TY - JOUR A1 - Dellino, Gaetano Ivan A1 - Cittaro, Davide A1 - Piccioni, Rossana A1 - Luzi, Lucilla A1 - Banfi, Stefania A1 - Segalla, Simona A1 - Cesaroni, Matteo A1 - Mendoza-Maldonado, Ramiro A1 - Giacca, Mauro A1 - Pelicci, Pier Giuseppe T1 - Genome-wide mapping of human DNA-replication origins: Levels of transcription at ORC1 sites regulate origin selection and replication timing Y1 - 2013/01/01 JF - Genome Research JO - Genome Research SP - 1 EP - 11 DO - 10.1101/gr.142331.112 VL - 23 IS - 1 UR - http://genome.cshlp.org/content/23/1/1.abstract N2 - We report the genome-wide mapping of ORC1 binding sites in mammals, by chromatin immunoprecipitation and parallel sequencing (ChIP-seq). ORC1 binding sites in HeLa cells were validated as active DNA replication origins (ORIs) using Repli-seq, a method that allows identification of ORI-containing regions by parallel sequencing of temporally ordered replicating DNA. ORC1 sites were universally associated with transcription start sites (TSSs) of coding or noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs). Transcription levels at the ORC1 sites directly correlated with replication timing, suggesting the existence of two classes of ORIs: those associated with moderate/high transcription levels (≥1 RNA copy/cell), firing in early S and mapping to the TSSs of coding RNAs; and those associated with low transcription levels (<1 RNA copy/cell), firing throughout the entire S and mapping to TSSs of ncRNAs. These findings are compatible with a scenario whereby TSS expression levels influence the efficiency of ORC1 recruitment at G1 and the probability of firing during S. ER -