Abstract
Heterogeneity among both primed and naive pluripotent stem cell lines remains a major unresolved problem. Here we show that expressing the maternal-specific linker histone H1FOO fused to a destabilizing domain (H1FOO-DD), together with OCT4, SOX2, KLF4, and LMYC, in human somatic cells improves the quality of reprogramming to both primed and naive pluripotency. H1FOO-DD expression was associated with altered chromatin accessibility around pluripotency genes and with suppression of the innate immune response. Notably, H1FOO-DD generates naive induced pluripotent stem cells with lower variation in transcriptome and methylome among clones and a more uniform and superior differentiation potency. Furthermore, we elucidated that upregulation of FKBP1A, driven by these five factors, plays a key role in H1FOO-DD-mediated reprogramming.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 710-728 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Stem Cell Reports |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 14-05-2024 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Biochemistry
- Genetics
- Developmental Biology
- Cell Biology