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Endogenous Real Time Imaging Reveals Dynamic Chromosomal Mobility During Ligand-Mediated Transcriptional Burst Events

Wang, S.; Suter, T.; Gamliel, A.; Kim, Y.; Nair, S. J.; Oh, S.; Yang, F.; Ohgi, K. A.; Wagner, T.; Gan, S.; Rosenfeld, M. G.

2025-08-19 molecular biology
10.1101/2025.08.18.670875 bioRxiv
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Enhancers serve as the major genomic elements regulating mammalian signal-dependent transcriptional programs, characterized by alternating periods of target gene "bursting" and "non-busting" that require investigation of induced enhancer condensates and locus motility in real time to provide dynamic insights into signal/ligand-dependent regulatory events. Here, endogenous live cell imaging has revealed the altered chromosomal dynamics/condensate formation occurring during estrogen receptor (ER)-dependent target gene bursting/post-bursting and chronic activation events. Simultaneous DNA/RNA endogenous live imaging reveals that an increased mobility of acutely ER-stimulated loci observed during the bursting phase is, unexpectedly, further increased in the subsequent non-burst phase. Single molecule tracking (SMT) of ER shows that the relatively high-burst, lower-mobility acute state was indeed enriched for high-viscosity, 1,6-hexanediol-sensative ER molecules in a low sub-diffusive confined state with enhanced condensate formation during burst activation. Consistent with this, blocking transcription with flavopiridol shifts DNA tracks into a non-confined state. Differential DNA kinetics during burst vs non-burst has provided a strategy to assess altered condensate formation during gene activation events. (165)

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