Structural and functional properties of mSWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes revealed through single-cell perturbation and genomic profiling
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ABSTRACT: Mammalian SWI/SNF (mSWI/SNF or BAF) chromatin remodeling complexes play critical roles in regulating DNA accessibility and gene expression and are comprised of three final-form assemblies, cBAF, PBAF, and ncBAF, which exhibit distinct modular organization, chromatin targeting, and roles in disease. However, the contributions of each subcomplex and their constituent subunits to gene expression remain incompletely defined. Here, we performed a large-scale CRISPR-Cas9 knockout screen targeting mSWI/SNF subunits individually and in selected combinations, followed by single-cell RNA-sequencing (Perturb-seq) and SHARE-Seq. We uncover complex- and module-specific contributions across cell regulatory pathways, define paralog subunit relationships, and identify shifted functions upon perturbations. Finally, we superimpose single-cell perturbation signatures over bulk primary human tumor gene expression profiles, defining unique subunit-specific signatures and identifying tumor features that mirror BAF loss-of-function. Taken together, these data highlight the utility of large-scale single-cell genomics to uncover gene expression and chromatin accessibility signatures in human disease states.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE200201 | GEO | 2023/04/05
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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