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Salzler HR, Vandadi V, McMichael BD, Brown JC, Boerma SA, Leatham-Jensen MP, Adams KM, Meers MP, Simon JM, Duronio RJ, McKay DJ, Matera AG. Distinct roles for canonical and variant histone H3 lysine-36 in Polycomb silencing. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eadf2451. [PMID: 36857457 PMCID: PMC9977188 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adf2451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Polycomb complexes regulate cell type-specific gene expression programs through heritable silencing of target genes. Trimethylation of histone H3 lysine 27 (H3K27me3) is essential for this process. Perturbation of H3K36 is thought to interfere with H3K27me3. We show that mutants of Drosophila replication-dependent (H3.2K36R) or replication-independent (H3.3K36R) histone H3 genes generally maintain Polycomb silencing and reach later stages of development. In contrast, combined (H3.3K36RH3.2K36R) mutants display widespread Hox gene misexpression and fail to develop past the first larval stage. Chromatin profiling revealed that the H3.2K36R mutation disrupts H3K27me3 levels broadly throughout silenced domains, whereas these regions are mostly unaffected in H3.3K36R animals. Analysis of H3.3 distributions showed that this histone is enriched at presumptive Polycomb response elements located outside of silenced domains but relatively depleted from those inside. We conclude that H3.2 and H3.3 K36 residues collaborate to repress Hox genes using different mechanisms.
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- Harmony R. Salzler
- Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Biology, Carleton College, Northfield, MN, USA
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- Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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FACT modulates the conformations of histone H2A and H2B N-terminal tails within nucleosomes. Commun Biol 2022; 5:814. [PMID: 35963897 PMCID: PMC9376062 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03785-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2021] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Gene expression is regulated by the modification and accessibility of histone tails within nucleosomes. The histone chaperone FACT (facilitate chromatin transcription), comprising SPT16 and SSRP1, interacts with nucleosomes through partial replacement of DNA with the phosphorylated acidic intrinsically disordered (pAID) segment of SPT16; pAID induces an accessible conformation of the proximal histone H3 N-terminal tail (N-tail) in the unwrapped nucleosome with FACT. Here, we use NMR to probe the histone H2A and H2B tails in the unwrapped nucleosome. Consequently, both the H2A and H2B N-tails on the pAID-proximal side bind to pAID with robust interactions, which are important for nucleosome assembly with FACT. Furthermore, the conformations of these N-tails on the distal DNA-contact site are altered from those in the canonical nucleosome. Our findings highlight that FACT both proximally and distally regulates the conformations of the H2A and H2B N-tails in the asymmetrically unwrapped nucleosome.
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Oki M, Masai H. Regulation of HP1 protein by phosphorylation during transcriptional repression and cell cycle. J Biochem 2021; 169:629-632. [PMID: 33772590 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvab040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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HP1 (Heterochromatin Protein 1), a key factor for the formation of heterochromatin, binds to the methylated lysine 9 of histone H3 (H3K9me), and represses transcription. While the H3K9me mark and HP1 binding are thought to be faithfully propagated to daughter cells, the heterochromatin structure could be dynamically regulated during cell cycle. As evidenced by the well-known phenomenon called Position Effect Variegation (PEV), heterochromatin structure is dynamically and stochastically altered during developmental processes, and thus the expression of genes within or in the vicinity of heterochromatin could be affected by mutations in factors regulating DNA replication as well as by other epigenetic factors. Recent reports show that HP1 also plays an important role in the maintenance and transmission of chromosomes. Like many other factors ensuring faithful chromosome segregation, HP1 family proteins are subjected to posttranslational modifications, most notably phosphorylation, in a cell-cycle dependent manner. Recent studies identified a conserved phosphorylation site that profoundly affects the functions of HP1 during mitotic phase. In this commentary, we discuss dynamic regulation of HP1 protein by phosphorylation during transcriptional repression and cell cycle.
