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Dehydration of cells by acute hyperosmotic stress has profound effects upon cell structure and function. Interphase chromatin and mitotic chromosomes collapse ("congelation"). HL-60/S4 cells remain ~100% viable for, at least, 1 hour, exhibiting shrinkage to ~2/3 their original volume, when placed in 300mM sucrose in tissue culture medium. Fixed cells were imaged by immunostaining confocal and STED microscopy. At a "global" structural level (μm), mitotic chromosomes congeal into a residual gel with apparent (phase) separations of Ki67, CTCF, SMC2, RAD21, H1 histones and HMG proteins. At an "intermediate" level (sub-μm), radial distribution analysis of STED images revealed a most probable peak DNA density separation of ~0.16 μm, essentially unchanged by hyperosmotic stress. At a "local" structural level (~1-2 nm), in vivo crosslinking revealed essentially unchanged crosslinked products between H1, HMG and inner histones. Hyperosmotic cellular stress is discussed in terms of concepts of mitotic chromosome structure and liquid-liquid phase separation.
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- Ada L Olins
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of New England, Portland, ME, USA
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Bates College, Lewiston, ME,USA
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Bates College, Lewiston, ME,USA
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- Division of Clinical Biochemistry, Biocenter, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of New England, Portland, ME, USA
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Falk M, Hausmann M. A Paradigm Revolution or Just Better Resolution-Will Newly Emerging Superresolution Techniques Identify Chromatin Architecture as a Key Factor in Radiation-Induced DNA Damage and Repair Regulation? Cancers (Basel) 2020; 13:E18. [PMID: 33374540 PMCID: PMC7793109 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13010018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) have been recognized as the most serious lesions in irradiated cells. While several biochemical pathways capable of repairing these lesions have been identified, the mechanisms by which cells select a specific pathway for activation at a given DSB site remain poorly understood. Our knowledge of DSB induction and repair has increased dramatically since the discovery of ionizing radiation-induced foci (IRIFs), initiating the possibility of spatiotemporally monitoring the assembly and disassembly of repair complexes in single cells. IRIF exploration revealed that all post-irradiation processes-DSB formation, repair and misrepair-are strongly dependent on the characteristics of DSB damage and the microarchitecture of the whole affected chromatin domain in addition to the cell status. The microscale features of IRIFs, such as their morphology, mobility, spatiotemporal distribution, and persistence kinetics, have been linked to repair mechanisms. However, the influence of various biochemical and structural factors and their specific combinations on IRIF architecture remains unknown, as does the hierarchy of these factors in the decision-making process for a particular repair mechanism at each individual DSB site. New insights into the relationship between the physical properties of the incident radiation, chromatin architecture, IRIF architecture, and DSB repair mechanisms and repair efficiency are expected from recent developments in optical superresolution microscopy (nanoscopy) techniques that have shifted our ability to analyze chromatin and IRIF architectures towards the nanoscale. In the present review, we discuss this relationship, attempt to correlate still rather isolated nanoscale studies with already better-understood aspects of DSB repair at the microscale, and consider whether newly emerging "correlated multiscale structuromics" can revolutionarily enhance our knowledge in this field.
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- Martin Falk
- Institute of Biophysics, The Czech Academy of Sciences, 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Kirchhoff Institute for Physics, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany;
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Juhász S, Smith R, Schauer T, Spekhardt D, Mamar H, Zentout S, Chapuis C, Huet S, Timinszky G. The chromatin remodeler ALC1 underlies resistance to PARP inhibitor treatment. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2020; 6:eabb8626. [PMID: 33355125 PMCID: PMC11206534 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abb8626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Accepted: 09/28/2020] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
Abstract
Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors are used in the treatment of BRCA-deficient cancers, with treatments currently extending toward other homologous recombination defective tumors. In a genome-wide CRISPR knockout screen with olaparib, we identify ALC1 (Amplified in Liver Cancer 1)-a cancer-relevant poly(ADP-ribose)-regulated chromatin remodeling enzyme-as a key modulator of sensitivity to PARP inhibitor. We found that ALC1 can remove inactive PARP1 indirectly through binding to PARylated chromatin. Consequently, ALC1 deficiency enhances trapping of inhibited PARP1, which then impairs the binding of both nonhomologous end-joining and homologous recombination repair factors to DNA lesions. We also establish that ALC1 overexpression, a common feature in multiple tumor types, reduces the sensitivity of BRCA-deficient cells to PARP inhibitors. Together, we conclude that ALC1-dependent PARP1 mobilization is a key step underlying PARP inhibitor resistance.
