Guo, Ya, Xu, Quan, Canzio, Daniele, Shou, Jia, Li, Jinhuan, Gorkin, David U, Jung, Inkyung, Wu, Haiyang, Zhai, Yanan, Tang, Yuanxiao, Lu, Yichao, Wu, Yonghu, Jia, Zhilian, Li, Wei, Zhang, Michael Q, Ren, Bing, Krainer, Adrian R, Maniatis, Tom, Wu, Qiang (2015) CRISPR Inversion of CTCF Sites Alters Genome Topology and Enhancer/Promoter Function. Cell, 162 (4). pp. 900-910. ISSN 0092-8674
Abstract
Summary CTCF and the associated cohesin complex play a central role in insulator function and higher-order chromatin organization of mammalian genomes. Recent studies identified a correlation between the orientation of CTCF-binding sites (CBSs) and chromatin loops. To test the functional significance of this observation, we combined CRISPR/Cas9-based genomic-DNA-fragment editing with chromosome-conformation-capture experiments to show that the location and relative orientations of CBSs determine the specificity of long-range chromatin looping in mammalian genomes, using protocadherin (Pcdh) and β-globin as model genes. Inversion of CBS elements within the Pcdh enhancer reconfigures the topology of chromatin loops between the distal enhancer and target promoters and alters gene-expression patterns. Thus, although enhancers can function in an orientation-independent manner in reporter assays, in the native chromosome context, the orientation of at least some enhancers carrying CBSs can determine both the architecture of topological chromatin domains and enhancer/promoter specificity. These findings reveal how 3D chromosome architecture can be encoded by linear genome sequences.
| Item Type: | Paper |
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| Subjects: | bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > Chromatin dynamics bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > protein structure, function, modification > protein types > DNA binding protein bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > DNA expression > promoter |
| CSHL Authors: | |
| Communities: | CSHL Cancer Center Program > Gene Regulation and Inheritance Program CSHL labs > Krainer lab |
| Depositing User: | Matt Covey |
| Date: | 2015 |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Aug 2015 15:58 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Jul 2021 19:15 |
| PMCID: | PMC4642453 |
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| URI: | https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/31707 |
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