Post-transcriptional regulation in cranial neural crest cells expands developmental potential.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America(2023)

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Developmental potential is progressively restricted after germ layer specification during gastrulation. However, cranial neural crest cells challenge this paradigm, as they develop from anterior ectoderm, yet give rise to both ectodermal derivatives of the peripheral nervous system and ectomesenchymal bone and cartilage. How cranial neural crest cells differentiate into multiple lineages is poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that cranial neural crest cells possess a transient state of increased chromatin accessibility. We profile the spatiotemporal emergence of premigratory neural crest and find evidence of lineage bias toward either a neuronal or ectomesenchymal fate, with each expressing distinct factors from earlier stages of development. We identify the miR-302 miRNA family to be highly expressed in cranial neural crest cells and genetic deletion leads to precocious specification of the ectomesenchymal lineage. Loss of results in reduced chromatin accessibility in the neuronal progenitor lineage of neural crest and a reduction in peripheral neuron differentiation. Mechanistically, we find that directly targets to slow the timing of ectomesenchymal neural crest specification and represses multiple genes involved in chromatin condensation to promote accessibility required for neuronal differentiation. Our findings reveal a posttranscriptional mechanism governed by miRNAs to expand developmental potential of cranial neural crest.
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chromatin accessibility,microRNAs,multipotency,pluripotency,single-cell
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