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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

Multiplexed CRISPRi Reveals a Transcriptional Switch Between KLF Activators and Repressors in the Maturing Neocortex.

Ryan W Kirk, Liwei Sun, Ruixuan Xiao, Erin A Clark, Sacha Nelson

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Ryan W KirkDepartment of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02453, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-6735-2513
Liwei SunDepartment of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02453, USA.
Ruixuan XiaoDepartment of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02453, USA.
Erin A ClarkDepartment of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02453, USA.
Sacha NelsonDepartment of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02453, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0108-8599

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Maladaptive Compensatory Plasticity in Developing Cortical CircuitsR01NS109916 · NINDS · BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY · PI NELSON, SACHA B · 2020 to 2023
$1.6M
Maladaptive compensatory plasticity in developing cortical circuitsR56NS109916 · NINDS · BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY · PI NELSON, SACHA B · 2019 to 2019
$406k
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS109916NINDS NIH HHS R56 NS109916
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Abstract

A critical phase of mammalian brain development takes place after birth. Neurons of the mouse neocortex undergo dramatic changes in their morphology, physiology, and synaptic connections during the first postnatal month, while properties of immature neurons, such as the capacity for robust axon outgrowth, are lost. The genetic and epigenetic programs controlling prenatal development are well studied, but our understanding of the transcriptional mechanisms that regulate postnatal neuronal maturation is comparatively lacking. By integrating chromatin accessibility and gene expression data from two subtypes of neocortical pyramidal neurons in the neonatal and maturing brain, we predicted a role for the Krüppel-Like Factor (KLF) family of Transcription Factors in the developmental regulation of neonatally expressed genes. Using a multiplexed CRISPR Interference (CRISPRi) knockdown strategy, we found that a shift in expression from KLF activators (Klf6, Klf7) to repressors (Klf9, Klf13) during early postnatal development functions as a transcriptional 'switch' to first activate, then repress a set of shared targets with cytoskeletal functions including

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