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- Szilvia Juhász
- MTA SZBK Lendület DNA Damage and Nuclear Dynamics Research Group, Institute of Genetics, Biological Research Centre, 6276 Szeged, Hungary
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes), UMR 6290, BIOSIT, UMS 3480, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Biomedical Center, Bioinformatics Unit, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- MTA SZBK Lendület DNA Damage and Nuclear Dynamics Research Group, Institute of Genetics, Biological Research Centre, 6276 Szeged, Hungary
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- MTA SZBK Lendület DNA Damage and Nuclear Dynamics Research Group, Institute of Genetics, Biological Research Centre, 6276 Szeged, Hungary
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes), UMR 6290, BIOSIT, UMS 3480, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes), UMR 6290, BIOSIT, UMS 3480, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes), UMR 6290, BIOSIT, UMS 3480, F-35000 Rennes, France.
- Institut Universitaire de France, Paris France
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- MTA SZBK Lendület DNA Damage and Nuclear Dynamics Research Group, Institute of Genetics, Biological Research Centre, 6276 Szeged, Hungary.
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Rother MB, Pellegrino S, Smith R, Gatti M, Meisenberg C, Wiegant WW, Luijsterburg MS, Imhof R, Downs JA, Vertegaal ACO, Huet S, Altmeyer M, van Attikum H. CHD7 and 53BP1 regulate distinct pathways for the re-ligation of DNA double-strand breaks. Nat Commun 2020; 11:5775. [PMID: 33188175 PMCID: PMC7666215 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19502-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2019] [Accepted: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
Abstract
Chromatin structure is dynamically reorganized at multiple levels in response to DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). Yet, how the different steps of chromatin reorganization are coordinated in space and time to differentially regulate DNA repair pathways is insufficiently understood. Here, we identify the Chromodomain Helicase DNA Binding Protein 7 (CHD7), which is frequently mutated in CHARGE syndrome, as an integral component of the non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) DSB repair pathway. Upon recruitment via PARP1-triggered chromatin remodeling, CHD7 stimulates further chromatin relaxation around DNA break sites and brings in HDAC1/2 for localized chromatin de-acetylation. This counteracts the CHD7-induced chromatin expansion, thereby ensuring temporally and spatially controlled 'chromatin breathing' upon DNA damage, which we demonstrate fosters efficient and accurate DSB repair by controlling Ku and LIG4/XRCC4 activities. Loss of CHD7-HDAC1/2-dependent cNHEJ reinforces 53BP1 assembly at the damaged chromatin and shifts DSB repair to mutagenic NHEJ, revealing a backup function of 53BP1 when cNHEJ fails.
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Grants
- 25715 Cancer Research UK
- 714326 European Research Council
- MR/N02155X/2 Medical Research Council
- MR/N02155X/1 Medical Research Council
- This research was financially supported by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (ERC-StG 714326 to M.A.; ERC-StG 310913 to A.C.O.V.; ERC-CoG 50364 to H.v.A), the Swiss National Science Foundation (grants 150690 and 179057 to M.A.), grants from the Danish Research Council (DFF 1333-00037B and 1331-00732B to M.A.), NWO-VENI (863.11.007) and NWO-VIDI (016.161.320) grants to M.S.L., People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/ 2007-2013) under REA grant agreement [(PCOFUND-GA-2013-609102), through the PRESTIGE program coordinated by Campus France (PRESTIGE-2017-2-0042), the Université Bretagne-Loire and the Fondation ARC pour la recherche sur le cancer (PDF20181208405) to R.S., the Ligue contre le Cancer du Grand-Ouest (committees 22 and 35), the Fondation ARC pour la recherche sur le cancer (20161204883), the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (PRC-2018 REPAIRCHROM) and the Institut Universitaire de France to S.H., and the Medical Research Council (MR/N02155X/1) to C.M. and J.A.D..
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- Magdalena B Rother
- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institut de génétique et développement de Rennes)-UMR 6290, BIOSIT-UMS3480, F-35000, Rennes, France
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- Department of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, Royal Cancer Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institut de génétique et développement de Rennes)-UMR 6290, BIOSIT-UMS3480, F-35000, Rennes, France
- Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
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- Department of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Kantidze OL, Razin SV. Weak interactions in higher-order chromatin organization. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:4614-4626. [PMID: 32313950 PMCID: PMC7229822 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2020] [Revised: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 04/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
The detailed principles of the hierarchical folding of eukaryotic chromosomes have been revealed during the last two decades. Along with structures composing three-dimensional (3D) genome organization (chromatin compartments, topologically associating domains, chromatin loops, etc.), the molecular mechanisms that are involved in their establishment and maintenance have been characterized. Generally, protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions underlie the spatial genome organization in eukaryotes. However, it is becoming increasingly evident that weak interactions, which exist in biological systems, also contribute to the 3D genome. Here, we provide a snapshot of our current understanding of the role of the weak interactions in the establishment and maintenance of the 3D genome organization. We discuss how weak biological forces, such as entropic forces operating in crowded solutions, electrostatic interactions of the biomolecules, liquid-liquid phase separation, DNA supercoiling, and RNA environment participate in chromosome segregation into structural and functional units and drive intranuclear functional compartmentalization.
