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Rapid and Pervasive Changes in Genome-wide Enhancer Usage during Mammalian Development

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Nord, Alex S., Blow, Matthew J., Attanasio, Catia, Akiyama, Jennifer A., Holt, Amy, Hosseini, Roya, Phouanenavong, Sengthavy, Plajzer-Frick, Ingrid +6 more·2013·Cell

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Enhancers are distal regulatory elements that can activate tissue-specific gene expression and are abundant throughout mammalian genomes. Although substantial progress has been made toward genome-wide annotation of mammalian enhancers, their temporal activity patterns and global contributions in the context of developmental in vivo processes remain poorly explored. Here we used epigenomic profiling for H3K27ac, a mark of active enhancers, coupled to transgenic mouse assays to examine the genome-wide utilization of enhancers in three different mouse tissues across seven developmental stages. The majority of the ∼90,000 enhancers identified exhibited tightly temporally restricted predicted activity windows and were associated with stage-specific biological functions and regulatory pathways in individual tissues. Comparative genomic analysis revealed that evolutionary conservation of enhancers decreases following midgestation across all tissues examined. The dynamic enhancer activities uncovered in this study illuminate rapid and pervasive temporal in vivo changes in enhancer usage that underlie processes central to development and disease.

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Nord, A. S., Blow, M. J., Attanasio, C., Akiyama, J. A., Holt, A., Hosseini, R., Phouanenavong, S., Plajzer-Frick, I., Shoukry, M., Afzal, V., Rubenstein, J. L. R., Rubin, E. M., Pennacchio, L. A., & Visel, A.
Affiliations
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
Corresponding author
  • Pennacchio, Len A.
  • Visel, Axel
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-12
Volume
155
Issue
7
Pages
1521-1531
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2041171293
Cited by
375
References
83
Citations by year
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FWCI
14.92
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
  • Lirias (KU Leuven) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R37MH049428, R01MH081880)
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (R01HG003988)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM105202, F32GM105202)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS062859, R01 NS062859A, R01NS034661, R01NS099099)
  • National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (U01DE020060)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer
Keywords
enhancers, enhancer activity, mammalian development, H3K27ac, tissue-specific gene expression, developmental stages, enhancer evolution, enhancer conservation, epigenomics
MeSH terms
Acetylation, Animals, Enhancer Elements, Genetic, Histones, Mice, Transgenic, Organ Specificity, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Evolution, Molecular, Epigenesis, Genetic, Mice, Genome-Wide Association Study

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