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Cell Mol Immunol. 2023;20(1):94-109.

RANKL-responsive epigenetic mechanism reprograms macrophages into bone-resorbing osteoclasts.

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제1저자 배세연, 김기병 · 교신저자 이은영, 박성호, 박민경현

소속 (11)
  1. Arthritis and Tissue Degeneration Program, David Z. Rosensweig Genomics Research Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 10021, USA.
  2. Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
  3. Department of Biological Science, Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea.
  4. Department of Life Science, College of Natural Sciences, Research Institute for Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
  5. Department of Microbiology, Dankook University, Cheonan, 3116, Republic of Korea.
  6. Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA.
  7. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. elee@snu.ac.kr.
  8. Department of Biological Science, Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea. parksu@unist.ac.kr.
  9. Arthritis and Tissue Degeneration Program, David Z. Rosensweig Genomics Research Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 10021, USA. ParkminK@hss.edu.
  10. Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 10065, USA. ParkminK@hss.edu.
  11. 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
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