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ArticleNature communications2024

Nuclear actin structure regulates chromatin accessibility.

Buer Sen, Zhihui Xie, Michelle D Thomas, Samantha G Pattenden, Sean Howard, Cody McGrath, Maya Styner, Gunes Uzer, Terrence S Furey, Janet Rubin

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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27 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Buer SenDepartment of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Zhihui XieDepartment of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Michelle D ThomasDivision of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Samantha G PattendenDivision of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Sean HowardDepartment of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, Boise State University, Boise, ID, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7556-1951
Cody McGrathDepartment of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Maya StynerDepartment of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9790-8645
Gunes UzerDepartment of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, Boise State University, Boise, ID, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1178-4942
Terrence S FureyDepartments of Genetics and Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5546-9672
Janet RubinDepartment of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. jrubin@med.unc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3534-8667

Funding

Role of force regulated nuclear structure in expression of osteogenesisR01AR075803 · NIAMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI RUBIN, JANET E · 2020 to 2024
$2.4M
Marrow Adipose Compartment Physiology in Caloric Restriction and AgingR01AR073264 · NIAMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI STYNER, MAYA SHALEV · 2019 to 2023
$1.7M
Uncover the new subsets of epidermal Langerhans cellsR61AR076803 · NIAMS · HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM · PI ADRIANTO, INDRA, MI, QING-SHENG · 2019 to 2020
$746k
Uncover the new subsets of epidermal Langerhans cellsR33AR076803 · NIAMS · HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM · PI ADRIANTO, INDRA, MI, QING-SHENG · 2021 to 2021
$380k
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR073264NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR075803NIAMS NIH HHS R33 AR076803NIAMS NIH HHS R61 AR076803NSF | BIO | Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) 2025505U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | Center for Scientific Review (NIH Center for Scientific Review) AG069923U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) AR073264U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) AR076803
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polymerized β-actin may provide a structural basis for chromatin accessibility and actin transport into the nucleus can guide mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) differentiation. Using MSC, we show that using CK666 to inhibit Arp2/3 directed secondary actin branching results in decreased nuclear actin structure, and significantly alters chromatin access measured with ATACseq at 24 h. The ATAC-seq results due to CK666 are distinct from those caused by cytochalasin D (CytoD), which enhances nuclear actin structure. In addition, nuclear visualization shows Arp2/3 inhibition decreases pericentric H3K9me3 marks. CytoD, alternatively, induces redistribution of H3K27me3 marks centrally. Such alterations in chromatin landscape are consistent with differential gene expression associated with distinctive differentiation patterns. Further, knockdown of the non-enzymatic monomeric actin binding protein, Arp4, leads to extensive chromatin unpacking, but only a modest increase in transcription, indicating an active role for actin-Arp4 in transcription. These data indicate that dynamic actin remodeling can regulate chromatin interactions.

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Actin-Related Protein 2-3 ComplexActinsCell NucleusChromatinMesenchymal Stem CellsAnimalsCell DifferentiationChromatin Assembly and DisassemblyCytochalasin DHistonesHumansMiceMicrofilament ProteinsActin-Related Protein 2-3 ComplexActinsChromatinCytochalasin DHistonesMicrofilament Proteins

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PMID38750021
PMCPMC11096319

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