Enhancer selectivity in space and time: from enhancer-promoter interactions to promoter activation.
Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol
; 25(7): 574-591, 2024 Jul.
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ABSTRACT
The primary regulators of metazoan gene expression are enhancers, originally functionally defined as DNA sequences that can activate transcription at promoters in an orientation-independent and distance-independent manner. Despite being crucial for gene regulation in animals, what mechanisms underlie enhancer selectivity for promoters, and more fundamentally, how enhancers interact with promoters and activate transcription, remain poorly understood. In this Review, we first discuss current models of enhancer-promoter interactions in space and time and how enhancers affect transcription activation. Next, we discuss different mechanisms that mediate enhancer selectivity, including repression, biochemical compatibility and regulation of 3D genome structure. Through 3D polymer simulations, we illustrate how the ability of 3D genome folding mechanisms to mediate enhancer selectivity strongly varies for different enhancer-promoter interaction mechanisms. Finally, we discuss how recent technical advances may provide new insights into mechanisms of enhancer-promoter interactions and how technical biases in methods such as Hi-C and Micro-C and imaging techniques may affect their interpretation.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Elementos de Facilitación Genéticos
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Regiones Promotoras Genéticas
Límite:
Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol
Asunto de la revista:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos