オカモト　カズコ   Kazuko Okamoto   岡本　和子    所属   川崎医科大学  医学部 一般教養　自然科学    職種   助教
論文種別	原著
言語種別	英語
査読の有無	査読あり
表題	Single-molecule tracking of Nanog and Oct4 in living mouse embryonic stem cells uncovers a feedback mechanism of pluripotency maintenance.
掲載誌名	正式名：The EMBO journal 略　 称：EMBO J ISSNコード：14602075/02614189
掲載区分	国外
巻・号・頁	42(18),pp.e112305
著者・共著者	Kazuko Okamoto, Hideaki Fujita, Yasushi Okada, Soya Shinkai, Shuichi Onami, Kuniya Abe, Kenta Fujimoto, Kensuke Sasaki, Go Shioi, Tomonobu M Watanabe
担当区分	筆頭著者
発行年月	2023/09
概要	Nanog and Oct4 are core transcription factors that form part of a gene regulatory network to regulate hundreds of target genes for pluripotency maintenance in mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs). To understand their function in the pluripotency maintenance, we visualised and quantified the dynamics of single molecules of Nanog and Oct4 in a mouse ESCs during pluripotency loss. Interestingly, Nanog interacted longer with its target loci upon reduced expression or at the onset of differentiation, suggesting a feedback mechanism to maintain the pluripotent state. The expression level and interaction time of Nanog and Oct4 correlate with their fluctuation and interaction frequency, respectively, which in turn depend on the ESC differentiation status. The DNA viscoelasticity near the Oct4 target locus remained flexible during differentiation, supporting its role either in chromatin opening or a preferred binding to uncondensed chromatin regions. Based on these results, we propose a new negative feedback mechanism for pluripotency maintenance via the DNA condensation state-dependent interplay of Nanog and Oct4.
DOI	10.15252/embj.2022112305
PMID	37609947