Characterization of the cHS4 insulator in mouse embryonic stem cells.

Abstract:

:Synthetic biology circuits are often constructed with multiple gene expression units assembled in close proximity, and they can be used to perform complex functions in embryonic stem cells (ESCs). However, mutual interference between transcriptional units has not been well studied in mouse ESCs. To assess the efficiency of insulators at suppressing promoter interference in mouse ESCs, we used an evaluation scheme in which a tunable tetracycline response element promoter is connected to a constant Nanog promoter. The chicken hypersensitive site 4 (cHS4) insulator, widely used both for enhancer blocking and for barrier insulation in vitro and in vivo, was positioned between the two expression units for assessment. By inserting the cassette into various loci of the mouse ESC genome with PiggyBac transposon, we were able to quantitatively examine the protective effect of cHS4 by gradually increasing the transcriptional activity of the tetracycline response element promoter with doxycycline and then measuring the transcriptional activity of the Nanog promoter. Our results indicate that the cHS4 insulator has minimal insulating effects on promoter interference in mouse ESCs. Further studies show that the cHS4 insulation effect may be promoter specific and related to interaction with CCCTC-binding factor-mediated loop formation. In addition, we also compared DNA transposition and transgene expression with or without the cHS4 insulator using well-established ESC reporters. The results indicate that cHS4 has no apparent effects on DNA transposition and transgene expression levels, but exerts modest protective effects on long-term transgene silencing.

journal_name

FEBS Open Bio

journal_title

FEBS open bio

authors

Lu XB,Guo YH,Huang W

doi

10.1002/2211-5463.12818

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-04-01 00:00:00

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644-656

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4

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2211-5463

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10

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