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Zbtb14 regulates monocyte and macrophage development through inhibiting pu.1 expression in zebrafish

  1. Yun Deng
  2. Haihong Wang
  3. Xiaohui Liu
  4. Hao Yuan
  5. Jin Xu
  6. Hugues de Thé
  7. Jun Zhou  Is a corresponding author
  8. Jun Zhu  Is a corresponding author
  1. Shanghai Institute of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, National Research Center for Translational Medicine at Shanghai, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China
  2. CNRS-LIA Hematology and Cancer, Sino-French Research Center for Life Sciences and Genomics, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China
  3. Laboratory of Immunology and Regeneration, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, China
  4. Université de Paris 7/INSERM/CNRS UMR 944/7212, Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, Hôpital St. Louis, France
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  1. Yun Deng
  2. Haihong Wang
  3. Xiaohui Liu
  4. Hao Yuan
  5. Jin Xu
  6. Hugues de Thé
  7. Jun Zhou
  8. Jun Zhu
(2022)
Zbtb14 regulates monocyte and macrophage development through inhibiting pu.1 expression in zebrafish
eLife 11:e80760.
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Abstract

Macrophages and their precursor cells, monocytes, are the first line of defense of the body against foreign pathogens and tissue damage. Although the origins of macrophages are diverse, some common transcription factors (such as PU.1) are required to ensure proper development of monocytes/macrophages. Here, we report that the deficiency of zbtb14, a transcription repressor gene belonging to ZBTB family, leads to an aberrant expansion of monocyte/macrophage population in zebrafish. Mechanistically, Zbtb14 functions as a negative regulator of pu.1, and SUMOylation on a conserved lysine is essential for the repression activity of Zbtb14. Moreover, a serine to phenylalanine mutation found in an acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patient could target ZBTB14 protein to autophagic degradation. Hence, ZBTB14 is a newly identified gene implicated in both normal and malignant myelopoiesis.

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This manuscript by Deng et al. is a valuable evaluation of zbtb14 and its role in normal myelopoiesis. The authors provided convincing data supporting the role played by zbtb14 in monocyte and macrophage development and its regulation involving the modulation of PU.1 expression. The finding that a mutation in ZBTB14 exists in AML patients also implies how important this gene product is in normal human myelopoiesis.

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Introduction

Hematopoiesis is the process by which hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) proliferate and differentiate into all blood lineages. It is driven by a variety of transcription factors, which function in a stage and lineage-specific manner (Bodine, 2017). A major goal to explore these transcription factors and their regulatory networks is to gain an intensive insight into normal hematopoiesis and its malignant counterpart, leukemia.

Macrophages are key players in many biological processes such as immune response to foreign pathogens and tissue homeostasis. The developmental origin of macrophages is diverse (Kurotaki et al., 2017). Most tissue-resident macrophages arise from the blood islands of the yolk sac (Kurotaki et al., 2017). Yet, monocytes in circulation are derived from HSCs, which give rise to monocytes in a step-wise manner via common myeloid progenitors, granulocyte-monocyte progenitors, monocyte-dendritic cell progenitors, and common monocyte progenitors (Hettinger et al., 2013). During infection, circulating monocytes migrate into tissues and generate inflammatory macrophages (Menezes et al., 2016). Whatever the origin, some common transcription regulators (such as PU.1) (Glass and Natoli, 2016; Kueh et al., 2013) and signaling pathways (such as macrophage colony-stimulating factor receptor [M-CSFR]) are required in monocyte and macrophage development (Dai et al., 2002).

A total of 49 zinc finger and BTB domain (ZBTB) containing transcription factors have been identified in human genome. The C-terminal zinc finger motifs of ZBTB proteins enable the binding with DNA, whereas the N-terminal BTB motif mediates the homo/hetero-dimerization/multimerization between different ZBTB family members and recruits corepressors such as NCoR and SMRT (Maeda, 2016). Thus, ZBTBs mostly function as transcription repressors.

Several members of ZBTB family transcription factors including ZBTB16 (also known as promyelocytic leukemia zinc finger) (Sobas et al., 2020), ZBTB27 (also known as B cell leukemia/lymphoma 6) (Nakamura, 2000), ZBTB7 (also known as leukemia/lymphoma-related factor) (Constantinou et al., 2019), and ZBTB15 (also known as T-helper-inducing POZ/Kruppel-like factor) (Taniuchi, 2016) play various roles in both normal and malignant hematopoiesis in humans. In addition, at least 12 Zbtb genes are involved in hematopoietic development in mice (Maeda, 2016).

ZBTB14, a ZBTB family member whose function has been poorly characterized, is expressed in a variety of blood cell types (The Human Protein Atlas). Recently, a missense mutation of ZBTB14 gene (ZBTB14S8F) was detected by whole-exome sequencing in a newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patient (Tyner et al., 2018). Note that mutation of ZBTB14 has not previously been identified in AML. Nevertheless, the potential role of ZBTB14 in hematopoiesis and leukemogenesis was obscure, (Yin et al., 2015).

In the present work, we provide in vivo evidence showing that the deficiency of zbtb14 leads to an expansion of monocyte/macrophage population in zebrafish. Mechanistic studies reveal that Zbtb14 functions as a negative regulator of pu.1, and SUMOylation on a conserved lysine is essential for the transcriptional repression of Zbtb14. In addition, human ZBTB14S8F mutant protein is demonstrated as a loss-of-function transcription factor. Hence, our results for the first time not only unravel the physiological function of Zbtb14 during monocyte/macrophage development, but also elucidate the defective role of its mutant in AML.

Results

Generation of a zbtb14-deficient zebrafish line

The zebrafish serves as an ideal model organism for hematopoietic development and disease studies (Gore et al., 2018). Zebrafish Zbtb14 protein shares 70% homology to its human counterpart ZBTB14. The two transcription factors bear a nearly identical N-terminal BTB motif and five consecutive C-terminal zinc finger motifs (Figure 1A).

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The establishment of a zebrafish zbtb14 knockout line.

(A) Sequence alignment of. ZBTB14 and Zbtb14 proteins. Hs: Homo sapiens, Dr: Danio rerio. The conserved BTB domain and C2H2 zinc finger domains are boxed. *: The mutated serine identified in an acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patient. The putative SUMOylated lysine K40 and the nuclear localization signal (NLS) are underlined, respectively. (B) Schematic representation of Cas9 target site in the first exon of zebrafish zbtb14. The deleted nucleotides in the mutant gene are marked by hyphens. (C) Schematic representation of wild type (442 amino acids) and mutant Zbtb14 proteins (80 amino acids). (D) Western blot analysis of HA-tagged wild type and mutant Zbtb14 proteins expressed in HEK293 cells. * indicates the adduct band.

