Developmental changes in the accessible chromatin, transcriptome and Ascl1-binding correlate with the loss in Müller Glial regenerative potential

Abstract Diseases and damage to the retina lead to losses in retinal neurons and eventual visual impairment. Although the mammalian retina has no inherent regenerative capabilities, fish have robust regeneration from Müller glia (MG). Recently, we have shown that driving expression of Ascl1 in adult...

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Autores principales: Leah S. VandenBosch, Stefanie G. Wohl, Matthew S. Wilken, Marcus Hooper, Connor Finkbeiner, Kristen Cox, Laura Chipman, Thomas A. Reh
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:2236c493995b463399eb89df70e4b0272021-12-02T18:50:43ZDevelopmental changes in the accessible chromatin, transcriptome and Ascl1-binding correlate with the loss in Müller Glial regenerative potential10.1038/s41598-020-70334-12045-2322https://doaj.org/article/2236c493995b463399eb89df70e4b0272020-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70334-1https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Diseases and damage to the retina lead to losses in retinal neurons and eventual visual impairment. Although the mammalian retina has no inherent regenerative capabilities, fish have robust regeneration from Müller glia (MG). Recently, we have shown that driving expression of Ascl1 in adult mouse MG stimulates neural regeneration. The regeneration observed in the mouse is limited in the variety of neurons that can be derived from MG; Ascl1-expressing MG primarily generate bipolar cells. To better understand the limits of MG-based regeneration in mouse retinas, we used ATAC- and RNA-seq to compare newborn progenitors, immature MG (P8-P12), and mature MG. Our analysis demonstrated developmental differences in gene expression and accessible chromatin between progenitors and MG, primarily in neurogenic genes. Overexpression of Ascl1 is more effective in reprogramming immature MG, than mature MG, consistent with a more progenitor-like epigenetic landscape in the former. We also used ASCL1 ChIPseq to compare the differences in ASCL1 binding in progenitors and reprogrammed MG. We find that bipolar-specific accessible regions are more frequently linked to bHLH motifs and ASCL1 binding. Overall, our analysis indicates a loss of neurogenic gene expression and motif accessibility during glial maturation that may prevent efficient reprogramming.Leah S. VandenBoschStefanie G. WohlMatthew S. WilkenMarcus HooperConnor FinkbeinerKristen CoxLaura ChipmanThomas A. RehNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-18 (2020)
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Leah S. VandenBosch
Stefanie G. Wohl
Matthew S. Wilken
Marcus Hooper
Connor Finkbeiner
Kristen Cox
Laura Chipman
Thomas A. Reh
Developmental changes in the accessible chromatin, transcriptome and Ascl1-binding correlate with the loss in Müller Glial regenerative potential
description Abstract Diseases and damage to the retina lead to losses in retinal neurons and eventual visual impairment. Although the mammalian retina has no inherent regenerative capabilities, fish have robust regeneration from Müller glia (MG). Recently, we have shown that driving expression of Ascl1 in adult mouse MG stimulates neural regeneration. The regeneration observed in the mouse is limited in the variety of neurons that can be derived from MG; Ascl1-expressing MG primarily generate bipolar cells. To better understand the limits of MG-based regeneration in mouse retinas, we used ATAC- and RNA-seq to compare newborn progenitors, immature MG (P8-P12), and mature MG. Our analysis demonstrated developmental differences in gene expression and accessible chromatin between progenitors and MG, primarily in neurogenic genes. Overexpression of Ascl1 is more effective in reprogramming immature MG, than mature MG, consistent with a more progenitor-like epigenetic landscape in the former. We also used ASCL1 ChIPseq to compare the differences in ASCL1 binding in progenitors and reprogrammed MG. We find that bipolar-specific accessible regions are more frequently linked to bHLH motifs and ASCL1 binding. Overall, our analysis indicates a loss of neurogenic gene expression and motif accessibility during glial maturation that may prevent efficient reprogramming.
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author Leah S. VandenBosch
Stefanie G. Wohl
Matthew S. Wilken
Marcus Hooper
Connor Finkbeiner
Kristen Cox
Laura Chipman
Thomas A. Reh
author_facet Leah S. VandenBosch
Stefanie G. Wohl
Matthew S. Wilken
Marcus Hooper
Connor Finkbeiner
Kristen Cox
Laura Chipman
Thomas A. Reh
author_sort Leah S. VandenBosch
title Developmental changes in the accessible chromatin, transcriptome and Ascl1-binding correlate with the loss in Müller Glial regenerative potential
title_short Developmental changes in the accessible chromatin, transcriptome and Ascl1-binding correlate with the loss in Müller Glial regenerative potential
title_full Developmental changes in the accessible chromatin, transcriptome and Ascl1-binding correlate with the loss in Müller Glial regenerative potential
title_fullStr Developmental changes in the accessible chromatin, transcriptome and Ascl1-binding correlate with the loss in Müller Glial regenerative potential
title_full_unstemmed Developmental changes in the accessible chromatin, transcriptome and Ascl1-binding correlate with the loss in Müller Glial regenerative potential
title_sort developmental changes in the accessible chromatin, transcriptome and ascl1-binding correlate with the loss in müller glial regenerative potential
publisher Nature Portfolio
publishDate 2020
url https://doaj.org/article/2236c493995b463399eb89df70e4b027
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