerator” and BRD9-“brake” both depend on coactivator BRD4-“clutch” during osteoclastogenesis. Overall, these results uncover sophisticated cooperation between chromatin remodeler ARID1A, coactivator, and lineage-specifying TF at super-enhancer of lineage master TF in a condensate manner, and antagonist between distinct BAF complexes in the proper and balanced cell fate canalization.