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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

Chromatin Organization Governs Transcriptional Response and Plasticity of Cancer Stem Cells.

Yinu Wang, Jane Frederick, Karla Isabel Medina, Elizabeth Thomas Bartom, Luay Matthew Almassalha, Yaqi Zhang, Greta Wodarcyk, Hao Huang, I Chae Ye, Ruyi Gong and 11 more

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Chromatin Packing Domain Engineering Through the Manipulation of Nuclear Cationic States.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  13. Leveraging chromatin packing domains to target chemoevasion in vivo.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  15. Chromatin Organization Governs Transcriptional Response and Plasticity of Cancer Stem Cells.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors.

Yinu WangDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3654-7350
Jane FrederickDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.
Karla Isabel MedinaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.
Elizabeth Thomas BartomDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
Luay Matthew AlmassalhaCenter for Physical Genomics and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.
Yaqi ZhangDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
Greta WodarcykDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.
Hao HuangDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
I Chae YeDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.
Ruyi GongDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.
Cody Levi DuntonDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.
Alex DuvalDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
Paola Carrillo GonzalezDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.
Joshua PritchardDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.
John CarinatoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.
Iuliia TopchuDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
Junzui LiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
Zhe JiDepartment of Pharmacology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
Mazhar AdliDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
Vadim BackmanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1981-1818
Daniela MateiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2169-5035

Funding

Tumor Environment and Metastasis (TEAM) Research ProgramP30CA060553 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Devalingam Mahalingam · 1993 to 2026
$153.9M
Technology Development UnitU54CA268084 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI Daniela E Matei · 2022 to 2026
$10.0M
Northwestern University Allergy Immunology Research Program (NUAIR)T32AI083216 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Stephanie Caroline Eisenbarth, ADAM WILLIAMS · 2010 to 2026
$4.1M
Reducing Cancer Transcriptional Heterogeneity through Regulation of Chromatin StructureR01CA228272 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI BACKMAN, VADIM, ROY, HEMANT K. · 2018 to 2022
$3.2M
Chemo-mediated transcriptional reprogramming in ovarian cancerR01CA267544 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI ADLI, MAZHAR · 2022 to 2025
$2.2M
Characterizing functional translation in putative 'noncoding' regions of a genome: Admin SupplR35GM138192 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI JI, ZHE · 2020 to 2024
$2.1M
Physical Genomics and Engineering Training ProgramT32GM142604 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI BACKMAN, VADIM · 2021 to 2025
$1.9M
Bioinformatics Analysis of Next Generation Sequencing Data from Cancer CellsR50CA221848 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Elizabeth Thomas Bartom · 2017 to 2026
$1.8M
BLRD VA I01 BX000792Christina Carinato Charitable FoundationNational Cancer Center U54CA268084-02National Science Foundation EFMA-1830961National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program DGE-1842165NCI NIH HHS P30 CA060553NCI NIH HHS R01 CA228272NCI NIH HHS R01CA228272NCI NIH HHS R01 CA267544NCI NIH HHS R50 CA221848NCI NIH HHS T32AI083216NCI NIH HHS T32GM142604NCI NIH HHS U54 CA268084NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI083216NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM138192NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM142604NIH HHSNorthwestern University - Flow Cytometry Core Facility NCI CA060553NUSeq Core NCI CCSG P30 CA060553Ovarian Cancer Research AllianceRobert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer CenterU.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BX000792-09A2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chromatin organization regulates transcription to influence cellular plasticity and cell fate. We explored whether chromatin nanoscale packing domains are involved in stemness and response to chemotherapy. Using an optical spectroscopic nanosensing technology we show that ovarian cancer-derived cancer stem cells (CSCs) display upregulation of nanoscale chromatin packing domains compared to non-CSCs. Cleavage under targets and tagmentation (CUT&Tag) sequencing with antibodies for repressive H3K27me3 and active H3K4me3 and H3K27ac marks mapped chromatin regions associated with differentially expressed genes. More poised genes marked by both H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 were identified in CSCs vs. non-CSCs, supporting increased transcriptional plasticity of CSCs. Pathways related to Wnt signaling and cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction were repressed in non-CSCs, while retinol metabolism and antioxidant response were activated in CSCs. Comparative transcriptomic analyses showed higher intercellular transcriptional heterogeneity at baseline in CSCs. In response to cisplatin, genes with low baseline expression levels underwent the highest upregulation in CSCs, demonstrating transcriptional plasticity under stress. Epigenome targeting drugs downregulated chromatin packing domains and promoted cellular differentiation. A disruptor of telomeric silencing 1-like (Dot1L) inhibitor blocked transcriptional plasticity, reversing stemness. These findings support that CSCs harbor upregulated chromatin packing domains, contributing to transcriptional and cell plasticity that epigenome modifiers can target.

Indexed as

Cell PlasticityChromatinNeoplastic Stem CellsOvarian NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansTranscription, GeneticChromatincancer stem cellscell plasticitychromatin organizationovarian cancertranscriptional heterogeneity

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PMID40051293
PMCPMC12061297

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