| 1995 |
Homozygous Otx2 knockout mice fail to develop any structures anterior to rhombomere 3, establishing Otx2 as a gap-like transcription factor essential for rostral head formation. Heterozygous mutants show craniofacial malformations (otocephaly) in regions where Otx1 is not co-expressed, revealing a dose-sensitive requirement. |
Gene knockout (targeted mutation), embryological phenotypic analysis |
Genes & development |
High |
7590242
|
| 1996 |
A homeodomain-deletion mutation in Otx2 causes severe gastrulation defects, failure to form axial mesoderm, and deletion of rostral brain, demonstrating that Otx2 is required for proper epiblast development and anterior neural patterning. |
Gene knockout (homeodomain deletion), embryological analysis |
Development (Cambridge, England) |
High |
8565836
|
| 1994 |
Positive signals from anterior mesendoderm are required to stabilize Otx2 expression in ectoderm, while negative signals from posterior mesendoderm repress it; exogenous retinoic acid mimics the posterior repressive signal, showing that Otx2 expression is regulated by mesoderm-derived inductive signals. |
Explant-recombination assays, retinoic acid treatment |
Development (Cambridge, England) |
Medium |
7607086
|
| 1998 |
Chimeric embryo analysis shows Otx2 is required first in the visceral endoderm for induction of forebrain and midbrain, and subsequently in the neuroectoderm for specification of these territories; in the neuroectoderm, Otx2 is required for expression of Hesx1/Rpx, Six3, Pax2, Wnt1, and En. |
Chimeric embryo analysis (>90% Otx2-/- ES cells), explant-recombination assay |
Development (Cambridge, England) |
High |
9449667
|
| 1999 |
The caudal boundary of Otx2 expression is sufficient to position the isthmic organizer; ectopic Otx2 expression in presumptive anterior hindbrain (via knock-in into En1 locus) shifts the Otx2/Gbx2 boundary caudally, causing caudal shift of Fgf8, Pax2, Wnt1, and Ephrin-A5 expression and transformation of cerebellum into inferior colliculus tissue. |
Knock-in gain-of-function strategy, morphological/histological analysis, in situ hybridization of downstream markers |
Nature |
High |
10490025
|
| 1999 |
Otx2 functions both cell-autonomously and non-cell-autonomously in neurectoderm to regulate expression of region-specific genes including Rpx/Hesx1, Wnt1, R-cadherin, and ephrin-A2 (cell-autonomous) and En2 and Six3 (rescued non-cell-autonomously by surrounding wild-type cells). Forebrain Otx2 mutant cells undergo apoptosis. |
Chimeric embryo analysis (wild-type and Otx2 mutant cells mixed), molecular marker analysis |
Development (Cambridge, England) |
High |
10477297
|
| 2000 |
Otx2 and Gbx2 mutually repress each other's expression; ectopic Otx2 represses endogenous Gbx2 and vice versa. The interface between Otx2 and Gbx2 expression domains determines the site of Fgf8 expression and positions the isthmic organizer and the posterior limit of the optic tectum. |
In ovo electroporation (gain-of-function in chick), in situ hybridization of target genes |
Mechanisms of development |
Medium |
10704829
|
| 2000 |
Human OTX2 protein binds with high affinity to a specific DNA element (OTS) in the tenascin-C promoter; upon binding, a second OTX2 molecule is recruited to the complex without requiring a second nearby binding site. OTX2 sequences C-terminal to the homeodomain are required in addition to the homeodomain for DNA binding, and the same domains are needed for dimerization. |
Binding assays with recombinant full-length and deletion mutants, EMSA |
FEBS letters |
Medium |
10069392
|
| 2000 |
OTX2 directly interacts with LIM1 via its C-terminal region binding the LIM1 homeodomain, and with HNF-3β via both homeodomain and C-terminal regions binding the HNF-3β fork head domain or OTX2 homeodomain. LIM1 enhances OTX2-directed transcription of a P3C reporter, while HNF-3β represses it. |
