Method Article

An Efficient Protocol for CUT&RUN Analysis of FACS-Isolated Mouse Satellite Cells

DOI:

10.3791/65215

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July 7th, 2023

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1CNRS, Inserm, IGBMC UMR 7104- UMR-S 1258, Université de Strasbourg

* These authors contributed equally

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Summary

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Presented here is an efficient protocol for the fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) isolation of mouse limb muscle satellite cells adapted to the study of transcription regulation in muscle fibers by cleavage under targets and release using nuclease (CUT&RUN).

Abstract

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Genome-wide analyses with small cell populations are a major constraint for studies, particularly in the stem cell field. This work describes an efficient protocol for the fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) isolation of satellite cells from the limb muscle, a tissue with a high content of structural proteins. Dissected limb muscles from adult mice were mechanically disrupted by mincing in medium supplemented with dispase and type I collagenase. Upon digestion, the homogenate was filtered through cell strainers, and cells were suspended in FACS buffer. Viability was determined with fixable viability stain, and immunostained satellite cells were isolated by FACS. Cells were lysed with Triton X-100 and released nuclei were bound to concanavalin A magnetic beads. Nucleus/bead complexes were incubated with antibodies against the transcription factor or histone modifications of interest. After washes, nucleus/bead complexes were incubated with protein A-micrococcal nuclease, and chromatin cleavage was initiated with CaCl2. After DNA extraction, libraries were generated and sequenced, and the profiles for genome-wide transcription factor binding and covalent histone modifications were obtained by bioinformatic analysis. The peaks obtained for the various histone marks showed that the binding events were specific for satellite cells. Moreover, known motif analysis unveiled that the transcription factor was bound to chromatin via its cognate response element. This protocol is therefore adapted to study gene regulation in adult mice limb muscle satellite cells.

Introduction

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Skeletal striated muscles represent on average 40% of the weight of the total human body1. Muscle fibers exhibit a remarkable capacity for regeneration upon injury, which is described by the fusion of newly formed myocytes and the generation of new myofibers that replace the damaged ones2. In 1961, Alexander Mauro reported a population of mononuclear cells that he termed as satellite cells3. These stem cells express the transcription factor paired box 7 (PAX7), and are located between the basal lamina and the sarcolemma of muscle fibers4. They were reported to express the cluster of differentiation 34 (CD34; a hematopoietic, endothelial progenitor and mesenchymal stem cell marker), integrin alpha 7 (ITGA7; a smooth, cardiac and skeletal muscle marker), as well as the C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4; a lymphocyte, hematopoietic, and satellite cell marker)5. In basal conditions, satellite cells reside in a particular microenvironment that keeps them in a quiescent state6. Upon muscle damage, they become activated, proliferate, and undergo myogenesis7. However, contributing only to a minor fraction of the total number of muscle cells, their genome-wide analyses are particularly challenging, especially under physiological settings (<1% of total cells).

Various methods for chromatin isolation from satellite cells have been described, which involve chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by massive parallel sequencing (ChIP-seq) or cleavage under targets and tagmentation (CUT&Tag) experiments. Nevertheless, these two techniques present some significant limitations that remain unchallenged. Indeed, ChIP-seq requires a high amount of starting material to generate enough chromatin, a large proportion of which is lost during the sonication step. CUT&Tag is more appropriate for low cell number, but generates more off-target cleavage sites than ChIP-seq due to the Tn5 transposase activity. In addition, since this enzyme has a high affinity for open-chromatin regions, the CUT&Tag approach might be preferentially used for analyzing histone modifications or transcription factors associated with actively transcribed regions of the genome, instead of silenced heterochromatin8,9.

Presented here is a detailed protocol that allows the isolation of mouse limb muscle satellite cells by FACS for cleavage under targets and release using nuclease (CUT&RUN)10,11 analysis. The various steps involve the mechanical disruption of tissue, cell sorting, and nuclei isolation. The method's efficiency, regarding the preparation of a viable cell suspension, was demonstrated by performing CUT&RUN analysis for covalent histone modifications and transcription factors. The quality of isolated cells makes the described method particularly attractive for preparing chromatin that captures the native genomic occupancy state faithfully, and is likely to be suitable for capturing the chromosome conformation in combination with high-throughput sequencing at specific loci (4C-seq) or at genome-wide levels (Hi-C).

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Protocol

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Mice were kept in an accredited animal house, in compliance with National Animal Care Guidelines (European Commission directive 86/609/CEE; French decree no.87-848) on the use of laboratory animals for research. Intended manipulations were submitted to the Ethical committee (Com'Eth, Strasbourg, France) and to the French Research Ministry (MESR) for ethical evaluation and authorization according to the 2010/63/EU directive under the APAFIS number #22281.

1. Preparation of cell suspension for isolation of satellite cells by fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) (Figure 1)

  1. Isolation of muscle tissue
    1. Decontaminate the tools for muscle dissection, including forceps, scalpels, and scissors, using a cleaning agent (Table 1), and rinse thoroughly with distilled water.
    2. Prepare two 2 mL tubes (Table 1), each containing 1 mL of muscle isolation buffer, and place them on ice for collecting harvested muscles.
    3. Sacrifice two 10-week-old C57/Bl6J male mice by CO2 asphyxiation followed by cervical dislocation. Spray 70% ethanol over each entire mouse. Peel off the skin from the hind limb using forceps. Dissect out all the limb muscles surrounding the femur, tibia, and fibula (approximately 1 mg of muscles per mouse).
      NOTE: The satellite cells number decreases after 15 weeks of age.
    4. Place the harvested limb muscles into 2 mL tubes containing 1 mL of muscle isolation buffer prepared in step 1.1.2. Collect the muscles from the second mouse following the same procedure. Mince the harvested muscles with scissors on ice until smaller than 1 mm3 fragments are obtained.
      NOTE: Muscles were collected and minced mainly as described12. Perform tissue digestion either following step 1.2 or 1.3.
  2. Tissue digestion with collagenase enzyme
    1. Transfer the minced muscle suspension from the two mice by pouring them into a 50 mL tube (Table 1) containing 18 mL of muscle isolation buffer (supplemented with 5 mL [5 U/mL] of dispase and 5 mg of type I collagenase) (Table 1).
    2. Close the tube tightly and seal it with laboratory film (Table 1). Place it horizontally in a shaking water bath (Table 1) at 37 °C at 100 rpm for 30 min.
    3. After 30 min, add 5 mg of type I collagenase. Keep tubes for another 30 min under agitation in a shaking water bath at 37 °C at 100 rpm.
    4. Upon digestion, pipette the muscle suspension up and down 10 times with a 10 mL pipette to improve the efficiency of dissociation. Centrifuge at 4 °C at 400 x g for 5 min. A clear pellet will be visible at the bottom of the tube. Discard the supernatant using a 10 mL pipette, leaving 5 mL of medium in the tube.
      NOTE: Leaving the medium helps avoid stressing the cells. Add 10 mL of fresh muscle isolation buffer and resuspend the pellet by pipetting up and down with a 10 mL pipette.
    5. Place 100 µm, 70 µm, and 40 µm cell strainers (one of each kind) (Table 1) on open 50 mL tubes. Pipette the suspension onto the successive cell strainers (100 µm, 70 µm, 40 µm) and collect the flowthrough into the 50 mL tubes, containing cells below 40 µm.
    6. Centrifuge the suspension at 4 °C at 400 x g for 5 min. Discard the supernatant using a 10 mL pipette until 2 mL remain, and then use a 0.2-1 mL pipette until 100-200 µL remain. Resuspend the pellet in 2 mL of red blood cell lysis buffer (Table 2). Incubate on ice for 3 min.
    7. Centrifuge at 4 °C at 400 x g for 5 min and discard the supernatant using a 20-200 µL pipette. Resuspend the cells in 100 µL of cold FACS buffer (Table 2). Place on ice.
  3. Alternative method for tissue digestion with Liberase thermolysin low (TL) enzyme
    1. Follow the descriptions in step 1.1. for tissue isolation.
    2. For Liberase-mediated tissue disaggregation, harvest muscles in 2 mL of Roswell Park Memorial Institute (RPMI) isolation buffer (Table 2), instead of muscle isolation buffer described in step 1.1.2.