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- Omar L Kantidze
- Institute of Gene Biology Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334 Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Gene Biology Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334 Moscow, Russia
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Smith R, Lebeaupin T, Juhász S, Chapuis C, D'Augustin O, Dutertre S, Burkovics P, Biertümpfel C, Timinszky G, Huet S. Poly(ADP-ribose)-dependent chromatin unfolding facilitates the association of DNA-binding proteins with DNA at sites of damage. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 47:11250-11267. [PMID: 31566235 PMCID: PMC6868358 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2019] [Revised: 09/01/2019] [Accepted: 09/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
The addition of poly(ADP-ribose) (PAR) chains along the chromatin fiber due to PARP1 activity regulates the recruitment of multiple factors to sites of DNA damage. In this manuscript, we investigated how, besides direct binding to PAR, early chromatin unfolding events controlled by PAR signaling contribute to recruitment to DNA lesions. We observed that different DNA-binding, but not histone-binding, domains accumulate at damaged chromatin in a PAR-dependent manner, and that this recruitment correlates with their affinity for DNA. Our findings indicate that this recruitment is promoted by early PAR-dependent chromatin remodeling rather than direct interaction with PAR. Moreover, recruitment is not the consequence of reduced molecular crowding at unfolded damaged chromatin but instead originates from facilitated binding to more exposed DNA. These findings are further substantiated by the observation that PAR-dependent chromatin remodeling at DNA lesions underlies increased DNAse hypersensitivity. Finally, the relevance of this new mode of PAR-dependent recruitment to DNA lesions is demonstrated by the observation that reducing the affinity for DNA of both CHD4 and HP1α, two proteins shown to be involved in the DNA-damage response, strongly impairs their recruitment to DNA lesions.
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- Rebecca Smith
- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institut de génétique et développement de Rennes) - UMR 6290, F- 35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institut de génétique et développement de Rennes) - UMR 6290, F- 35000 Rennes, France
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- MTA SZBK Lendület DNA damage and nuclear dynamics research group, Institute of Genetics, Biological Research Center, 6276 Szeged, Hungary
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institut de génétique et développement de Rennes) - UMR 6290, F- 35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institut de génétique et développement de Rennes) - UMR 6290, F- 35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, Inserm, BIOSIT (Biologie, Santé, Innovation Technologique de Rennes) - UMS 3480, US 018, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Laboratory of Replication and Genome Stability, Institute of Genetics, Biological Research Center, 6276 Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Structural Cell Biology, Molecular Mechanisms of DNA Repair, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
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- MTA SZBK Lendület DNA damage and nuclear dynamics research group, Institute of Genetics, Biological Research Center, 6276 Szeged, Hungary
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institut de génétique et développement de Rennes) - UMR 6290, F- 35000 Rennes, France
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Hepatitis B Virus Core Protein Domains Essential for Viral Capsid Assembly in a Cellular Context. J Mol Biol 2020; 432:3802-3819. [PMID: 32371046 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2020.04.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2020] [Revised: 04/25/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) core protein (HBc) is essential to the formation of the HBV capsid. HBc contains two domains: the N-terminal domain corresponding to residues 1-140 essential to form the icosahedral shell and the C-terminal domain corresponding to a basic and phosphorylated peptide, and required for DNA replication. The role of these two domains for HBV capsid assembly was essentially studied in vitro with HBc purified from mammalian or non-mammalian cell lysates, but their respective role in living cells remains to be clarified. We therefore investigated the assembly of the HBV capsid in Huh7 cells by combining fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy/Förster's resonance energy transfer, fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy approaches. We found that wild-type HBc forms oligomers early after transfection and at a sub-micromolar concentration. These oligomers are homogeneously diffused throughout the cell. We quantified a stoichiometry ranging from ~170 to ~230 HBc proteins per oligomer, consistent with the visualization of eGFP-containingHBV capsid shaped as native capsid particles by transmission electron microscopy. In contrast, no assembly was observed when HBc-N-terminal domain was expressed. This highlights the essential role of the C-terminal domain to form capsid in mammalian cells. Deletion of either the third helix or of the 124-135 residues of HBc had a dramatic impact on the assembly of the HBV capsid, inducing the formation of mis-assembled oligomers and monomers, respectively. This study shows that our approach using fluorescent derivatives of HBc is an innovative method to investigate HBV capsid formation.