Co-immunoprecipitation/direct binding assay, luciferase reporter assay (transient transfection) |
Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
Medium |
10623575
|
| 2000 |
OTX2 directly binds a bicoid-related Otx target sequence in the GnRH gene proximal promoter (shown by EMSA with baculovirus-expressed Otx2 and nuclear extracts of GT1-7 neurons). OTX2 overexpression in GT1-7 cells induces GnRH promoter activity in an Otx binding site-dependent manner. OTX2 protein is present in GnRH neurons of the adult mouse hypothalamus. |
EMSA, transient transfection reporter assay, immunohistochemistry |
Molecular endocrinology |
Medium |
10935548
|
| 2001 |
Otx2 is required in the visceral endoderm for anteriorly directed morphogenetic movement (not proliferation); Otx2 mutation abolishes expression of Lefty1 and Mdkk1 in the anterior visceral endoderm, leading to failure to antagonize Nodal and Wnt signals, causing epiblast cells to acquire primitive streak characteristics. |
Lineage tracing, molecular marker analysis in Otx2 mutant embryos |
Development (Cambridge, England) |
Medium |
11171400
|
| 2001 |
Otx2 and Gbx2 double-mutant embryos show broadly overlapping expression of forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain markers and fail to establish distinct regional identities; FGF8 is expressed throughout the anterior neural plate in the double mutant independently of OTX2 and GBX2, demonstrating that OTX2 and GBX2 are required for segregating regional identities and conferring competence to anterior neuroectoderm. |
Compound mutant genetic analysis (multiple allele combinations), in situ hybridization of regional markers |
Development (Cambridge, England) |
High |
11731459
|
| 2001 |
Otx2 5' and 3' UTR sequences are required for nucleo-cytoplasmic export and epiblast-restricted translation of Otx2 mRNA. When the otd coding sequence was fused to intact Otx2 5' and 3' UTRs, translation occurred in epiblast and neuroectoderm and rescued anterior patterning, but without these UTRs translation was restricted to visceral endoderm. |
Knock-in mouse models (otd2 and otd2FL), molecular analysis of mRNA and protein distribution |
Development (Cambridge, England) |
High |
11731460
|
| 2003 |
Otx2 transactivates the Crx (cone-rod homeobox) gene; Otx2-deficiency in retinal progenitors converts differentiating photoreceptor cells into amacrine-like neurons, and retroviral gene transfer of Otx2 steers retinal progenitor cells toward photoreceptor cell fate. |
Conditional gene ablation (knockout), retroviral gene transfer, cell fate analysis |
Nature neuroscience |
High |
14625556
|
| 2003 |
OTX2 binds the DOPAchrome tautomerase (DCT) gene promoter in vivo in RPE cells (shown by ChIP assay), and activates DCT promoter transcription through the OTX2-binding site in an RPE-specific manner; antisense knockdown of OTX2 decreases DCT protein. |
Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP), antisense knockdown, transient expression reporter assay |
Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
Medium |
12559959
|
| 2004 |
Otx2 expression in forebrain and midbrain is regulated by two distinct enhancers (FM at 75 kb 5' and FM2 at 115 kb 3') whose activities require OTX and TCF binding sites. Mice lacking the FM enhancer show dose-dependent loss of diencephalic and mesencephalic structures, with more caudal structures requiring higher OTX dosage. |
Enhancer deletion knockin mutants, reporter assays, site-directed mutagenesis of binding sites |
Development (Cambridge, England) |
High |
15201224
|
| 2004 |