    3. Transfer the minced muscle suspension from the two mice by pouring them into a 50 mL tube (Table 1) containing 18 mL of RPMI isolation buffer supplemented with 300 or 600 µL of Liberase TL at 5 mg/mL (Table 1) (i.e., 0.083 mg/mL and 0.167 mg/mL final concentrations, respectively)13.
    4. Close the tube tightly and seal it with laboratory film (Table 1). Place it horizontally in a shaking water bath (Table 1) at 37 °C at 100 rpm for 30 min.
    5. Upon digestion, pipette the muscle suspension up and down 10 times with a 10 mL pipette to dissociate and improve the efficiency of dissociation.
    6. Centrifuge at 4 °C at 400 x g for 5 min. A clear pellet will be visible at the bottom of the tube. Discard the supernatant using a 10 mL pipette, leaving 5 mL of medium in the tube. Leaving the medium helps avoid stressing the cells. Add 10 mL of fresh RPMI isolation buffer, and resuspend the pellet by pipetting up and down with a 10 mL pipette.
    7. Place 100 µm, 70 µm, and 40 µm cell strainers (one of each kind) (Table 1) on open 50 mL tubes.
    8. Pipette the suspension onto successive cell strainers (100 µm, 70 µm, 40 µm) and collect the flowthrough into the 50 mL tubes, containing cells below 40 µm.
    9. Centrifuge the suspension at 4 °C at 400 x g for 5 min. Discard the supernatant using a 10 mL pipette until 2 mL remain, and then use a 0.2-1 mL pipette until 100-200 µL remain.
    10. Resuspend the pellet in 2 mL of red blood cell lysis buffer (Table 2). Incubate on ice for 3 min.
    11. Centrifuge at 4 °C at 400 x g for 5 min and discard the supernatant using a 20-200 µL pipette.
    12. Resuspend the cells in 100 µL of cold FACS buffer (Table 2). Place on ice.
  4. Preparation of cell suspension for FACS isolation
    1. Transfer 10 µL of the cell suspension obtained in step 1.2.12 into a fresh 1.5 mL tube. This sample will constitute the unstained control or the negative control (Figure 2). Add 190 µL of FACS buffer, transfer to a 5 mL tube (Table 1), and store on ice.
    2. Centrifuge the remaining 90 µL of the cell suspension obtained in step 1.2.12 at 4 °C at 400 x g for 5 min and discard the supernatant using a pipette (20-200 µL tip volume). Incubate the cells with 400 µL of fixable viability stain (Table 3) diluted in serum-free Dulbecco's modified Eagle medium (DMEM) for 15 min at room temperature (RT).
    3. Wash the cells by centrifugation at 4 °C at 400 x g for 5 min and add 100 µL of FACS buffer. Gently invert the tubes three times and centrifuge again at 4 °C at 400 x g for 5 min.
    4. During the centrifugation time, prepare 100 µL of a master mix of primary antibodies coupled to fluorophores and directed against CD11b, CD31, CD45, TER119, CD34, ITGA7, and CXCR4 (Table 3), diluted in FACS buffer.
    5. Centrifuge at 400 x g for 5 min at 4 °C, discard the cell supernatant using a pipette (20-200 µL tip volume), and add the 100 µL antibody mix. Gently invert the tube three times. Do not vortex. Incubate in the dark on ice for 30 min.
    6. Centrifuge at 400 x g for 5 min at 4 °C. Discard the supernatant using a 20-200 µL pipette and add 500 µL of 1x phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) to wash the cells. Gently invert the tube three times. Re-centrifuge at 400 x g for 5 min at 4 °C and discard the supernatant using a 20-200 µL pipette.
    7. Resuspend the cell pellet in 500 µL of FACS buffer and transfer the suspension to a 5 mL tube.
      NOTE: the cell suspension obtained from Liberase digestion is processed in the same way.
  5. Satellite cells selection by FACS
    1. Briefly vortex the cell suspension (2-5 sec) and process the cells on a flow cytometer equipped with a 100 µm nozzle (Table 1).
    2. Determine the various gate sizes based on the unstained sample stored at step 1.4.1 (Figure 2).
    3. Coat a 5 mL tube with 1 mL of pure fetal calf serum (FCS) to improve cell collection and add 500 µL of FACS buffer.
    4. Exchange the unstained sample with the antibody-labelled sample.
    5. Select the population of interest according to the forward scatter area (FSC-A) and side scatter area (SSC-A) (Figure 3A), and remove doublet cells with the FSC-A and forward scatter height (FSC-H) (Figure 3B)14.
    6. Identify living cells with fixable viability stain negative staining (Figure 3C).
    7. Select negative cells for CD31, CD45, TER119, and CD11b (Figure 3D).
    8. To identify satellite cells, select first the cells that are positive for CD34 and ITGA7 (Figure 3E), and then select the CXCR4-positive cells on the CD34- and ITGA7-selected population (Figure 3F).
    9. Collect the selected cells (between 40,000 and 80,000 cells, according to the quality of the preparation) in the 5 mL coated tube containing 500 µL of FACS buffer.

