Inherent genomic properties underlie the epigenomic heterogeneity of human induced pluripotent stem cells

Summary: Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) show variable differentiation potential due to their epigenomic heterogeneity, whose extent/attributes remain unclear, except for well-studied elements/chromosomes such as imprints and the X chromosomes. Here, we show that seven hiPSC lines with...

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Autores principales: Shihori Yokobayashi, Yukihiro Yabuta, Masato Nakagawa, Keisuke Okita, Bo Hu, Yusuke Murase, Tomonori Nakamura, Guillaume Bourque, Jacek Majewski, Takuya Yamamoto, Mitinori Saitou
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Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/ede168a2bf544c0b9ef86da849b5f0a5
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Sumario:Summary: Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) show variable differentiation potential due to their epigenomic heterogeneity, whose extent/attributes remain unclear, except for well-studied elements/chromosomes such as imprints and the X chromosomes. Here, we show that seven hiPSC lines with variable germline potential exhibit substantial epigenomic heterogeneity, despite their uniform transcriptomes. Nearly a quarter of autosomal regions bear potentially differential chromatin modifications, with promoters/CpG islands for H3K27me3/H2AK119ub1 and evolutionarily young retrotransposons for H3K4me3. We identify 145 large autosomal blocks (≥100 kb) with differential H3K9me3 enrichment, many of which are lamina-associated domains (LADs) in somatic but not in embryonic stem cells. A majority of these epigenomic heterogeneities are independent of genetic variations. We identify an X chromosome state with chromosome-wide H3K9me3 that stably prevents X chromosome erosion. Importantly, the germline potential of female hiPSCs correlates with X chromosome inactivation. We propose that inherent genomic properties, including CpG density, transposons, and LADs, engender epigenomic heterogeneity in hiPSCs.