Otx2 acts in the ventral midbrain by repressing Nkx2.2 and maintaining the Nkx6.1-expressing domain through dorsal antagonism on Shh. Loss of Otx2 in the ventrolateral midbrain causes dopaminergic neuron reduction, disappearance of red nucleus precursors, and emergence of serotonergic neurons, demonstrating that Otx2 controls identity and fate of neuronal progenitor domains. |
Conditional Otx2 knockout (Cre under En1 control), in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry of progenitor markers |
Development (Cambridge, England) |
High |
15105370
|
| 2005 |
Conditional loss of Otx2 in midbrain neuronal progenitors (Nestin-Cre) causes dorsal midbrain progenitors to ectopically express Math1 generating cerebellar-like structures, and ventral progenitors to express Nkx2.2 ectopically causing serotonergic neuron formation and red nucleus hypoplasia, demonstrating that Otx2 regulates neuronal subtype identity and neurogenesis independently of mid-hindbrain organizer positioning. |
Conditional knockout (Nestin-Cre/Otx2flox), molecular marker analysis, histology |
The Journal of neuroscience |
High |
15888661
|
| 2006 |
Otx2 is cell-autonomously required in glutamatergic progenitors of the dorsal thalamus to repress GABAergic differentiation by repressing Mash1 in Ngn2-expressing progenitors. Loss of Otx2 leads to activation of Pax3, Pax7, and Lim1 (markers of pretectum/GABAergic fate) and increased proliferation forming hyperplastic masses. |
Conditional knockout (thalamus-specific), in situ hybridization, immunohistochemistry for fate markers |
The Journal of neuroscience |
High |
16738237
|
| 2007 |
Otx2 in the retina is expressed under control of multiple cis-regulatory elements. Two Otx2 cis-regulatory sequences (EP and AN enhancers) at ~90 kb 5' upstream regulate expression in inner cell mass/epiblast (EP) and anterior neuroectoderm (AN); the AN enhancer is a component of the EP enhancer. AN enhancer deletion shows Otx2 expression under the AN enhancer maintains anterior neuroectoderm once induced. |
Enhancer deletion knockin mice, reporter assays, in situ hybridization |
Development (Cambridge, England) |
High |
15201223
|
| 2007 |
In postnatal retina, Otx2 subcellular localization is cell-type specific: Otx2 is nuclear in RPE and bipolar cells but cytoplasmic in rod photoreceptors. Retinal explants and transfected cell lines confirm that cytoplasmic retention in immature rods is a developmentally regulated process, suggesting subcellular localization participates in cell fate determination. |
Immunohistochemistry, retinal explant culture, transfected cell line analysis |
Brain research. Molecular brain research |
Medium |
10891582
|
| 2007 |
Otx2 plays a role in terminal differentiation of photoreceptors (Otx2+/-;Crx-/- double knockouts show more severe photoreceptor degeneration than Crx-/- alone) and in bipolar cell development; postnatal bipolar-cell-specific Otx2 conditional knockout causes loss of PKC expression (mature bipolar marker) and impaired bipolar cell electrophysiology. |
Double knockout (Otx2+/-;Crx-/-), postnatal conditional knockout (bipolar-cell-specific Cre), ERG, immunohistochemistry |
Molecular and cellular biology |
High |
17908793
|
| 2008 |
OTX2 and SOX2 proteins physically interact with each other (interaction affected by Sox2-missense mutations associated with ocular disorders) and together bind to the conserved noncoding sequence CNS1 (~2 kb upstream of Rax promoter), synergistically activating Rax transcription. This interaction is required for eye development. |
Co-immunoprecipitation (physical interaction), chromatin immunoprecipitation (in vivo binding to CNS1), reporter/luciferase assay |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |
High |
18385377
|
| 2009 |
