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ArticleDevelopment (Cambridge, England)2021

Cis-regulatory dissection of cone development reveals a broad role for Otx2 and Oc transcription factors.

Nicolas Lonfat, Su Wang, ChangHee Lee, Mauricio Garcia, Jiho Choi, Peter J Park, Connie Cepko

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Article in Development (Cambridge, England), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nicolas LonfatDepartment of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Su WangDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, Blavatnik Institute; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
ChangHee LeeDepartment of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Mauricio GarciaDepartment of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Jiho ChoiDepartment of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Peter J ParkDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, Blavatnik Institute; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Connie CepkoDepartment of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Harvard University · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · US

Funding

Hedgehog Signaling and Organogenesis of the LimbR37HD032443 · NICHD · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI TABIN, CLIFFORD J. · 2005 to 2014
$5.3M
The reprogramming of limb progenitor cellsR01HD032443 · NICHD · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI CLIFFORD J. TABIN · 1995 to 2026
$4.6M
Determination of Cone Photoreceptor FateR01EY029771 · NEI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI CEPKO, CONSTANCE L · 2019 to 2023
$2.1M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNEI NIH HHS R01 EY029771NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD032443NICHD NIH HHS R37 HD032443
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The vertebrate retina is generated by retinal progenitor cells (RPCs), which produce >100 cell types. Although some RPCs produce many cell types, other RPCs produce restricted types of daughter cells, such as a cone photoreceptor and a horizontal cell (HC). We used genome-wide assays of chromatin structure to compare the profiles of a restricted cone/HC RPC and those of other RPCs in chicks. These data nominated regions of regulatory activity, which were tested in tissue, leading to the identification of many cis-regulatory modules (CRMs) active in cone/HC RPCs and developing cones. Two transcription factors, Otx2 and Oc1, were found to bind to many of these CRMs, including those near genes important for cone development and function, and their binding sites were required for activity. We also found that Otx2 has a predicted autoregulatory CRM. These results suggest that Otx2, Oc1 and possibly other Onecut proteins have a broad role in coordinating cone development and function. The many newly discovered CRMs for cones are potentially useful reagents for gene therapy of cone diseases.

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DissectionAnimalsBinding SitesChickensChromatinGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene Regulatory NetworksHepatocyte Nuclear Factor 6Otx Transcription FactorsRetinaRetinal Cone Photoreceptor CellsStem CellsTranscription FactorsChromatinHepatocyte Nuclear Factor 6Onecut1 protein, mouseOtx2 protein, mouseOtx Transcription FactorsTranscription FactorsChickChromatinCis-regulatory moduleConeCRMEnhancerGene regulatory networkGRNHorizontal cellOnecutOtx2PhotoreceptorRetina

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PMID33929509
PMCPMC8126413
OpenAlexW3158895407

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