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ArticleNucleic acids research2019

ONECUT transcription factors induce neuronal characteristics and remodel chromatin accessibility.

Jori van der Raadt, Sebastianus H C van Gestel, Nael Nadif Kasri, Cornelis A Albers

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jori van der RaadtDepartment of Human Genetics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Sebastianus H C van GestelDepartment of Human Genetics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Nael Nadif KasriDepartment of Human Genetics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Cornelis A AlbersDepartment of Human Genetics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Radboud University Medical Center · NLRadboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences · NLRadboud University Nijmegen · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Remodeling of chromatin accessibility is necessary for successful reprogramming of fibroblasts to neurons. However, it is still not fully known which transcription factors can induce a neuronal chromatin accessibility profile when overexpressed in fibroblasts. To identify such transcription factors, we used ATAC-sequencing to generate differential chromatin accessibility profiles between human fibroblasts and iNeurons, an in vitro neuronal model system obtained by overexpression of Neurog2 in induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). We found that the ONECUT transcription factor sequence motif was strongly associated with differential chromatin accessibility between iNeurons and fibroblasts. All three ONECUT transcription factors associated with this motif (ONECUT1, ONECUT2 and ONECUT3) induced a neuron-like morphology and expression of neuronal genes within two days of overexpression in fibroblasts. We observed widespread remodeling of chromatin accessibility; in particular, we found that chromatin regions that contain the ONECUT motif were in- or lowly accessible in fibroblasts and became accessible after the overexpression of ONECUT1, ONECUT2 or ONECUT3. There was substantial overlap with iNeurons, still, many regions that gained accessibility following ONECUT overexpression were not accessible in iNeurons. Our study highlights both the potential and challenges of ONECUT-based direct neuronal reprogramming.

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Cellular ReprogrammingGene Expression RegulationCell DifferentiationCell LineChromatinFibroblastsGene Expression ProfilingGene OntologyHepatocyte Nuclear Factor 6Homeodomain ProteinsHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsNeuronsOnecut Transcription FactorsTranscription FactorsChromatinHepatocyte Nuclear Factor 6Homeodomain ProteinsONECUT1 protein, humanONECUT2 protein, humanOnecut Transcription FactorsTranscription Factors

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