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Inference and validation of a dynamic gene regulatory network influencing cell fate during Duchenne muscular dystrophy initiation

David Mack

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The onset of gene regulatory disturbances leading to developmental disorders remains poorly understood, particularly when symptoms begin after birth. Using induced pluripotent stem cells, single-cell transcriptomics and computational modeling, we determined the gene expression waves guiding early myogenesis and how they are affected by a disease-causing mutation. We uncovered a dynamic gene regulatory network organized in two kernels that function as a toggle-switch controlling stochastic cell fate decisions. In cells derived from patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, these waves of regulation are less pronounced and the switch remains in the OFF state with a higher probability, resulting in convergence into a restricted cell fate. Experimental reactivation of the switch through RNA interference led to a rescued transcriptomic state and to a refined network topology. This work uncovers a dynamic regulatory mechanism underlying early cell fate divergence and provides a general framework to infer and validate dynamic gene regulatory networks involved in disease initiation.

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inserm-05620136 , version 1 (12-05-2026)

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Elsa Guillot, Quentin Fort, Elise Mozin, Bérangère Robert, Matteo Bouvier, et al.. Inference and validation of a dynamic gene regulatory network influencing cell fate during Duchenne muscular dystrophy initiation. 2026. ⟨inserm-05620136⟩
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