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Liang Z, Lou J, Scipioni L, Gratton E, Hinde E. Quantifying nuclear wide chromatin compaction by phasor analysis of histone Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) in frequency domain fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) data. Data Brief 2020; 30:105401. [PMID: 32300614 PMCID: PMC7152662 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.105401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2020] [Revised: 03/03/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
The nanometer spacing between nucleosomes throughout global chromatin organisation modulates local DNA template access, and through continuous dynamic rearrangements, regulates genome function [1]. However, given that nucleosome packaging occurs on a spatial scale well below the diffraction limit, real time observation of chromatin structure in live cells by optical microscopy has proved technically difficult, despite recent advances in live cell super resolution imaging [2]. One alternative solution to quantify chromatin structure in a living cell at the level of nucleosome proximity is to measure and spatially map Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) between fluorescently labelled histones – the core protein of a nucleosome [3]. In recent work we established that the phasor approach to fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) is a robust method for the detection of histone FRET which can quantify nuclear wide chromatin compaction in the presence of cellular autofluorescence [4]. Here we share FLIM data recording histone FRET in live cells co-expressing H2B-eGFP and H2B-mCherry. The data was acquired in the frequency domain [5] and processed by the phasor approach to lifetime analysis [6]. The data can be valuable to researchers interested in using the histone FRET assay since it highlights the impact of cellular autofluorescence and acceptor-donor ratio on quantifying chromatin compaction. The data is related to the research article “Phasor histone FLIM-FRET microscopy quantifies spatiotemporal rearrangement of chromatin architecture during the DNA damage response” [4].
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- Zhen Liang
- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Australia.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne, Australia
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Australia.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics, University of California, Irvine, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics, University of California, Irvine, United States
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Australia.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne, Australia
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Zhang H, Zheng R, Wang Y, Zhang Y, Hong P, Fang Y, Li G, Fang Y. The effects of Arabidopsis genome duplication on the chromatin organization and transcriptional regulation. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 47:7857-7869. [PMID: 31184697 PMCID: PMC6736098 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2018] [Revised: 05/26/2019] [Accepted: 05/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Autopolyploidy is widespread in higher plants and important for agricultural yield and quality. However, the effects of genome duplication on the chromatin organization and transcriptional regulation are largely unknown in plants. Using High-throughput Chromosome Conformation Capture (Hi-C), we showed that autotetraploid Arabidopsis presented more inter-chromosomal interactions and fewer short-range chromatin interactions compared with its diploid progenitor. In addition, genome duplication contributed to the switching of some loose and compact structure domains with altered H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 histone modification status. 539 genes were identified with altered transcriptions and chromatin interactions in autotetraploid Arabidopsis. Especially, we found that genome duplication changed chromatin looping and H3K27me3 histone modification in Flowering Locus C. We propose that genome doubling modulates the transcription genome-wide by changed chromatin interactions and at the specific locus by altered chromatin loops and histone modifications.
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- Hui Zhang
- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Key Laboratory of Agricultural Bioinformatics, Hubei Engineering Technology Research Center of Agricultural Big Data, College of Informatics, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Key Laboratory of Agricultural Bioinformatics, Hubei Engineering Technology Research Center of Agricultural Big Data, College of Informatics, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Key Laboratory of Agricultural Bioinformatics, Hubei Engineering Technology Research Center of Agricultural Big Data, College of Informatics, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Key Laboratory of Agricultural Bioinformatics, Hubei Engineering Technology Research Center of Agricultural Big Data, College of Informatics, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Key Laboratory of Agricultural Bioinformatics, Hubei Engineering Technology Research Center of Agricultural Big Data, College of Informatics, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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Smith R, Sellou H, Chapuis C, Huet S, Timinszky G. CHD3 and CHD4 recruitment and chromatin remodeling activity at DNA breaks is promoted by early poly(ADP-ribose)-dependent chromatin relaxation. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:6087-6098. [PMID: 29733391 PMCID: PMC6158744 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2017] [Accepted: 04/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
One of the first events to occur upon DNA damage is the local opening of the compact chromatin architecture, facilitating access of repair proteins to DNA lesions. This early relaxation is triggered by poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation by PARP1 in addition to ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling. CHD4 recruits to DNA breaks in a PAR-dependent manner, although it lacks any recognizable PAR-binding domain, and has the ability to relax chromatin structure. However, its role in chromatin relaxation at the site of DNA damage has not been explored. Using a live cell fluorescence three-hybrid assay, we demonstrate that the recruitment of CHD4 to DNA damage, while being poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation-dependent, is not through binding poly(ADP-ribose). Additionally, we show that CHD3 is recruited to DNA breaks in the same manner as CHD4 and that both CHD3 and CHD4 play active roles in chromatin remodeling at DNA breaks. Together, our findings reveal a two-step mechanism for DNA damage induced chromatin relaxation in which PARP1 and the PAR-binding remodeler activities of Alc1/CHD1L induce an initial chromatin relaxation phase that promotes the subsequent recruitment of CHD3 and CHD4 via binding to DNA for further chromatin remodeling at DNA breaks.