OTX2 knockdown in medulloblastoma cells prolonged survival of animals bearing xenograft tumors; mechanistic investigations revealed upregulation of MYC as a potential mechanism whereby OTX2 promotes tumor progression. Ectopic OTX2 expression enhanced proliferation and tumorigenicity of immortalized primary cells. |
shRNA knockdown, xenograft mouse model, gene expression analysis, ectopic overexpression |
Cancer research |
Medium |
20028867
|
| 2010 |
In the adult brain, Otx2 expression is restricted to VTA dopaminergic neurons and excluded from substantia nigra neurons. Otx2 controls VTA neuron subtype identity by antagonizing Girk2 and Dat expression; ectopic Otx2 in substantia nigra suppresses Dat expression and confers MPTP resistance, demonstrating that Otx2 limits efficient dopamine uptake and vulnerability to parkinsonian toxin. |
Conditional loss- and gain-of-function mouse models, MPTP toxicity assay, immunohistochemistry, behavioral analysis |
Nature neuroscience |
High |
21057506
|
| 2010 |
Conditional Otx2 deletion in adult mouse retina (tamoxifen-induced) causes slow photoreceptor degeneration and rapid RPE dysfunction, revealing that Otx2 is required for long-term photoreceptor maintenance through control of RPE-specific activities. |
Conditional self-knockout (CreERT2/flox tamoxifen-induced), histology, ERG |
PloS one |
Medium |
20657788
|
| 2011 |
Inducible shRNA silencing of OTX2 in D425 medulloblastoma cells strongly inhibits proliferation and causes neuronal-like differentiation. ChIP-on-chip identified cell cycle genes (including visual perception genes) as direct OTX2 targets, while differentiation genes are regulated indirectly. |
Inducible shRNA, expression profiling (time course), ChIP-on-chip |
International journal of cancer |
High |
21964830
|
| 2011 |
RAX homeoprotein binds to the EELPOT enhancer (~500 bp conserved element) to transactivate Otx2 in embryonic retinal progenitors during their final cell cycle. NOTCH-HES signaling negatively regulates EELPOT to suppress Otx2 expression. Conditional Rax inactivation causes Otx2 downregulation in vivo. |
Enhancer identification/reporter assay, conditional knockout (Rax), in vivo ChIP, in situ hybridization |
The Journal of neuroscience |
High |
22090505
|
| 2012 |
OTX2 binds to the MyoD1 core enhancer through its homeobox domain and acts as a transcriptional repressor; the homeobox domain has intrinsic repressor activity. shRNA-mediated OTX2 knockdown in medulloblastoma cells triggers myogenic and neuronal differentiation in vitro and prolongs survival in orthotopic mouse models. |
ChIP, domain deletion/mutagenesis to identify repressor activity, shRNA knockdown, in vitro differentiation assay, orthotopic xenograft |
Cancer research |
High |
22986744
|
| 2012 |
Gbx2 homeodomain directly recognizes the TAATTA sequence in the FM enhancer of Otx2, competing with class III POU factors (Brn1, Brn2, Brn4, Oct6) that also bind this sequence. Gbx2 association with the FM enhancer in hindbrain displaces Brn2, restricting Otx2 expression to forebrain/midbrain. |
ChIP in anterior neural progenitor cells, microRNA-mediated knockdown of POU factors, electroporation reporter assay, molecular competition assay |
Molecular and cellular biology |
High |
22566684
|
| 2013 |
Otx2 and Onecut1 combinatorially regulate the ThrbCRM1 cis-regulatory module for the cone marker Thrb; Onecut1 is sufficient to induce earliest cone and horizontal cell markers, while interference with Onecut1 leads to precocious rod development. OTX2 thus participates in combinatorial regulation of cone vs. rod fate. |
CRM identification by electroporation, in vivo reporter assay, gain- and loss-of-function of Onecut1 and Otx2 |
Developmental cell |
Medium |
23867227
|
| 2013 |
