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Publication A Network of Epigenetic Regulators Guide Developmental Hematopoiesis In Vivo(2013) Huang, Hsuan-Ting; Kathrein, Katie L.; Barton, Abby; Gitlin, Zachary; Huang, Yue-Hua; Ward, Thomas P.; Hofmann, Oliver; Dibiase, Anthony; Song, Anhua; Tyekucheva, Svitlana; Hide, Winston; Zhou, Yi; Zon, LeonardThe initiation of cellular programs is orchestrated by key transcription factors and chromatin regulators that activate or inhibit target gene expression. To generate a compendium of chromatin factors that establish the epigenetic code during developmental hematopoiesis, a large-scale reverse genetic screen was conducted targeting orthologs of 425 human chromatin factors in zebrafish. A set of chromatin regulators was identified that target different stages of primitive and definitive blood formation, including factors not previously implicated in hematopoiesis. We identified 15 factors that regulate development of primitive erythroid progenitors and 29 factors that regulate development of definitive stem and progenitor cells. These chromatin factors are associated with SWI/SNF and ISWI chromatin remodeling, SET1 methyltransferase, CBP/P300/HBO1/NuA4 acetyltransferase, HDAC/NuRD deacetylase, and Polycomb repressive complexes. Our work provides a comprehensive view of how specific chromatin factors and their associated complexes play a major role in the establishment of hematopoietic cells in vivo.Publication Direct Recruitment of Polycomb Repressive Complex 1 to Chromatin by Core Binding Transcription Factors(Elsevier BV, 2012) Yu, Ming; Mazor, Tali; Huang, Hui; Huang, Hsuan-Ting; Kathrein, Katie L.; Woo, Andrew; Chouinard, Candace R.; Labadorf, Adam; Akie, Thomas E.; Moran, Tyler B.; Xie, Huafeng; Zacharek, Sima; Taniuchi, Ichiro; Roeder, Robert G.; Kim, Carla; Zon, Leonard; Fraenkel, Ernest; Cantor, AlanPolycomb repressive complexes (PRCs) play key roles in developmental epigenetic regulation. Yet the mechanisms that target PRCs to specific loci in mammalian cells remain incompletely understood. In this study we show that Bmi1, a core component of Polycomb Repressive Complex 1 (PRC1), binds directly to the Runx1/CBFβ transcription factor complex. Genome-wide studies in megakaryocytic cells demonstrate significant chromatin occupancy overlap between the PRC1 core component Ring1b and Runx1/CBFβ and functional regulation of a considerable fraction of commonly bound genes. Bmi1/Ring1b and Runx1/CBFβ deficiencies generate partial phenocopies of one another in vivo. We also show that Ring1b occupies key Runx1 binding sites in primary murine thymocytes and that this occurs via PRC2-independent mechanisms. Genetic depletion of Runx1 results in reduced Ring1b binding at these sites in vivo. These findings provide evidence for site-specific PRC1 chromatin recruitment by core binding transcription factors in mammalian cells.Publication Epigenetic Regulation of Hematopoiesis in Zebrafish(2012-11-02) Huang, Hsuan-Ting; Zon, Leonard Ira; Cantor, Alan B.; Camargo, Fernando; Churchman, Stirling; Speck, NancyThe initiation of the hematopoietic program is orchestrated by key transcription factors that recruit chromatin regulators in order to activate or inhibit blood target gene expression. To generate a complete compendium of chromatin factors that establish the genetic code during developmental hematopoiesis, we conducted a large-scale reverse genetic screen targeting 425 chromatin factors in zebrafish and identified over 30 novel chromatin regulators that function at distinct steps of embryonic hematopoiesis. In vertebrates, developmental hematopoiesis occurs in two waves. During the first and primitive wave, mainly erythrocytes are produced, and we identified at least 15 chromatin factors that decrease or increase formation of \(scl^+\), \(gata1^+\), and \(\beta-globin e3^+\) erythroid progenitors. In the definitive wave, HSCs capable of self-renewal and differentiation into multiple lineages are induced, and we identified at least 18 chromatin factors that decrease or increase the formation of \(c-myb^+\) and \(runx1^+\) stem and progenitor cells in the aorta gonad mesonephros (AGM) region, without disruption of vascular development. The majority of the chromatin factors identified from the screen are involved in histone acetylation, histone methylation, and nucleosome remodeling, the same modifications that are hypothesized to have the most functional impact on the transcriptional status of a gene. Moreover, these factors can be mapped to subunits of chromatin complexes that modify these marks, such as HBO/HAT, HDAC/NuRD, SET1A/MLL, ISWI, and SWI/SNF. One of the strongest phenotypes identified from the screen came from knockdown of chromodomain helicase DNA binding domain 7 (chd7). Morpholino knockdown of chd7 resulted in increased primitive and definitive blood production from the induction of stem and progenitor cells to the differentiation of myeloid and erythroid lineages. This expansion of the blood lineage is cell autonomous as determined by blastula transplantation experiments. Though chromatin factors are believed to function broadly and are often expressed ubiquitously, the combined results of the screen and chd7 analysis show that individual factors have very tissue specific functions. These studies implicate chromatin factors as playing a major role in establishing the programs of gene expression for self-renewal and differentiation of hematopoietic cells.