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  1. Article ; Online: High-sensitive nascent transcript sequencing reveals BRD4-specific control of widespread enhancer and target gene transcription.

    Bressin, Annkatrin / Jasnovidova, Olga / Arnold, Mirjam / Altendorfer, Elisabeth / Trajkovski, Filip / Kratz, Thomas A / Handzlik, Joanna E / Hnisz, Denes / Mayer, Andreas

    Nature communications

    2023  Volume 14, Issue 1, Page(s) 4971

    Abstract: Gene transcription by RNA polymerase II (Pol II) is under control of promoters and distal regulatory elements known as enhancers. Enhancers are themselves transcribed by Pol II correlating with their activity. How enhancer transcription is regulated and ... ...

    Abstract Gene transcription by RNA polymerase II (Pol II) is under control of promoters and distal regulatory elements known as enhancers. Enhancers are themselves transcribed by Pol II correlating with their activity. How enhancer transcription is regulated and coordinated with transcription at target genes has remained unclear. Here, we developed a high-sensitive native elongating transcript sequencing approach, called HiS-NET-seq, to provide an extended high-resolution view on transcription, especially at lowly transcribed regions such as enhancers. HiS-NET-seq uncovers new transcribed enhancers in human cells. A multi-omics analysis shows that genome-wide enhancer transcription depends on the BET family protein BRD4. Specifically, BRD4 co-localizes to enhancer and promoter-proximal gene regions, and is required for elongation activation at enhancers and their genes. BRD4 keeps a set of enhancers and genes in proximity through long-range contacts. From these studies BRD4 emerges as a general regulator of enhancer transcription that may link transcription at enhancers and genes.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Nuclear Proteins/genetics ; Transcription Factors/genetics ; Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid ; RNA Polymerase II/genetics ; Transcription, Genetic ; Cell Cycle Proteins/genetics
    Chemical Substances Nuclear Proteins ; Transcription Factors ; RNA Polymerase II (EC 2.7.7.-) ; BRD4 protein, human ; Cell Cycle Proteins
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-08-17
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2553671-0
    ISSN 2041-1723 ; 2041-1723
    ISSN (online) 2041-1723
    ISSN 2041-1723
    DOI 10.1038/s41467-023-40633-y
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  2. Article ; Online: New Insights into Genome Structure: Genes of a Feather Stick Together.

    Hnisz, Denes / Young, Richard A

    Molecular cell

    2017  Volume 67, Issue 5, Page(s) 730–731

    Abstract: DNA structuring proteins such as CTCF facilitate DNA loop formation and are presumed to be among the major determinants of eukaryotic genome structure. Recent studies, including Rowley et al. (2017), suggest that gene activation and repression play ... ...

    Abstract DNA structuring proteins such as CTCF facilitate DNA loop formation and are presumed to be among the major determinants of eukaryotic genome structure. Recent studies, including Rowley et al. (2017), suggest that gene activation and repression play fundamentally important roles in structuring the genome independently of CTCF.
    MeSH term(s) DNA ; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics ; Genome ; Repressor Proteins/genetics
    Chemical Substances DNA-Binding Proteins ; Repressor Proteins ; DNA (9007-49-2)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-09-07
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1415236-8
    ISSN 1097-4164 ; 1097-2765
    ISSN (online) 1097-4164
    ISSN 1097-2765
    DOI 10.1016/j.molcel.2017.08.023
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  3. Article: New Insights into Genome Structure: Genes of a Feather Stick Together

    Hnisz, Denes / Richard A. Young

    Molecular cell. 2017 Sept. 07, v. 67, no. 5

    2017  

    Abstract: DNA structuring proteins such as CTCF facilitate DNA loop formation and are presumed to be among the major determinants of eukaryotic genome structure. Recent studies, including Rowley et al. (2017), suggest that gene activation and repression play ... ...

