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Context transcription factors establish cooperative environments and mediate enhancer communication

Kribelbauer-Swietek, Judith F.  
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Pushkarev, Olga  
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Gardeux, Vincent  
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October 1, 2024
Nature Genetics

Many enhancers control gene expression by assembling regulatory factor clusters, also referred to as condensates. This process is vital for facilitating enhancer communication and establishing cellular identity. However, how DNA sequence and transcription factor (TF) binding instruct the formation of high regulatory factor environments remains poorly understood. Here we developed a new approach leveraging enhancer-centric chromatin accessibility quantitative trait loci (caQTLs) to nominate regulatory factor clusters genome-wide. By analyzing TF-binding signatures within the context of caQTLs and comparing episomal versus endogenous enhancer activities, we discovered a class of regulators, ‘context-only’ TFs, that amplify the activity of cell type-specific caQTL-binding TFs, that is, ‘context-initiator’ TFs. Similar to super-enhancers, enhancers enriched for context-only TF-binding sites display high coactivator binding and sensitivity to bromodomain-inhibiting molecules. We further show that binding sites for context-only and context-initiator TFs underlie enhancer coordination, providing a mechanistic rationale for how a loose TF syntax confers regulatory specificity.

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research article
DOI
10.1038/s41588-024-01892-7
Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85205542771

PubMed ID

39363017

Author(s)
Kribelbauer-Swietek, Judith F.  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Pushkarev, Olga  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Gardeux, Vincent  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Faltejskova, Katerina

Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Russeil, Julie  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

van Mierlo, Guido  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Deplancke, Bart  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Date Issued

2024-10-01

Published in
Nature Genetics
Volume

56

Issue

10

Start page

2199

End page

2212

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

EPFL units
UPDEPLA  
FunderFunding(s)Grant NumberGrant URL

EPFL

EMBO

1139-2019,2020-895

EPFL’s Center for Imaging and Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowships

101026623,860002,895426

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January 25, 2025
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