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To explore the roles of zbtb14 in hematopoiesis, especially in myelopoiesis, a mutant zebrafish line was established by using the CRISPR/Cas9 system targeting the BTB domain of Zbtb14. Ten nucleotides were deleted, which resulted in a truncated protein with only 80 amino acids by frameshifting (Figure 1B and C). The mutant zbtb14 gene was expressed in HEK293T cells, and western blot analysis revealed a short protein as anticipated (Figure 1D). Note that the presence of a weak adduct, implying certain covalent modification of Zbtb14 protein might exist.

Deficiency of zbtb14 specifically affects monocyte and macrophage development

Like mammalian hematopoiesis, zebrafish hematopoiesis consists of primitive and definitive waves which occur sequentially in distinct anatomical sites (Galloway and Zon, 2003; Zon, 1995). The primitive hematopoiesis gives rise to embryonic myeloid cells (neutrophils and macrophages) and erythrocytes from two intraembryonic locations, the rostral blood island (the equivalent of mammalian yolk sac) and intermediate cell mass. The definitive HSCs which give rise to all blood lineages initiate within the ventral wall of the dorsal aorta (a tissue analogous to the mammalian aorta/gonad/mesonephros), then translocate to the caudal hematopoietic tissue (the equivalent of fetal liver) and colonize in kidney marrow (the equivalent of bone marrow) in adults (Bertrand et al., 2008; Bertrand et al., 2007).

To unravel the role of zbtb14 during embryonic hematopoiesis, whole-mount in situ hybridization (WISH) analyses were performed with multiple hematopoietic lineage-specific markers in zbtb14-deficient embryos and larvae. A significant increase of macrophage markers including mfap4, csf1ra, and mpeg1.1 (Meijer et al., 2008; Spilsbury et al., 1995; Zakrzewska et al., 2010) was observed from 19.5 hr post-fertilization (hpf) to 3 days post-fertilization (dpf) (Figure 2A–G’ and H). This expanded macrophage population was further confirmed in zbtb14-/-//Tg(mpeg1.1:eGFP) larvae (Figure 2I–J’ and K). It is worth noting that the zbtb14-deficient macrophages could still migrate toward the wound as wild type ones did, implying their function remains intact (Figure 2L–M’). In addition, WISH with apoeb probe (a specific microglia marker) and neutral red vital dye staining revealed an expansion of microglia (the macrophages that reside in brain) in zbtb14-deficient larvae (Figure 2N–Q’ and R).

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Deficiency of zbtb14 specifically impairs monocyte and macrophage development in embryonic and adult zebrafish.

(A–G’) Whole-mount in situ hybridization (WISH) analyses of macrophage markers mfap4 (A–D’), csf1ra (E–F’), mpeg1.1 (G, G’) from 19.5 hr post-fertilization (hpf) to 3 days post-fertilization (dpf) in wild type (WT) and zbtb14-deficient embryos and larvae. Red arrows indicate the main positions of positive cells for each marker. n/n, number of embryos/larvae showing representative phenotype/total number of embryos/larvae examined. (H) Statistical results for A–G’ (Student’s t test, N=3, 14–28 embryos were used for each probe. Each dot represents the mean value of one experiment, which was obtained from the counts of all of the embryos/larvae in the same group. Error bars represent mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM). **p<0.01, ***p<0.001, ****p<0.0001). (I–J’) GFP positive cells were increased in zbtb14-/-//Tg(mpeg1.1:eGFP) embryos at 2 and 3 dpf. (K) Statistical results for I–J’ (Student’s t test, N=3, 14–22 larvae were used for each experiment. Each dot represents the mean value of one experiment. Error bars represent mean ± SEM. **p<0.01, ***p<0.001). (L–M’) GFP positive cells in both Tg(mpeg1.1:eGFP) and zbtb14-/-//Tg(mpeg1.1:eGFP) larvae can migrate to the wound. (N–Q’) apoeb and neutral red positive cells were both increased in zbtb14-deficient larvae at 2 and 3 dpf. (R) Statistical results for N–Q’ (Student’s t test, N=3, 15–22 larvae were used for each experiment. Each dot represents the mean value of one experiment. Error bars represent mean ± SEM. ***p<0.001, ****p<0.0001). (S–T’) Representative scatterplot generated by FACS analysis of WKM samples collected from WT Tg(mpeg1.1:eGFP) (up panel) and zbtb14-/-//Tg(mpeg1.1:eGFP) (bottom panel) zebrafish lines in 4-month-old adults. M: myeloid gate. (U) Statistical results for S–T’ in WT Tg(mpeg1.1:eGFP) and zbtb14-/-//Tg(mpeg1.1:eGFP) zebrafish. (Student’s t test, N=4, each time one male and one female were used in the WT and mutant groups. Error bars represent mean ± SEM. **p<0.01).

The primitive macrophages cannot sustain for a long period, which will eventually be replaced with HSC-derived macrophages as definitive hematopoiesis begins (Xu et al., 2012). Since zbtb14 mutant zebrafish were viable and fertile, the whole kidney marrow (WKM) samples were collected from wild type Tg(mpeg1.1:eGFP) and zbtb14-/-//Tg(mpeg1.1:eGFP) lines in adults. The myeloid cell fraction was analyzed, and many more macrophages were found in zbtb14-/-//Tg(mpeg1.1:eGFP) zebrafish than in controls (1.82% mpeg1.1+ versus 0.50% mpeg1.1+) (Figure 2—figure supplement 1S–T’ and U), indicating that the development of macrophages originated from HSCs are also affected.

In addition, the expressions of neutrophil and erythrocyte markers during primitive hematopoiesis stage, as well as those of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells, neutrophil, erythrocyte, and lymphocyte markers during definitive hematopoiesis stage were all normal (Figure 2—figure supplement 1). These observations suggest that only the development of monocyte/macrophage lineage is affected in the absence of zbtb14.

Overproliferation of monocyte/macrophage progenitor is the main cause of abnormal macrophage lineage expansion in zbtb14 mutants

The aberrant expanded macrophage population in zbtb14-defective mutants could be caused by either increased proliferation or decreased apoptosis rate. To distinguish between the two possibilities, antiphosphohistone H3 (pH3) immunostaining and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) assays were carried out to evaluate the proliferation and apoptosis status of macrophages, respectively.

A significant increase of pH3+GFP+ double-positive cells were observed in zbtb14-/-//Tg(mpeg1.1:eGFP) larvae compared to those in controls (Figure 3A–C’ and D). Nevertheless, the results from TUNEL assay could not show discernible differences in the percentage of TUNEL+GFP+ cells in zbtb14-/-//Tg(mpeg1.1:eGFP) larvae compared to the percentage in controls (Figure 3E–G’ and H). These data suggest that the expanded macrophage population is due to enhanced proliferation.

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Overproliferation of macrophage progenitor is the main cause of macrophage lineage expansion in zbtb14 mutants.

(A–C’, E–G’) pH3 and transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) assays in zbtb14-/-//Tg(mpeg1.1:eGFP) and Tg(mpeg1:EGFP) control larvae. Triangles indicate positive signals. (D, H) Statistical result for A–C’ and E–G’. Data shown are the means ± standard error of the mean (SEM) of at least 15 larvae. ns: not statistically significant, **p<0.01. (I) Classification of zebrafish monocytes/macrophages is based on their morphology. (J) Quantification of mpeg1.1 + cells at each differentiation stage. Sorted macrophage lineage cells from 10-month-old zbtb14-/-//Tg(mpeg1.1:eGFP) and Tg(mpeg1.1:eGFP) larvae were subjected to May-Grünwald-Giemsa staining and separated into immature, intermediate, and mature groups according to their morphology. Scale bar: 10 µm. Error bars represent mean ± SEM of three independent experiments. *p<0.05 (Student’s t-test).

Moreover, the mpeg1.1+ cells were isolated from the myeloid fraction of WKM in adult zebrafish (10-month-old) and subjected to May-Grünwald-Giemsa (MGG) staining. According to their morphology, the cells were classified into three populations: proliferative immature progenitors (I), intermediate (II), and non-proliferative mature cells (III) (Figure 3I). The results revealed that the proportion of immature progenitors (with a round-shape morphology and a higher nuclear/cytoplasm ratio) was obviously increased in zbtb14 mutants compared with the siblings (Figure 3J). By contrast, the proportion of fully differentiated macrophages was decreased in the mutants (Figure 3J).

Based on these observations, we can draw the conclusion that the expansion of macrophage lineage is mainly due to excessive monocyte/macrophage progenitor proliferation in zbtb14 mutants.

Zbtb14 functions as a transcription repressor of pu.1 in regulating monocyte and macrophage development

The monocyte/macrophage abnormalities in zbtb14-deficient larvae could be effectively rescued with either zebrafish zbtb14 or human ZBTB14 mRNA, confirming the specificity and conservation of ZBTB14 proteins (Figure 4A–D and F).

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Zbtb14 regulates monocyte and macrophage development through inhibiting the expression of pu.1.

(A–E) mRNA rescue assays in zbtb14-/- larvae. mfap4 probe was used in whole-mount in situ hybridization (WISH) to examine rescue effect with wild zbtb14 (C), ZBTB14 (D), DAXX-ZBTB14 (E) mRNA injections. (F) Statistical result for A–E and O–Q. The statistical significance was calculated by using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). The statistical significance was calculated using one-way ANOVA followed by Dunnett T3 correction. The asterisk indicates a statistical difference. (N=3, 10–32 larvae were used for each experiment. Each dot represents the mean value of one experiment. Error bars represent mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM). ****p<0.0001.) (G) Quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction analysis of zbtb14 and pu.1 in GFP positive cells enriched from Tg(mpeg1.1:eGFP) and zbtb14-/-//Tg(mpx:eGFP) larvae at 2 days post-fertilization (dpf). To determine the relative expression rate, data were normalized to the expression level of wild type (WT) groups (which were set to 1.0) after normalized to the internal control of β-actin (Student’s t test, N=3. Error bars represent mean ± SEM. *p<0.05, **p<0.01). (H–K’) Serial WISH analyses of pu.1 in WT and zbtb14-/- embryos. (L) Statistical results for H–K’ (Student’s t test, N=3, 10–16 embryos were used. Each dot represents the mean value of one experiment, which was obtained from the counts of all of the embryos in the same group. Error bars represent mean ± SEM. **p<0.01, ****p<0.0001). (M) Luciferase reporter assay of Zbtb14 on the pu.1 promoter. Bars showed the relative luciferase activity on the zebrafish pu.1 promoter (–0.6 kb). (Student’s t test, N=3. Error bars represent mean ± SEM. **p<0.01.) (N) Chromatin immunoprecipitation polymerase chain reaction (ChIP-PCR) analysis of pu.1 promoter in zebrafish larvae expressing GFP or Zbtb14-GFP using an anti-GFP antibody. Positive: the location of the positive primers. NC: the location of the negative control primers. The statistical significance was calculated by using one-way ANOVA. The asterisk indicates a statistical difference. (N=3. Error bars represent mean ± SEM. ns: not statistically significant, ****p<0.0001.) (O–Q) WISH assay of mfap4 in zbtb14-/- mutants injected with TOL2 mpeg1.1:Pu.1 DBD, pu.1Δ371/Δ371 mutants, and zbtb14-/-//pu.1Δ371/Δ371 double mutants.

ZBTB family proteins are frequently described as transcription repressors, nevertheless, ZBTB14 displays an activation or inhibition effect on different promoters (Kaplan and Calame, 1997). To distinguish the activity of Zbtb14 on transcription, the repression domain of DAXX (a transcription corepressor) (Zhou et al., 2006) was fused in frame with Zbtb14 (DAXX-Zbtb14), which forced the fusion protein to be a potent repressor. In vivo rescue assays demonstrated that DAXX-zbtb14 mRNA had an obvious rescue effect as wild type zbtb14 mRNA (Figure 4E and F), implying Zbtb14 acted as a negative regulator in monocyte/macrophage development.

To elucidate the mechanism underlying the aberrant monocyte/macrophage development, we performed RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) analyses on mpeg1.1+ cells isolated from Tg(mpeg1.1:eGFP) and zbtb14-/-//Tg(mpeg1.1:eGFP) larvae at 2 dpf. The differentially expressed genes (DEGs) analysis of the RNA-seq data indicated that multiple important regulators involving monocyte/macrophage development including pu.1, csf1ra, csf1b, il34, mafb, klf4, irf8, and c-myc were upregulated (Figure 4—figure supplement 1). The expression level of pu.1, the pivotal transcription factor which can promote macrophage proliferation (Dai et al., 2002), was obviously increased. Such upregulation was further confirmed by real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) analyses (Figure 4G). In addition, WISH analyses showed that the signals of pu.1 were clearly intensified from 18 to 22 hpf in zbtb14-deficient embryos compared with the wild type ones (Figure 4H–K’ and L).

Since Zbtb14 was identified as a transcription repressor, we postulated that pu.1 would be a major direct target of Zbtb14, whose derepression in the absence of Zbtb14 probably contributed to the expansion of monocyte/macrophage population. To test this hypothesis, a –0.6 kb zebrafish pu.1 promoter in luciferase reporter was co-transfected with zbtb14 expressing plasmid in HEK293T cells. As anticipated, luciferase analyses showed that Zbtb14 displayed a significant repression effect (Figure 4M).

Next, in vivo chromatin immunoprecipitation polymerase chain reaction (ChIP-PCR) was conducted in zebrafish larvae expressing GFP or GFP-Zbtb14 using an anti-GFP antibody. In this experiment, the pu.1 promoter region could be specifically co-immunoprecipitated with GFP-Zbtb14 (Figure 4N).

To further demonstrate that pu.1 was upregulated in macrophage lineage, a series of in vivo experiments was performed. A prominent rescue effect could be obtained with a dominant-negative Pu.1 plasmid (the DBD domain of Pu.1 was under the control of mpeg1.1 gene’s promoter, cloned in TOL2 backbone) injection in zbtb14 mutants (Figure 4O and F). Moreover, we took advantage of a zebrafish pu.1Δ371 mutant line (a truncated Pu.1 whose transactivation activity was reduced) in which macrophages were reduced (Yu et al., 2017; Figure 4P and F), and no obvious alleviation could be found in zbtb14-/-//pu.1Δ371 double mutant zebrafish, indicating zbtb14 was epistatic to pu.1 (Figure 4Q and F).

In summary, these findings suggest that Zbtb14 regulates monocyte and macrophage development through inhibiting the expression of pu.1.

SUMOylation is essential for the transcription repression of Zbtb14

Post-translational modification plays important roles in regulating the functions of substrate proteins. Similar to ubiquitination, protein SUMOylation is catalyzed by a sequential enzymatic cascade including E1 (SAE1/SAE2), E2 (UBC9), and E3 in which SUMO (Small Ubiquitin-like MOdifier) molecules are covalently attached to lysine residues within substrate proteins (Eifler and Vertegaal, 2015). The SUMOylation is generally associated with transcriptional repression through the recruitment of corepressors such as NCoR and SMRT (Garcia-Dominguez and Reyes, 2009; Valin and Gill, 2007). We have mentioned above the presence of a weak adduct which was ~10 kD (the size of one SUMO molecule) larger than the unmodified Zbtb14 protein (Figure 1D). Combing the fact that Zbtb14 was a repressor, we reasoned Zbtb14 would be a SUMOylated substrate.

To validate this hypothesis, zbtb14-expressing plasmid was transfected with or without UBC9 and SUMO1 in HEK293T cells. Western blot analyses showed that the adduct band became much more intensive in the presence of UBC9 and SUMO1 (Figure 5A, lanes 1 and 2). Furthermore, immuno-coprecipitation assays showed that SUMO1 molecules could be coprecipitated with Zbtb14 (Figure 5B, lane 1). These results indicated that Zbtb14 could be SUMOylated in cells.

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SUMOylation is indispensable for transcription repression of Zbtb14.

(A) Western blot analysis (anti-HA) of HA-tagged wild type (WT), Zbtb14K40R, and Zbtb14K259R mutant proteins expressed in HEK293T cells in the absence or presence with the SUMO (Small Ubiquitin-like MOdifier) conjugating enzyme UBC9 and SUMO1. (B) HA-tagged WT or Zbtb14K40R mutant protein was immunoprecipitated with an anti-HA antibody from HEK293T cells co-expressing GFP-SUMO1, and SUMOylated Zbtb14 protein was detected by western blot with an anti-GFP antibody. (C) Immunofluorescence analysis of WT (left panel) and Zbtb14K40R mutant protein (right panel). (D) The structure of variant forms of Zbtb14, including WT, Zbtb14K40R, and SUMO1-Zbtb14K40R mutants (top panel). Repression of luciferase expression from the zebrafish pu.1 promoter (–0.6 kb) by Zbtb14 mutants (bottom panel). Bars showed the relative luciferase activity on the zebrafish pu.1 promoter (–0.6 kb). (Student’s t test, N=3. Error bars represent mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM). ns: not statistically significant, ***p<0.001.) (E) mRNA rescue assays in zbtb14-/- mutant larvae. mfap4 probe was used in whole-mount in situ hybridization (WISH) to examine rescue effects of injections of zbtb14, zbtb14K40R, and SUMO1-zbtb14K40R mRNA. (F) Statistical result for E. The statistical significance was calculated by using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). The asterisk indicates a statistical difference. (N=3, 10–17 embryos were used for each experiment. Each dot represents the mean value of one experiment. Error bars represent mean ± SEM. ns: not statistically significant, ****p<0.0001.)

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SUMOylation is a process by which the SUMO monomer/polymer is covalently ligated to specific lysine residues of the target protein (Chang and Yeh, 2020). Dozens of potential SUMOylation sites which spread throughout the protein were predicted by bioinformatics (SUMOsp2.0 prediction software, K259 has the highest score among 41 predicted SUMOylated sites). We carried out a series of mutations and finally found that the adduct band of Zbtb14K40R mutant was abolished (Figure 5A, lanes 3–6), suggesting K40 was the SUMOylated site.

Since K40 is located adjacent to the bipartite nuclear localization sequence of Zbtb14 (Sugiura et al., 1997; Figure 1A), we questioned whether SUMOylation would affect its protein subcellular localization. HA-tagged Zbtb14 and Zbtb14K40R were transfected in HEK293T cells, respectively. The results from immunofluorescence analyses revealed that the mutant protein was located in the nucleus as wild type Zbtb14 (Figure 5C).

