Znhit1 controls intestinal stem cell maintenance by regulating H2A.Z incorporation

Bing Zhao (), Ying Chen, Ning Jiang, Li Yang, Shenfei Sun, Yan Zhang, Zengqi Wen, Lorraine Ray, Han Liu, Guoli Hou and Xinhua Lin ()
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Bing Zhao: Fudan University
Ying Chen: Fudan University
Ning Jiang: Fudan University
Li Yang: Fudan University
Shenfei Sun: Fudan University
Yan Zhang: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Zengqi Wen: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lorraine Ray: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Han Liu: Fudan University
Guoli Hou: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xinhua Lin: Fudan University

Nature Communications, 2019, vol. 10, issue 1, 1-12

Abstract: Abstract Lgr5+ stem cells are crucial to gut epithelium homeostasis; however, how these cells are maintained is not fully understood. Zinc finger HIT-type containing 1 (Znhit1) is an evolutionarily conserved subunit of the SRCAP chromosome remodeling complex. Currently, the function of Znhit1 in vivo and its working mechanism in the SRCAP complex are unknown. Here we show that deletion of Znhit1 in intestinal epithelium depletes Lgr5+ stem cells thus disrupts intestinal homeostasis postnatal establishment and maintenance. Mechanistically, Znhit1 incorporates histone variant H2A.Z into TSS region of genes involved in Lgr5+ stem cell fate determination, including Lgr5, Tgfb1 and Tgfbr2, for subsequent transcriptional regulation. Importantly, Znhit1 promotes the interaction between H2A.Z and YL1 (H2A.Z chaperone) by controlling YL1 phosphorylation. These results demonstrate that Znhit1/H2A.Z is essential for Lgr5+ stem cell maintenance and intestinal homeostasis. Our findings identified a dominant role of Znhit1/H2A.Z in controlling mammalian organ development and tissue homeostasis in vivo.

Date: 2019
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