Enhancer Placement Impacts Transcriptional Dynamics in Drosophila Embryos
Leyes Porello, E. A.; Wu, J.; Fallacaro, S.; Dreispiel Juan, E.; Trudeau, R. T.; Vidal, J. A.; Nieto, C.; Singh, A.; Mir, M.; Lim, B.
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The functional role of enhancer-promoter configurations in transcription regulation remains poorly understood, despite the wide range of linear genomic distance and relative enhancer positioning observed in endogenous contexts. While canonical models suggest that enhancers operate independently of genomic position, technical limitations have obscured insights on transcriptional kinetics. Here, we employ single-cell MS2/MCP-based live imaging in Drosophila embryos to systematically analyze transcriptional dynamics driven by sub-10kb enhancer-promoter arrangements. Kinetic analyses reveal that while linear enhancer-promoter distance moderately tunes transcriptional output, downstream enhancer positioning reduces mRNA output by 70%. Each configuration modulates distinct transcriptional parameters: linear distance governs initiation kinetics, while relative enhancer positioning dictates transcriptional stability. These effects are consistent across varied enhancer and reporter sequences, revealing configuration-dependent cis-regulatory element arrangement as an intrinsic mechanism for transcriptional fine-tuning. This work challenges the paradigm of configuration-independent enhancer function and establishes a framework to dissect the interplay between genome architecture and trans-acting factors.
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