PMID- 33261017 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20201226 IS - 2079-7737 (Print) IS - 2079-7737 (Electronic) IS - 2079-7737 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 12 DP - 2020 Nov 27 TI - ATP-Dependent Chromatin Remodeler CHD9 Controls the Proliferation of Embryonic Stem Cells in a Cell Culture Condition-Dependent Manner. LID - 10.3390/biology9120428 [doi] LID - 428 AB - Emerging evidence suggests that chromodomain-helicase-DNA-binding (CHD) proteins are involved in stem cell maintenance and differentiation via the coordination of chromatin structure and gene expression. However, the molecular function of some CHD proteins in stem cell regulation is still poorly understood. Herein, we show that Chd9 knockdown (KD) in mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) cultured in normal serum media, not in 2i-leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) media, causes rapid cell proliferation. This is caused by transcriptional regulation related to the cell cycle and the response to growth factors. Our analysis showed that, unlike the serum cultured-Chd9 KD ESCs, the 2i-LIF-cultured-Chd9 KO ESCs displayed elevated levels of critical G1 phase regulators such as p21 and p27. Consistently, the DNA binding sites of CHD9 overlap with some transcription factor DNA motifs that are associated with genes regulating the cell cycle and growth pathways. These transcription factors include the cycle gene homology region (CHR), Arid5a, and LIN54. Collectively, our results provide new insights into CHD9-mediated gene transcription for controlling the cell cycle of ESCs. FAU - Yoo, Hyunjin AU - Yoo H AD - Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biotechnology and Humanized Pig Center (SRC), Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea. FAU - La, Hyeonwoo AU - La H AD - Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biotechnology and Humanized Pig Center (SRC), Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea. FAU - Lee, Eun Joo AU - Lee EJ AD - Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biotechnology and Humanized Pig Center (SRC), Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea. FAU - Choi, Hee-Jin AU - Choi HJ AD - Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biotechnology and Humanized Pig Center (SRC), Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea. FAU - Oh, Jeongheon AU - Oh J AD - Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biotechnology and Humanized Pig Center (SRC), Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea. FAU - Thang, Nguyen Xuan AU - Thang NX AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8945-8592 AD - Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biotechnology and Humanized Pig Center (SRC), Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea. FAU - Hong, Kwonho AU - Hong K AD - Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biotechnology and Humanized Pig Center (SRC), Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea. LA - eng GR - 2018/Konkuk University/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20201127 PL - Switzerland TA - Biology (Basel) JT - Biology JID - 101587988 PMC - PMC7760864 OTO - NOTNLM OT - CHD9 OT - ES cell OT - cell cycle OT - chromatin structure OT - transcription COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2020/12/03 06:00 MHDA- 2020/12/03 06:01 PMCR- 2020/11/27 CRDT- 2020/12/02 01:03 PHST- 2020/10/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/11/25 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/11/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/12/02 01:03 [entrez] PHST- 2020/12/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/12/03 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/11/27 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - biology9120428 [pii] AID - biology-09-00428 [pii] AID - 10.3390/biology9120428 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Biology (Basel). 2020 Nov 27;9(12):428. doi: 10.3390/biology9120428.