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- Masaya Oki
- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Fukui, Fukui, JAPAN
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- Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, 2-1-6 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 156-8506, JAPAN, Tel: 81-3-5316-3220
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Tsunaka Y, Ohtomo H, Morikawa K, Nishimura Y. Partial Replacement of Nucleosomal DNA with Human FACT Induces Dynamic Exposure and Acetylation of Histone H3 N-Terminal Tails. iScience 2020; 23:101641. [PMID: 33103079 PMCID: PMC7569332 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Revised: 09/09/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The FACT (facilitates chromatin transcription) complex, comprising SPT16 and SSRP1, conducts structural alterations during nucleosome unwrapping. Our previous cryoelectron microscopic (cryo-EM) analysis revealed the first intermediate structure of an unwrapped nucleosome with human FACT, in which 112-bp DNA and the phosphorylated intrinsically disordered (pAID) segment of SPT16 jointly wrapped around the histone core instead of 145-bp DNA. Using NMR, here we clarified that the histone H3 N-terminal tails, unobserved in the cryo-EM structure, adopt two different conformations reflecting their asymmetric locations at entry/exit sites: one corresponds to the original nucleosome site buried in two DNA gyres (DNA side), whereas the other, comprising pAID and DNA, is more exposed to the solvent (pAID side). NMR real-time monitoring showed that H3 acetylation is faster on the pAID side than on the DNA side. Our findings highlight that accessible conformations of H3 tails are created by the replacement of nucleosomal DNA with pAID. H3 N-tail, restricted to two DNA gyres of nucleosome, is protected from Gcn5 H3 N-tail is dynamically exposed by replacement of nucleosomal DNA with pAID of FACT Gcn5 efficiently acetylates accessible H3 N-tail of nucleosome with FACT FACT acts as a modulator for dynamic behavior of H3 tails in nucleosome
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- Yasuo Tsunaka
- Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, 1-7-29 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, 1-7-29 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
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- Department of Gene Mechanisms, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-konoemachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, 1-7-29 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan.,Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, 1-4-4 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan
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Mayanagi K, Saikusa K, Miyazaki N, Akashi S, Iwasaki K, Nishimura Y, Morikawa K, Tsunaka Y. Structural visualization of key steps in nucleosome reorganization by human FACT. Sci Rep 2019; 9:10183. [PMID: 31308435 PMCID: PMC6629675 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-46617-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Facilitates chromatin transcription (FACT) is a histone chaperone, which accomplishes both nucleosome assembly and disassembly. Our combined cryo-electron microscopy (EM) and native mass spectrometry (MS) studies revealed novel key steps of nucleosome reorganization conducted by a Mid domain and its adjacent acidic AID segment of human FACT. We determined three cryo-EM structures of respective octasomes complexed with the Mid-AID and AID regions, and a hexasome alone. We discovered extensive contacts between a FACT region and histones H2A, H2B, and H3, suggesting that FACT is competent to direct functional replacement of a nucleosomal DNA end by its phosphorylated AID segment (pAID). Mutational assays revealed that the aromatic and phosphorylated residues within pAID are essential for octasome binding. The EM structure of the hexasome, generated by the addition of Mid-pAID or pAID, indicated that the dissociation of H2A-H2B dimer causes significant alteration from the canonical path of the nucleosomal DNA.
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- Kouta Mayanagi
- Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 739-8526, Japan
- Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, 1-7-29 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, 230-0045, Japan
- National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8563, Japan
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- Laboratory of Protein Synthesis and Expression, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, 3-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, 1-7-29 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, 230-0045, Japan
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- Laboratory of Protein Synthesis and Expression, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, 3-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
- Life Science Center for Survival Dynamics Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance (TARA), University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, 1-7-29 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, 230-0045, Japan
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- Department of Gene Mechanisms, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-konoemachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, 1-7-29 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, 230-0045, Japan.
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Fedorova EV, Dorogova NV, Bolobolova EU, Fedorova SA, Karagodin DA, Ogienko AA, Khruscheva AS, Baricheva EM. GAGA protein is required for multiple aspects of Drosophila oogenesis and female fertility. Genesis 2019; 57:e23269. [PMID: 30537428 DOI: 10.1002/dvg.23269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2018] [Revised: 11/30/2018] [Accepted: 12/03/2018] [Indexed: 08/02/2024]
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Investigation of Drosophila oogenesis provides the opportunity to understand conservative genetic mechanisms underlying fertile female gamete development. In this study, we showed that the Drosophila DNA-binding protein GAGA factor (GAF) had a multifunctional role in oogenesis and it is involved in the regulation of this process genetic program. We studied the influence on Drosophila oogenesis of a number of mutations in the 5' region of the Trl gene that encodes GAF. We found that our originally generated Trl mutations lead to a decrease in transcriptional gene activity and levels of GAF expression in both germline and follicular cells. Cytological (fluorescence and electron microscopy) analysis showed that GAF loss resulted in multiple oogenesis defects. Mutations affected the actin cytoskeleton, leading to decrease of cytoplasmic filaments in nurse cells and basal actin in follicular cells. GAF depletion also leads to abnormal follicular cells migration, both border and centripetal. In addition, mutant ovaries demonstrated abnormalities in germ cells, including mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, karyosome organization, yolk granule formation and selective transport. Loss of GAF also promoted excessive cell death and egg chamber degradation. In sum, these defects caused very high or full female sterility. Since one of the main GAF activities is regulation of transcription, the complex phenotypes of the Trl mutants might be the consequence of its multiple target genes misexpression.
