Transcription factors orchestrate dynamic interplay between genome topology and gene regulation during cell reprogramming.
Nat Genet
; 50(2): 238-249, 2018 02.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29335546
ABSTRACT
Chromosomal architecture is known to influence gene expression, yet its role in controlling cell fate remains poorly understood. Reprogramming of somatic cells into pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) by the transcription factors (TFs) OCT4, SOX2, KLF4 and MYC offers an opportunity to address this question but is severely limited by the low proportion of responding cells. We have recently developed a highly efficient reprogramming protocol that synchronously converts somatic into pluripotent stem cells. Here, we used this system to integrate time-resolved changes in genome topology with gene expression, TF binding and chromatin-state dynamics. The results showed that TFs drive topological genome reorganization at multiple architectural levels, often before changes in gene expression. Removal of locus-specific topological barriers can explain why pluripotency genes are activated sequentially, instead of simultaneously, during reprogramming. Together, our results implicate genome topology as an instructive force for implementing transcriptional programs and cell fate in mammals.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Transcription Factors
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Genome
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Chromosome Structures
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Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly
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Cellular Reprogramming
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Nat Genet
Journal subject:
GENETICA MEDICA
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Spain