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ArticleNature communications2025

Spatial patterning of the epigenome during vertebrate gastrulation.

Ana Paula Azambuja, Megan Rothstein, Tatiane Y Kanno, Marcos Simoes-Costa

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4 authors.

Ana Paula Azambuja *Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3667-5689
Megan Rothstein *Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Tatiane Y KannoDepartment of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Marcos Simoes-CostaDepartment of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. marcos@hms.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1452-7068

Funding

Spatial Control of Pattern Formation in Early Vertebrate DevelopmentDP2HD102043 · NICHD · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI SIMOES-COSTA, MARCOS · 2019 to 2019
$2.4M
NICHD NIH HHS DP2 HD102043
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A central question in developmental biology is how embryonic cells acquire and store positional information during pattern formation. In vertebrates, this process begins with the localized activation of signaling systems that mediate axial specification. How these spatial cues are recorded within the regulatory landscape of cells has remained unclear. Here, we report that the chromatin landscape of embryonic cells is spatially patterned during gastrulation. Using spatially resolved genomic analysis in avian embryos, we observed that the epigenome becomes organized in gradients of accessibility and activity along the embryonic axes. These chromatin gradients are established within the loci of developmental genes at the onset of gastrulation and can be used to infer the position of cells in the embryo. Our results show that axial specification involves the spatial organization of the epigenome, linking patterns of chromatin activity to the emergence of the embryonic body plan.

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Body PatterningEpigenomeGastrulationVertebratesAnimalsChick EmbryoChromatinGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalChromatin

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PMID41397979
PMCPMC12823567

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