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- Rebecca Smith
- Biomedical Center Munich, Physiological Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.,Univ Rennes, CNRS, Structure fédérative de recherche Biosit, IGDR (Institut de génétique et développement de Rennes) - UMR 6290, F- 35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, Structure fédérative de recherche Biosit, IGDR (Institut de génétique et développement de Rennes) - UMR 6290, F- 35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, Structure fédérative de recherche Biosit, IGDR (Institut de génétique et développement de Rennes) - UMR 6290, F- 35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, Structure fédérative de recherche Biosit, IGDR (Institut de génétique et développement de Rennes) - UMR 6290, F- 35000 Rennes, France
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- Biomedical Center Munich, Physiological Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.,MTA SZBK Lendület DNA damage and nuclear dynamics research group, Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 6276 Szeged, Hungary
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Arifulin EA, Sorokin DV, Tvorogova AV, Kurnaeva MA, Musinova YR, Zhironkina OA, Golyshev SA, Abramchuk SS, Vassetzky YS, Sheval EV. Heterochromatin restricts the mobility of nuclear bodies. Chromosoma 2018; 127:529-537. [PMID: 30291421 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-018-0683-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2018] [Revised: 09/25/2018] [Accepted: 09/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Nuclear bodies are relatively immobile organelles. Here, we investigated the mechanisms underlying their movement using experimentally induced interphase prenucleolar bodies (iPNBs). Most iPNBs demonstrated constrained diffusion, exhibiting infrequent fusions with other iPNBs and nucleoli. Fusion events were actin-independent and appeared to be the consequence of stochastic collisions between iPNBs. Most iPNBs were surrounded by condensed chromatin, while fusing iPNBs were usually found in a single heterochromatin-delimited compartment ("cage"). The experimentally induced over-condensation of chromatin significantly decreased the frequency of iPNB fusion. Thus, the data obtained indicate that the mobility of nuclear bodies is restricted by heterochromatin.
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- Eugene A Arifulin
- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Mathematical Methods of Image Processing, Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia
- Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilov str. 26, 119334, Moscow, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilov str. 26, 119334, Moscow, Russia.
- LIA 1066 LFR2O French-Russian Joint Cancer Research Laboratory, 94805, Villejuif, France.
- UMR8126, CNRS, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Université Paris-Sud, 94805, Villejuif, France.
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia.
- LIA 1066 LFR2O French-Russian Joint Cancer Research Laboratory, 94805, Villejuif, France.
- Department of Cell Biology and Histology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia.
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Kim JS. Macromolecular Crowding and Nanoscale Confinement on the Structural Regulation of Chromatins/DNAs. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 2018. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20180171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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- Jun Soo Kim
- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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Entropic effect of macromolecular crowding enhances binding between nucleosome clutches in heterochromatin, but not in euchromatin. Sci Rep 2018; 8:5469. [PMID: 29615710 PMCID: PMC5882907 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-23753-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2017] [Accepted: 03/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Sharp increase in macromolecular crowding induces abnormal chromatin compaction in the cell nucleus, suggesting its non-negligible impact on chromatin structure and function. However, the details of the crowding-induced chromatin compaction remain poorly understood. In this work, we present a computer simulation study on the entropic effect of macromolecular crowding on the interaction between chromatin structural units called nucleosome clutches. Nucleosome clutches were modeled by a chain of nucleosomes collapsed by harmonic restraints implicitly mimicking the nucleosome association mediated by histone tails and linker histones. The nucleosome density of the clutches was set close to either that of high-density heterochromatin or that of low-density euchromatin. The effective interactions between these nucleosome clutches were calculated in various crowding conditions, and it was found that the increase in the degree of macromolecular crowding induced attractive interaction between two clutches with high nucleosome density. Interestingly, the increased degree of macromolecular crowding did not induce any attraction between two clutches with low nucleosome density. Our results suggest that the entropic effect of macromolecular crowding can enhance binding between nucleosome clutches in heterochromatin, but not in euchromatin, as a result of the difference in nucleosome packing degrees.