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- Elena V Fedorova
- Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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Leatham-Jensen M, Uyehara CM, Strahl BD, Matera AG, Duronio RJ, McKay DJ. Lysine 27 of replication-independent histone H3.3 is required for Polycomb target gene silencing but not for gene activation. PLoS Genet 2019; 15:e1007932. [PMID: 30699116 PMCID: PMC6370247 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2018] [Revised: 02/11/2019] [Accepted: 01/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Proper determination of cell fates depends on epigenetic information that is used to preserve memory of decisions made earlier in development. Post-translational modification of histone residues is thought to be a central means by which epigenetic information is propagated. In particular, modifications of histone H3 lysine 27 (H3K27) are strongly correlated with both gene activation and gene repression. H3K27 acetylation is found at sites of active transcription, whereas H3K27 methylation is found at loci silenced by Polycomb group proteins. The histones bearing these modifications are encoded by the replication-dependent H3 genes as well as the replication-independent H3.3 genes. Owing to differential rates of nucleosome turnover, H3K27 acetylation is enriched on replication-independent H3.3 histones at active gene loci, and H3K27 methylation is enriched on replication-dependent H3 histones across silenced gene loci. Previously, we found that modification of replication-dependent H3K27 is required for Polycomb target gene silencing, but it is not required for gene activation. However, the contribution of replication-independent H3.3K27 to these functions is unknown. Here, we used CRISPR/Cas9 to mutate the endogenous replication-independent H3.3K27 to a non-modifiable residue. Surprisingly, we find that H3.3K27 is also required for Polycomb target gene silencing despite the association of H3.3 with active transcription. However, the requirement for H3.3K27 comes at a later stage of development than that found for replication-dependent H3K27, suggesting a greater reliance on replication-independent H3.3K27 in post-mitotic cells. Notably, we find no evidence of global transcriptional defects in H3.3K27 mutants, despite the strong correlation between H3.3K27 acetylation and active transcription. During development, naïve precursor cells acquire distinct identities through differential regulation of gene expression. The process of cell fate specification is progressive and depends on memory of prior developmental decisions. Maintaining cell identities over time is not dependent on changes in genome sequence. Instead, epigenetic mechanisms propagate information on cell identity by maintaining select sets of genes in either the on or off state. Chemical modifications of histone proteins, which package and organize the genome within cells, are thought to play a central role in epigenetic gene regulation. However, identifying which histone modifications are required for gene regulation, and defining the mechanisms through which they function in the maintenance of cell identity, remains a longstanding research challenge. Here, we focus on the role of histone H3 lysine 27 (H3K27). Modifications of H3K27 are associated with both gene activation and gene silencing (i.e. H3K27 acetylation and methylation, respectively). The histones bearing these modifications are encoded by different histone genes. One set of histone genes is only expressed during cell division, whereas the other set of histone genes is expressed in both dividing and non-dividing cells. Because most cells permanently stop dividing by the end of development, these “replication-independent” histone genes are potentially important for long-term maintenance of cell identity. In this study, we demonstrate that replication-independent H3K27 is required for gene silencing by the Polycomb group of epigenetic regulators. However, despite a strong correlation between replication-independent histones and active genes, we find that replication-independent H3K27 is not required for gene activation. As mutations in replication-independent H3K27 have recently been identified in human cancers, this work may help to inform the mechanisms by which histone mutations contribute to human disease.
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- Mary Leatham-Jensen
- Department of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
- Department of Genetics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
- Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Sciences, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
- Department of Genetics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
- Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Sciences, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
- Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
- Department of Genetics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
- Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Sciences, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
- Department of Genetics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
- Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Sciences, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
- Department of Genetics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
- Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Sciences, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
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Zablotskaya A, Van Esch H, Verstrepen KJ, Froyen G, Vermeesch JR. Mapping the landscape of tandem repeat variability by targeted long read single molecule sequencing in familial X-linked intellectual disability. BMC Med Genomics 2018; 11:123. [PMID: 30567555 PMCID: PMC6299999 DOI: 10.1186/s12920-018-0446-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2018] [Accepted: 12/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The etiology of more than half of all patients with X-linked intellectual disability remains elusive, despite array-based comparative genomic hybridization, whole exome or genome sequencing. Since short read massive parallel sequencing approaches do not allow the detection of larger tandem repeat expansions, we hypothesized that such expansions could be a hidden cause of X-linked intellectual disability. METHODS We selectively captured over 1800 tandem repeats on the X chromosome and characterized them by long read single molecule sequencing in 3 families with idiopathic X-linked intellectual disability. RESULTS In male DNA samples, full tandem repeat length sequences were obtained for 88-93% of the targets and up to 99.6% of the repeats with a moderate guanine-cytosine content. Read length and analysis pipeline allow to detect cases of > 900 bp tandem repeat expansion. In one family, one repeat expansion co-occurs with down-regulation of the neighboring MIR222 gene. This gene has previously been implicated in intellectual disability and is apparently linked to FMR1 and NEFH overexpression associated with neurological disorders. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates the power of single molecule sequencing to measure tandem repeat lengths and detect expansions, and suggests that tandem repeat mutations may be a hidden cause of X-linked intellectual disability.