2. Validation of the isolated population in tissue culture

  1. Slide coating with hydrogel
    1. Dilute 280 µL of a pure hydrogel human embryonic stem cell (hESC) qualified matrix (Table 1) in 12 mL of serum-free DMEM/F12 medium.
    2. Coat a chamber slide (Table 1) with the hydrogel solution, and incubate it overnight at 4 °C.
    3. The next day, incubate the chamber slide at 37 °C and 5% CO2 for 1 h before cell seeding.
  2. Cell growth and differentiation
    1. Plate out approximately 20,000 cells, obtained from step 1.5.9, per well, and grow them in growth medium (Table 2) for 5 days. Take phase-contrast images using a brightfield microscope (Figure 4A), before processing them for immunofluorescence analysis to ensure the quality of the preparation (Figure 4B).
    2. To induce myogenesis, grow amplified satellite cells from step 2.2.1 in myogenic medium (Table 2) for an additional 7 days. Take phase-contrast images using brightfield microscope (Figure 4C) before processing them for immunofluorescence analysis to ensure the quality of the preparation (Figure 4D).
  3. Immunocytofluorescence analysis
    1. Gently remove the medium, wash the cells that were cultured on chamber slide with 100 µL of 1x PBS twice, and fix them with 100 µL of 4 % paraformaldehyde (PFA) at RT for 1 h.
      NOTE: This step should be performed with care. A small volume of medium should always be kept in the chamber to prevent stressing the cells, and the PBS should be poured through the walls of the chamber.
    2. Wash the cells three times with 100 µL of 1x PBS, supplemented with 0.1% Tween 20 (PBST) to permeabilize the cell membranes.
    3. Block unspecific signals by incubation in 100 µL of 1x PBST supplemented with 5% FCS (PBST-FCS) at RT for 1 h.
    4. Incubate the cells with 100 µL of a master mix of anti-PAX7 and anti-dystrophin (DMD) antibodies (diluted in 1x PBST-FCS) at 4 °C overnight, to detect satellite cells and myofibers, respectively.
    5. Wash the cells three times with 100 µL of 1x PBST, and incubate them with 100 µL of goat anti-mouse Cy3 or goat anti-rabbit Alexa 488 secondary antibodies (Table 3) diluted in 1x PBST-FCS at RT for 1 h.
    6. Dissociate the chamber wells from the slide using the equipment provided by the supplier, add 20 µL of aqueous mounting medium with 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI), and cover the slide with a coverslip (Table 1).
    7. Observe and capture the image of the stained cells with a confocal microscope.
    8. Process the images using image analysis software (Figures 4B,D).

