Cell Mol Immunol. 2023;20(1):94-109.
RANKL-responsive epigenetic mechanism reprograms macrophages into bone-resorbing osteoclasts.
제1저자 배세연, 김기병 · 교신저자 이은영, 박성호, 박민경현
소속 (11)
- Arthritis and Tissue Degeneration Program, David Z. Rosensweig Genomics Research Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 10021, USA.
- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
- Department of Biological Science, Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea.
- Department of Life Science, College of Natural Sciences, Research Institute for Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
- Department of Microbiology, Dankook University, Cheonan, 3116, Republic of Korea.
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA.
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. elee@snu.ac.kr.
- Department of Biological Science, Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea. parksu@unist.ac.kr.
- Arthritis and Tissue Degeneration Program, David Z. Rosensweig Genomics Research Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 10021, USA. ParkminK@hss.edu.
- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 10065, USA. ParkminK@hss.edu.
- BCMB Allied Program, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, NY, 10021, USA. ParkminK@hss.edu.
Abstract
Monocyte/macrophage lineage cells are highly plastic and can differentiate into various cells under different environmental stimuli. Bone-resorbing osteoclasts are derived from the monocyte/macrophage lineage in response to receptor activator of NF-κB ligand (RANKL). However, the epigenetic signature contributing to the fate commitment of monocyte/macrophage lineage differentiation into human osteoclasts is largely unknown. In this study, we identified RANKL-responsive human osteoclast-specific superenhancers (SEs) and SE-associated enhancer RNAs (SE-eRNAs) by integrating data obtained from ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq, nuclear RNA-seq and PRO-seq analyses. RANKL induced the formation of 200 SEs, which are large clusters of enhancers, while suppressing 148 SEs in macrophages. RANKL-responsive SEs were strongly correlated with genes in the osteoclastogenic program and were selectively increased in human osteoclasts but marginally presented in osteoblasts, CD4+ T cells, and CD34+ cells. In addition to the major transcription factors identified in osteoclasts, we found that BATF binding motifs were highly enriched in RANKL-responsive SEs. The depletion of BATF1/3 inhibited RANKL-induced osteoclast differentiation. Furthermore, we found increased chromatin accessibility in SE regions, where RNA polymerase II was significantly recruited to induce the extragenic transcription of SE-eRNAs, in human osteoclasts. Knocking down SE-eRNAs in the vicinity of the NFATc1 gene diminished the expression of NFATc1, a major regulator of osteoclasts, and osteoclast differentiation. Inhibiting BET proteins suppressed the formation of some RANKL-responsive SEs and NFATc1-associated SEs, and the expression of SE-eRNA:NFATc1. Moreover, SE-eRNA:NFATc1 was highly expressed in the synovial macrophages of rheumatoid arthritis patients exhibiting high-osteoclastogenic potential. Our genome-wide analysis revealed RANKL-inducible SEs and SE-eRNAs as osteoclast-specific signatures, which may contribute to the development of osteoclast-specific therapeutic interventions.
© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to CSI and USTC.
Keywords
OsteoclastsRheumatoid arthritisenhancer RNAssuper-enhancers
Conflict of interest statement
The authors declare no competing interests.
그 밖의 정보
- 출판 형태
- Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- 저널
- Cellular & molecular immunology · eISSN 2042-0226
- 전자 출판
- 2022-12-14
- MeSH
- Humans · Bone Marrow Cells* / metabolism · Cell Differentiation · Epigenesis, Genetic · Macrophages / metabolism · NFATC Transcription Factors / genetics / metabolism · Osteoclasts* / metabolism · RANK Ligand* / genetics / metabolism
- Substances
- NFATC Transcription Factors · RANK Ligand · TNFSF11 protein, human
- 연구비
- NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR083374
- 참고문헌
- 97편