Distinct transcription kinetics of pluripotent cell states

Abstract: Mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) can adopt naïve, ground, and paused pluripotent states that give rise to unique transcriptomes. Here, we use transient transcriptome sequencing (TT‐seq) to define both coding and non‐coding transcription units (TUs) in these three pluripotent states and combine TT‐seq with RNA polymerase II occupancy profiling to unravel the kinetics of RNA metabolism genome‐wide. Compared to the naïve state (serum), RNA synthesis and turnover rates are globally reduced in the ground state (2i) and the paused state (mTORi). The global reduction in RNA synthesis goes along with a genome‐wide decrease of polymerase elongation velocity, which is related to epigenomic features and alterations in the Pol II termination window. Our data suggest that transcription activity is the main determinant of steady state mRNA levels in the naïve state and that genome‐wide changes in transcription kinetics invoke ground and paused pluripotent states.

Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Distinct transcription kinetics of pluripotent cell states ; volume:18 ; number:1 ; year:2022 ; extent:33
Molecular systems biology ; 18, Heft 1 (2022) (gesamt 33)

Creator
Shao, Rui
Kumar, Banushree
Lidschreiber, Katja
Lidschreiber, Michael
Cramer, Patrick
Elsässer, Simon J.

DOI
10.15252/msb.202110407
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022011314161528431079
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Shao, Rui
  • Kumar, Banushree
  • Lidschreiber, Katja
  • Lidschreiber, Michael
  • Cramer, Patrick
  • Elsässer, Simon J.

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