3. CUT&RUN analysis

  1. Sample preparation for CUT&RUN analysis on FACS-isolated satellite cells
    NOTE: CUT&RUN was performed essentially as described10,15. The buffer composition is presented in Table 2.
    1. For the CUT&RUN assay, use approximately 40,000 of the cells obtained in method 1, step 1.5.9, per sample/antibody that must be tested.
    2. Centrifuge the FACS-isolated satellite cells at RT at 500 x g for 10 min, then discard the supernatant using a pipette (20-200 µL tip volume).
    3. Wash the cells with 1 mL of 1x PBS, centrifuge at RT at 500 x g for 5 min, discard the supernatant using a pipette (0.2-1 mL tip volume), and resuspend them in 1 mL of cold nuclear extraction buffer (Table 2). Incubate on ice for 20 min.
    4. During incubation, prepare one 1.5 mL tube containing 850 µL of cold binding buffer (Table 2) and add 20 µL of concanavalin A-coated magnetic beads per sample (Table 1).
    5. Wash the beads twice with 1 mL of cold binding buffer using a magnetic rack (Table 1). For each wash or buffer change throughout the procedure, let the beads accumulate at the side of the tube on the magnetic rack for 5 min before removing the cleared supernatant with a pipette (0.2-1 mL tip volume). Then, resuspend gently in 300 µL of cold binding buffer.
    6. Centrifuge the nuclei at 4 °C at 600 x g for 5 min and resuspend them gently in 600 µL of nuclear extraction buffer. Gently mix the 600 µL of extracted nuclei with the 300 µL of concanavalin A bead slurry, and incubate at 4 °C for 10 min.
    7. Remove the supernatant using a magnetic rack, as described in step 3.1.4, and resuspend the bead-bound nuclei gently with 1 mL of cold blocking buffer (Table 2). Incubate at RT for 5 min.
    8. Remove the supernatant using a magnetic rack and wash the bead-bound nuclei twice with 1 mL of cold wash buffer (Table 2). During the second wash, equally split the bead-bound nuclei into 1.5 mL tubes. Each tube will be treated with a specific antibody in the following step.
      NOTE: In this example, 250 µL of bead-bound nuclei were split in four 1.5 mL tubes.
    9. Separate the supernatant using a magnetic rack, as described in step 3.1.4, and aspirate with a pipette. Gently resuspend the nucleus/bead complexes with a specific primary antibody (Table 3), or an IgG of another species (here rabbit) diluted in 250 µL of cold wash buffer. Incubate at 4 °C overnight with gentle agitation.
      NOTE: The antibodies used here are directed against AR, H3K4me2, and H3K27ac.
    10. Remove the supernatant with a magnetic rack, as described in step 3.1.4, wash the bead-bound nuclei twice with 1 mL of cold wash buffer, and resuspend in 100 µL of cold wash buffer.
    11. Dilute protein A-micrococcal nuclease at 1.4 ng/µL in 100 µL per sample of cold wash buffer.
    12. Add 100 µL of protein A-micrococcal nuclease to the 100 µL of sample obtained in 3.1.11 and incubate at 4 °C for 1 h with agitation.
    13. Remove the supernatant with a magnetic rack, as described in step 3.1.4, wash twice with 1 mL of cold wash buffer, and resuspend the bead-bound nuclei in 150 µL of cold wash buffer.
    14. To initiate DNA cleavage, add 3 µL of 100 mM of CaCl2 to the 150 µL of sample, mix quickly by flicking, and incubate on ice for 30 min. Stop the reaction by adding 150 µL of stop buffer and incubate at 37 °C for 20 min to digest the RNA and release the DNA fragments.
