The nucleosome remodeling and deacetylase (NuRD) complex is a chromatin modifier with a key role in the switch from fetal to adult hemoglobin. In a new study, Vinjamur et al. identify a fetal hemoglobin repressor, ZNF410, which does not directly bind the γ-globin promoter but acts through highly specific regulation of CHD4, a protein subunit of the NuRD complex, thus presenting a potential approach for therapeutic reactivation of fetal hemoglobin.
References
Piel, F. B., Steinberg, M. H. & Rees, D. C. N. Engl. J. Med. 376, 1561–1573 (2017).
Williams, T. N. & Thein, S. L. Annu. Rev. Genomics Hum. Genet. 19, 113–147 (2018).
Orkin, S. H. & Bauer, D. E. Annu. Rev. Med. 70, 257–271 (2019).
Menzel, S. et al. Nat. Genet. 39, 1197–1199 (2007).
Masuda, T. et al. Science 351, 285–289 (2016).
Liu, N. et al. Cell 173, 430–442.e17 (2018).
Martyn, G. E. et al. Nat. Genet. 50, 498–503 (2018).
Esrick, E. B. et al. N. Engl. J. Med. 384, 205–215 (2021).
Frangoul, H. et al. N. Engl. J. Med. 384, 252–260 (2021).
Tisdale, J. F., Thein, S. L. & Eaton, W. A. Science 367, 1198–1199 (2020).
Molokie, R. et al. PLoS Med. 14, e1002382 (2017).
Millard, C. J. et al. eLife 5, e13941 (2016).
Sher, F. et al. Nat. Genet. 51, 1149–1159 (2019).
Shearstone, J. R. et al. PLoS ONE 11, e0153767 (2016).
Vinjamur, D. S. Nat. Genet. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-021-00843-w (2021).
Lan, X. et al. Mol. Cell 81, 239–254.e8 (2021).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Ethics declarations
Competing interests
The authors declare no competing interests.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Tumburu, L., Thein, S.L. Targeting ZNF410 as a potential β-hemoglobinopathy therapy. Nat Genet 53, 589–590 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-021-00817-y
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-021-00817-y
- Springer Nature America, Inc.