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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

Engineered histones reshape chromatin in human cells.

Siddhartha G Jena, Surya Nagaraja, Andrew S Earl, Amalia R Driller-Colangelo, Michael A Quezada, Ena Oreskovic, Max A Horlbeck, Ruochi Zhang, Wilson Gomarga, Jason D Buenrostro

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10 authors.

Siddhartha G JenaHarvard Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology.ORCID 0000-0002-9750-0225
Surya NagarajaHarvard Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology.
Andrew S EarlHarvard Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology.
Amalia R Driller-ColangeloHarvard Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology.
Michael A QuezadaHarvard Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology.
Ena OreskovicHarvard Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology.
Max A HorlbeckHarvard Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology.
Ruochi ZhangHarvard Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology.
Wilson GomargaHarvard Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology.
Jason D BuenrostroHarvard Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology.

Funding

Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM007753 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI WALENSKY, LOREN DAVID · 1985 to 2021
$50.0M
Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM144273 · NIGMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI David Shumway Jones, Jacqueline A. Lees · 2022 to 2026
$14.7M
MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY AND TUMOR BIOLOGYT32CA009216 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI David Michael Langenau · 1985 to 2026
$10.6M
The Child Heath Research CenterK12HD052896 · NICHD · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI Wendy K Chung · 2007 to 2026
$7.9M
Rapid functional genetics to study stem cell-niche interactions in the skinR01AR080110 · NIAMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI Ya-Chieh Hsu · 2022 to 2026
$2.5M
Aging and Rejuvenation of Skin Stem CellsR01AR083416 · NIAMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI Ya-Chieh Hsu · 2024 to 2026
$1.6M
Opera Phenix high-throughput microplate confocal imager for high-content screeningS10OD026839 · OD · BROAD INSTITUTE, INC. · PI WAGNER, BRIDGET K · 2019 to 2019
$1.0M
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009216NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR080110NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR083416NICHD NIH HHS K12 HD052896NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007753NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM144273NIH HHS S10 OD026839Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Histone proteins and their variants have been found to play crucial and specialized roles in chromatin organization and the regulation of downstream gene expression; however, the relationship between histone sequence and its effect on chromatin organization remains poorly understood, limiting our functional understanding of sequence variation between distinct subtypes and across evolution and frustrating efforts to rationally design synthetic histones that can be used to engineer specified cell states. Here, we make the first advance towards engineered histone-driven chromatin organization. By expressing libraries of sequence variants of core histones in human cells, we identify variants that dominantly modulate chromatin structure. We further interrogate variants using a combination of imaging, proteomics, and genomics to reveal both

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