RPE-specific ablation of Otx2 causes photoreceptor degeneration, and constitutive Otx2 expression in RPE prevents degeneration in Otx2-ablated retinas. ChIP-seq in RPE cells identifies four RPE-specific functional networks coordinated by Otx2, whose target genes are associated with human retinopathies. |
RPE-specific conditional knockout, ChIP-seq, ERG, gene expression analysis |
The Journal of neuroscience |
High |
23761884
|
| 2013 |
Otx2 deletion abolishes all choroid plexuses when deleted at E9, and causes apoptosis and size reduction of the hindbrain choroid plexus when deleted later. Otx2 in the choroid plexus regulates CSF protein composition including Wnt4 and Tgm2 levels, affecting Wnt signaling and proliferation in the distant cerebral cortex. |
Conditional knockout (Otx2-CreERT2 and Gdf7-Cre drivers), histology, protein analysis of CSF, Wnt signaling assay |
Development (Cambridge, England) |
High |
23364326
|
| 2014 |
Otx2 drives enhancer activation during ESC exit from ground-state pluripotency by affecting chromatin marks (H3K4me1, H3K27ac) at enhancers. Oct4 is required for Otx2 expression, and reciprocally Otx2 is required for efficient Oct4 recruitment to many enhancer regions, establishing a reciprocal Oct4-Otx2 regulatory axis. |
ChIP-seq, knockout and knockdown in ESCs, enhancer chromatin profiling (H3K4me1/H3K27ac) |
Cell reports |
High |
24931607
|
| 2014 |
Sox6 and Otx2 define distinct midbrain dopamine neuron subpopulations at the progenitor stage; Sox6 is selectively expressed in SNc neurons while Otx2 is expressed in a VTA subset. Sox6 ablation decreases SNc markers and increases VTA markers; Otx2 ablation has the opposite effect. Sox6 ablation affects striatal innervation and dopamine levels. |
Conditional knockout of Sox6 and Otx2, immunohistochemistry, dopamine measurement, striatal innervation analysis |
Cell reports |
High |
25127144
|
| 2014 |
OTX2 binds to the H1 regulatory region of Dkk1 to activate its expression in the anterior mesendoderm (AME). OTX2 also binds two conserved regions in the Lhx1 locus to activate Lhx1 expression. Tissue-specific ablation of Otx2 in the AME disrupts Dkk1 and Lhx1 expression and phenocopies head truncation of the Otx2 null mutant. |
Tissue-specific conditional knockout, ChIP-qPCR, luciferase reporter assay, cross-species comparative analysis |
Development (Cambridge, England) |
High |
25231759
|
| 2014 |
OTX2 maintains Nrl expression in developing rods by binding to the Nrl promoter; in CrxRip dominant frameshift mutant mice, OTX2 binding at the Nrl promoter is obliterated. Ectopic OTX2 expression rescues the rod differentiation defect in CrxRip/+ mice. |
Spontaneous mutant mouse model, RNA-seq, ChIP (OTX2 at Nrl promoter), ectopic OTX2 overexpression rescue |
The Journal of clinical investigation |
High |
24382353
|
| 2014 |
ChIP-seq in mature mouse neural retina shows Otx2 and Crx occupy largely overlapping genomic loci in the neural retina but different functional domains in RPE. In RPE cells, Otx2 occupies different cis-regulatory elements and regulates mostly different gene sets than in neural retina, explaining its essential role in RPE and non-essential role in neural retina (where Crx compensates). |
ChIP-seq (two independent assays for Otx2 in neural retina and RPE), comparison with Crx ChIP-seq data |
PloS one |
High |
24558479
|
| 2015 |
Lhx1, Otx2, and Foxa2 form a protein complex (also containing the chromatin-looping protein Ldb1) in the anterior mesendoderm, identified by proteomic experiments (co-IP/MS). Lhx1 ChIP-seq shows binding at enhancers controlling Otx2 and Foxa2 expression, and conditional Lhx1 knockout disrupts anterior definitive endoderm development. |
Proteomic co-immunoprecipitation, ChIP-seq (Lhx1), conditional knockout |
Genes & development |
Medium |
26494787
|
| 2016 |
