title: Epigenetic regulation of stem cells differentiating along the neural lineage.
abstract: Many lineage-specific genes are poised and silenced in stem cells. Upon differentiation, genes that are related to self-renewal and alternative lineages are stably silenced. CpG methylation at proximal promoters and PRC2-mediated H3K27me3 play a role in silencing genes temporarily or permanently, with or without coexistence of active epigenetic marks, respectively. Interestingly, DNA methylation on neuronal genes that is distal to transcription start site enable transcription activation owing to its ability to repel PRC2-mediated inhibition. In addition, DNA demethylase Tet proteins play a role in regulation of changes in DNA methylation and related H3K27me3 during differentiation. Collectively, a complex epigenetic network formed by H3K4me3, histone acetylation/deacetylation, H3K27me3 and DNA methylation/demethylation act together to regulate stem cell self-renewal and differentiation.
authors: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, Departments of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Molecular & Medical Pharmacology, Semel Institute for Neuroscience, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States.
authors: Volkan
authors: V
authors: Coskun
authors: Rosemarie
authors: R
authors: Tsoa
authors: Yi E
authors: YE
authors: Sun
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology*; D019070:Cell Lineage / Q000235:genetics*; D019175:DNA Methylation / Q000502:physiology*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology*