The BAF complex does not mediate GLI repression (ATAC-Seq)

Purpose: This study seeks to determine whether Smarcc1 mediates GLI repression through chromatin compaction in the limb. Methods: To determine if Smarcc1 mediated GLI repression through chormatin compaction, we used genomic approached to determine changes in chromatin accessibility in control and Smarcc1-conditional mutants. We performed ATAC-seq on individually genotyped anterior forelimbs at E11.5 (40-48s) on control (2 replicates) and PrxCre/+;Smarcc1c/c (3 replicates) embryos. From this experiment we identified ~10,000 differentially accessible regions (FDR<0.05). Results: We find that SMARCC1 is required to maintain chromatin accessibility at thousands of regions within the mouse limb, including most HH-responsive GLI enhancers ATAC-seq on individual E11.5 (40-48s) anterior forelimb buds from control (2 replicates) and PrxCre/+;Smarcc1c/c (3 replicates) embryos.