Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Lamin A/C-dependent chromatin architecture safeguards naïve pluripotency to prevent aberrant cardiovascular cell fate and function

  • Yinuo Wang,
  • Adel Elsherbiny,
  • Linda Kessler,
  • Julio Cordero,
  • Haojie Shi,
  • Heike Serke,
  • Olga Lityagina,
  • Felix A. Trogisch,
  • Mona Malek Mohammadi,
  • Ibrahim El-Battrawy,
  • Johannes Backs,
  • Thomas Wieland,
  • Joerg Heineke,
  • Gergana Dobreva

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34366-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 24

Abstract

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LMNA mutations cause severe heart dysfunction. Here the authors show that Lamin A/C plays a key role in 3D chromatin architecture in naïve pluripotent stem cells, which ensures proper cardiovascular cell fate and function, and shed light on the mechanisms involved in LMNA cardiomyopathies.