Conserved and divergent gene regulatory programs of the mammalian neocortex

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Divergence of cis-regulatory elements drives species-specific traits1, but how this manifests in the evolution of the neocortex at the molecular and cellular level remains unclear. Here we investigated the gene regulatory programs in the primary motor cortex of human, macaque, marmoset and mouse using single-cell multiomics assays, generating gene expression, chromatin accessibility, DNA methylome and chromosomal conformation profiles from a total of over 200,000 cells. From these data, we show evidence that divergence of transcription factor expression corresponds to species-specific epigenome landscapes. We find that conserved and divergent gene regulatory features are reflected in the evolution of the three-dimensional genome. Transposable elements contribute to nearly 80% of the human-specific candidate cis-regulatory elements in cortical cells. Through machine learning, we develop sequence-based predictors of candidate cis-regulatory elements in different species and demonstrate that the genomic regulatory syntax is highly preserved from rodents to primates. Finally, we show that epigenetic conservation combined with sequence similarity helps to uncover functional cis-regulatory elements and enhances our ability to interpret genetic variants contributing to neurological disease and traits.

Errataetall:

ErratumIn: Nature. 2024 Jan;625(7996):E26. - PMID 38200319

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:624

Enthalten in:

Nature - 624(2023), 7991 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 390-402

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zemke, Nathan R [VerfasserIn]
Armand, Ethan J [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Wenliang [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Seoyeon [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Jingtian [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yang Eric [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Hanqing [VerfasserIn]
Tian, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Nery, Joseph R [VerfasserIn]
Castanon, Rosa G [VerfasserIn]
Bartlett, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Osteen, Julia K [VerfasserIn]
Li, Daofeng [VerfasserIn]
Zhuo, Xiaoyu [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Vincent [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Keyi [VerfasserIn]
Indralingam, Hannah S [VerfasserIn]
Rink, Jonathan A [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Miller, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Krienen, Fenna M [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Qiangge [VerfasserIn]
Taskin, Naz [VerfasserIn]
Ting, Jonathan [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Guoping [VerfasserIn]
McCarroll, Steven A [VerfasserIn]
Callaway, Edward M [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Ting [VerfasserIn]
Lein, Ed S [VerfasserIn]
Behrens, M Margarita [VerfasserIn]
Ecker, Joseph R [VerfasserIn]
Ren, Bing [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chromatin
Comparative Study
DNA Transposable Elements
Journal Article
Transcription Factors

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Date Completed 22.12.2023

Date Revised 26.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

ErratumIn: Nature. 2024 Jan;625(7996):E26. - PMID 38200319

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41586-023-06819-6

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365836249