Rybp and Eto2 knock-down phenocopies Scl-/- cardiac phenotype. a Outline of functional assays. b–e siRNA-mediated Eto2 (siEto2) and Rybp (siRybp) knock-down in day 3.5 EBs. b qRT-PCR analysis of Eto2 and Rybp mRNA levels. Analysis from day 3.5 WT and Scl-/- EB cells is shown for comparison. siNeg, siRNA negative control; n = 4. c Western blot analysis of RYBP and H2AK119ub levels. mSIN3A and H2A, loading controls; n = 2. d, e Day 3.5 WT, Scl-/-, siEto2-treated, siRybp-treated and siNeg-treated EB cells were plated in cardiac condition. cTNT expression was monitored at day 7 by IF (d, top) and intra-cellular FACS (d, bottom). Quantitation of FACS data from Scl-/-, siEto2- and siRybp-treated cultures is shown as Scl-/-/WT, siEto2/siNeg and siRybp/siNeg ratios (e); n = 2. Scale bars, 100 μm. f qRT-PCR analysis of Rybp expression in day 3.5 untreated (UN), tamoxifen- (TAM) and ethanol (EtOH)-treated CreERT2:Rybpfl/fl EBs; n = 2. g Day 3.5 untreated, EtOH-treated or TAM-treated CreERT2:Rybpfl/fl cells were plated in cardiac condition. cTNT expression was assessed at day 7 by IF (green, left) and qRT-PCR analysis (Tnnt2, shown as TAM/ETOH fold increase, right). Scale bar, 100 μm. n = 2. h Day 3.5 WT, Scl-/-, siEto2-treated, siRybp-treated and siNeg-treated EB cells were plated in blast colony assay; n = 2. i Western blot analysis of H2AK119ub in day 3.5 EB cells treated with increasing concentrations of PRC1 inhibitor (PRT4165). UNT, untreated; αTubulin and H2A, loading controls, n = 2. j PRC1 inhibitor or DMSO-treated EBs were plated in cardiac assay, and cTNT expression assessed at day 7 by IF (green, top), FACS (bottom) and qRT-PCR (Tnnt2, right); n = 3. k Western blot analysis of H3K27me3 in day 3.5 EB cells treated with increasing concentrations of PRC2 inhibitor or analogue. mSIN3A, loading control, n = 2. l Day 3.5 EB cells treated with PRC2 inhibitor or analogue were plated in cardiac condition, and cTNT expression assessed at day 7 by IF (green, left) and qRT-PCR (Tnnt2, right). n = 2. Scale bars, 100 μm. Mean ± SD is shown in b, f, h, j, l; mean of ratios of mutant samples versus controls ± SD is shown in e, g; student’s t-test, *p < 0.05. See also Supplementary Fig. 8