Pioneer factors—key regulators of chromatin and gene expression

ML Bulyk, J Drouin, MM Harrison, J Taipale… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Pioneer factors are a group of transcription factors with important roles in gene regulation
during development. Their unique ability to bind to compacted chromatin, promoting its …

Epigenetic regulatory layers in the 3D nucleus

A Willemin, D Szabó, A Pombo - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Nearly 7 decades have elapsed since Francis Crick introduced the central dogma of
molecular biology, as part of his ideas on protein synthesis, setting the fundamental rules of …

Biophysical forces mediated by respiration maintain lung alveolar epithelial cell fate

K Shiraishi, PP Shah, MP Morley, C Loebel, GT Santini… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Lungs undergo mechanical strain during breathing, but how these biophysical forces affect
cell fate and tissue homeostasis are unclear. We show that biophysical forces through …

Depletion of lamins B1 and B2 promotes chromatin mobility and induces differential gene expression by a mesoscale-motion-dependent mechanism

EM Pujadas Liwag, X Wei, N Acosta, LM Carter, J Yang… - Genome biology, 2024 - Springer
Background B-type lamins are critical nuclear envelope proteins that interact with the three-
dimensional genomic architecture. However, identifying the direct roles of B-lamins on …

Nucleome programming is required for the foundation of totipotency in mammalian germline development

M Nagano, B Hu, S Yokobayashi, A Yamamura… - The EMBO …, 2022 - embopress.org
Germ cells are unique in engendering totipotency, yet the mechanisms underlying this
capacity remain elusive. Here, we perform comprehensive and in‐depth nucleome analysis …

To be or not be (in the LAD): emerging roles of lamin proteins in transcriptional regulation

E Nazer - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Lamins are components of the nuclear lamina, a protein meshwork that underlies the
nuclear membrane. Lamins interact with chromatin in transcriptionally silent regions defined …

Choreography of lamina‐associated domains: structure meets dynamics

NS Alagna, TI Thomas, KL Wilson, KL Reddy - FEBS letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Lamina‐associated domains are large regions of heterochromatin positioned at the nuclear
periphery. These domains have been implicated in gene repression, especially in the …

The secret life of chromatin tethers

AA Kiseleva, A Poleshko - FEBS letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The nuclear envelope plays an essential role in organizing the genome inside of the
nucleus. The inner nuclear membrane is coated with a meshwork of filamentous lamin …

Pioneer factor Pax7 initiates two-step cell-cycle-dependent chromatin opening

A Gouhier, J Dumoulin-Gagnon… - Nature Structural & …, 2024 - nature.com
Pioneer transcription factors direct cell differentiation by deploying new enhancer repertoires
through their unique ability to target and initiate remodelling of closed chromatin. The initial …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancers on the edge—How the nuclear envelope controls gene regulatory elements

R Czapiewski, EC Schirmer - Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights●The nuclear envelope (NE) contributes to 3D genome organization regulatory
control.●NE control of their localization affects the function of genes, enhancers, and …