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NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
卷 45, 期 20, 页码 11684-11699出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx773
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- Louisiana Cancer Center
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship
- National Institutes of Health [R01-GM117106, R01-DA036865, DP2-OD008586, NS04885]
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award [CBET-1151035]
- Thorek Memorial Foundation
- Div Of Chem, Bioeng, Env, & Transp Sys
- Directorate For Engineering [1151035] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Our current understanding of cellular transdifferentiation systems is limited. It is oftentimes unknown, at a genome-wide scale, how much transdifferentiated cells differ quantitatively from both the starting cells and the target cells. Focusing on transdifferentiation of primary human skin fibroblasts by forced expression of myogenic transcription factor MyoD, we performed quantitative analyses of gene expression and chromatin accessibility profiles of transdifferentiated cells compared to fibroblasts and myoblasts. In this system, we find that while many of the early muscle marker genes are reprogrammed, global gene expression and accessibility changes are still incomplete when compared to myoblasts. In addition, we find evidence of epigenetic memory in the transdifferentiated cells, with reminiscent features of fibroblasts being visible both in chromatin accessibility and gene expression. Quantitative analyses revealed a continuum of changes in chromatin accessibility induced by MyoD, and a strong correlation between chromatin-remodeling deficiencies and incomplete gene expression reprogramming. Classification analyses identified genetic and epigenetic features that distinguish reprogrammed from non-reprogrammed sites, and suggested ways to potentially improve transdifferentiation efficiency. Our approach for combining gene expression, DNA accessibility, and protein-DNA binding data to quantify and characterize the efficiency of cellular transdifferentiation on a genome-wide scale can be applied to any transdifferentiation system.
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