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Imai R, Nozaki T, Tani T, Kaizu K, Hibino K, Ide S, Tamura S, Takahashi K, Shribak M, Maeshima K. Density imaging of heterochromatin in live cells using orientation-independent-DIC microscopy. Mol Biol Cell 2017; 28:3349-3359. [PMID: 28835378 PMCID: PMC5687035 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e17-06-0359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2017] [Revised: 08/17/2017] [Accepted: 08/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Using orientation-independent-DIC microscopy, we revealed that the density of total materials in heterochromatin was only 1.53-fold higher than that of euchromatin, whereas the DNA density was 7.5-fold higher. This surprisingly small difference may be due to the dominance of proteins and RNAs in both chromatins, which may help create a moderate barrier to heterochromatin. In eukaryotic cells, highly condensed inactive/silenced chromatin has long been called “heterochromatin.” However, recent research suggests that such regions are in fact not fully transcriptionally silent and that there exists only a moderate access barrier to heterochromatin. To further investigate this issue, it is critical to elucidate the physical properties of heterochromatin such as its total density in live cells. Here, using orientation-independent differential interference contrast (OI-DIC) microscopy, which is capable of mapping optical path differences, we investigated the density of the total materials in pericentric foci, a representative heterochromatin model, in live mouse NIH3T3 cells. We demonstrated that the total density of heterochromatin (208 mg/ml) was only 1.53-fold higher than that of the surrounding euchromatic regions (136 mg/ml) while the DNA density of heterochromatin was 5.5- to 7.5-fold higher. We observed similar minor differences in density in typical facultative heterochromatin, the inactive human X chromosomes. This surprisingly small difference may be due to that nonnucleosomal materials (proteins/RNAs) (∼120 mg/ml) are dominant in both chromatin regions. Monte Carlo simulation suggested that nonnucleosomal materials contribute to creating a moderate access barrier to heterochromatin, allowing minimal protein access to functional regions. Our OI-DIC imaging offers new insight into the live cellular environments.
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- Ryosuke Imai
- Biological Macromolecules Laboratory, Structural Biology Center, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan.,Department of Genetics, School of Life Science, Sokendai (Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
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- Biological Macromolecules Laboratory, Structural Biology Center, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
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- Eugene Bell Center for Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543
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- Laboratory for Biochemical Simulation, RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center, Suita, Osaka 565-0874, Japan
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- Biological Macromolecules Laboratory, Structural Biology Center, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan.,Department of Genetics, School of Life Science, Sokendai (Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
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- Biological Macromolecules Laboratory, Structural Biology Center, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan.,Department of Genetics, School of Life Science, Sokendai (Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
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- Biological Macromolecules Laboratory, Structural Biology Center, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
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- Laboratory for Biochemical Simulation, RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center, Suita, Osaka 565-0874, Japan
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- Eugene Bell Center for Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543
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- Biological Macromolecules Laboratory, Structural Biology Center, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan .,Department of Genetics, School of Life Science, Sokendai (Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
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Christogianni A, Chatzantonaki E, Soupsana K, Giannios I, Platania A, Politou AS, Georgatos S. Heterochromatin remodeling in embryonic stem cells proceeds through stochastic de-stabilization of regional steady-states. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2017; 1860:661-673. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2017.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2016] [Revised: 12/19/2016] [Accepted: 01/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Sas-Nowosielska H, Bernas T. Spatial relationship between chromosomal domains in diploid and autotetraploid Arabidopsis thaliana nuclei. Nucleus 2017; 7:216-31. [PMID: 27310308 DOI: 10.1080/19491034.2016.1182277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Polyploids constitute more than 80% of angiosperm plant species. Their DNA content is often further increased by endoreplication, which occurs as a part of cell differentiation. Here, we explore the relationship between 3D chromatin architecture, number of genome copies and their origin in the model plant, Arabidopsis thaliana. Spatial proximity between pericentromeric, interstitial and subtelomeric domains of chromosomes 1 and 4 was quantified over a range of distances. The results indicate that average nuclear volume as well as chromatin density increase with the genome copy number. Similar dependence is observed when association of homologous chromosomes (in 2C/ endopolyploid nuclei) and sister chromatid separation (in endopolyploid nuclei) is studied. Moreover, clusters of chromosomal domains are detectable at the spatial scale above microscopy resolution. Subtelomeric, interstitial and pericentromeric chromosomal domains are affected to different extent by these processes, which are modulated by endopolyploidy. This factor influences fusion of heterochromatin as well. Nonetheless, local chromatin architecture of Arabidopsis thaliana depends mainly on endopolyploidy level, and to lesser extend on polyploidy.
