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Epigenomic regulation of neural crest differentiation in human-induced pluripotent stem cells.

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Authors: Kyosuke Mukae1, Maya Shindo1,2, Tianyuan Shi1,2, Ritsuko Onuki1, Satoshi Yamashita3, Naoko Hattori4,5, Toshikazu Ushijima4, Miki Ohira1, Takehiko Kamijo1,2
ORCID iDs: Kyosuke Mukae
  1. Research Institute for Clinical Oncology, Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama, Japan
  2. Department of Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama, Japan
  3. Department of Life Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Maebashi Institute of Technology, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
  4. Department of Epigenomics, Institute for Advanced Life Sciences, Hoshi University, Tokyo, Japan
  5. Laboratory of Integrative Metabolic Regulation, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
Journal: iScience, volume 29, issue 6, article 115993
Dates: received 29 September 2025; accepted 30 April 2026; published online 22 May 2026
Type: Research article · Language: English
License: CC BY
Identifiers: DOI 10.1016/j.isci.2026.115993 · PMID 42231962 · PMCID PMC13224019 · OpenAlex W7162136266
Open access: gold, a free copy (OpenAlex)
Status: code on request
Categories: genetics / omics (modality), human (organism), cellular / molecular (subfield)
Methods: Statistics
Keywords: cellular neuroscience, stem cells research, omics
Topic: Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology), according to OpenAlex
Funding: Cancer Center; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP22K15517); Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (JP24K10991, 19H03625)
Citations: not cited yet (Europe PMC); 43 references in the paper
Research resources: Anti-PAX3 rabbit polyclonal antibody RRID:AB_10732817, RRID:AB_1645403, Anti-HOXC9 mouse monoclonal antibody RRID:AB_2279855, Anti-PHOX2B rabbit polyclonal antibody RRID:AB_2880001, Anti-α-ACTIN polyclonal antibody RRID:AB_476693

Abstract

Neural crest cells (NCCs) drive vertebrate development through lineage specific differentiation into diverse tissues. Cranial (cNCCs) and trunk NCCs (tNCCs) exhibit distinct developmental trajectories that require coordinated epigenomic regulation. Aberrant NCC differentiation is associated with diseases including tumors. Epigenetic mechanisms such as histone modifications and DNA methylation are crucial for regulating NCC differentiation. Here, we used a human induced pluripotent stem cell model to compare differentiation of cNCCs and tNCCs and define lineage specific mechanisms. Integrated transcriptome and DNA methylome analyses revealed that DNA demethylation upstream of MEF2C in cNCCs and the THRA locus (a shared promoter region for THRA1 and THRA2 isoforms) in tNCCs was associated with increased expression of MEF2C and THRA2. MEF2C and THRA2 were associated with NCC markers. These findings define epigenomic features underlying lineage divergence and provide insight into NCC-related diseases such as leiomyosarcoma and neuroblastoma.

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• Data: The gene expression and DNA methylation microarray data reported in this paper have been deposited in the GEO under accession numbers GSE286162 and GSE286164. • Code: This paper does not report original code. • Other items: Any additional information required to reanalyze the data reported in this paper is available from the lead contact upon request.

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Mukae, K., Shindo, M., Shi, T., Onuki, R., Yamashita, S., Hattori, N., Ushijima, T., Ohira, M., & Kamijo, T. (2026). Epigenomic regulation of neural crest differentiation in human-induced pluripotent stem cells. iScience, 29(6), 115993. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.115993

BibTeX

@article{mukae2026epigenomic,
author = {Mukae, Kyosuke and Shindo, Maya and Shi, Tianyuan and Onuki, Ritsuko and Yamashita, Satoshi and Hattori, Naoko and Ushijima, Toshikazu and Ohira, Miki and Kamijo, Takehiko},
title = {{Epigenomic regulation of neural crest differentiation in human-induced pluripotent stem cells}},
journal = {iScience},
year = {2026},
month = may,
volume = {29},
number = {6},
pages = {115993},
publisher = {Elsevier},
issn = {2589-0042},
doi = {10.1016/j.isci.2026.115993},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.115993},
pmid = {42231962},
pmcid = {PMC13224019}
}

RIS

TY - JOUR
AU - Mukae, Kyosuke
AU - Shindo, Maya
AU - Shi, Tianyuan
AU - Onuki, Ritsuko
AU - Yamashita, Satoshi
AU - Hattori, Naoko
AU - Ushijima, Toshikazu
AU - Ohira, Miki
AU - Kamijo, Takehiko
TI - Epigenomic regulation of neural crest differentiation in human-induced pluripotent stem cells
T2 - iScience
J2 - iScience
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/05/22
VL - 29
IS - 6
SP - 115993
SN - 2589-0042
PB - Elsevier
DO - 10.1016/j.isci.2026.115993
UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.115993
LA - en
ER -

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