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ArticleNature communications2025

Dynamic dosage changes in X-linked transposable elements during mammalian dosage compensation.

Chunyao Wei, Barry Kesner, Uri Weissbein, Peera Wasserzug-Pash, Priyojit Das, Jeannie T Lee

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Chunyao WeiDepartment of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Barry KesnerDepartment of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Uri WeissbeinDepartment of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Peera Wasserzug-PashDepartment of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Priyojit DasDepartment of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6774-6718
Jeannie T LeeDepartment of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. lee@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7786-8850

Funding

Pilot & Feasibility ProgramP30DK043351 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Ramnik J Xavier · 1991 to 2026
$35.3M
Regulation of X-Inactivation by Non-Coding RNA LociR01GM058839 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI LEE, JEANNIE T · 1999 to 2025
$6.7M
P&F programP30DK135043 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Aaron S Leong · 2023 to 2026
$5.4M
HD Upgrade to a Nikon A1R Confocal Imaging PlatformS10OD032211 · OD · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BROWN, DENNIS · 2022 to 2022
$296k
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK043351NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK135043NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM058839NIH HHS S10 OD032211U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) R01-GM58839
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Abstract

In mammals, X-linked dosage compensation involves X-chromosome inactivation to balance X chromosome dosage between males and females, and hyperactivation of the remaining X-chromosome (Xa-hyperactivation) to achieve X-autosome balance in both sexes. Studies of both processes have largely focused on coding genes and have not accounted for transposable elements which comprise 50% of the X-chromosome with numerous epigenetic functions. Here we develop a new bioinformatic pipeline tailored to repetitive elements with capability for allelic discrimination. We then apply the pipeline to our recent So-Smart-Seq analysis of single embryos to comprehensively interrogate whether X-linked transposable elements are subject to either X-chromosome inactivation or Xa-hyperactivation. We observe significant differences in repeat silencing in parentally driven "imprinted" versus zygotically driven "random" X-chromosome inactivation. Chromosomal positioning, genetic background and evolutionary age impact their silencing. In contrast, transposable elements do not undergo Xa-hyperactivation. Evolutionary and functional implications are discussed.

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DNA Transposable ElementsDosage Compensation, GeneticX ChromosomeX Chromosome InactivationAnimalsComputational BiologyFemaleGenes, X-LinkedMaleMammalsMiceDNA Transposable Elements

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PMID41219212
PMCPMC12606335

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