Next, luciferase reporter assays with the –0.6 kb zebrafish pu.1 promoter were carried out. While Zbtb14 and SUMO1-Zbtb14K40R (SUMO1 molecule was fused in frame with Zbtb14K40R to mimic the SUMOylated Zbtb14) displayed a strong repression effect, Zbtb14K40R completely lost the ability to repress transcription (Figure 5D).

Finally, in vivo rescue assays were conducted in zbtb14-deficient larvae with zbtb14, zbtb14K40R, and SUMO1-zbtb14K40R mRNA, respectively. As expected, both zbtb14 and SUMO1-zbtb14K40R mRNAs had a remarkable rescue effect, whereas zbtb14K40R mRNA did not (Figure 5E and F).

Taken together, these results suggest that SUMOylation of Zbtb14 is pivotal for transcription repression.

Human ZBTB14S8F mutant is a loss-of-function transcription factor

A missense mutation, ZBTB14S8F, was detected in a de novo AML patient (Tyner et al., 2018). To assess the role of the mutant protein, we first performed in vivo rescue assays in zbtb14-deficent zebrafish. While the wild type ZBTB14 mRNA significantly rescued the expanded macrophage population, the mutant failed to display any rescue effect (Figure 6A and B), implying that the normal functions of ZBTB14 was lost.

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Human ZBTB14S8F mutant is a loss-of-function transcription factor.

(A) mRNA rescue assays in zbtb14-/- mutant larvae. mfap4 probe was used in whole-mount in situ hybridization (WISH) to examine rescue effects of injections of ZBTB14 and ZBTB14S8F mRNA. (B) Statistical result for A. The statistical significance was calculated by using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). The asterisk indicates a statistical difference. (N=3, 10–16 embryos were used for each experiment. Each dot represents the mean value of one experiment. Error bars represent mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM). ns: not statistically significant, ****p<0.0001.) (C) Quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction analysis of ZBTB14 and ZBTB14S8F transfected in HEK293T cells. To determine the relative expression rate, data were normalized to the expression level of wild type (WT) groups (which were set to 1.0) after normalized to the internal control of β-actin. (Student’s t test, N=3. Error bars represent mean ± SEM. ns: not statistically significant.) (D) Western blot analysis (anti-HA) of HA-tagged WT, ZBTB14S8A, ZBTB14S8D, ZBTB14S8F, ZBTB14S8W, and ZBTB14S8Y mutant proteins expressed in HEK293T cells in the absence or presence with baf A1 or MG132. GAPDH served as internal control.

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Next, we investigated the reason underlying the defects of the ZBTBS8F mutant. Although its transcription level was comparable to that of wild type ZBTB14 (Figure 6C), ZBTB14S8F protein could hardly be detected by western blot analysis, implying that the stability of the mutant protein was impaired (Figure 6D, lane 4). We thus treated ZBTB14S8F-expressing HEK293T cells with MG132 (a proteasomal inhibitor), or bafilomycin (an autophagy inhibitor). The results indicated that bafilomycin, but not MG132, inhibited ZBTB14S8F protein turnover (Figure 6D, lanes 7 and 10), suggesting that the mutant protein might be subjected to autophagic degradation. Since serine is most frequently modified with phosphorylation, which could affect the protein stability, ZBTB14S8A and ZBTB14S8D mutants were constructed to mimic the dephosphorylated or constitutively phosphorylated status of ZBTB14. However, the turnover of both two mutant proteins still kept normal (Figure 6D, lanes 2 and 3).

Autophagy is a process in which cellular material is degraded through the lysosomal pathway and recycled. Selective autophagy is mediated by specific cargo receptors which interact with the Atg8 (autophagy-related 8) family proteins and thereby link the cargo with the autophagy machinery (Fracchiolla et al., 2017). MAP1LC3/LC3 (microtubule-associated protein1 light chain 3) is one of the most important autophagy-related proteins which participates in autophagosome formation (Fracchiolla et al., 2017). LC3 interacts with LIR (LC3-interacting region) motif (also termed as AIM [Atg8-interacting motif]) of selective autophagy receptors that carry cargo for degradation. The LIR/AIM motif contains the consensus sequence [W/F/Y]xx[L/I/V] (Popelka and Klionsky, 2015). The aromatic residue (W/F/Y) and hydrophobic residue (L/I/V) bind to two hydrophobic pockets formed by the ubiquitin-like fold of the Atg8 proteins (Atkinson et al., 2019). Thus, the LIR/AIM ensures the selectivity of the interaction between Atg8 proteins and their binding partners. We noticed that the S to F mutation (FETI) happened to form a φxxΨ motif, which was probably the reason why the ZBTB14S8F mutant protein was targeted to undergo autophagic degradation. To further validate this point, ZBTB14S8W and ZBTB14S8Y mutants were also constructed and expressed in HEK293T cells. The results from western blots showed that the turnover of the two proteins was comparable to that of ZBTB14S8F mutant protein (Figure 6D, lanes 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, and 12).

Overall, the serine to phenylalanine mutation impairs the protein stability of ZBTB14, which probably contributes to AML pathogenesis.

Discussion

In this study we characterize the roles of the previously enigmatic Zbtb14 in monocyte/macrophage development. Zbtb14 is absolutely required for proper monopoiesis during primitive hematopoiesis, which is reflected by the expansion of macrophage population in zbtb14 mutant embryos/larvae compared to wild type ones from 19.5 hpf to 3 dpf. Such a requirement of Zbtb14 continues to definitive hematopoiesis since HSCs-derived macrophages remain hyperproliferative in zbtb14-/- adults. Hence, zbtb14 is indispensable for the maintenance of proper quantity of monocytes/macrophages. Functionally, the zbtb14-deficient mpeg1.1+ cells can still be recruited to the wound, and result in a normal healing, implying these macrophages are able to terminally differentiate into mature cells.

The results from anti-pH3 and MGG staining assays indicate that the abnormal expansion of macrophages is mainly due to excessive monocyte/macrophage progenitor proliferation in zbtb14 mutants. In addition, DEGs analyses of RNA-seq data further indicate several key regulators involved in macrophage proliferation such as csf1ra, csf1b, and il34 (M-CSFR signaling genes) (Dai et al., 2002), and pu.1 (Celada et al., 1996) are all significantly upregulated.