    Abstract DNA structuring proteins such as CTCF facilitate DNA loop formation and are presumed to be among the major determinants of eukaryotic genome structure. Recent studies, including Rowley et al. (2017), suggest that gene activation and repression play fundamentally important roles in structuring the genome independently of CTCF.
    Keywords DNA ; gene activation ; genes
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2017-0907
    Size p. 730-731.
    Publishing place Elsevier Inc.
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 1415236-8
    ISSN 1097-4164 ; 1097-2765
    ISSN (online) 1097-4164
    ISSN 1097-2765
    DOI 10.1016/j.molcel.2017.08.023
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  4. Article ; Online: Regulatory architecture of housekeeping genes is driven by promoter assemblies.

    Dejosez, Marion / Dall'Agnese, Alessandra / Ramamoorthy, Mahesh / Platt, Jesse / Yin, Xing / Hogan, Megan / Brosh, Ran / Weintraub, Abraham S / Hnisz, Denes / Abraham, Brian J / Young, Richard A / Zwaka, Thomas P

    Cell reports

    2023  Volume 42, Issue 5, Page(s) 112505

    Abstract: Genes that are key to cell identity are generally regulated by cell-type-specific enhancer elements bound by transcription factors, some of which facilitate looping to distant gene promoters. In contrast, genes that encode housekeeping functions, whose ... ...

    Abstract Genes that are key to cell identity are generally regulated by cell-type-specific enhancer elements bound by transcription factors, some of which facilitate looping to distant gene promoters. In contrast, genes that encode housekeeping functions, whose regulation is essential for normal cell metabolism and growth, generally lack interactions with distal enhancers. We find that Ronin (Thap11) assembles multiple promoters of housekeeping and metabolic genes to regulate gene expression. This behavior is analogous to how enhancers are brought together with promoters to regulate cell identity genes. Thus, Ronin-dependent promoter assemblies provide a mechanism to explain why housekeeping genes can forgo distal enhancer elements and why Ronin is important for cellular metabolism and growth control. We propose that clustering of regulatory elements is a mechanism common to cell identity and housekeeping genes but is accomplished by different factors binding distinct control elements to establish enhancer-promoter or promoter-promoter interactions, respectively.
    MeSH term(s) Genes, Essential/genetics ; Enhancer Elements, Genetic/genetics ; Transcription Factors/metabolism ; Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
    Chemical Substances Transcription Factors
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-05-12
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 2649101-1
    ISSN 2211-1247 ; 2211-1247
    ISSN (online) 2211-1247
    ISSN 2211-1247
    DOI 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112505
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  5. Article ; Online: Transcriptional Addiction in Cancer.

    Bradner, James E / Hnisz, Denes / Young, Richard A

    Cell

    2017  Volume 168, Issue 4, Page(s) 629–643

    Abstract: Cancer arises from genetic alterations that invariably lead to dysregulated transcriptional programs. These dysregulated programs can cause cancer cells to become highly dependent on certain regulators of gene expression. Here, we discuss how ... ...

    Abstract Cancer arises from genetic alterations that invariably lead to dysregulated transcriptional programs. These dysregulated programs can cause cancer cells to become highly dependent on certain regulators of gene expression. Here, we discuss how transcriptional control is disrupted by genetic alterations in cancer cells, why transcriptional dependencies can develop as a consequence of dysregulated programs, and how these dependencies provide opportunities for novel therapeutic interventions in cancer.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; DNA Methylation ; Epigenesis, Genetic ; Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic ; Homeostasis ; Humans ; Neoplasms/drug therapy ; Neoplasms/genetics ; Neoplasms/pathology ; Transcription Factors/metabolism ; Transcription, Genetic
    Chemical Substances Transcription Factors
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017--09
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 187009-9
    ISSN 1097-4172 ; 0092-8674
    ISSN (online) 1097-4172
    ISSN 0092-8674
    DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2016.12.013
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  6. Article ; Online: Insulated Neighborhoods: Structural and Functional Units of Mammalian Gene Control.

    Hnisz, Denes / Day, Daniel S / Young, Richard A

    Cell

    2016  Volume 167, Issue 5, Page(s) 1188–1200

    Abstract: Understanding how transcriptional enhancers control over 20,000 protein-coding genes to maintain cell-type-specific gene expression programs in all human cells is a fundamental challenge in regulatory biology. Recent studies suggest that gene regulatory ... ...

