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ArticleNature communications2025

Coordinated active repression operates via transcription factor cooperativity and multiple inactive promoter states in a developing organism.

Virginia L Pimmett, Maria Douaihy, Louise Maillard, Antonio Trullo, Pablo Garcia Idieder, Mélissa Costes, Jeremy Dufourt, Hélène Lenden-Hasse, Ovidiu Radulescu, Mounia Lagha

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Virginia L PimmettInstitut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, University of Montpellier, CNRS UMR 5535, Montpellier, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5786-7989
Maria Douaihy *Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, University of Montpellier, CNRS UMR 5535, Montpellier, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-7258-7413
Louise Maillard *Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, University of Montpellier, CNRS UMR 5535, Montpellier, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-9346-1976
Antonio TrulloInstitut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, University of Montpellier, CNRS UMR 5535, Montpellier, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7560-3859
Pablo Garcia IdiederInstitut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, University of Montpellier, CNRS UMR 5535, Montpellier, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-7248-728X
Mélissa CostesInstitut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, University of Montpellier, CNRS UMR 5535, Montpellier, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-6765-6245
Jeremy DufourtInstitut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, University of Montpellier, CNRS UMR 5535, Montpellier, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4043-7250
Hélène Lenden-HasseInstitut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, University of Montpellier, CNRS UMR 5535, Montpellier, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9387-8784
Ovidiu RadulescuLaboratory of Pathogens and Host Immunity, University of Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, Montpellier, France. ovidiu.radulescu@umonptellier.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6453-5707
Mounia LaghaInstitut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, University of Montpellier, CNRS UMR 5535, Montpellier, France. mounia.lagha@igmm.cnrs.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7082-1950

Funding

Agence Nationale de la Recherche (French National Research Agency) HybDynEuropean Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Young Investigators ProgramLigue Contre le Cancer PhD Fellowship
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Refining transcriptional levels via active repression in a euchromatic context represents a critical regulatory process. While the molecular players of active repression are well described, their dynamics remain obscure. Here, we used snail expression dynamics as a paradigm to uncover how repression, mediated by the Snail (Sna) repressor, can be imposed within a developing tissue. Combining live imaging and mathematical modeling, we show that Sna-mediated repression is cooperative and that cooperativity is primarily mediated by the distal enhancer. Repression shifts transcription bursting dynamics from a two-state ON/OFF regime to a three-state repressed regime with two temporally distinct OFF states. Mutating Sna binding sites suggests that repression introduces the long-lasting inactive state, which is stabilized by cooperativity. Our approach offers quantitative insights into the dynamics of repression and how transcription factor cooperativity coordinates cell fate decisions within a tissue.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalPromoter Regions, GeneticSnail Family Transcription FactorsTranscription FactorsAnimalsBinding SitesEnhancer Elements, GeneticTranscription, GeneticSnail Family Transcription FactorsTranscription Factors

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PMID40890123
PMCPMC12402238

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