High Resolution Repli-Seq defines the temporal choreography of initiation, elonga-tion and termination of replication in mammalian cells

Zhao, P. A.; Sasaki, T.; Gilbert, D. M.

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High Resolution Repli-Seq defines the temporal choreography of initiation, elonga-tion and termination of replication in mammalian cells

Zhao, P. A.·Sasaki, T.·Gilbert, D. M.

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DNA replication in mammalian cells occurs in a defined temporal order during S phase, known as the replication timing (RT) programme. RT is developmentally regulated and correlated with chromatin conformation and local transcriptional potential. Here we present RT profiles of unprecedented temporal resolution in two human embryonic stem cell lines, human colon carcinoma line HCT116 as well as F1 subspecies hybrid mouse embryonic stem cells and their neural progenitor derivatives. Strong enrichment of nascent DNA in fine temporal windows reveals a remarkable degree of cell to cell conservation in replication timing and patterns of replication genome-wide. We identify 5 patterns of replication in all cell types, consistent with varying degrees of initiation efficiency. Zones of replication initiation were found throughout S phase and resolved to ~50kb precision. Temporal transition regions were resolved into segments of uni-directional replication punctuated with small zones of inefficient initiation. Small and large valleys of convergent replication were consistent with either termination or broadly distributed initiation, respectively. RT correlated with chromatin compartment across all cell types but correlations of initiation time to chromatin domain boundaries and histone marks were cell type specific. Haplotype phasing revealed previously unappreciated regions of allele-specific and alleleindependent asynchronous replication. Allele-independent asynchrony was associated with large transcribed genes that resemble common fragile sites. Altogether, these data reveal a remarkably deterministic temporal choreography of DNA replication in mammalian cells.\n\nO_LIHighly homogeneous replication landscape between cells in a population\nC_LIO_LIInitiation zones resolved within constant timing and timing transition regions\nC_LIO_LIActive histone marks enriched within early initiation zones while enrichment of repressive marks is cell type specific.\nC_LIO_LITranscribed long genes replicate asynchronously.\nC_LI

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Zhao, P. A., Sasaki, T., Gilbert, D. M.. 2019-09-05. High Resolution Repli-Seq defines the temporal choreography of initiation, elonga-tion and termination of replication in mammalian cells. https://doi.org/10.1101/755629

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