Skeletal myofibers are the main components of skeletal muscle which is the largest tissue in the body. Myofibers are highly adaptive in nature and they can vary in different biological and disease conditions. Therefore, transcriptional and epigenetic studies on myofibers are crucial to discover how chromatin alterations occur in the skeletal muscle under different conditions. However, due to the heterogenous nature of skeletal muscle, studying myofibers in isolation proves to be a challenging task. Single cell sequencing has permitted for the study of the epigenome of isolated myonuclei. While this provides sequencing with high dimensionality, the sequencing depth is lacking, which makes comparisons between different biological conditions difficult. Here we report the first implementation of single myofiber ATAC-Seq, which permits for the sequencing of an individual myofiber at a depth sufficient for peak calling and for comparative analysis of chromatin accessibility under various physiological, physical and disease conditions. Application of this technique revealed significant differences in chromatin accessibility between resting and regenerating myofibers. This technique can lead to wide application in identifying chromatin regulatory elements and epigenetic mechanisms in muscle fibers during development and in muscle-wasting diseases.
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