Otx2 directly binds the Nanog promoter (strongest Otx2-binding site identified by ChIP-seq in ESCs); deletion of this Otx2-binding site in the Nanog promoter modulates ESC subtype compartment sizes and reduces Nanog expression in vivo, predisposing ICM differentiation to epiblast. Nanog and Oct4 are identified as direct Otx2 targets in ESCs. |
ChIP-seq in ESCs and EpiSCs, CRISPR/Cas9 targeting of Otx2 binding site in Nanog promoter, in vivo blastocyst analysis |
Cell reports |
High |
27292645
|
| 2017 |
A genetic point mutation in the glycosaminoglycan (GAG) recognition motif of Otx2 (Otx2AA) broadly delays maturation of parvalbumin-positive (PV+) interneurons across visual, auditory, and prefrontal cortex, delaying critical period plasticity in multiple modalities, and causes dynamic turnover of perineuronal net (PNN) components beyond normal critical period. |
Knock-in mouse model (Otx2AA point mutation), electrophysiology, immunohistochemistry for PV and PNN markers, behavioral analysis |
Molecular psychiatry |
High |
28194008
|
| 2017 |
OTX2 functions as a pioneer factor in Group 3 medulloblastoma, occupying most active distal regulatory elements. OTX2 cooperates with NEUROD1 at clustered enhancer elements; OTX2 knockdown reduces enhancer activity and ectopic OTX2 can generate new regulatory elements de novo. NEK2 kinase is identified as a direct OTX2 target gene. |
ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq, shRNA knockdown, ectopic OTX2 expression in primary cells, NEK2 pharmacologic inhibition |
Cancer discovery |
High |
28213356
|
| 2017 |
Non-cell-autonomous transfer of OTX2 homeoprotein into juvenile mouse visual cortex directly induces Gadd45b/g expression via transcriptional regulation. In the adult cortex, reducing cortical OTX2 has the reverse effect (Gadd45b/g upregulation). Viral Gadd45b expression in adult V1 induces ocular dominance plasticity with MeCP2 foci changes and methylation changes at plasticity gene promoters. |
OTX2 cortical infusion, Otx2+/GFP mice, viral expression of Gadd45b, MeCP2 immunohistochemistry, DNA methylation analysis, ocular dominance plasticity assay |
Cerebral cortex |
Medium |
29771284
|
| 2018 |
OTX2 acts as a transcriptional repressor upstream of PGC transcription factors in the epiblast, functioning as a roadblock to limit germline entry. Otx2 deletion in vitro markedly increases PGC-like cell differentiation efficiency and prolongs PGC competence; in the absence of Otx2, PGC-like cell differentiation becomes independent of normally essential cytokine signals and of BLIMP1. Otx2 deletion in vivo increases PGC numbers. |
In vitro Otx2 deletion (ESC differentiation system), in vivo Otx2 deletion (PGC counting), cytokine withdrawal experiments |
Nature |
High |
30283136
|
| 2019 |
OTX2 secreted by choroid plexus is transferred non-cell-autonomously to supporting cells of the ventricular-subventricular zone (V-SVZ) and rostral migratory stream. Deletion of Otx2 in choroid plexus impairs neuroblast migration and reduces olfactory bulb newborn neurons. OTX2 modifies extracellular matrix components and signaling molecules produced by supporting astrocytes. |
Choroid plexus-specific Otx2 deletion, secreted antibody sequestration of OTX2 in CSF, neurosphere migration assay, ECM analysis |
eNeuro |
Medium |
31064838
|
| 2020 |
OTX2 and Crx cannot be functionally substituted for each other in photoreceptor development (knockin of Crx into Otx2 locus and vice versa show non-equivalence). High Otx2 levels induce photoreceptor cell fate but not bipolar cell fate; reduced Otx2 impairs bipolar cell maturation and survival. Synteny analysis identifies both Otx2 and Crx in lamprey, suggesting the ancestor possessed both, with neofunctionalization of Otx2 in jawed vertebrates. |
Knockin mouse lines (Crx replaced by Otx2, Otx2 replaced by Crx), histology, ERG, synteny analysis |
Cell reports |
