| 2013 |
ACTL6A (BAF53a) prevents SWI/SNF complex binding to promoters of KLF4 and other differentiation genes in epidermal progenitors, thereby suppressing differentiation; conditional loss leads to terminal differentiation and SWI/SNF-dependent induction of KLF4 targets |
Conditional knockout, ChIP, ectopic expression, gene expression analysis |
Cell Stem Cell |
High |
23395444
|
| 2012 |
BAF53a/ACTL6A is an essential subunit of BAF chromatin remodeling complexes required for hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) function; conditional deletion causes multilineage bone marrow failure and HSC proliferative impairment in a cell-autonomous manner |
Conditional knockout mouse, hematopoietic chimeras, flow cytometry, bone marrow transplantation |
Blood |
High |
23018638
|
| 2023 |
ACTL6A acts as a co-transcription factor with NRF2 to upregulate GCLC expression, increasing glutathione synthesis and reducing lipid ROS, thereby protecting gastric cancer cells against ferroptosis; the hydrophobic region of ACTL6A is required for this activity |
Co-immunoprecipitation, ChIP, luciferase reporter assay, ROS/GSH measurements, knockdown/overexpression |
Nature Communications |
High |
37443154
|
| 2021 |
ACTL6A overexpression enhances repair of cisplatin-DNA adducts, conferring platinum resistance; this regulation is mediated through the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex, and HDAC inhibitors can reverse the effect of ACTL6A overexpression on DNA damage repair |
Overexpression/knockdown, cisplatin-DNA adduct repair assays, xenograft mouse model, HDAC inhibitor treatment |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
33408251
|
| 2021 |
In squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs), increased ACTL6A levels lead to its stoichiometric assembly into BAF complexes; elevated ACTL6A occupancy enhances polycomb opposition genome-wide and facilitates co-dependent loading of BAF and TEAD-YAP complexes on chromatin to activate SCC genes |
ATAC-seq, ChIP-seq, ectopic expression, CUT&RUN, quantitative proteomics of BAF complex composition |
Molecular Cell |
High |
34687603
|
| 2015 |
Actl6a interacts with Nanog and Sox2 in mouse ESCs, promotes Nanog binding to pluripotency gene promoters (Oct4, Sox2), and targets promoters of PrE regulators (Sall4, Fgf4) to repress their expression; mutant Actl6a with impaired Tip60/p400 binding fails to block primitive endoderm differentiation, indicating dependence on the Tip60-p400 complex |
Co-immunoprecipitation, ChIP, RNAi knockdown, ectopic expression, domain-mutant rescue experiments |
Stem Cells |
High |
25802002
|
| 2013 |
BAF53a/ACTL6A is a direct target of miR-206 in rhabdomyosarcoma; sustained BAF53a expression blocks myogenic differentiation, while its silencing promotes differentiation marker expression, reduces proliferation, and impairs anchorage-independent growth and tumor formation |
miR-206 re-expression, BAF53a silencing (siRNA/shRNA), differentiation assays, in vivo tumor growth |
Oncogene |
Medium |
23728344
|
| 2017 |
Baf53a interacts with Oct3/4 in mouse ES cells; Baf53a-deficient ES cells show increased p53, p21, and cleaved Caspase 3 and undergo cell death; a Baf53a M3 mutant (E388A/R389A/R390A) fails to rescue cell death, and Baf53b can compensate for Baf53a loss in ES cell survival |
Co-immunoprecipitation, tetracycline-inducible conditional knockout, domain mutagenesis (M3 mutant), rescue by overexpression of Baf53a or Baf53b |
Scientific Reports |
Medium |
29070872
|
| 2018 |
ACTL6A interacts with and co-localizes with Sox2 and p53 in acute promyelocytic leukemia cells; knockdown of ACTL6A promotes differentiation and decreases Sox2 and Notch1 levels; p53 activator CBL0137 decreases ACTL6A expression and promotes differentiation |
