Fig. 7. Cohesin depletion alters YY1’s target search efficiency.
a, Schematics for endogenously tagging CTCF/cohesin with AID in the HaloTag-YY1 cell line (YY1-HT, clone YN11) and western blots of CTCF, RAD21 and β-actin. b, Airyscan-resolved, live-cell confocal imaging for HaloTag-YY1 stained with 500 nM TMR Halo ligand in CTCF- or RAD21-depleted cells (n = 6 for each depletion). Scale bar, 1 μm. c, PALM imaging for YY1 (n = 13 for each depletion). Color maps color the signal ranging from 0 to 40. Scale bar, 1 μm. d, Stacked bar graph showing the fractions of bound, slow- and fast-diffusing YY1 in the untreated and IAA-treated cells, obtained by SASPT analysis (n = 8 cells examined over three independent experiments). The statistical test used was the two-sided Student’s t-test. NS, not significant. Error bars indicate mean ± s.d. e, FRAP analysis of YY1 in the control, CTCF-depleted or RAD21-depleted cells. f, Heatmaps (left) and histogram profiles (right) of differential ChIP-seq signals for YY1 after CTCF, RAD21 or WAPL depletion. Error bars indicate mean ± s.d. g, Dynamic model of how cohesin or cohesin-mediated structures may accelerate TF target search.