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A DNA Repair Pathway Can Regulate Transcriptional Noise to Promote Cell Fate Transitions

ABSTRACT: Stochastic fluctuations in gene expression (‘noise’) are often considered detrimental but, in many disciplines, fluctuations are exploited for benefit (e.g., dither). We show here that DNA base-excision repair amplifies transcriptional noise to facilitate cellular reprogramming. Specifically, the DNA-repair protein Apex1, which recognizes both naturally occurring and unnatural base modifications, amplifies expression noise while homeostatically maintaining mean-expression levels. This amplified expression noise originates from shorter duration, higher intensity, transcriptional bursts generated by Apex1-mediated DNA supercoiling. The remodeling of DNA topology first impedes and then accelerates transcription to maintain mean levels and this mechanism, which we term Discordant Transcription through Repair (DiThR), potentiates cellular reprogramming and differentiation. Our study reveals a potential functional role for transcriptional fluctuations mediated by DNA base modifications in embryonic development and disease.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE176044 | GEO | 2021/06/03

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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