Deciphering the multi-scale, quantitative cis-regulatory code

S Kim, J Wysocka - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
Uncovering the cis-regulatory code that governs when and how much each gene is
transcribed in a given genome and cellular state remains a central goal of biology. Here, we …

Modulation of cellular processes by histone and non-histone protein acetylation

M Shvedunova, A Akhtar - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2022 - nature.com
Lysine acetylation is a widespread and versatile protein post-translational modification.
Lysine acetyltransferases and lysine deacetylases catalyse the addition or removal …

The transcription factor activity gradient (TAG) model: contemplating a contact-independent mechanism for enhancer–promoter communication

JP Karr, JJ Ferrie, R Tjian, X Darzacq - Genes & Development, 2022 - genesdev.cshlp.org
How distal cis-regulatory elements (eg, enhancers) communicate with promoters remains an
unresolved question of fundamental importance. Although transcription factors and cofactors …

[HTML][HTML] Histone acetyltransferases CBP/p300 in tumorigenesis and CBP/p300 inhibitors as promising novel anticancer agents

Q Chen, B Yang, X Liu, XD Zhang, L Zhang, T Liu - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The histone acetyltransferases CBP and p300, often referred to as CBP/p300 due to their
sequence homology and functional overlap and co-operation, are emerging as critical …

CBP/p300 and HDAC activities regulate H3K27 acetylation dynamics and zygotic genome activation in mouse preimplantation embryos

M Wang, Z Chen, Y Zhang - The EMBO Journal, 2022 - embopress.org
Epigenome reprogramming after fertilization enables transcriptionally quiescent maternal
and paternal chromatin to acquire a permissive state for subsequent zygotic genome …

Acetylation of histone H2B marks active enhancers and predicts CBP/p300 target genes

T Narita, Y Higashijima, S Kilic, T Liebner, J Walter… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Chromatin features are widely used for genome-scale mapping of enhancers. However,
discriminating active enhancers from other cis-regulatory elements, predicting enhancer …

Enhancer selectivity in space and time: from enhancer–promoter interactions to promoter activation

JH Yang, AS Hansen - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2024 - nature.com
The primary regulators of metazoan gene expression are enhancers, originally functionally
defined as DNA sequences that can activate transcription at promoters in an orientation …

Cancer, metastasis, and the epigenome

S Kiri, T Ryba - Molecular Cancer, 2024 - Springer
Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide and disease burden is expected to
increase globally throughout the next several decades, with the majority of cancer-related …

[HTML][HTML] Chromatin regulation of transcriptional enhancers and cell fate by the Sotos syndrome gene NSD1

Z Sun, Y Lin, MT Islam, R Koche, L Hedehus, D Liu… - Molecular Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Nuclear receptor-binding SET-domain protein 1 (NSD1), a methyltransferase that catalyzes
H3K36me2, is essential for mammalian development and is frequently dysregulated in …

Targeting histone acetylation dynamics and oncogenic transcription by catalytic P300/CBP inhibition

SJ Hogg, O Motorna, LA Cluse, TM Johanson… - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
To separate causal effects of histone acetylation on chromatin accessibility and
transcriptional output, we used integrated epigenomic and transcriptomic analyses following …