High |
31968244
|
| 2020 |
OTX2 CRISPR/Cas9 somatic knockout in chick retina confirms requirement for photoreceptor generation and identifies repression of specific retinal ganglion and horizontal cell fates as additional OTX2 functions. Single-cell RNA sequencing demonstrates OTX2 represses sister cell fate choices in OTX2-expressing progenitors. |
CRISPR/Cas9 somatic gene editing in chick retina, single-cell RNA sequencing |
eLife |
High |
32347797
|
| 2020 |
Seven Otx2 cis-regulatory modules (CRMs) regulate its expression in the mouse retina in a cell type- and stage-specific manner. Otx2, Crx, and Sox2 bind to and activate distinct CRMs (O5, O7, O9 respectively), and these CRMs have distinct chromatin states in different retinal cell types. |
Reporter assay by electroporation, ChIP for TF binding, ATAC-seq for chromatin status |
Development (Cambridge, England) |
High |
32631829
|
| 2020 |
OTX2 silencing in Group 3 medulloblastoma cells modulates repressive chromatin landscape, decreases PRC2 complex gene levels, and increases expression of PAX3 and PAX6. PAX3 (but not PAX6) inhibits self-renewal in vitro and increases survival in vivo. mTORC1 signaling is identified as a downstream effector of the OTX2-PAX3 axis. |
OTX2 silencing (shRNA), ChIP-seq (chromatin landscape), single-cell RNA-seq, PAX3/PAX6 gain-of-function, orthotopic xenograft |
Nature communications |
High |
32686664
|
| 2020 |
OTX2 in hypothalamic neural ectoderm (not oral ectoderm) is essential for pituitary progenitor cell maintenance; OTX2 in hypothalamus regulates FGF10 expression, which in turn drives LHX3 expression in oral ectoderm (Rathke's pouch). OTX2-haploinsufficient patient iPSCs show increased apoptosis in pituitary progenitor cells in a 3D organoid model. |
Patient iPSC-derived 3D organoids, tissue-specific Otx2 ablation, iPSC mutation correction, haploinsufficiency modeling |
The Journal of clinical investigation |
High |
31845906
|
| 2021 |
Ascl1 and Neurog2 act redundantly/in a compensatory fashion through three bHLH binding sites in the DHS-4D enhancer to initiate Otx2 expression in newly formed OTX2+ retinal cells. Simultaneous CRISPR loss of both Ascl1 and Neurog2 prevents OTX2 expression; loss of either alone does not. |
CRISPR/Cas9 enhancer deletion and TF knockout, scRNA-seq of nascent Otx2+ cells, systematic enhancer mutagenesis, reporter assay |
Development (Cambridge, England) |
High |
34143204
|
| 2016 |
Hmga2 cooperates with Otx2 in pioneering new enhancers during ESC differentiation to EpiLCs. In Hmga2-null cells, Otx2 fails to engage and activate new enhancers and regulate its target genes upon differentiation induction. Otx2 activates Hmga2 transcription, forming a positive feedback loop. |
Hmga2 knockout iPSCs, ChIP-seq for Otx2 binding in WT vs KO cells, gene expression profiling |
BMC biology |
Medium |
27036552
|
| 2017 |
Functional antagonism between OTX2 and NANOG specifies ESC heterogeneity: Otx2-null ESCs exhibit naive identity features similar to Nanog-overexpressing ESCs; Nanog-null or Otx2-overexpressing ESCs exhibit primed identity. Double inactivation of both shows primed identity, demonstrating mutual antagonism specifies the balance between naive and primed states. |
Knockout and overexpression of Otx2 and Nanog in ESCs, LIF+FBS and 2i/FGF conversion assays, gene expression analysis |
Stem cell reports |
Medium |
29056334
|
| 2016 |
Activated monocytes downregulate OTX2 expression in RPE cells via TNF-α secretion; TNF-α mediates downregulation of OTX2 and essential RPE genes (including visual cycle genes) in coculture experiments with human RPE cells. |
Coculture assay (monocytes + primary porcine RPE / iPSC-derived human RPE), TNF-α neutralization, gene expression analysis |
Aging cell |
Medium |
27660103
|