Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

OCT4 cooperates with distinct ATP-dependent chromatin remodelers in naïve and primed pluripotent states in human

  • Xin Huang,
  • Kyoung-mi Park,
  • Paul Gontarz,
  • Bo Zhang,
  • Joshua Pan,
  • Zachary McKenzie,
  • Laura A. Fischer,
  • Chen Dong,
  • Sabine Dietmann,
  • Xiaoyun Xing,
  • Pavel V. Shliaha,
  • Jihong Yang,
  • Dan Li,
  • Junjun Ding,
  • Tenzin Lungjangwa,
  • Maya Mitalipova,
  • Shafqat A. Khan,
  • Sumeth Imsoonthornruksa,
  • Nick Jensen,
  • Ting Wang,
  • Cigall Kadoch,
  • Rudolf Jaenisch,
  • Jianlong Wang,
  • Thorold W. Theunissen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25107-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Although the interactors of pluripotency factors have been identified in mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs), their interactors in human ESCs remain unexplored. Here the authors map OCT4 protein interactions in naïve and primed human ESCs to find specific interactions with BAF subunits that promote an open chromatin architecture at blastocyst-associated genes and ectodermal genes, respectively.