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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

Predictive design of tissue-specific mammalian enhancers that function

Shenzhi Chen, Vincent Loubiere, Ethan W Hollingsworth, Sandra H Jacinto, Atrin Dizehchi, Jacob Schreiber, Evgeny Z Kvon, Alexander Stark

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8 authors.

Shenzhi ChenResearch Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0009-0004-2050-2873
Vincent LoubiereResearch Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-3632-378X
Ethan W HollingsworthDepartment of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5188-3929
Sandra H JacintoDepartment of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9466-936X
Atrin DizehchiDepartment of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
Jacob SchreiberResearch Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-4230-6625
Evgeny Z KvonDepartment of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1562-0945
Alexander StarkResearch Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-2611-0841

Funding

Univ.of Calif., Irvine Cancer Center Support GrantP30CA062203 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI Melanie Funes · 1994 to 2026
$57.9M
Deciphering the mechanism of long-range gene regulation in vivoDP2GM149555 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI KVON, EVGENY · 2022 to 2025
$2.4M
Decoding the Mechanism of Pathogenic Enhancer Mutations In Congenital Limb DisordersR01HD115268 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI Evgeny Kvon · 2024 to 2026
$1.2M
Deciphering Mechanisms of Limb Malformations Caused by Noncoding Variants In VivoF30HD110233 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI Ethan W Hollingsworth · 2022 to 2026
$189k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA062203NICHD NIH HHS F30 HD110233NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD115268NIGMS NIH HHS DP2 GM149555
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Abstract

Enhancers control tissue-specific gene expression across metazoans. Although deep learning has enabled enhancer prediction and design in mammalian cell lines and invertebrate systems, it remains unclear whether such approaches can operate within the regulatory complexity of mammalian tissues in vivo. Here, we present a general strategy for designing tissue-specific enhancers that function reliably in mice. We use deep learning to train compact convolutional neural networks (CNNs) on genome-wide chromatin accessibility and fine-tune them via transfer learning on validated human and mouse enhancers. Guided by these models, we design fifteen synthetic enhancers for the heart, limb, and central nervous system (CNS) in mouse embryos, all of which are active in their intended target tissue. Our work establishes a generalizable framework for programmable control of mammalian gene expression

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