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ArticlePloS one2017

A new and improved algorithm for the quantification of chromatin condensation from microscopic data shows decreased chromatin condensation in regenerating axolotl limb cells.

Julian Sosnik, Warren A Vieira, Kaitlyn A Webster, Kellee R Siegfried, Catherine D McCusker

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Article in PloS one, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Julian SosnikDepartment of Biology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-9929
Warren A VieiraDepartment of Biology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Kaitlyn A WebsterDepartment of Biology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Kellee R SiegfriedDepartment of Biology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Catherine D McCuskerDepartment of Biology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0127-433X
University of Massachusetts Boston · USWentworth Institute of Technology · US

Funding

UMass Boston-DF/HCC U54 Partnership (2 of 2)U54CA156734 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON · PI ADAN COLON-CARMONA, Jill A. Macoska · 2010 to 2026
$24.9M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The nuclear landscape plays an important role in the regulation of tissue and positional specific genes in embryonic and developing cells. Changes in this landscape can be dynamic, and are associated with the differentiation of cells during embryogenesis, and the de-differentiation of cells during induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) formation and in many cancers. However, tools to quantitatively characterize these changes are limited, especially in the in vivo context, where numerous tissue types are present and cells are arranged in multiple layers. Previous tools have been optimized for the monolayer nature of cultured cells. Therefore, we present a new algorithm to quantify the condensation of chromatin in two in vivo systems. We first developed this algorithm to quantify changes in chromatin compaction and validated it in differentiating spermatids in zebrafish testes. Our algorithm successfully detected the typical increase in chromatin compaction as these cells differentiate. We then employed the algorithm to quantify the changes that occur in amphibian limb cells as they participate in a regenerative response. We observed that the chromatin in the limb cells de-compacts as they contribute to the regenerating organ. We present this new tool as an open sourced software that can be readily accessed and optimized to quantify chromatin compaction in complex multi-layered samples.

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AlgorithmsAmbystoma mexicanumAnimalsCell DifferentiationCell NucleusCells, CulturedChromatinChromatin Assembly and DisassemblyEmbryonic DevelopmentExtremitiesInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsZebrafishChromatin

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