{"title":"The Chromatin Accessibility Landscape in Cell Plasticity and Reprogramming: Understanding and Overcoming the Barriers.","authors":"Diyi Yang, Xingting Guo, Rongwen Xi","doi":"10.1002/bies.70005","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cell plasticity enables the dynamic changes in cell identities necessary for normal development and tissue repair. Induced cell reprogramming, which leverages this plasticity, holds great promise for regenerative medicine and personalized therapies. However, the success of cell reprogramming is often impeded by various molecular barriers, such as epigenetic marks, cell senescence, and the activation of alternative or refractory routes. In this review, we examine the cell reprogramming events that occur within or between germ layers and adult stem cell lineages and propose that the overall similarity in the pre-existing chromatin accessibility landscape is a major determinant of reprogramming efficiency from one cell type to another. A better understanding of the regulation and control of chromatin accessibility should facilitate the development of new methods and strategies to improve cell reprogramming efficiency and advance translational research.</p>","PeriodicalId":9264,"journal":{"name":"BioEssays","volume":" ","pages":"e70005"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"BioEssays","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.70005","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Cell plasticity enables the dynamic changes in cell identities necessary for normal development and tissue repair. Induced cell reprogramming, which leverages this plasticity, holds great promise for regenerative medicine and personalized therapies. However, the success of cell reprogramming is often impeded by various molecular barriers, such as epigenetic marks, cell senescence, and the activation of alternative or refractory routes. In this review, we examine the cell reprogramming events that occur within or between germ layers and adult stem cell lineages and propose that the overall similarity in the pre-existing chromatin accessibility landscape is a major determinant of reprogramming efficiency from one cell type to another. A better understanding of the regulation and control of chromatin accessibility should facilitate the development of new methods and strategies to improve cell reprogramming efficiency and advance translational research.
期刊介绍:
molecular – cellular – biomedical – physiology – translational research – systems - hypotheses encouraged
BioEssays is a peer-reviewed, review-and-discussion journal. Our aims are to publish novel insights, forward-looking reviews and commentaries in contemporary biology with a molecular, genetic, cellular, or physiological dimension, and serve as a discussion forum for new ideas in these areas. An additional goal is to encourage transdisciplinarity and integrative biology in the context of organismal studies, systems approaches, through to ecosystems, where appropriate.