Co-immunoprecipitation, co-localization assays, siRNA knockdown, pharmacological p53 activation |
Cellular Signalling |
Medium |
30448346
|
| 2018 |
Mitochondrially produced ATP promotes Actl6a expression and histone acetylation; Actl6a knockdown reduces histone acetylation and pluripotency of ESCs, and this reduction cannot be rescued by exogenous ATP, placing Actl6a downstream of ATP in regulating pluripotency-associated histone acetylation |
Actl6a knockdown in ESCs, ATP supplementation, rotenone treatment, histone acetylation measurement |
FASEB Journal |
Medium |
29222327
|
| 2020 |
HIF-1α knockdown inhibits Actl6a expression and H3K9 acetylation in hiPSCs; Actl6a knockdown in turn reduces H3K9ac and pluripotency, placing Actl6a downstream of HIF-1α in regulating histone acetylation and pluripotency maintenance |
shRNA knockdown of HIF-1α and Actl6a, histone acetylation measurement, EB and teratoma formation assays |
FASEB Journal |
Medium |
32112486
|
| 2020 |
Long non-coding RNA uc.291 physically interacts with ACTL6A and modulates chromatin remodeling; upon uc.291 depletion, ACTL6A binds to promoters of differentiation genes and inhibits BAF complex targeting; presence of uc.291 releases the ACTL6A inhibitory effect to allow expression of terminal differentiation genes |
RNA immunoprecipitation, ChIP, knockdown of uc.291 in primary keratinocytes and 3D skin equivalents |
EMBO Reports |
Medium |
32017402
|
| 2020 |
ACTL6A interacts with p53 DNA response elements and Sp1 binding sites in the p21Cip1 gene promoter to suppress p21Cip1 promoter activity, mRNA, and protein levels in epidermal SCC cells; increased p21Cip1 in ACTL6A knockdown cells is required for suppression of the SCC phenotype, and this regulation is p53-independent |
ChIP, luciferase reporter assay, siRNA knockdown, rescue experiments |
Oncogene |
Medium |
32616890
|
| 2021 |
ACTL6A suppresses p21Cip1 expression by interacting with Sp1 and p53 binding elements in the p21Cip1 promoter in mesothelioma cells; ACTL6A knockout reduces tumor formation with elevated p21Cip1 in vivo |
ChIP, luciferase reporter assay, ACTL6A knockout, in vivo tumor formation |
Oncogenesis |
Medium |
34689163
|
| 2022 |
ACTL6A knockdown impairs DNA replication initiation in glioblastoma cells by downregulating genes of the CDC45-MCM-GINS (CMG) complex; specifically, ACTL6A transcriptionally regulates MCM5 expression; ACTL6A knockdown also diminishes ATR-Chk1 pathway activity, leading to apoptosis |
siRNA knockdown, DNA replication assays, gene expression analysis, Western blot for ATR-Chk1 pathway components |
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |
Medium |
35182941
|
| 2022 |
ACTL6A (BAF53A) interacts with p63 in colorectal cancer cells; this interaction decreases DUSP5 expression, leading to increased ERK1/2 phosphorylation and enhanced cancer cell proliferation |
Co-immunoprecipitation, gene expression analysis, siRNA knockdown, Western blot for ERK1/2 phosphorylation |
Cell Death & Disease |
Medium |
36526622
|
| 2023 |
ACTL6A interacts with MYC and VPS72; the ACTL6A/VPS72/MYC complex enhances MYC affinity for target gene promoters to promote transcription; ACTL6A also protects VPS72 from TRIM21-mediated ubiquitination and degradation |
Co-immunoprecipitation, protein co-localization, in vivo ubiquitination assay, ChIP |
Hepatology |
Medium |
36631007
|
| 2022 |
FBXW7 binds ACTL6A and promotes its ubiquitin-dependent degradation; FBXW7 overexpression reduces cancer stem cell-like properties and tumorigenicity of HCC cells, and ACTL6A overexpression reverses these effects, placing ACTL6A as a downstream oncogenic target of FBXW7 |
