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. 2021 Oct 1;12:5771. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-26065-6

Fig. 6. H3K4me1 is important for the proper induction of PGCLC and their associated gene expression program.

Fig. 6

a WT ESC and ESC lines with MLL3/4 amino acid substitutions were differentiated into PGCLC. PGCLC were quantified as the percentage of CD15+CD61+ cells within d4 EB. Barplots: mean percentage of PGCLC ± SD from at least four biological replicates. P-values were calculated using two-sided Wilcoxon tests. b UMAP plot showing cell clusters identified within WT and dCD d4 EB according to scRNA-seq data. Cluster identity was determined by differential expression analysis between clusters and using specific tissue markers found in E8.25 mouse embryos42. c Same UMAP plot as in b, with WT and dCD cells represented by red and blue dots, respectively. d Percentage of WT and dCD cells found within the PGCLC cluster shown in c. e Cluster distribution of WT (left) and dCD (right) Prdm1orDppa3+/Klf4- cells. f Transcript levels of all PGCLC genes in WT or dCD Prdm1orDppa3+/Klf4- cells located within the indicated d4 EB clusters. Dots represent cells and the dashed line shows the mean transcript level of the PGCLC genes for all WT and dCD cells except those within the PGCLC cluster. g Expression of the PGCLC genes linked (n = 216) or not (n = 170) to at least one PGCLC enhancer within WT and dCD Prdm1orDppa3 + /Klf4- cells. P-values were calculated using paired two-sided student t-tests. The horizontal lines in the boxplots indicate the median, the boxes indicate the first and third quartiles, and the whiskers the ± 1.5 × interquartile range. h R1 WT, Otx2−/−, dCD, and dCD Otx2−/− ESC were differentiated into PGCLC. PGCLC were quantified as the proportion of CD15+CD61+ cells within d4 EB. dCD Otx2−/− differentiations were performed in biological triplicates using two different clonal lines (n = 3 × 2). Other PGCLC measurements were performed in biological triplicates. Barplots: mean percentage of PGCLC ± SD. P-values were calculated using two-sided Wilcoxon tests. i Percentage of CpG methylation for Group I and II PGCLC enhancers in R1 Otx2−/− and dCD Otx2−/− d2 EpiLC. P-values were calculated using paired two-sided Wilcoxon tests. Scales: percentage of methylated CpGs.