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Impacts of Nucleosome Positioning Elements and Pre-Assembled Chromatin States on Expression and Retention of Transgenes.

Ronard Kwizera, Junkai Xie, Nathan Nurse, Chongli Yuan, Ann L Kirchmaier

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Ronard KwizeraDepartment of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2425-5051
Junkai XieDavidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
Nathan NurseDavidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
Chongli YuanDavidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
Ann L KirchmaierDepartment of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9938-9105

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College of Agriculture, Purdue University Summer Research GrantNational Science Foundation 1705560
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objectivesTransgene applications, ranging from gene therapy to the development of stable cell lines and organisms, rely on maintaining the expression of transgenes. To date, the use of plasmid-based transgenes has been limited by the loss of their expression shortly after their delivery into the target cells. The short-lived expression of plasmid-based transgenes has been largely attributed to host-cell-mediated degradation and/or silencing of transgenes. The development of chromatin-based strategies for gene delivery has the potential to facilitate defining the requirements for establishing epigenetic states and to enhance transgene expression for numerous applications.

methodsTo assess the impact of "priming" plasmid-based transgenes to adopt accessible chromatin states to promote gene expression, nucleosome positioning elements were introduced at promoters of transgenes, and vectors were pre-assembled into nucleosomes containing unmodified histones or mutants mimicking constitutively acetylated states at residues 9 and 14 of histone H3 or residue 16 of histone H4 prior to their introduction into cells, then the transgene expression was monitored over time.

resultsDNA sequences capable of positioning nucleosomes could positively impact the expression of adjacent transgenes in a distance-dependent manner in the absence of their pre-assembly into chromatin. Intriguingly, the pre-assembly of plasmids into chromatin facilitated the prolonged expression of transgenes relative to plasmids that were not pre-packaged into chromatin. Interactions between pre-assembled chromatin states and nucleosome positioning-derived effects on expression were also assessed and, generally, nucleosome positioning played the predominant role in influencing gene expression relative to priming with hyperacetylated chromatin states.

conclusionsStrategies incorporating nucleosome positioning elements and the pre-assembly of plasmids into chromatin prior to nuclear delivery can modulate the expression of plasmid-based transgenes.

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Chromatin Assembly and DisassemblyHistonesNucleosomesTransgenesAnimalsChromatinHumansPlasmidsPromoter Regions, GeneticChromatinHistonesNucleosomeschromatinexpression of transgeneshistone acetylationnucleosome positioning

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PMID39336823
PMCPMC11431089

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