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- H Sas-Nowosielska
- a Laboratory of Imaging Tissue Structure and Function , Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology , Polish Academy of Sciences , Warszawa , Poland.,b Department of Plant Anatomy and Cytology , Faculty of Biology , University of Silesia , Katowice , Poland
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- b Department of Plant Anatomy and Cytology , Faculty of Biology , University of Silesia , Katowice , Poland
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Sellou H, Lebeaupin T, Chapuis C, Smith R, Hegele A, Singh HR, Kozlowski M, Bultmann S, Ladurner AG, Timinszky G, Huet S. The poly(ADP-ribose)-dependent chromatin remodeler Alc1 induces local chromatin relaxation upon DNA damage. Mol Biol Cell 2016; 27:3791-3799. [PMID: 27733626 PMCID: PMC5170603 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e16-05-0269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2016] [Revised: 09/15/2016] [Accepted: 10/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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PARP1 and its effector, the ATP-dependent chromatin remodeler Alc1/Chd1L, are identified as key players during the rapid chromatin relaxation at DNA damage sites. Chromatin relaxation is one of the earliest cellular responses to DNA damage. However, what determines these structural changes, including their ATP requirement, is not well understood. Using live-cell imaging and laser microirradiation to induce DNA lesions, we show that the local chromatin relaxation at DNA damage sites is regulated by PARP1 enzymatic activity. We also report that H1 is mobilized at DNA damage sites, but, since this mobilization is largely independent of poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation, it cannot solely explain the chromatin relaxation. Finally, we demonstrate the involvement of Alc1, a poly(ADP-ribose)- and ATP-dependent remodeler, in the chromatin-relaxation process. Deletion of Alc1 impairs chromatin relaxation after DNA damage, while its overexpression strongly enhances relaxation. Altogether our results identify Alc1 as an important player in the fast kinetics of the NAD+- and ATP-dependent chromatin relaxation upon DNA damage in vivo.
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- Hafida Sellou
- CNRS, UMR 6290, Institut Génétique et Développement de Rennes, 35043 Rennes, France.,Université de Rennes 1, Structure fédérative de recherche Biosit, 35043 Rennes, France.,Department of Physiological Chemistry, Biomedical Center Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- CNRS, UMR 6290, Institut Génétique et Développement de Rennes, 35043 Rennes, France.,Université de Rennes 1, Structure fédérative de recherche Biosit, 35043 Rennes, France.,Department of Physiological Chemistry, Biomedical Center Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- CNRS, UMR 6290, Institut Génétique et Développement de Rennes, 35043 Rennes, France.,Université de Rennes 1, Structure fédérative de recherche Biosit, 35043 Rennes, France
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- Department of Physiological Chemistry, Biomedical Center Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Physiological Chemistry, Biomedical Center Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Physiological Chemistry, Biomedical Center Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Physiological Chemistry, Biomedical Center Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Biology II, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.,Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM), Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Physiological Chemistry, Biomedical Center Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.,Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM), Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 81377 Munich, Germany.,Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Biomedical Center Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Physiological Chemistry, Biomedical Center Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- CNRS, UMR 6290, Institut Génétique et Développement de Rennes, 35043 Rennes, France .,Université de Rennes 1, Structure fédérative de recherche Biosit, 35043 Rennes, France
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Zhao Z, Dammert MA, Grummt I, Bierhoff H. lncRNA-Induced Nucleosome Repositioning Reinforces Transcriptional Repression of rRNA Genes upon Hypotonic Stress. Cell Rep 2016; 14:1876-82. [PMID: 26904956 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.01.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2015] [Revised: 12/09/2015] [Accepted: 01/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The activity of rRNA genes (rDNA) is regulated by pathways that target the transcription machinery or alter the epigenetic state of rDNA. Previous work has established that downregulation of rRNA synthesis in quiescent cells is accompanied by upregulation of PAPAS, a long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) that recruits the histone methyltransferase Suv4-20h2 to rDNA, thus triggering trimethylation of H4K20 (H4K20me3) and chromatin compaction. Here, we show that upregulation of PAPAS in response to hypoosmotic stress does not increase H4K20me3 because of Nedd4-dependent ubiquitinylation and proteasomal degradation of Suv4-20h2. Loss of Suv4-20h2 enables PAPAS to interact with CHD4, a subunit of the chromatin remodeling complex NuRD, which shifts the promoter-bound nucleosome into the transcriptional "off" position. Thus, PAPAS exerts a "stress-tailored" dual function in rDNA silencing, facilitating either Suv4-20h2-dependent chromatin compaction or NuRD-dependent changes in nucleosome positioning.
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- Zhongliang Zhao
- Division of Molecular Biology of the Cell II, German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Im Neuenheimer Feld 581, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Biology of the Cell II, German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Im Neuenheimer Feld 581, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Biology of the Cell II, German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Im Neuenheimer Feld 581, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Biology of the Cell II, German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Im Neuenheimer Feld 581, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Politz JCR, Scalzo D, Groudine M. The redundancy of the mammalian heterochromatic compartment. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2015; 37:1-8. [PMID: 26706451 DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2015.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2015] [Revised: 10/26/2015] [Accepted: 10/28/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Two chromatin compartments are present in most mammalian cells; the first contains primarily euchromatic, early replicating chromatin and the second, primarily late-replicating heterochromatin, which is the subject of this review. Heterochromatin is concentrated in three intranuclear regions: the nuclear periphery, the perinucleolar space and in pericentromeric bodies. We review recent evidence demonstrating that the heterochromatic compartment is critically involved in global nuclear organization and the maintenance of genome stability, and discuss models regarding how this compartment is formed and maintained. We also evaluate our understanding of how heterochromatic sequences (herein named heterochromatic associated regions (HADs)) might be tethered within these regions and review experiments that reveal the stochastic nature of individual HAD positioning within the compartment. These investigations suggest a substantial level of functional redundancy within the heterochromatic compartment.
