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Experiment Id  GSE125670 Name  Pioneer and nonpioneer factor cooperation drives lineage specific chromatin opening [scRNA-seq]
Experiment Type  RNA-Seq Study Type  Baseline
Source  GEO Curation Date  2022-07-15
description  Pioneer transcription factors are coined as having the unique property of "opening closed chromatin sites" for implementation of cell fates. We previously showed that the pioneer Pax7 specifies melanotrope cells through deployment of an enhancer repertoire: this allows binding of Tpit, a nonpioneer factor that determines the related lineages of melanotropes and corticotropes. Here, we investigated the relation between these two factors in the pioneer mechanism. Cell-specific gene expression and chromatin landscapes were defined by scRNAseq and chromatin accessibility profiling. We found that in vivo deployment of the melanotrope enhancer repertoire and chromatin opening requires both Pax7 and Tpit. In cells, binding of heterochromatin targets by Pax7 is independent of Tpit but Pax7-dependent chromatin opening requires Tpit. The present work shows that pioneer core properties are limited to the ability to recognize heterochromatin targets and facilitate nonpioneer binding. Chromatin opening per se may be provided through cooperation with nonpioneer factors. Single cell RNAseq of adult male mouse pituitary
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