    15. For DNA extraction, centrifuge the samples at 16,000 x g at 4 °C for 5 min.
    16. Transfer the supernatant to a new microfuge tube and discard the pellet and beads.
    17. Add 3 µL of 10% sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and 2.5 µL of 20 mg/mL proteinase K. Mix by inversion. Incubate for 10 min at 70 °C (no shaking).
    18. Add 300 µL of phenol/chloroform/isoamyl alcohol, vortex, transfer to 2 mL phase-lock tubes (pre-spinned for 5 min at 16,000 x g), and centrifuge for 5 min at 16,000 x g at 4 °C.
    19. Add 300 µL of chloroform to the same tube and centrifuge for 5 min at 16,000 x g at 4 °C. Collect the supernatant (~300 µL) with a pipette (0.2-1 mL tip volume) and transfer into a new 1.5 mL tube.
    20. Add 1 µL of glycogen (20 mg/mL concentration).
    21. Add 750 µL of 100% ethanol and precipitate overnight at -20 °C.
    22. Pellet the DNA by centrifugation for 15 min at 16,000 x g at 4 °C. Wash the pellet with 1 mL of 100% ethanol, centrifuge for 5 min at 16,000 x g, discard the supernatant, centrifuge for 30 s at 16,000 x g, and remove the liquid with a pipette (20-200 µL tip volume).
    23. Air-dry the pellet for ~5 min. Resuspend in 25 µL of 1 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8) and 0.1 mM ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA; pH 8).
  2. Bioinformatics analysis
    1. Prepare libraries from immunocleaved DNA and sequence them as paired-end 100 bp reads with the help of the genomic platform as described16.
    2. Remove reads overlapping with the ENCODE blacklist region (V2) and separate the remaining reads into two groups: fragment size <120 bp (without nucleosome, in general for transcription factors) and fragment size >150 bp (with nucleosomes, normally for histone marks). Map to the mm10 reference genome using Bowtie 2 (v2.3.4.3)17.
    3. Generate bigwig files with bamCoverage (deeptools 3.3.0: bamCoverage --normalizeUsing RPKM --binSize 20).
    4. Retain uniquely mapped reads for further analysis.
    5. Generate raw bedgraph files with genomeCoverageBed (bedtools v2.26.0).
    6. Use the SEACR 1.3 algorithm (stringent option) for the peak calling. Load the target data bedgraph file in UCSC bedgraph format that omits regions containing zero signal, and control (IgG) data bedgraph file to generate an empirical threshold for peak calling18.
    7. Perform a Pearson correlation analysis with deeptools to determine the similarity between the samples19. Use the command line multiBamSummary bins --bamfiles file1.bam file2.bam -o results.npz, followed by plotCorrelation -in results.npz --corMethod pearson --skipZeros --plotTitle "Pearson Correlation of Read Counts" --whatToPlot heatmap --colorMap RdYlBu --plotNumbers -o heatmap_PearsonCorr_readCounts.png --outFileCorMatrix PearsonCorr_readCounts.tab.
    8. Visualize the genome-wide intensity profiles with IGV20 using bedgraph files and the bed file peaks obtained from SEACR.
    9. Use HOMER for peak annotation and motif search21.
    10. Finally, compare the datasets with previously published ones with ChIP-Atlas Peak browser to visualize them on IGV, and/or enrichment analysis using the SEACR-generated bed files as an input dataset22.

