Gee-Way Lin1,2, Ya-Chen Liang1,3, Ping Wu1, Chih-Kuan Chen1,4, Yung-Chih Lai1,3,5, Ting-Xin Jiang1, Yen-Hua Haung2,6, Cheng-Ming Chuong1. 1. Department of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA. 2. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan. 3. Integrative Stem Cell Center, China Medical University and Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. 4. The IEGG and Animal Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan. 5. Institute of New Drug Development, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. 6. TMU Research Center of Cell Therapy and Regeneration Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Animals develop skin regional specificities to best adapt to their environments. Birds are excellent models in which to study the epigenetic mechanisms that facilitate these adaptions. Patients suffering from SATB2 mutations exhibit multiple defects including ectodermal dysplasia-like changes. The preferential expression of SATB2, a chromatin regulator, in feather-forming compared to scale-forming regions, suggests it functions in regional specification of chicken skin appendages by acting on either differentiation or morphogenesis. RESULTS: Retrovirus mediated SATB2 misexpression in developing feathers, beaks, and claws causes epidermal differentiation abnormalities (e.g. knobs, plaques) with few organ morphology alterations. Chicken β-keratins are encoded in 5 sub-clusters (Claw, Feather, Feather-like, Scale, and Keratinocyte) on Chromosome 25 and a large Feather keratin cluster on Chromosome 27. Type I and II α-keratin clusters are located on Chromosomes 27 and 33, respectively. Transcriptome analyses showed these keratins (1) are often tuned up or down collectively as a sub-cluster, and (2) these changes occur in a temporo-spatial specific manner. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest an organizing role of SATB2 in cluster-level gene co-regulation during skin regional specification.
BACKGROUND: Animals develop skin regional specificities to best adapt to their environments. Birds are excellent models in which to study the epigenetic mechanisms that facilitate these adaptions. Patients suffering from SATB2 mutations exhibit multiple defects including ectodermal dysplasia-like changes. The preferential expression of SATB2, a chromatin regulator, in feather-forming compared to scale-forming regions, suggests it functions in regional specification of chicken skin appendages by acting on either differentiation or morphogenesis. RESULTS: Retrovirus mediated SATB2 misexpression in developing feathers, beaks, and claws causes epidermal differentiation abnormalities (e.g. knobs, plaques) with few organ morphology alterations. Chicken β-keratins are encoded in 5 sub-clusters (Claw, Feather, Feather-like, Scale, and Keratinocyte) on Chromosome 25 and a large Feather keratin cluster on Chromosome 27. Type I and II α-keratin clusters are located on Chromosomes 27 and 33, respectively. Transcriptome analyses showed these keratins (1) are often tuned up or down collectively as a sub-cluster, and (2) these changes occur in a temporo-spatial specific manner. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest an organizing role of SATB2 in cluster-level gene co-regulation during skin regional specification.
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