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CUT&Tag seq analysis of histone variant H2BE in stimulated neurons

GSE308557 Mus musculus (mouse) ChIP-seq / ATAC-seq (genome binding and open chromatin) 10 samples Submitted 2026/01/02 Platform GPL30172
At a glance

ChIP-seq / ATAC-seq (genome binding and open chromatin) · mouse · 10 samples

What it is
ChIP-seq / ATAC-seq (genome binding and open chromatin)Where proteins bind the genome, or which regions are open and active.
Organism
Mus musculus (mouse)
Samples
10 samples: 2 × Control Female N vs 2 × PTZ Female N vs 2 × Control male N vs 2 × PTZ male NGroups are read from the sample names, not from the paper. Check the list below.
Data you can get
A processed table (series matrix) and supplementary files from NCBI; the raw sequencing reads from ENA. Which of these hold counts depends on the study, so check the file list.
Paper
Histone variant H2BE controls activity-dependent gene expression and homeostatic scalingCell reports · 2026
Summary (written by the submitters)
A cell’s ability to respond and adapt to environmental stimuli relies in part on transcriptional programs controlled by histone proteins. Histones affect transcription through numerous mechanisms including through replacement with variant forms that carry out specific functions. We recently identified the first widely expressed H2B histone variant, H2BE and found that it promotes transcription and is critical for neuronal function and long-term memory.
Read the full summary ↓
However, how H2BE is regulated by extracellular stimuli and whether it controls activity-dependent transcription and cellular plasticity remain unknown. We used CUT&Tag and RNA-sequencing of primary neurons, single-nucleus sequencing of cortical tissue, and multielectrode array recordings to interrogate the expression of H2BE in response to stimuli and the role of H2BE in activity-dependent gene expression and plasticity. We find that unlike Further, we show that neurons lacking H2BE are unable to mount proper long-term activity-dependent transcriptional responses both in cultured neurons and in animal models. Lastly, we demonstrate that H2BE knockout neurons fail to undergo the electrophysiological changes associated with homeostatic plasticity in neurons after long-term stimulation. In summary, these data demonstrate that H2BE expression is inversely correlated to activity and necessary for long-term activity-dependent responses, revealing the first instance of a histone variant involved in the homeostatic plasticity response in neurons.
Published in
Histone variant H2BE controls activity-dependent gene expression and homeostatic scaling
Feierman ER, Paranjapye A, Sangree AK et al. · Cell reports 2026 · PMID 41422507 · doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116694
This dataset
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Direct links to NCBI and ENA, no account and no request form. Pick by what you want to do: take the small processed table to look, the supplementary files to re-analyse, or the original raw data to start over.

1 · Just have a look

Processed table

The series matrix: one table of values per sample as the submitters processed it. The smallest download, and it opens in Excel or R. Start here to see what the data look like.

2 · Re-analyse it

Supplementary files

The count tables and other files the authors uploaded. Take only the samples you need, or the whole study as GSE308557_RAW.tar (it can run to tens of gigabytes).

3 · Start from the raw reads

Raw sequencing reads

The original FASTQ files, straight from the sequencer, held at ENA. Large, and you align them yourself, so only choose this if you need to re-process the study from scratch.

What the files usually look like: Look for peak files (.bed, .narrowPeak) and signal tracks (.bigWig) among the supplementary files; the raw reads are on ENA.

Also filed as BioProject PRJNA1330881 and SRA study SRP622017. Searching any of these in the dataset finder brings you back here.

Study design
2 × Control Female N vs 2 × PTZ Female N vs 2 × Control male N vs 2 × PTZ male N

Supports a between-group comparison across 8 samples.

How we read this: 4 replicated groups read from 10 sample titles; they account for 8 of them. These groups are guessed from the sample names, not taken from the paper, so check them against the sample list below before relying on them.

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