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Learn MoreThe mechanisms that regulate pluripotency and cell fate are still largely unknown. Here, we show that the Telomere Repeat Binding Factor 1 (TRF1), a component of the shelterin telomere protection complex, regulates genome-wide binding of polycomb to stem cell and pluripotency genes, thereby exerting vast epigenetic changes that contribute to maintain embryonic stem cells in a nave state. We further show that TRF1 mediates these effects by regulating TERRA, the long-non-coding RNAs transcribed from telomeres and that are part of the telomeric chromatin. In particular, we find that TERRAs are enriched at polycomb and stem cell genes in pluripotent cells and that TRF1 abrogation results in increased TERRA levels and a higher binding of TERRA to those genes, an event that is coincidental with TRF1-dependent induction of cell-fate programs and loss of the nave state. These results are consistent with a model in which TERRA recruits polycomb to genes important for pluripotency and differentiation in a manner that is dependent on TRF1. These unprecedented findings explain the long-standing observation that TRF1 is one of the most upregulated genes during induction of pluripotency and it is essential for the induction and maintenance of pluripotency. SOURCE: Osvaldo GrañaBioinformatics Unit CNIO
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