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- Alena Zablotskaya
- Department of Human Genetics and Center for Human Genetics, Laboratory for Cytogenetics and Genome Research, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, O&N I Herestraat 49 - box 606, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Human Genetics and Center for Human Genetics, Laboratory for Genetics of Cognition, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, O&N I Herestraat 49 - box 606, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB Center for Microbiology and CMPG Lab for Genetics and Genomics, KU Leuven, Gaston Geenslaan 1 - box 2471, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Clinical Biology, Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics, Jessa Hospital, Stadsomvaart 11, 3500, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Department of Human Genetics and Center for Human Genetics, Laboratory for Cytogenetics and Genome Research, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, O&N I Herestraat 49 - box 606, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
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Benhelli-Mokrani H, Mansuroglu Z, Chauderlier A, Albaud B, Gentien D, Sommer S, Schirmer C, Laqueuvre L, Josse T, Buée L, Lefebvre B, Galas MC, Souès S, Bonnefoy E. Genome-wide identification of genic and intergenic neuronal DNA regions bound by Tau protein under physiological and stress conditions. Nucleic Acids Res 2018; 46:11405-11422. [PMID: 30321409 PMCID: PMC6265482 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Revised: 09/20/2018] [Accepted: 10/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Tauopathies such as Alzheimer's Disease (AD) are neurodegenerative disorders for which there is presently no cure. They are named after the abnormal oligomerization/aggregation of the neuronal microtubule-associated Tau protein. Besides its role as a microtubule-associated protein, a DNA-binding capacity and a nuclear localization for Tau protein has been described in neurons. While questioning the potential role of Tau-DNA binding in the development of tauopathies, we have carried out a large-scale analysis of the interaction of Tau protein with the neuronal genome under physiological and heat stress conditions using the ChIP-on-chip technique that combines Chromatin ImmunoPrecipitation (ChIP) with DNA microarray (chip). Our findings show that Tau protein specifically interacts with genic and intergenic DNA sequences of primary culture of neurons with a preference for DNA regions positioned beyond the ±5000 bp range from transcription start site. An AG-rich DNA motif was found recurrently present within Tau-interacting regions and 30% of Tau-interacting regions overlapped DNA sequences coding for lncRNAs. Neurological processes affected in AD were enriched among Tau-interacting regions with in vivo gene expression assays being indicative of a transcriptional repressor role for Tau protein, which was exacerbated in neurons displaying nuclear pathological oligomerized forms of Tau protein.
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- Houda Benhelli-Mokrani
- Université Paris Descartes, Centre Interdisciplinaire Chimie Biologie-Paris, Inserm UMRS1007, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Centre Interdisciplinaire Chimie Biologie-Paris, Inserm UMRS1007, Paris, France
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- Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), CHU Lille, UMR-S 1172, LabEx DISTALZ, Alzheimer & Tauopathies, Lille, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Translational Research Departement, Genomics Platform, Paris, F-75248 France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Translational Research Departement, Genomics Platform, Paris, F-75248 France
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- Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), CHU Lille, UMR-S 1172, LabEx DISTALZ, Alzheimer & Tauopathies, Lille, France
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- Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), CHU Lille, UMR-S 1172, LabEx DISTALZ, Alzheimer & Tauopathies, Lille, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Centre Interdisciplinaire Chimie Biologie-Paris, Inserm UMRS1007, Paris, France
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- Université François Rabelais, Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l’Insecte, CNRS UMR 7261, Tours, France
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- Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), CHU Lille, UMR-S 1172, LabEx DISTALZ, Alzheimer & Tauopathies, Lille, France
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- Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), CHU Lille, UMR-S 1172, LabEx DISTALZ, Alzheimer & Tauopathies, Lille, France
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- Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), CHU Lille, UMR-S 1172, LabEx DISTALZ, Alzheimer & Tauopathies, Lille, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Centre Interdisciplinaire Chimie Biologie-Paris, Inserm UMRS1007, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Centre Interdisciplinaire Chimie Biologie-Paris, Inserm UMRS1007, Paris, France
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Transcription-associated histone pruning demarcates macroH2A chromatin domains. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2018; 25:958-970. [PMID: 30291361 PMCID: PMC6178985 DOI: 10.1038/s41594-018-0134-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2018] [Accepted: 08/17/2018] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The histone variant macroH2A occupies large repressive domains throughout the genome, however mechanisms underlying its precise deposition remain poorly understood. Here, we characterized de novo chromatin deposition of macroH2A2 using temporal genomic profiling in murine-derived fibroblasts devoid of all macroH2A isoforms. We find that macroH2A2 is first pervasively deposited genome-wide at both steady state domains and adjacent transcribed regions, the latter of which are subsequently pruned, establishing mature macroH2A2 domains. Pruning of macroH2A2 can be counteracted by chemical inhibition of transcription. Further, CRISPR/Cas9-based locus-specific transcriptional manipulation reveals that gene activation depletes pre-existing macroH2A2, while silencing triggers ectopic macroH2A2 accumulation. We demonstrate that the FACT (facilitates chromatin transcription) complex is required for macroH2A2 pruning within transcribed chromatin. Taken together, we have identified active chromatin as a boundary for macroH2A domains through a transcription-associated ‘pruning’ mechanism that establishes and maintains the faithful genomic localization of macroH2A variants.
