RRC ID 79150
著者 Ando K, Ou J, Thompson JD, Welsby J, Bangru S, Shen J, Wei X, Diao Y, Poss KD.
タイトル A screen for regeneration-associated silencer regulatory elements in zebrafish.
ジャーナル Dev Cell
Abstract Regeneration involves gene expression changes explained in part by context-dependent recruitment of transcriptional activators to distal enhancers. Silencers that engage repressive transcriptional complexes are less studied than enhancers and more technically challenging to validate, but they potentially have profound biological importance for regeneration. Here, we identified candidate silencers through a screening process that examined the ability of DNA sequences to limit injury-induced gene expression in larval zebrafish after fin amputation. A short sequence (s1) on chromosome 5 near several genes that reduce expression during adult fin regeneration could suppress promoter activity in stable transgenic lines and diminish nearby gene expression in knockin lines. High-resolution analysis of chromatin organization identified physical associations of s1 with gene promoters occurring preferentially during fin regeneration, and genomic deletion of s1 elevated the expression of these genes after fin amputation. Our study provides methods to identify "tissue regeneration silencer elements" (TRSEs) with the potential to reduce unnecessary or deleterious gene expression during regeneration.
巻・号 59(5)
ページ 676-691.e5
公開日 2024-3-11
DOI 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.01.004
PII S1534-5807(24)00004-2
PMID 38290519
PMC PMC10939760
MeSH Animals Animals, Genetically Modified Promoter Regions, Genetic Silencer Elements, Transcriptional* Zebrafish* / genetics
リソース情報
遺伝子材料 pcDNA3 Venus-Akaluc (RDB15781)