ATAC-seq of gorilla (Gorilla gorilla), orangutan (Pongo abelii) and cynomolgus macaque (Macaca fascicularis) iPSC, KRAB-dCas9 iPSC and iPSC-derived NPC cell lines
To compare chromatin accessibility across three primate species, between wild-type (WT) and genetically modified induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines, and between the iPSC state and neural precursor cells (NPCs) derived from these iPSCs, we generated ATAC-seq data from nine primate samples. The samples included two gorilla WT iPSC samples and one gorilla KRAB-dCas9 iPSC sample (all from the same individual), one orangutan WT iPSC sample, one orangutan KRAB-dCas9 iPSC sample and two orangutan NPC samples (from two different individuals), and one cynomolgus macaque WT iPSC sample and one cynomolgus macaque KRAB-dCas9 iPSC sample (from the same individual). The gorilla and orangutan iPSCs were derived from urinary stem cells (Geuder et al. 2021), while the cynomolgus macaque iPSCs were derived from skin-fibroblasts. The KRAB-dCas9 iPS cell lines were created by stably integrating dox-inducible KRAB-dCas9-HA-P2A-mCherry construct at the AAVS1 locus (Edenhofer et al. 2024). NPCs were obtained by the directed differentiation of iPSCs via dual-SMAD inhibition (Chambers et al. 2009; Ohnuki et al. 2014). ATAC-seq libraries were generated using the Omni-ATAC protocol (Corces et al. 2017) with minor modifications.