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| Title: | Targeted H3K9 acetylation at lncSox1 promoter by cell type-specific epigenome editing promotes intermediate progenitor proliferation in developing mouse cortex |
| Creators Name: | Sokpor, Godwin, Ulmke, P.A., Nguyen, H.D., Pham, L., Kakani, P., Chu, V.T., Arnold, S.J., Brand-Saberi, B., Nguyen, H.P. and Tuoc, T. |
| Abstract: | MOTIVATION: The abundance of basal progenitors is critical for cortical neurogenesis during brain development. There is growing interest in identifying how specific epigenetic factors regulate the genesis and expansion of basal progenitor cell sub-populations, including intermediate progenitor cells. We established a protocol that allowed us to identify the involvement of a long non-coding RNA (lncSox1) in regulating the proliferation of intermediate progenitor cells under the influence of H3K9 acetylation (H3K9ac). By enhancing H3K9ac at the promoter region of lncSox1 using a CRISPR-dCas9–mediated gene-editing tool, we were able to determine that lncSox1 upregulation is a downstream effect of H3K9ac acetylation and is necessary for intermediate progenitor pool amplification during cortical development. SUMMARY: The distribution and level of epigenetic (chromatin) marks have implications for differential regulatory effects at specific gene loci. Herein, we applied a protocol which combines in vivo electroporation and a CRISPR-dead (d)Cas9 system to probe and edit a specific chromatin mark in the epigenome of intermediate progenitor cells (IPCs) in developing mouse cortex. We found that the promoter of lncSox1, a long non-coding gene, is a key genomic locus for H3K9 acetylation (H3K9ac) during IPC amplification. CRISPR-dCas9–mediated addition of H3K9ac at lncSox1 promoter resulted in lncSox1 upregulation, with attendant increase in IPC pool and augmented neurogenesis. Thus, we have identified dynamic regulation of lncSox1 as a major downstream target of H3 acetylation, and as part of an epigenetic mechanism involved in IPC proliferation during neocortex expansion. This finding is a proof-of-concept that our epigenome editing-based method can be used for manipulating specific epigenetic effectors to determine their (neuro)biological significance. |
| Keywords: | Epigenome Editing, Targeted Gene Regulation, CRISPR-DCas9, H3K9 Acetylation, LncSox1, Intermediate Progenitors, Brain Development, Animals, Mice |
| Source: | bioRxiv |
| Publisher: | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press |
| Article Number: | 2024.11.05.621758 |
| Date: | 5 November 2024 |
| Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.11.05.621758 |
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