    Abstract Understanding how transcriptional enhancers control over 20,000 protein-coding genes to maintain cell-type-specific gene expression programs in all human cells is a fundamental challenge in regulatory biology. Recent studies suggest that gene regulatory elements and their target genes generally occur within insulated neighborhoods, which are chromosomal loop structures formed by the interaction of two DNA sites bound by the CTCF protein and occupied by the cohesin complex. Here, we review evidence that insulated neighborhoods provide for specific enhancer-gene interactions, are essential for both normal gene activation and repression, form a chromosome scaffold that is largely preserved throughout development, and are perturbed by genetic and epigenetic factors in disease. Insulated neighborhoods are a powerful paradigm for gene control that provides new insights into development and disease.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; CCCTC-Binding Factor ; Chromosomes/metabolism ; Enhancer Elements, Genetic ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Humans ; Insulator Elements ; Mammals/metabolism ; Repressor Proteins/metabolism
    Chemical Substances CCCTC-Binding Factor ; CTCF protein, human ; Repressor Proteins
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-11-15
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ZDB-ID 187009-9
    ISSN 1097-4172 ; 0092-8674
    ISSN (online) 1097-4172
    ISSN 0092-8674
    DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2016.10.024
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  7. Article: Insulated Neighborhoods: Structural and Functional Units of Mammalian Gene Control

    Hnisz, Denes / Daniel S. Day / Richard A. Young

    Cell. 2016 Nov. 17, v. 167

    2016  

    Abstract: Understanding how transcriptional enhancers control over 20,000 protein-coding genes to maintain cell-type-specific gene expression programs in all human cells is a fundamental challenge in regulatory biology. Recent studies suggest that gene regulatory ... ...

    Abstract Understanding how transcriptional enhancers control over 20,000 protein-coding genes to maintain cell-type-specific gene expression programs in all human cells is a fundamental challenge in regulatory biology. Recent studies suggest that gene regulatory elements and their target genes generally occur within insulated neighborhoods, which are chromosomal loop structures formed by the interaction of two DNA sites bound by the CTCF protein and occupied by the cohesin complex. Here, we review evidence that insulated neighborhoods provide for specific enhancer-gene interactions, are essential for both normal gene activation and repression, form a chromosome scaffold that is largely preserved throughout development, and are perturbed by genetic and epigenetic factors in disease. Insulated neighborhoods are a powerful paradigm for gene control that provides new insights into development and disease.
    Keywords DNA ; chromosomes ; epigenetics ; gene activation ; gene expression ; humans ; regulator genes ; regulatory sequences ; transcription (genetics)
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2016-1117
    Size p. 1188-1200.
    Publishing place Elsevier Inc.
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 187009-9
    ISSN 1097-4172 ; 0092-8674
    ISSN (online) 1097-4172
    ISSN 0092-8674
    DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2016.10.024
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  8. Article ; Online: T-REX17

    Landshammer, Alexandro / Bolondi, Adriano / Kretzmer, Helene / Much, Christian / Buschow, René / Rose, Alina / Wu, Hua-Jun / Mackowiak, Sebastian D / Braendl, Bjoern / Giesselmann, Pay / Tornisiello, Rosaria / Parsi, Krishna Mohan / Huey, Jack / Mielke, Thorsten / Meierhofer, David / Maehr, René / Hnisz, Denes / Michor, Franziska / Rinn, John L /
    Meissner, Alexander

    eLife

    2023  Volume 12

    Abstract: Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have emerged as fundamental regulators in various biological processes, including embryonic development and cellular differentiation. Despite much progress over the past decade, the genome-wide annotation of lncRNAs remains ...