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Results

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Satellite cells from mouse skeletal muscles were isolated by combining the protocols of Gunther et al. (hereafter Protocol 1)12 and of Liu et al.23 (hereafter Protocol 2). Since non-digested muscle fibers were observed after digestion when using the concentration of collagenase and dispase proposed in Protocol 1, the quantity of enzymes was increased to improve muscle fiber dissociation, as described in steps 1.2.1 and 1.2.3. As indicated in Protocol 2, the samples were sub...

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Discussion

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The present study reports a standardized, reliable, and easy-to-perform method for the isolation and culture of mouse satellite cells, as well as the assessment of transcriptional regulation by the CUT&RUN method.

This protocol involves several critical steps. The first is muscle disruption and fiber digestion to ensure a high number of collected cells. Despite the increased enzyme concentration, more living cells were obtained than using Protocol 1. Satellite cells express a specific patt...

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Disclosures

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The authors declare that they have no competing financial interests.

Acknowledgements

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We thank Anastasia Bannwarth for providing excellent technical assistance. We thank the IGBMC animal house facility, the cell culture, the Mouse Clinical Institute (ICS, Illkirch, France), the imaging, the electron microscopy, the flow cytometry, and the GenomEast platform, a member of the 'France Génomique' consortium (ANR-10-INBS-0009).

This work of the Interdisciplinary Thematic Institute IMCBio, as part of the ITI 2021-2028 program of the University of Strasbourg, CNRS and Inserm, was supported by IdEx Unistra (ANR-10-IDEX-0002) and by SFRI-STRAT'US project (ANR 20-SFRI-0012) and EUR IMCBio (ANR-17-EURE-0023) under the framework of the French Investments for the Future Program. Additional funding was delivered by INSERM, CNRS, Unistra, IGBMC, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-16-CE11-0009, AR2GR), AFM-Téléthon strategic program 24376 (to D.D.), INSERM young researcher grant (to D.D.), ANR-10-LABX-0030-INRT, and a French State fund managed by the ANR under the frame program Investissements d'Avenir (ANR-10-IDEX-0002-02). J.R. was supported by the Programme CDFA-07-22 from the Université franco-allemande and Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur de la Recherche et de l'Innovation, and K.G. by the Association pour la Recherche à l'IGBMC (ARI).

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Materials

List of materials used in this article
NameCompanyCatalog NumberComments
1.5 mL microtubeEppendorf2080422
2 mL microtubeStar LabS1620-2700
5 mL tubesCORNING-FALCON352063
50 mL tubesFalcon352098
anti-ARabcamab108341
anti-CD11beBioscience25-0112-82
anti-CD31eBioscience12-0311-82
anti-CD34eBioscience48-0341-82
anti-CD45eBioscience12-0451-83
anti-CXCR4eBioscience17-9991-82
anti-DMDabcamab15277
anti-H3K27acActive Motif39133
anti-H3K4me2Active Motif39141
anti-ITGA7MBLk0046-4
anti-PAX7DSHBAB_528428
anti-TER119BD Pharmingen TM553673
BeadsPolysciences86057-3BioMag®Plus Concanavalin A
Cell Strainer 100 µmCorning® 431752
Cell Strainer 40 µmCorning® 431750
Cell Strainer 70 µmCorning® 431751
Centrifuge 1Eppendorf521-0011Centrifuge 5415 R
Centrifuge 2Eppendorf5805000010Centrifuge 5804 R
Chamber Slide System ThermoFischer171080Système Nunc™ Lab-Tek™ Chamber Slide
Cleaning agentSigma  SLBQ7780VRNaseZAPTM
Collagenase, type I Thermo Fisher1710001710 mg/mL
Dispase STEMCELL technologies79135 U/mL
DynaMag™-2 AimantInvitrogen12321D
Fixable Viability StainBD Biosciences565388
Flow cytometerBD FACSAria™ Fusion Flow Cytometer23-14816-01
Fluoromount G with DAPIInvitrogen00-4959-52
Genome browser IGVhttp://software.broadinstitute.org/software/igv/
Glycerol Sigma-AldrichG9012
HydrogelCorning® 354277Matrigel hESC qualified matrix
Image processing softwareImage J®V 1.8.0
Laboratory filmSigma-AldrichP7793-1EAPARAFILM® M
Liberase LTRoche5401020001
Propyl gallateSigma-Aldrich2370
Sequencer Illumina Hiseq 4000SY-401-4001
Shaking water bathBioblock Scientific polytest 2018724

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