Opposing, spatially-determined epigenetic forces impose restrictions on stochastic olfactory receptor choice

© 2023, Bashkirova et al..

Olfactory receptor (OR) choice represents an example of genetically hardwired stochasticity, where every olfactory neuron expresses one out of ~2000 OR alleles in the mouse genome in a probabilistic, yet stereotypic fashion. Here, we propose that topographic restrictions in OR expression are established in neuronal progenitors by two opposing forces: polygenic transcription and genomic silencing, both of which are influenced by dorsoventral gradients of transcription factors NFIA, B, and X. Polygenic transcription of OR genes may define spatially constrained OR repertoires, among which one OR allele is selected for singular expression later in development. Heterochromatin assembly and genomic compartmentalization of OR alleles also vary across the axes of the olfactory epithelium and may preferentially eliminate ectopically expressed ORs with more dorsal expression destinations from this 'privileged' repertoire. Our experiments identify early transcription as a potential 'epigenetic' contributor to future developmental patterning and reveal how two spatially responsive probabilistic processes may act in concert to establish deterministic, precise, and reproducible territories of stochastic gene expression.

Errataetall:

UpdateOf: bioRxiv. 2023 Sep 19;:. - PMID 36993168

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

eLife - 12(2023) vom: 18. Dez.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bashkirova, Elizaveta V [VerfasserIn]
Klimpert, Nell [VerfasserIn]
Monahan, Kevin [VerfasserIn]
Campbell, Christine E [VerfasserIn]
Osinski, Jason [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Longzhi [VerfasserIn]
Schieren, Ira [VerfasserIn]
Pourmorady, Ariel [VerfasserIn]
Stecky, Beka [VerfasserIn]
Barnea, Gilad [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Xiaoliang Sunney [VerfasserIn]
Abdus-Saboor, Ishmail [VerfasserIn]
Shykind, Benjamin M [VerfasserIn]
Marlin, Bianca J [VerfasserIn]
Gronostajski, Richard M [VerfasserIn]
Fleischmann, Alexander [VerfasserIn]
Lomvardas, Stavros [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chromatin
Developmental biology
Genomics
Heterochromatin
Journal Article
Mouse
Nuclear architecture
Olfaction
Patterning
Receptors, Odorant

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Date Completed 19.12.2023

Date Revised 18.04.2024

published: Electronic

GEO: GSE158730, GSE93570

UpdateOf: bioRxiv. 2023 Sep 19;:. - PMID 36993168

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.7554/eLife.87445

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365995134