    Abstract Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have emerged as fundamental regulators in various biological processes, including embryonic development and cellular differentiation. Despite much progress over the past decade, the genome-wide annotation of lncRNAs remains incomplete and many known non-coding loci are still poorly characterized. Here, we report the discovery of a previously unannotated lncRNA that is transcribed 230 kb upstream of the
    MeSH term(s) Pregnancy ; Female ; Humans ; RNA, Long Noncoding/genetics ; RNA, Long Noncoding/metabolism ; Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition ; Endoderm ; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental ; SOXF Transcription Factors/genetics ; SOXF Transcription Factors/metabolism ; Cell Differentiation/genetics
    Chemical Substances RNA, Long Noncoding ; SOXF Transcription Factors
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-31
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 2687154-3
    ISSN 2050-084X ; 2050-084X
    ISSN (online) 2050-084X
    ISSN 2050-084X
    DOI 10.7554/eLife.83077
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  9. Article: Transcriptional Addiction in Cancer

    Bradner, James E / Denes Hnisz / Richard A. Young

    Cell. 2017 Feb. 09, v. 168

    2017  

    Abstract: Cancer arises from genetic alterations that invariably lead to dysregulated transcriptional programs. These dysregulated programs can cause cancer cells to become highly dependent on certain regulators of gene expression. Here, we discuss how ... ...

    Abstract Cancer arises from genetic alterations that invariably lead to dysregulated transcriptional programs. These dysregulated programs can cause cancer cells to become highly dependent on certain regulators of gene expression. Here, we discuss how transcriptional control is disrupted by genetic alterations in cancer cells, why transcriptional dependencies can develop as a consequence of dysregulated programs, and how these dependencies provide opportunities for novel therapeutic interventions in cancer.
    Keywords gene expression ; neoplasm cells ; neoplasms ; regulator genes ; transcription (genetics)
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2017-0209
    Size p. 629-643.
    Publishing place Elsevier Inc.
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 187009-9
    ISSN 1097-4172 ; 0092-8674
    ISSN (online) 1097-4172
    ISSN 0092-8674
    DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2016.12.013
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  10. Article ; Online: CEBPA phase separation links transcriptional activity and 3D chromatin hubs.

    Christou-Kent, Marie / Cuartero, Sergi / Garcia-Cabau, Carla / Ruehle, Julia / Naderi, Julian / Erber, Julia / Neguembor, Maria Victoria / Plana-Carmona, Marcos / Alcoverro-Bertran, Marc / De Andres-Aguayo, Luisa / Klonizakis, Antonios / Julià-Vilella, Eric / Lynch, Cian / Serrano, Manuel / Hnisz, Denes / Salvatella, Xavier / Graf, Thomas / Stik, Grégoire

    Cell reports

    2023  Volume 42, Issue 8, Page(s) 112897

    Abstract: Cell identity is orchestrated through an interplay between transcription factor (TF) action and genome architecture. The mechanisms used by TFs to shape three-dimensional (3D) genome organization remain incompletely understood. Here we present evidence ... ...

    Abstract Cell identity is orchestrated through an interplay between transcription factor (TF) action and genome architecture. The mechanisms used by TFs to shape three-dimensional (3D) genome organization remain incompletely understood. Here we present evidence that the lineage-instructive TF CEBPA drives extensive chromatin compartment switching and promotes the formation of long-range chromatin hubs during induced B cell-to-macrophage transdifferentiation. Mechanistically, we find that the intrinsically disordered region (IDR) of CEBPA undergoes in vitro phase separation (PS) dependent on aromatic residues. Both overexpressing B cells and native CEBPA-expressing cell types such as primary granulocyte-macrophage progenitors, liver cells, and trophectoderm cells reveal nuclear CEBPA foci and long-range 3D chromatin hubs at CEBPA-bound regions. In short, we show that CEBPA can undergo PS through its IDR, which may underlie in vivo foci formation and suggest a potential role of PS in regulating CEBPA function.
    MeSH term(s) Chromatin ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Cell Nucleus ; Macrophages
    Chemical Substances Chromatin
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-07-29
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2649101-1
    ISSN 2211-1247 ; 2211-1247
    ISSN (online) 2211-1247
    ISSN 2211-1247
    DOI 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112897
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