The mechanistic studies identify that pu.1 is a direct target of Zbtb14. As a pivotal ETS family transcription factor, PU.1 is implicated in multiple stages of hematopoiesis such as generation of early myeloid progenitors, cell fate determination of granulocytic versus monocytic lineages of neutrophil-macrophage progenitors, maintenance of the accessibility of macrophage-specific genes during monocytic differentiation (Kastner and Chan, 2008). It is worth noting that while the aberrant macrophage expansion could be effectively rescued with dominant-negative Pu.1 (TOL2-mpeg1.1:pu.1-DBD), the development of neutrophil lineage still kept normal in zbtb14 mutants (Figure 4—figure supplement 2A-A’’, B). In parallel, the overexpression of full-length pu.1 (TOL2-mpeg1.1:pu.1) in wild type embryos could induce an expansion of macrophage population without interfering neutrophil lineage development (Figure 4—figure supplement 2C-D’, E). In addition, we compared the expression level of zbtb14 in mpeg1.1+ and mpx+ cells at different developmental stages, and found zbtb14 transcripts were constantly higher in the former (Figure 4—figure supplement 3). These observations suggest that Zbtb14 is a macrophage lineage-specific transcription factor.

Meanwhile, we also investigated the transcriptional network that involved zbtb14. Bioinformatic analyses show that PU.1 is a predicted upstream transcription factor of mammalian ZBTB14. The promoter region of zebrafish zbtb14 was cloned into a reporter vector, and luciferase assay showed that PU.1 displayed a significant repression effect on it (Figure 4—figure supplement 4). Therefore, a Zbtb14-Pu.1 negative feedback loop might regulate monocyte and macrophage development.

Approximately 20 genes including CEBPA, RUNX1, FLT3, DNMT3A, and NPM1 are most frequently mutated in AML patients (Ley et al., 2013). Nevertheless, some rare mutations can be found in few samples (Ley et al., 2013). A missense mutation, ZBTB14S8F, was detected in a de novo AML patient (Tyner et al., 2018). In the current study, we took advantage of the zbtb14-deficient zebrafish line to demonstrate the functional conservation between the human ZBTB14 and the zebrafish ortholog zbtb14. While wild type ZBTB14 mRNA displayed a similar rescue effect as zbtb14, the ZBTB14 mutant was shown to be a loss-of-function transcription regulator in monocyte/macrophage development. Furthermore, we demonstrated that the protein stability of ZBTB14S8F was profoundly affected due to aberrant autophage.

ZBTB14, originally named as ZF5, was cloned as a transcriptional repressor gene on the murine c-MYC promoter (Yanagidani et al., 2000). C-MYC amplification was identified in some AML patients (Tang et al., 2021). Moreover, c-MYC is one of the most overexpressed genes in AML (Handschuh et al., 2018). Either increased expression or aberrant activation of c-MYC plays important roles in leukemogenesis (Salvatori et al., 2011). RNA-seq and RT-qPCR experiments showed that c-myc was upregulated in our zbtb14-deficient macrophages (Figure 4—figure supplement 5). In addition, it has been reported that Znf161 (another alias of Zbtb14) knockout mice had a defect in genomic instability, which was associated with higher cancer risk (Kim et al., 2019). These results suggest that ZBTB14 would be a tumor suppressor, whose inactivity is tightly related with AML pathogenesis in humans.

Materials and methods

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Reagent type (species) or resourceDesignationSource or referenceIdentifiersAdditional information
Cell line (Homo sapiens)HEK293TATCC
AntibodyAnti-HA (Rabbit monoclonal)CSTCat# 3724WB(1:1000)
IP(1:50)
AntibodyAnti-p-Histone H3 (Ser10)(Rabbit polyclonal)Santa CruzCat# sc-8656-RIF(1:200)
AntibodyAnti-Digoxigenin-AP Fab fragments(Sheep polyclonal)RocheCat# 11093274910WISH(1:5000)
Sequence-based reagentzbtb14_FThis paperqPCR primersCTCGTGTGTTCGGCAGTAATTG
Sequence-based reagentzbtb14_RThis paperqPCR primersCTGGAGCGAAATCCTTACTGG
Sequence-based reagentpu.1_FThis paperqPCR primersTCCCAGCAGTCGTAGTCCTC
Sequence-based reagentpu.1_RThis paperqPCR primersCCATTTCGCAGAAGGTCAA
Sequence-based reagentc-myc_FThis paperqPCR primersCAATTCTGGAACGGCATTCG
Sequence-based reagentc-myc_RThis paperqPCR primersGAAGTAGAAGTAGGGCTGGATG
Commercial assay or kitIn Situ Cell Death Detection Kit, TMR redRocheCat# 12156792910
Commercial assay or kitSimpleChIP Plus Sonication Chromatin IP KitCSTCat# 56383S
Chemical compound, drugMG-132MCECat# HY-13259
Chemical compound, drugBafilomycin A1MCECat# HY-100558

Zebrafish maintenance and mutant generation

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Zebrafish were raised, bred, and staged according to standard protocols (Kimmel et al., 1995). The following strains were used: AB, Tg(mpeg1.1:eGFP) (Ellett et al., 2011). For CRISPR9-mediated zbtb14 knockout zebrafish generation, guide RNA (gRNA) targeting exon1 of zbtb14 was designed using an online tool ZiFiT Targeter software (http://zifit.partners.org/ZiFiT), which was synthesized by cloning the annealed oligonucleotides into the gRNA transcription vector. Cas9 mRNA and gRNA were co-injected into one-cell stage zebrafish embryos. The injected F0 founder embryos were raised to adulthood and then outcrossed with wild type zebrafish. F1 embryos carrying potential indel mutations were raised to adulthood. Then, PCR amplification and sequencing were performed on genomic DNA isolated from tail clips of F1 zebrafish to identify mutants.

Whole-mount in situ hybridization

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Digoxigenin-labeled RNA probes were transcribed with T7, T3, or SP6 polymerase (Ambion, Life Technologies, Carlsbad, CA). WISH was performed as described previously (Thisse and Thisse, 2008). The probes labeled by digoxigenin were detected using alkaline phosphatase coupled anti-digoxigenin Fab fragment antibody (Roche, Basel, Switzerland) with 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-phosphate nitro blue tetrazolium staining (Vector Laboratories, Burlingame, CA). Ten to 30 embryos were used for each probe. The positive signals were counted under a microscope, and the mean value was obtained from the counts of all of the embryos in the same group.

Neutral red staining

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Zebrafish larvae were collected at indicated time and soaked in Neutral Red (2.5 mg/ml, Sigma-Aldrich, St Louis, MO) overnight at 28.5°C. Staining was then observed under a microscope.