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CBP Regulates Recruitment and Release of Promoter-Proximal RNA Polymerase II. Mol Cell 2017; 68:491-503.e5. [PMID: 29056321 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2017.09.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2016] [Revised: 07/13/2017] [Accepted: 09/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Transcription activation involves RNA polymerase II (Pol II) recruitment and release from the promoter into productive elongation, but how specific chromatin regulators control these steps is unclear. Here, we identify a novel activity of the histone acetyltransferase p300/CREB-binding protein (CBP) in regulating promoter-proximal paused Pol II. We find that Drosophila CBP inhibition results in "dribbling" of Pol II from the pause site to positions further downstream but impedes transcription through the +1 nucleosome genome-wide. Promoters strongly occupied by CBP and GAGA factor have high levels of paused Pol II, a unique chromatin signature, and are highly expressed regardless of cell type. Interestingly, CBP activity is rate limiting for Pol II recruitment to these highly paused promoters through an interaction with TFIIB but for transit into elongation by histone acetylation at other genes. Thus, CBP directly stimulates both Pol II recruitment and the ability to traverse the first nucleosome, thereby promoting transcription of most genes.
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Shi L, Wen H, Shi X. The Histone Variant H3.3 in Transcriptional Regulation and Human Disease. J Mol Biol 2017; 429:1934-1945. [PMID: 27894815 PMCID: PMC5446305 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2016.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2016] [Revised: 11/17/2016] [Accepted: 11/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Histone proteins wrap around DNA to form nucleosomes, which further compact into the higher-order structure of chromatin. In addition to the canonical histones, there are also variant histones that often have pivotal roles in regulating chromatin dynamics and in the accessibility of the underlying DNA. H3.3 is the most common non-centromeric variant of histone H3 that differs from the canonical H3 by just 4-5 aa. Here, we discuss the current knowledge of H3.3 in transcriptional regulation and the recent discoveries and molecular mechanisms of H3.3 mutations in human cancer.
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- Leilei Shi
- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Center for Cancer Epigenetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Center for Cancer Epigenetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Center for Cancer Epigenetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA; The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Chen CC, Mellone BG. Chromatin assembly: Journey to the CENter of the chromosome. J Cell Biol 2017; 214:13-24. [PMID: 27377247 PMCID: PMC4932374 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201605005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2016] [Accepted: 06/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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All eukaryotic genomes are packaged into basic units of DNA wrapped around histone proteins called nucleosomes. The ability of histones to specify a variety of epigenetic states at defined chromatin domains is essential for cell survival. The most distinctive type of chromatin is found at centromeres, which are marked by the centromere-specific histone H3 variant CENP-A. Many of the factors that regulate CENP-A chromatin have been identified; however, our understanding of the mechanisms of centromeric nucleosome assembly, maintenance, and reorganization remains limited. This review discusses recent insights into these processes and draws parallels between centromeric and noncentromeric chromatin assembly mechanisms.
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- Chin-Chi Chen
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269 Institute for Systems Genomics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269
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Talbert PB, Henikoff S. Histone variants on the move: substrates for chromatin dynamics. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2016; 18:115-126. [PMID: 27924075 DOI: 10.1038/nrm.2016.148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 226] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Most histones are assembled into nucleosomes behind the replication fork to package newly synthesized DNA. By contrast, histone variants, which are encoded by separate genes, are typically incorporated throughout the cell cycle. Histone variants can profoundly change chromatin properties, which in turn affect DNA replication and repair, transcription, and chromosome packaging and segregation. Recent advances in the study of histone replacement have elucidated the dynamic processes by which particular histone variants become substrates of histone chaperones, ATP-dependent chromatin remodellers and histone-modifying enzymes. Here, we review histone variant dynamics and the effects of replacing DNA synthesis-coupled histones with their replication-independent variants on the chromatin landscape.
