Naive pluripotent state can be obtained by several strategies from various types of cells,in which the cell fate roadmap as well as key biological events involved in the journey have been described in detail.Here,we c...Naive pluripotent state can be obtained by several strategies from various types of cells,in which the cell fate roadmap as well as key biological events involved in the journey have been described in detail.Here,we carefully explored the chromatin accessibility dynamics during the primed-to-naïve transition by adopting a dual fluorescent reporter system and the assay for transposase-accessible chromatin(ATAC)-seq.Our results revealed critical chromatin remodeling events and highlight the discordance between chromatin accessibility and transcriptional activity.We further demonstrate that the differential epigenetic modifications and transcription factor(TF)activities may play a critical role in regulating gene expression,and account for the observed variations in gene expression despite similar chromatin landscapes.展开更多
基金supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2021YFA11020000,2022YFC2702200 and 2018YFA0108900)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(31721003,32022024,32370842,32100633,32270850,32070652 and 81630035)the Shuguang Program of the Shanghai Education Development Foundation and Shanghai Municipal Education Commission(22SG20).
文摘Naive pluripotent state can be obtained by several strategies from various types of cells,in which the cell fate roadmap as well as key biological events involved in the journey have been described in detail.Here,we carefully explored the chromatin accessibility dynamics during the primed-to-naïve transition by adopting a dual fluorescent reporter system and the assay for transposase-accessible chromatin(ATAC)-seq.Our results revealed critical chromatin remodeling events and highlight the discordance between chromatin accessibility and transcriptional activity.We further demonstrate that the differential epigenetic modifications and transcription factor(TF)activities may play a critical role in regulating gene expression,and account for the observed variations in gene expression despite similar chromatin landscapes.