DUX4激活常见的和特定背景下的基因间转录本及异构体。

DUX4 activates common and context-specific intergenic transcripts and isoforms.

作者信息

Zheng Dongxu, van den Heuvel Anita, Balog Judit, Willemsen Iris M, Kloet Susan, Tapscott Stephen J, Mahfouz Ahmed, van der Maarel Silvère M

机构信息

Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands.

Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.

出版信息

Sci Adv. 2025 May 9;11(19):eadt5356. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adt5356. Epub 2025 May 7.

Abstract

DUX4 regulates the expression of genic and nongenic elements and modulates chromatin accessibility during zygotic genome activation in cleavage stage embryos. Its misexpression in skeletal muscle causes facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD). By leveraging full-length RNA isoform sequencing with short-read RNA sequencing of DUX4-inducible myoblasts, we elucidate an isoform-resolved transcriptome featuring numerous unannotated isoforms from known loci and novel intergenic loci. While DUX4 activates similar programs in early embryos and FSHD muscle, the isoform usage of known DUX4 targets is notably distinct between the two contexts. DUX4 also activates hundreds of previously unannotated intergenic loci dominated by repetitive elements. The transcriptional and epigenetic profiles of these loci in myogenic and embryonic contexts indicate that the usage of DUX4-binding sites at these intergenic loci is influenced by the cellular environment. These findings demonstrate that DUX4 induces context-specific transcriptomic programs, enriching our understanding of DUX4-induced muscle pathology.

摘要

DUX4在卵裂期胚胎的合子基因组激活过程中调节基因和非基因元件的表达,并调节染色质可及性。它在骨骼肌中的异常表达会导致面肩肱型肌营养不良症(FSHD)。通过利用DUX4诱导的成肌细胞的全长RNA异构体测序和短读长RNA测序,我们阐明了一个异构体解析的转录组,其特征是来自已知基因座和新的基因间基因座的大量未注释异构体。虽然DUX4在早期胚胎和FSHD肌肉中激活相似的程序,但已知DUX4靶标的异构体使用在这两种情况下明显不同。DUX4还激活了数百个以前未注释的以重复元件为主的基因间基因座。这些基因座在成肌和胚胎环境中的转录和表观遗传特征表明,这些基因间基因座上DUX4结合位点的使用受细胞环境影响。这些发现表明,DUX4诱导特定背景的转录组程序,丰富了我们对DUX4诱导的肌肉病理学的理解。

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