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- Paul B Talbert
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109-1024, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109-1024, USA
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Chaharbakhshi E, Jemc JC. Broad-complex, tramtrack, and bric-à-brac (BTB) proteins: Critical regulators of development. Genesis 2016; 54:505-518. [DOI: 10.1002/dvg.22964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2016] [Revised: 08/08/2016] [Accepted: 08/11/2016] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- Edwin Chaharbakhshi
- Department of Biology; Loyola University Chicago; Chicago IL
- Stritch School of Medicine; Loyola University Chicago; Maywood IL
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Ohzeki JI, Shono N, Otake K, Martins NMC, Kugou K, Kimura H, Nagase T, Larionov V, Earnshaw WC, Masumoto H. KAT7/HBO1/MYST2 Regulates CENP-A Chromatin Assembly by Antagonizing Suv39h1-Mediated Centromere Inactivation. Dev Cell 2016; 37:413-27. [PMID: 27270040 PMCID: PMC4906249 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2016.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2015] [Revised: 04/08/2016] [Accepted: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Centromere chromatin containing histone H3 variant CENP-A is required for accurate chromosome segregation as a foundation for kinetochore assembly. Human centromere chromatin assembles on a part of the long α-satellite (alphoid) DNA array, where it is flanked by pericentric heterochromatin. Heterochromatin spreads into adjacent chromatin and represses gene expression, and it can antagonize centromere function or CENP-A assembly. Here, we demonstrate an interaction between CENP-A assembly factor M18BP1 and acetyltransferase KAT7/HBO1/MYST2. Knocking out KAT7 in HeLa cells reduced centromeric CENP-A assembly. Mitotic chromosome misalignment and micronuclei formation increased in the knockout cells and were enhanced when the histone H3-K9 trimethylase Suv39h1 was overproduced. Tethering KAT7 to an ectopic alphoid DNA integration site removed heterochromatic H3K9me3 modification and was sufficient to stimulate new CENP-A or histone H3.3 assembly. Thus, KAT7-containing acetyltransferases associating with the Mis18 complex provides competence for histone turnover/exchange activity on alphoid DNA and prevents Suv39h1-mediated heterochromatin invasion into centromeres.
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- Jun-Ichirou Ohzeki
- Laboratory of Cell Engineering, Department of Frontier Research, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, 2-6-7 Kazusa-Kamatari, Kisarazu 292-0818, Japan
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- Laboratory of Cell Engineering, Department of Frontier Research, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, 2-6-7 Kazusa-Kamatari, Kisarazu 292-0818, Japan
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- Laboratory of Cell Engineering, Department of Frontier Research, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, 2-6-7 Kazusa-Kamatari, Kisarazu 292-0818, Japan
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, UK
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- Laboratory of Cell Engineering, Department of Frontier Research, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, 2-6-7 Kazusa-Kamatari, Kisarazu 292-0818, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- Public Relations Team, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu 292-0818, Japan
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- Genome Structure and Function Group, Developmental Therapeutics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, UK
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- Laboratory of Cell Engineering, Department of Frontier Research, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, 2-6-7 Kazusa-Kamatari, Kisarazu 292-0818, Japan.
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Tsunaka Y, Fujiwara Y, Oyama T, Hirose S, Morikawa K. Integrated molecular mechanism directing nucleosome reorganization by human FACT. Genes Dev 2016; 30:673-86. [PMID: 26966247 PMCID: PMC4803053 DOI: 10.1101/gad.274183.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2015] [Accepted: 02/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Facilitates chromatin transcription (FACT) plays essential roles in chromatin remodeling during DNA transcription, replication, and repair. Tsunaka et al. studied human FACT–histone interactions that present precise views of nucleosome reorganization, conducted by the FACT-SPT16 Mid domain and its adjacent acidic AID segment. Facilitates chromatin transcription (FACT) plays essential roles in chromatin remodeling during DNA transcription, replication, and repair. Our structural and biochemical studies of human FACT–histone interactions present precise views of nucleosome reorganization, conducted by the FACT-SPT16 (suppressor of Ty 16) Mid domain and its adjacent acidic AID segment. AID accesses the H2B N-terminal basic region exposed by partial unwrapping of the nucleosomal DNA, thereby triggering the invasion of FACT into the nucleosome. The crystal structure of the Mid domain complexed with an H3–H4 tetramer exhibits two separate contact sites; the Mid domain forms a novel intermolecular β structure with H4. At the other site, the Mid–H2A steric collision on the H2A-docking surface of the H3–H4 tetramer within the nucleosome induces H2A–H2B displacement. This integrated mechanism results in disrupting the H3 αN helix, which is essential for retaining the nucleosomal DNA ends, and hence facilitates DNA stripping from histone.
