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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2024

Mechanosensitive genomic enhancers potentiate the cellular response to matrix stiffness.

Brian D Cosgrove, Lexi R Bounds, Carson Key Taylor, Alan L Su, Anthony J Rizzo, Alejandro Barrera, Gregory E Crawford, Brenton D Hoffman, Charles A Gersbach

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Brian D CosgroveDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University; Durham, NC 27708, USA.
Lexi R BoundsDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University; Durham, NC 27708, USA.
Carson Key TaylorDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University; Durham, NC 27708, USA.
Alan L SuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University; Durham, NC 27708, USA.
Anthony J RizzoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University; Durham, NC 27708, USA.
Alejandro BarreraCenter for Advanced Genomic Technologies, Duke University; Durham, NC 27708, USA.
Gregory E CrawfordCenter for Advanced Genomic Technologies, Duke University; Durham, NC 27708, USA.
Brenton D HoffmanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University; Durham, NC 27708, USA.
Charles A GersbachDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University; Durham, NC 27708, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1478-4013
Duke University · US

Funding

The Duke FUNCTION Center: Pioneering the comprehensive identification of combinatorial noncoding causes of diseaseRM1HG011123 · NHGRI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI GREGORY E CRAWFORD, Raluca Gordan · 2020 to 2026
$21.9M
High-Throughput Functional Annotation of Gene Regulatory Elements and Variants Critical to Complex Cellular PhenotypesUM1HG012053 · NHGRI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI GREGORY E CRAWFORD, Charles A. Gersbach · 2021 to 2026
$10.7M
Regulatory Mechanisms of CD4+ T Cell DifferentiationUM1HG009428 · NHGRI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI CIOFANI, MARIA, CRAWFORD, GREGORY E · 2017 to 2021
$4.6M
University Training Program in Biomolecular and Tissue EngineeringT32GM144291 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Charles A. Gersbach, Tatiana Segura · 2022 to 2026
$2.6M
Epigenome Editing Technologies for Treating Diverse DiseaseU01AI146356 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI GERSBACH, CHARLES A. · 2019 to 2022
$1.6M
NHGRI NIH HHS RM1 HG011123NHGRI NIH HHS UM1 HG009428NHGRI NIH HHS UM1 HG012053NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI146356NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM144291
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epigenetic control of cellular transcription and phenotype is influenced by changes in the cellular microenvironment, yet how mechanical cues from these microenvironments precisely influence epigenetic state to regulate transcription remains largely unmapped. Here, we combine genome-wide epigenome profiling, epigenome editing, and phenotypic and single-cell RNA-seq CRISPR screening to identify a new class of genomic enhancers that responds to the mechanical microenvironment. These 'mechanoenhancers' could be active on either soft or stiff extracellular matrix contexts, and regulated transcription to influence critical cell functions including apoptosis, mechanotransduction, proliferation, and migration. Epigenetic editing of mechanoenhancers on rigid materials tuned gene expression to levels observed on softer materials, thereby reprogramming the cellular response to the mechanical microenvironment. These editing approaches may enable the precise alteration of mechanically-driven disease states.

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PMCPMC10802421
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