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Integrative analysis of single-cell expression data reveals distinct regulatory states in bidirectional promoters (2018)
Ardakani, Fatemeh Behjati ; Kattler, Kathrin ; Nordström, Karl ; Gasparoni, Nina ; Gasparoni, Gilles ; Fuchs, Sarah ; Sinha, Anupam ; Barann, Matthias ; Ebert, Peter ; Fischer, Jonas ; Hutter, Barbara ; Zipprich, Gideon ; Imbusch, Charles D. ; Felder, Bärbel ; Eils, Jürgen ; Brors, Benedikt ; Lengauer, Thomas ; Manke, Thomas ; Rosenstiel, Philip ; Walter, Jörn ; Schulz, Marcel Holger
Background: Bidirectional promoters (BPs) are prevalent in eukaryotic genomes. However, it is poorly understood how the cell integrates different epigenomic information, such as transcription factor (TF) binding and chromatin marks, to drive gene expression at BPs. Single-cell sequencing technologies are revolutionizing the field of genome biology. Therefore, this study focuses on the integration of single-cell RNA-seq data with bulk ChIP-seq and other epigenetics data, for which single-cell technologies are not yet established, in the context of BPs. Results: We performed integrative analyses of novel human single-cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) data with bulk ChIP-seq and other epigenetics data. scRNA-seq data revealed distinct transcription states of BPs that were previously not recognized. We find associations between these transcription states to distinct patterns in structural gene features, DNA accessibility, histone modification, DNA methylation and TF binding profiles. Conclusions: Our results suggest that a complex interplay of all of these elements is required to achieve BP-specific transcriptional output in this specialized promoter configuration. Further, our study implies that novel statistical methods can be developed to deconvolute masked subpopulations of cells measured with different bulk epigenomic assays using scRNA-seq data.
Two Piwis with Ago-like functions silence somatic genes at the chromatin level (2020)
Drews, Franziska ; Karunanithi, Sivarajan ; Götz, Ulrike ; Marker, Simone ; Wijn, Raphael de ; Pirritano, Marcello ; Rodrigues-Viana, Angela M. ; Jung, Martin ; Gasparoni, Gilles ; Schulz, Marcel Holger ; Simon, Martin
Most sRNA biogenesis mechanisms involve either RNAseIII cleavage or ping-pong amplification by different Piwi proteins harboring slicer activity. Here, we follow the question why the mechanism of transgene-induced silencing in the ciliate Paramecium needs both Dicer activity and two Ptiwi proteins. This pathway involves primary siRNAs produced from non-translatable transgenes and secondary siRNAs from endogenous remote loci. Our data does not indicate any signatures from ping-pong amplification but Dicer cleavage of long dsRNA. We show that Ptiwi13 and 14 have different preferences for primary and secondary siRNAs but do not load them mutually exclusive. Both Piwis enrich for antisense RNAs and Ptiwi14 loaded siRNAs show a 5′-U signature. Both Ptiwis show in addition a general preference for Uridine-rich sRNAs along the entire sRNA length. Our data indicates both Ptiwis and 2’-O-methylation to contribute to strand selection of Dicer cleaved siRNAs. This unexpected function of two distinct vegetative Piwis extends the increasing knowledge of the diversity of Piwi functions in diverse silencing pathways. As both Ptiwis show differential subcellular localisation, Ptiwi13 in the cytoplasm and Ptiwi14 in the vegetative macronucleus, we conclude that cytosolic and nuclear silencing factors are necessary for efficient chromatin silencing.
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