Cell collection and FACS analysis

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Cell collection and FACS analysis were performed as described (Traver et al., 2003). Wild type Tg(mpeg1.1:eGFP) and zbtb14-/-//Tg(mpeg1.1:eGFP) larvae were dissociated into single cells using 0.05% trypsin (Sigma-Aldrich, St Louis, MO) as previously described (Yan et al., 2015). These dissociated cells were passed through a 40 μm mesh, centrifuged at 450× g, and suspended in 5% FBS/PBS before addition of propidium iodide to a final concentration of 1 μg/ml for exclusion of dead cells. Wild type zebrafish (without GFP) were used as blank to determine the background values in GFP controls. The GFP+ cells of each group were collected from a total of ~1000 larvae using a FACS Vantage flow cytometer (Beckton Dickenson) (~300 larvae once, performed three times). For the WKM samples, FACS analysis was based on forward and side scatter characteristics, propidium iodide exclusion, and GFP fluorescence. The GFP+ cells in the myeloid gate was enriched from WKM samples of wild type Tg(mpeg1.1:eGFP) and zbtb14-/-//Tg(mpeg1.1:eGFP) zebrafish (4-month-old, each time one male and one female were used in the wild-type and mutant groups).

pH3 staining and TUNEL assay

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Tg(mpeg1.1:eGFP) and zbtb14-/-//Tg(mpeg1.1:eGFP) larvae were collected at 48 hpf and fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde. The fixed larvae were incubated with primary rabbit anti-phospho-histone H3 (pH3; Upstate Biotechnology) and goat anti-GFP (Abcam) antibodies according to the manufacturer’s protocol and subsequently stained with Alexa Fluor-647 anti-rabbit and Alexa Fluor-488 anti-goat secondary antibodies (Invitrogen). TUNEL assays were performed using the In Situ Cell Death Detection Kit and TMR Red (Roche Diagnostics) according to the manufacturer’s recommendations. Images were taken using Olympus FV 1000 confocal microscopy equipped with the FV10-ASW version 3 software.

MGG staining

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FACS sorted cells were centrifuged by cytospin onto slides and stained with MGG (Sigma-Aldrich, May-Grünwald solution, 63950 and Giemsa solution, 32884) following the manufacturer’s instructions. Immature, intermediate, and mature monocytes/macrophages were counted based on their morphology.

RNA-seq and RT-qPCR

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At 48 hpf, GFP positive cells were isolated from either wild type Tg(mpeg1.1:eGFP) or zbtb14-/-//Tg(mpeg1.1:eGFP) larvae by FACS. mRNA was extracted from sorted cells using RNeasy Micro (Qiagen, Manchester, UK) and mRNA libraries were constructed using NEBNext Ultra RNA Library Prep Kit for 52 Illumina and sequenced under Illumina HiSeq X Ten with pair end 150 bp (PE150).

The qPCR was carried out with SYBR Green Real-time PCR Master Mix (TOYOBO, Osaka, Japan) with ABI 7900HT real-time PCR machine and analyzed with Prism software. β-Actin was served as the internal control. The primers used are listed in Table 1. Each time a different batch of samples was used. The expression levels of each interested gene were normalized to internal control β-actin by RT-qPCR and compared with wild type group which was set to 1.0. RT-qPCR was performed with gene-specific primers and gene expression levels were analyzed by comparative CT method.

Table 1
Primers for plasmid generation, luciferase assays, qPCR, and ChIP-qPCR.
Primers for plasmid generation
zf zbtb14Forward 5'-CCGGAATTCTCCGAAACTGTGAAGTATGTG-3'
Reverse 5'-CCGCTCGAG TTATGAGCAGGCGATGGACTC-3'
zf zbtb14K40RForward 5'-GTGGAGGATGTGAGGTTCAGGGCGCAT-3'
Reverse 5'ATGCGCCCTGAACCTCACATCCTCCAC-3'
zf zbtb14K259RForward 5'-GCCACCGCTGACATGAGGTTTGAGTATCTGCTG-3'
Reverse 5'-CAGCAGATACTCAAACCTCATGTCAGCGGTGGC-3'
tol2-mpeg1.1-pu.1 DBDForward 5'-CGGGGTACCATGAATTCGCTTGTATCAGTTCCTGC-3'
Reverse 5'-CCGCAATTGTTAGAGAACCTCTCCACTGAACTGG-3'
hs ZBTB14Forward 5'-CCGGAATTCATGGAGTTTTTCATCAGTATG-3'
Reverse 5'-CCGCTCGAGCTAGCTACAGGCTATCGTCTC-3'
hs ZBTB14S8FForward 5'-GGAGACGTCAAAGTAAGAAAGGAGAGAGACCCTTGA-3'
Reverse 5'-TCAAGGGTCTCTCTCCTTTCTTACTTTGACGTCTCC-3'
hs ZBTB14S8AForward 5'-TTCATCAGTATGGCTGAAACCATTAAA-3'
Reverse 5'-TTTAATGGTTTCAGCCATACTGATGAA-3'
hs ZBTB14S8DForward 5'-TTCATCAGTATGGATGAAACCATTAAA-3'
Reverse 5'-TTTAATGGTTTCATCCATACTGATGAA-3'
hs ZBTB14S8WForward 5'-TTTTTCATCAGTATGTGGGAAACCATTAAATAT-3'
Reverse 5'-ATATTTAATGGTTTCCCACATACTGATGAAAAA-3'
hs ZBTB14S8YForward 5'-CCGGAATTCATGGAGTTTTTCATCAGTATGTAT-3'
Reverse 5'-CCGCTCGAGCTAGCTACAGGCTATCGTCTCCAG-3'
Primers for luciferase assays
zf zbtb14-PromoterForward 5'-CGGGGTACCCATCAGTTGTATCTTAGGTACAG-3'
Reverse 5'-CCGCTCGAGTGGACTCCTCATGTTTGCTCT-3'
zf pu.1-PromoterForward 5'-CGGGGTACCACTAGTACACCTAAATTTATG-3'
Reverse 5'-CCGCTCGAGATTTGGCAGACCAACAACTGC-3'
Primers for quantitative PCR
zf β-actinForward 5’-TGCTGTTTTCCCCTCCATTG-3’
Reverse 5’-TTCTGTCCCATGCCAACCA-3’
zf zbtb14Forward 5’-CTCGTGTGTTCGGCAGTAATTG-3’
Reverse 5’-CTGGAGCGAAATCCTTACTGG-3’
zf pu.1Forward 5’-TCCCAGCAGTCGTAGTCCTC-3’
Reverse 5’-CCATTTCGCAGAAGGTCAA-3’
zf c-mycForward 5’-CAATTCTGGAACGGCATTCG-3’
Reverse 5’-GAAGTAGAAGTAGGGCTGGATG –3’
hs β-ACTINForward 5’-CCAACCGCGAGAAGATGA-3’
Reverse 5’-CCAGAGGCGTACAGGGATAG-3’
hs ZBTB14Forward 5’-CAGGATATGGGTCTGCAGGA-3’
Reverse 5’-TCTTAATGCCTTGAACGCCA-3’
Primers for ChIP-qPCR
Negative control primerForward 5’-GCTGAAATTTTGTAGTCTGTC-3’
Reverse 5’-ATAAGATTTTAGTCATCAAAC-3’
Positive primerForward 5’-ACTAGTACACCTAAATTTATG-3’
Reverse 5’-GACAGACTACAAAATTTCAGC-3’