Co-immunoprecipitation, protein co-localization, in vivo ubiquitination assay, rescue experiments with ACTL6A overexpression |
Stem Cells International |
Medium |
36159747
|
| 2022 |
In Schwann cells, nuclear levels of ACTL6A are increased by contact with large-caliber axons or nanofibers; ACTL6A is required to evict repressive histone marks and facilitate myelination transcriptional programs; loss of Actl6a in conditional knockout mice causes defective radial sorting, hypo-myelination of large axons, and redundant myelin around small axons |
Conditional knockout mouse, live imaging, histone mark analysis, nanofiber contact assay |
iScience |
Medium |
35434551
|
| 2025 |
ACTL6A depletion in colorectal cancer enhances KLF4 binding at newly accessible chromatin regions, where KLF4 cooperates with SWI/SNF and INO80 complexes to activate p53 pathway-related genes and induce apoptosis; multi-omics analysis shows ACTL6A deficiency alters chromatin accessibility genome-wide |
ATAC-seq, ChIP-seq, RNA-seq (multi-omics), ACTL6A knockdown |
Cell Death & Disease |
Medium |
40877226
|
| 2025 |
BAF53A (ACTL6A) collaborates with BACH1 to transcriptionally activate GCLM (glutamate-cysteine ligase modifier subunit) in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; this BAF53A-BACH1-GCLM axis maintains glutathione metabolism and ferroptosis resistance; GCLM overexpression rescues redox balance in BAF53A- or BACH1-silenced cells |
Co-immunoprecipitation, ChIP-seq, shRNA knockdown, rescue by GCLM overexpression, GSH/GSSG and ROS measurement |
PeerJ |
Medium |
41059410
|
| 2025 |
BAP18 recruits ACTL6A and PAF1 to Wnt target gene promoters, enhancing β-catenin-mediated transcription in NSCLC; co-immunoprecipitation confirmed the BAP18-ACTL6A-PAF1 interaction |
Co-immunoprecipitation, luciferase reporter assay, RNA-seq, knockdown experiments |
Journal of Biological Chemistry |
Medium |
40818609
|
| 2025 |
Loss of Actl6a in zebrafish leads to cilia disassembly and cystic kidney by downregulating master ciliogenesis regulators foxj1a and rfx2 at the transcriptional, chromatin accessibility, and SWI/SNF binding levels; overexpression of foxj1a or rfx2 mRNA partially rescues the cystic kidney and cilia disassembly phenotypes in actl6a mutants |
Zebrafish genetic knockout, ATAC-seq, ChIP-seq, mRNA rescue experiments, omics analyses |
bioRxiv (preprint)preprint |
Medium |
bio_10.1101_2025.06.10.658863
|
| 2019 |
ACTL6A positively regulates PGK1 expression in ovarian cancer; enforced ACTL6A expression increases PGK1 while knockdown decreases it; ACTL6A regulates FSH-enhanced glycolysis via PI3K/AKT pathway signaling upstream of ACTL6A |
Overexpression/knockdown, in vivo xenograft, qRT-PCR/Western blot, correlation in patient tissues |
Cell Death & Disease |
Low |
31649264
|
| 2025 |
ACTL6A knockdown in HNSCC reduces aerobic glycolysis (Warburg effect) and blunts HIF1α/HIF2α protein induction under hypoxia; ACTL6A mediates chromatin accessibility at AP-1 transcription factor sites and regulates upstream MAPK signaling through induction of Ras and Galectin-1 |
ATAC-seq, Seahorse metabolic assay, shRNA knockdown, in vivo IACS-010759 treatment, Western blot |
bioRxiv (preprint)preprint |
Low |
40950224
|
| 2025 |
Actl6a interacts with Sox2 in spinal cord neurons and collaboratively upregulates Atg5 and Atg7 expression to promote autophagy; Fto demethylase modulates Actl6a mRNA stability via m6A demethylation, placing Fto upstream of Actl6a in this pathway |
Co-immunoprecipitation, RNA immunoprecipitation (RIP), m6A dot blot, overexpression/knockdown, rat SCI model with AAV delivery |
Journal of Advanced Research |
Low |
39875055
|