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Zusammenfassung: <jats:sec> <jats:title> <jats:underline>Rationale:</jats:underline> </jats:title> <jats:p>The developmental role of the H3K27 demethylases Jmjd3, especially its epigenetic regulation at target genes in response to upstream developmental signaling, is unclear.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title> <jats:underline>Objective:</jats:underline> </jats:title> <jats:p>To determine the role of Jmjd3 during mesoderm and cardiovascular lineage commitment.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title> <jats:underline>Methods and Results:</jats:underline> </jats:title> <jats:p> Ablation of Jmjd3 in mouse embryonic stem cells does not affect the maintenance of pluripotency and self-renewal but compromised mesoderm and subsequent endothelial and cardiac differentiation. Jmjd3 reduces H3K27me3 marks at the <jats:italic>Brachyury</jats:italic> promoter and facilitates the recruitment of β-catenin, which is critical for Wnt signal–induced mesoderm differentiation. </jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title> <jats:underline>Conclusions:</jats:underline> </jats:title> <jats:p>These data demonstrate that Jmjd3 is required for mesoderm differentiation and cardiovascular lineage commitment.</jats:p> </jats:sec>
Umfang: 856-862
ISSN: 0009-7330
1524-4571
DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.113.302035