Plasmid construction

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Zebrafish zbtb14 gene and its serial mutants were cloned into PCS2+ vector. For the luciferase reporter, the –0.6 kb promoter of zebrafish pu.1 gene and the –1.1 kb promoter of zebrafish zbtb14 gene were cloned into the PGL3 basic vector (Promega, Madison, WI). Tol2-plasmid was constructed by insertion of pu.1 DN under mpeg1.1 promoter (2 kb). Transgene was transiently expressed by co-injecting 80 pg of Tol2-plasmid and 120 pg of Tol2 transpose mRNA at one-cell stage. Primers used were listed in Table 1.

Morpholino and mRNA synthesis for microinjection

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Zebrafish zbtb14 (5’-ACTTCACAGTTTCGGACATACTGGA-3’), pu.1 (5’-AATAACTGATACAAACTCACCGTTC-3’) targeting the transcriptional initiation ATG of zbtb14, pu.1 was designed and purchased from Gene Tools. Full-length capped mRNA samples were all synthesized from linearized plasmids using the mMessage mMachine SP6 kit (Invitrogen, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA). Microinjection concentration of mRNA was between 50 and 200 ng/μl and 2 nl of mRNA was injected at one-cell stage embryos. All injections were performed with a Harvard Apparatus microinjector.

Cell culture and luciferase reporter assay

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HEK293T was obtained from ATCC. Identity has been authenticated by STR profiling, and the cell line tested negative for mycoplasma. HEK293T cells were maintained in DMEM (Gibco, Life Technologies, Carlsbad, CA) with 10% fetal bovine serum (Gibco, Life Technologies, Carlsbad, CA). Plasmid transfection was carried out with Effectene Transfection Reagent (Qiagen, Manchester, UK) according to the manufacturer’s instruction. For the luciferase reporter assay, cells were harvested 48 hr after transfection and analyzed using the Dual Luciferase Reporter Assay Kit (Promega, Maddison, WI), according to the manufacturer’s protocols. Primers used were listed in Table 1.

Chromatin immunoprecipitation PCR

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For ChIP analysis, GFP and GFP-Zbtb14 expressing larvae were harvested at 48 hpf for brief fixation. Cross-linked chromatin was immunoprecipitated with anti-GFP antibody according to the procedure described (Hart et al., 2007). The resultant immunoprecipitated samples were subjected to quantitative PCR using primer pairs (Table 1).

Statistical analysis

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Data were analyzed by SPSS software (version 20) using two-tailed Student’s t test for comparisons between two groups and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) among multiple groups. Differences were considered significant at p<0.05. Data are expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM).

Data availability

RNA sequencing dataset generated in this study was deposited with Dryad-https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.9cnp5hqms.

The following data sets were generated

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  1. Yun Deng

    1. Shanghai Institute of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, National Research Center for Translational Medicine at Shanghai, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
    2. CNRS-LIA Hematology and Cancer, Sino-French Research Center for Life Sciences and Genomics, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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    Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology
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  2. Haihong Wang

    1. Shanghai Institute of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, National Research Center for Translational Medicine at Shanghai, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
    2. CNRS-LIA Hematology and Cancer, Sino-French Research Center for Life Sciences and Genomics, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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  3. Xiaohui Liu

    1. Shanghai Institute of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, National Research Center for Translational Medicine at Shanghai, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
    2. CNRS-LIA Hematology and Cancer, Sino-French Research Center for Life Sciences and Genomics, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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  4. Hao Yuan

    1. Shanghai Institute of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, National Research Center for Translational Medicine at Shanghai, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
    2. CNRS-LIA Hematology and Cancer, Sino-French Research Center for Life Sciences and Genomics, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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  5. Jin Xu

    Laboratory of Immunology and Regeneration, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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  6. Hugues de Thé

    1. CNRS-LIA Hematology and Cancer, Sino-French Research Center for Life Sciences and Genomics, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
    2. Université de Paris 7/INSERM/CNRS UMR 944/7212, Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, Hôpital St. Louis, Paris, France
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  7. Jun Zhou

    1. Shanghai Institute of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, National Research Center for Translational Medicine at Shanghai, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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  8. Jun Zhu

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    2. Université de Paris 7/INSERM/CNRS UMR 944/7212, Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, Hôpital St. Louis, Paris, France
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National Natural Science Foundation of China (NO.32171097)

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The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to Y Chen and Y Jin (both from Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China) for technical support. We thank Dr X Jiao (from the Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ) for his critical manuscript reading.

Ethics

The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Rui Jin Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. Zebrafish experimental procedures were conducted in accordance with the protocols approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2020-3#).

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  1. Received: June 3, 2022
  2. Preprint posted: July 4, 2022 (view preprint)
  3. Accepted: October 6, 2022
  4. Accepted Manuscript published: October 7, 2022 (version 1)
  5. Version of Record published: October 14, 2022 (version 2)
  6. Version of Record updated: October 18, 2022 (version 3)

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  1. Yun Deng
  2. Haihong Wang
  3. Xiaohui Liu
  4. Hao Yuan
  5. Jin Xu
  6. Hugues de Thé
  7. Jun Zhou
  8. Jun Zhu
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Zbtb14 regulates monocyte and macrophage development through inhibiting pu.1 expression in zebrafish
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