Differentiation: the selective potentiation of chromatin domains

Development ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 125 (23) ◽  
pp. 4749-4755 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.A. Kramer ◽  
J.R. McCarrey ◽  
D. Djakiew ◽  
S.A. Krawetz
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Stem Cell ◽  
Spermatogonial Stem Cell ◽  
Specific Gene ◽  
Cell Type ◽  
Chromatin Domains ◽  
Tissue Specific ◽  
Specific Gene Expression ◽  
Cell Type Specific ◽  
Cellular Phenotypes

Potentiation is requisite for the expression of our genome. It is the mechanism of opening chromatin domains to render genes accessible to tissue-specific and ubiquitous transacting-factors that enables transcription. The results presented in this study demonstrate that modulation of stage- and cell-type-specific gene expression during mammalian spermatogenesis involves selective potentiation of testis-expressed genes that reverses their repressive state when present in the spermatogonial stem cell. This directly contrasts hematopoiesis, which acts to selectively restrict lineage potential during differentiation from its permissive stem cell. These results are key to understanding how differentiative pathways are controlled and cellular phenotypes determined. A window to their modulation is presented.

scholarly journals Ush regulates hemocyte-specific gene expression, fatty acid metabolism and cell cycle progression and cooperates with dNuRD to orchestrate hematopoiesis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Lenz ◽  
Robert Liefke ◽  
Julianne Funk ◽  
Samuel Shoup ◽  
Andrea Nist ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Stem Cell ◽  
Specific Gene ◽  
Cell Cycle Regulators ◽  
Cell Type ◽  
Nurd Complex ◽  
Nucleosome Remodeling ◽  
Specific Gene Expression ◽  
Cell Type Specific

AbstractThe generation of lineage-specific gene expression programmes that alter proliferation capacity, metabolic profile and cell type-specific functions during differentiation from multipotent stem cells to specialised cell types is crucial for development. During differentiation gene expression programmes are dynamically modulated by a complex interplay between sequence-specific transcription factors, associated cofactors and epigenetic regulators. Here, we study U-shaped (Ush), a multi-zinc finger protein that maintains the multipotency of stem cell-like hemocyte progenitors during Drosophila hematopoiesis. Using genomewide approaches we reveal that Ush binds to promoters and enhancers and that it controls the expression of three gene classes that encode proteins relevant to stem cell-like functions and differentiation: cell cycle regulators, key metabolic enzymes and proteins conferring specific functions of differentiated hemocytes. We employ complementary biochemical approaches to characterise the molecular mechanisms of Ush-mediated gene regulation. We uncover distinct Ush isoforms one of which binds the Nucleosome Remodeling and Deacetylation (NuRD) complex using an evolutionary conserved peptide motif. Remarkably, the Ush/NuRD complex specifically contributes to the repression of lineage-specific genes but does not impact the expression of cell cycle regulators or metabolic genes. This reveals a mechanism that enables specific and concerted modulation of functionally related portions of a wider gene expression programme. Finally, we use genetic assays to demonstrate that Ush and NuRD regulate enhancer activity during hemocyte differentiation in vivo and that both cooperate to suppress the differentiation of lamellocytes, a highly specialised blood cell type. Our findings reveal that Ush coordinates proliferation, metabolism and cell type-specific activities by isoform-specific cooperation with an epigenetic regulator.

scholarly journals The urologic epithelial stem cell database (UESC) – a web tool for cell type-specific gene expression and immunohistochemistry images of the prostate and bladder

BMC Urology ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura E Pascal ◽  
Eric W Deutsch ◽  
David S Campbell ◽  
Martin Korb ◽  
Lawrence D True ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Stem Cell ◽  
Specific Gene ◽  
Cell Type ◽  
Web Tool ◽  
Specific Gene Expression ◽  
Epithelial Stem Cell ◽  
Cell Type Specific

scholarly journals Ush regulates hemocyte-specific gene expression, fatty acid metabolism and cell cycle progression and cooperates with dNuRD to orchestrate hematopoiesis

PLoS Genetics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. e1009318
Author(s):  
Jonathan Lenz ◽  
Robert Liefke ◽  
Julianne Funk ◽  
Samuel Shoup ◽  
Andrea Nist ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Stem Cell ◽  
Specific Gene ◽  
Cell Cycle Regulators ◽  
Cell Type ◽  
Nurd Complex ◽  
Nucleosome Remodeling ◽  
Specific Gene Expression ◽  
Cell Type Specific

