Identifying cis Elements for Spatiotemporal Control of Mammalian DNA Replication
2019
Summary The temporal order of DNA replication (
replication timing[RT]) is highly coupled with genome architecture, but cis -elements regulating either remain elusive. We created a series of
CRISPR-mediated deletions and inversions of a pluripotency-associated topologically associating domain (TAD) in mouse ESCs.
CTCF-associated domain boundaries were dispensable for RT.
CTCFprotein depletion weakened most TAD boundaries but had no effect on RT or A/B compartmentalization genome-wide. By contrast, deletion of three intra-TAD
CTCF-independent 3D contact sites caused a domain-wide early-to-late RT shift, an A-to-B compartment switch, weakening of TAD architecture, and loss of transcription. The dispensability of TAD boundaries and the necessity of these "early replication control elements" (ERCEs) was validated by deletions and inversions at additional domains. Our results demonstrate that discrete
cis-
regulatory elementsorchestrate domain-wide RT, A/B compartmentalization, TAD architecture, and transcription, revealing fundamental principles linking genome structure and function.
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