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, United States.
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Golov AK, Gavrilov AA, Razin SV. The Role of Crowding Forces in Juxtaposing β-Globin Gene Domain Remote Regulatory Elements in Mouse Erythroid Cells. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0139855. [PMID: 26436546 PMCID: PMC4593578 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2015] [Accepted: 09/11/2015] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The extremely high concentration of macromolecules in a eukaryotic cell nucleus indicates that the nucleoplasm is a crowded macromolecular solution in which large objects tend to gather together due to crowding forces. It has been shown experimentally that crowding forces support the integrity of various nuclear compartments. However, little is known about their role in control of chromatin dynamics in vivo. Here, we experimentally addressed the possible role of crowding forces in spatial organization of the eukaryotic genome. Using the mouse β-globin domain as a model, we demonstrated that spatial juxtaposition of the remote regulatory elements of this domain in globin-expressing cells may be lost and restored by manipulation of the level of macromolecular crowding. In addition to proving the role of crowding forces in shaping interphase chromatin, our results suggest that the folding of the chromatin fiber is a major determinant in juxtaposing remote genomic elements.
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- Arkadiy K. Golov
- Institute of Gene Biology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilov Street 34/5, 119334, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Gene Biology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilov Street 34/5, 119334, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Gene Biology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilov Street 34/5, 119334, Moscow, Russia
- Molecular Biology Department, Biological Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119992, Moscow, Russia
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Školáková P, Foldynová-Trantírková S, Bednářová K, Fiala R, Vorlíčková M, Trantírek L. Unique C. elegans telomeric overhang structures reveal the evolutionarily conserved properties of telomeric DNA. Nucleic Acids Res 2015; 43:4733-45. [PMID: 25855805 PMCID: PMC4482068 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2015] [Accepted: 03/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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There are two basic mechanisms that are associated with the maintenance of the telomere length, which endows cancer cells with unlimited proliferative potential. One mechanism, referred to as alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT), accounts for approximately 10–15% of all human cancers. Tumours engaged in the ALT pathway are characterised by the presence of the single stranded 5′-C-rich telomeric overhang (C-overhang). This recently identified hallmark of ALT cancers distinguishes them from healthy tissues and renders the C-overhang as a clear target for anticancer therapy. We analysed structures of the 5′-C-rich and 3′-G-rich telomeric overhangs from human and Caenorhabditis elegans, the recently established multicellular in vivo model of ALT tumours. We show that the telomeric DNA from C. elegans and humans forms fundamentally different secondary structures. The unique structural characteristics of C. elegans telomeric DNA that are distinct not only from those of humans but also from those of other multicellular eukaryotes allowed us to identify evolutionarily conserved properties of telomeric DNA. Differences in structural organisation of the telomeric DNA between the C. elegans and human impose limitations on the use of the C. elegans as an ALT tumour model.
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- Petra Školáková
- Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Kralovopolska, 135, 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 735/5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branisovska, 31, 375 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Kralovopolska, 135, 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 735/5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 735/5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Kralovopolska, 135, 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 735/5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 735/5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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Ulianov SV, Gavrilov AA, Razin SV. Nuclear Compartments, Genome Folding, and Enhancer-Promoter Communication. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 315:183-244. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.ircmb.2014.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Relevance and limitations of crowding, fractal, and polymer models to describe nuclear architecture. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2014; 307:443-79. [PMID: 24380602 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-800046-5.00013-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Chromosome architecture plays an essential role for all nuclear functions, and its physical description has attracted considerable interest over the last few years among the biophysics community. These researches at the frontiers of physics and biology have been stimulated by the demand for quantitative analysis of molecular biology experiments, which provide comprehensive data on chromosome folding, or of live cell imaging experiments that enable researchers to visualize selected chromosome loci in living or fixed cells. In this review our goal is to survey several nonmutually exclusive models that have emerged to describe the folding of DNA in the nucleus, the dynamics of proteins in the nucleoplasm, or the movements of chromosome loci. We focus on three classes of models, namely molecular crowding, fractal, and polymer models, draw comparisons, and discuss their merits and limitations in the context of chromosome structure and dynamics, or nuclear protein navigation in the nucleoplasm. Finally, we identify future challenges in the roadmap to a unified model of the nuclear environment.
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