The generation of lineage-specific gene expression programmes that alter proliferation capacity, metabolic profile and cell type-specific functions during differentiation from multipotent stem cells to specialised cell types is crucial for development. During differentiation gene expression programmes are dynamically modulated by a complex interplay between sequence-specific transcription factors, associated cofactors and epigenetic regulators. Here, we study U-shaped (Ush), a multi-zinc finger protein that maintains the multipotency of stem cell-like hemocyte progenitors during Drosophila hematopoiesis. Using genomewide approaches we reveal that Ush binds to promoters and enhancers and that it controls the expression of three gene classes that encode proteins relevant to stem cell-like functions and differentiation: cell cycle regulators, key metabolic enzymes and proteins conferring specific functions of differentiated hemocytes. We employ complementary biochemical approaches to characterise the molecular mechanisms of Ush-mediated gene regulation. We uncover distinct Ush isoforms one of which binds the Nucleosome Remodeling and Deacetylation (NuRD) complex using an evolutionary conserved peptide motif. Remarkably, the Ush/NuRD complex specifically contributes to the repression of lineage-specific genes but does not impact the expression of cell cycle regulators or metabolic genes. This reveals a mechanism that enables specific and concerted modulation of functionally related portions of a wider gene expression programme. Finally, we use genetic assays to demonstrate that Ush and NuRD regulate enhancer activity during hemocyte differentiation in vivo and that both cooperate to suppress the differentiation of lamellocytes, a highly specialised blood cell type. Our findings reveal that Ush coordinates proliferation, metabolism and cell type-specific activities by isoform-specific cooperation with an epigenetic regulator.

scholarly journals An integrated analysis of cell-type specific gene expression reveals genes regulated by REVOLUTA and KANADI1 in the Arabidopsis shoot apical meristem

PLoS Genetics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. e1008661 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasthi Ram ◽  
Sudeep Sahadevan ◽  
Nittaya Gale ◽  
Monica Pia Caggiano ◽  
Xiulian Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Shoot Apical Meristem ◽  
Apical Meristem ◽  
Integrated Analysis ◽  
Specific Gene ◽  
Cell Type ◽  
Specific Gene Expression ◽  
Cell Type Specific

Construction and use of GFP reporter vectors for analysis of cell-type-specific gene expression in Nostoc punctiforme

2004 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Argueta ◽  
Kamile Yuksek ◽  
Michael Summers
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Specific Gene ◽  
Nostoc Punctiforme ◽  
Cell Type ◽  
Specific Gene Expression ◽  
Gfp Reporter ◽  
Cell Type Specific

scholarly journals Srf destabilizes cellular identity by suppressing cell-type-specific gene expression programs

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Ikeda ◽  
Takafusa Hikichi ◽  
Hisashi Miura ◽  
Hirofumi Shibata ◽  
Kanae Mitsunaga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Specific Gene ◽  
Cell Type ◽  
Specific Gene Expression ◽  
Cell Type Specific ◽  
Cellular Identity

Control of Cell-type-specific Gene Expression

Gene Control ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 303-331
Author(s):  
David S. Latchman
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Specific Gene ◽  
Cell Type ◽  
Specific Gene Expression ◽  
Cell Type Specific

scholarly journals Distinct CoREST complexes act in a cell-type-specific manner

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Mačinković ◽  
Ina Theofel ◽  
Tim Hundertmark ◽  
Kristina Kovač ◽  
Stephan Awe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Germ Line ◽  
Protein Complexes ◽  
Specific Gene ◽  
S2 Cells ◽  
Cell Type ◽  
Specific Gene Expression ◽  
Genome Wide ◽  
A Cell ◽  
Cell Type Specific

Abstract CoREST has been identified as a subunit of several protein complexes that generate transcriptionally repressive chromatin structures during development. However, a comprehensive analysis of the CoREST interactome has not been carried out. We use proteomic approaches to define the interactomes of two dCoREST isoforms, dCoREST-L and dCoREST-M, in Drosophila. We identify three distinct histone deacetylase complexes built around a common dCoREST/dRPD3 core: A dLSD1/dCoREST complex, the LINT complex and a dG9a/dCoREST complex. The latter two complexes can incorporate both dCoREST isoforms. By contrast, the dLSD1/dCoREST complex exclusively assembles with the dCoREST-L isoform. Genome-wide studies show that the three dCoREST complexes associate with chromatin predominantly at promoters. Transcriptome analyses in S2 cells and testes reveal that different cell lineages utilize distinct dCoREST complexes to maintain cell-type-specific gene expression programmes: In macrophage-like S2 cells, LINT represses germ line-related genes whereas other dCoREST complexes are largely dispensable. By contrast, in testes, the dLSD1/dCoREST complex prevents transcription of germ line-inappropriate genes and is essential for spermatogenesis and fertility, whereas depletion of other dCoREST complexes has no effect. Our study uncovers three distinct dCoREST complexes that function in a lineage-restricted fashion to repress specific sets of genes thereby maintaining cell-type-specific gene expression programmes.

Gene Expression Deconvolution Implicates Cell-Type-Specific Gene Expression and Co-Expression in Autism

2020 ◽  
Vol 87 (9) ◽  
pp. S60-S61
Author(s):  
Jiebiao Wang ◽  
Bernie Devlin ◽  
Kathryn Roeder
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Specific Gene ◽  
Cell Type ◽  
Specific Gene Expression ◽  
Cell Type Specific
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