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- Yasuo Tsunaka
- Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan; Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan; Department of Gene Mechanisms, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-konoemachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan; International Institute for Advanced Studies, Kizugawa-shi, Kyoto 619-0225, Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan; Department of Gene Mechanisms, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-konoemachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi 400-8510, Japan
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- Department of Developmental Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
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- Department of Gene Mechanisms, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-konoemachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan; International Institute for Advanced Studies, Kizugawa-shi, Kyoto 619-0225, Japan
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Sadasivam DA, Huang DH. Maintenance of Tissue Pluripotency by Epigenetic Factors Acting at Multiple Levels. PLoS Genet 2016; 12:e1005897. [PMID: 26926299 PMCID: PMC4771708 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2015] [Accepted: 02/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Pluripotent stem cells often adopt a unique developmental program while retaining certain flexibility. The molecular basis of such properties remains unclear. Using differentiation of pluripotent Drosophila imaginal tissues as assays, we examined the contribution of epigenetic factors in ectopic activation of Hox genes. We found that over-expression of Trithorax H3K4 methyltransferase can induce ectopic adult appendages by selectively activating the Hox genes Ultrabithorax and Sex comb reduced in wing and leg discs, respectively. This tissue-specific inducibility correlates with the presence of paused RNA polymerase II in the promoter-proximal region of these genes. Although the Antennapedia promoter is paused in eye-antenna discs, it cannot be induced by Trx without a reduction in histone variants or their chaperones, suggesting additional control by the nucleosomal architecture. Lineage tracing and pulse-chase experiments revealed that the active state of Hox genes is maintained substantially longer in mutants deficient for HIRA, a chaperone for the H3.3 variant. In addition, both HIRA and H3.3 appeared to act cooperatively with the Polycomb group of epigenetic repressors. These results support the involvement of H3.3-mediated nucleosome turnover in restoring the repressed state. We propose a regulatory framework integrating transcriptional pausing, histone modification, nucleosome architecture and turnover for cell lineage maintenance. During animal development, the primordia of different body parts undergo a series of transitions in which their developmental potency becomes more restricted. Hox genes encode a family of evolutionarily conserved transcriptional factors that are crucial for choosing different paths during transitions. Thus, the transcriptional status of Hox genes is directly linked to the maintenance and developmental direction of pluripotent tissues. As post-translational methylation of histone H3 is pivotal for transcriptional control, we could activate Hox genes and alter the subsequent development of some pluripotent Drosophila imaginal tissues by increasing the level of Trithorax that catalyzes activation-related methylation. However, other imaginal tissues remain refractory unless histone variants or their chaperones that directly affect nucleosome dynamics are simultaneously depleted. By monitoring the duration of Hox expression under these conditions, we found that the active state of Hox genes is substantially prolonged, resulting from effective conversion of promoter-associated paused RNA polymerase II into active transcription. Further analyses indicate that these factors are functionally linked to the Polycomb group of epigenetic factors that bestow long-term repression. Our studies demonstrate that developmental constraints are modulated by factors acting at multiple levels, offering a useful approach to tissue re-programming in regeneration medicine and stem cell research.
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- Devendran A. Sadasivam
- Molecular and Cell Biology, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica and Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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Martins NMC, Bergmann JH, Shono N, Kimura H, Larionov V, Masumoto H, Earnshaw WC. Epigenetic engineering shows that a human centromere resists silencing mediated by H3K27me3/K9me3. Mol Biol Cell 2015; 27:177-96. [PMID: 26564795 PMCID: PMC4694756 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e15-08-0605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2015] [Accepted: 11/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Centromeres are embedded within heterochromatin but are transcriptionally active. Centromeric transcription and the centromere function of a human artificial chromosome resist repression mediated by nucleation of repressive marks H3K27me3 or H3K9me3 via tethering of EZH2 or the SET domain of Suv39h1, respectively. Centromeres are characterized by the centromere-specific H3 variant CENP-A, which is embedded in chromatin with a pattern characteristic of active transcription that is required for centromere identity. It is unclear how centromeres remain transcriptionally active despite being flanked by repressive pericentric heterochromatin. To further understand centrochromatin’s response to repressive signals, we nucleated a Polycomb-like chromatin state within the centromere of a human artificial chromosome (HAC) by tethering the methyltransferase EZH2. This led to deposition of the H3K27me3 mark and PRC1 repressor binding. Surprisingly, this state did not abolish HAC centromere function or transcription, and this apparent resistance was not observed on a noncentromeric locus, where transcription was silenced. Directly tethering the reader/repressor PRC1 bypassed this resistance, inactivating the centromere. We observed analogous responses when tethering the heterochromatin Editor Suv39h1-methyltransferase domain (centromere resistance) or reader HP1α (centromere inactivation), respectively. Our results reveal that the HAC centromere can resist repressive pathways driven by H3K9me3/H3K27me3 and may help to explain how centromeres are able to resist inactivation by flanking heterochromatin.
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- Nuno M C Martins
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Cell Engineering, Department of Frontier Research, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu 292-0818, Japan Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Laboratory of Cell Engineering, Department of Frontier Research, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu 292-0818, Japan
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Chen CC, Bowers S, Lipinszki Z, Palladino J, Trusiak S, Bettini E, Rosin L, Przewloka MR, Glover DM, O'Neill RJ, Mellone BG. Establishment of Centromeric Chromatin by the CENP-A Assembly Factor CAL1 Requires FACT-Mediated Transcription. Dev Cell 2015; 34:73-84. [PMID: 26151904 PMCID: PMC4495351 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2014] [Revised: 04/09/2015] [Accepted: 05/18/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Centromeres are essential chromosomal structures that mediate accurate chromosome segregation during cell division. Centromeres are specified epigenetically by the heritable incorporation of the centromeric histone H3 variant CENP-A. While many of the primary factors that mediate centromeric deposition of CENP-A are known, the chromatin and DNA requirements of this process have remained elusive. Here, we uncover a role for transcription in Drosophila CENP-A deposition. Using an inducible ectopic centromere system that uncouples CENP-A deposition from endogenous centromere function and cell-cycle progression, we demonstrate that CENP-A assembly by its loading factor, CAL1, requires RNAPII-mediated transcription of the underlying DNA. This transcription depends on the CAL1 binding partner FACT, but not on CENP-A incorporation. Our work establishes RNAPII passage as a key step in chaperone-mediated CENP-A chromatin establishment and propagation.
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- Chin-Chi Chen
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EH, UK; Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biochemistry, P.O. Box 521, 6701 Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EH, UK
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA; Institute for Systems Genomics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA; Institute for Systems Genomics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
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Saade E, Pirozhkova I, Aimbetov R, Lipinski M, Ogryzko V. Molecular turnover, the H3.3 dilemma and organismal aging (hypothesis). Aging Cell 2015; 14:322-33. [PMID: 25720734 PMCID: PMC4406661 DOI: 10.1111/acel.12332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The H3.3 histone variant has been a subject of increasing interest in the field of chromatin studies due to its two distinguishing features. First, its incorporation into chromatin is replication independent unlike the replication-coupled deposition of its canonical counterparts H3.1/2. Second, H3.3 has been consistently associated with an active state of chromatin. In accordance, this histone variant should be expected to be causally involved in the regulation of gene expression, or more generally, its incorporation should have downstream consequences for the structure and function of chromatin. This, however, leads to an apparent paradox: In cells that slowly replicate in the organism, H3.3 will accumulate with time, opening the way to aberrant effects on heterochromatin. Here, we review the indications that H3.3 is expected both to be incorporated in the heterochromatin of slowly replicating cells and to retain its functional downstream effects. Implications for organismal aging are discussed.
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- Evelyne Saade
- Faculty of Public Health Lebanese University LU Beirut Lebanon
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- Institute Gustave Roussy University Paris SUD 114, rue Edouard Vaillant Villejuif 94805France
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- Institute Gustave Roussy University Paris SUD 114, rue Edouard Vaillant Villejuif 94805France
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- Institute Gustave Roussy University Paris SUD 114, rue Edouard Vaillant Villejuif 94805France
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- Institute Gustave Roussy University Paris SUD 114, rue Edouard Vaillant Villejuif 94805France
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Fuda NJ, Guertin MJ, Sharma S, Danko CG, Martins AL, Siepel A, Lis JT. GAGA factor maintains nucleosome-free regions and has a role in RNA polymerase II recruitment to promoters. PLoS Genet 2015; 11:e1005108. [PMID: 25815464 PMCID: PMC4376892 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2014] [Accepted: 02/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Previous studies have shown that GAGA Factor (GAF) is enriched on promoters with paused RNA Polymerase II (Pol II), but its genome-wide function and mechanism of action remain largely uncharacterized. We assayed the levels of transcriptionally-engaged polymerase using global run-on sequencing (GRO-seq) in control and GAF-RNAi Drosophila S2 cells and found promoter-proximal polymerase was significantly reduced on a large subset of paused promoters where GAF occupancy was reduced by knock down. These promoters show a dramatic increase in nucleosome occupancy upon GAF depletion. These results, in conjunction with previous studies showing that GAF directly interacts with nucleosome remodelers, strongly support a model where GAF directs nucleosome displacement at the promoter and thereby allows the entry Pol II to the promoter and pause sites. This action of GAF on nucleosomes is at least partially independent of paused Pol II because intergenic GAF binding sites with little or no Pol II also show GAF-dependent nucleosome displacement. In addition, the insulator factor BEAF, the BEAF-interacting protein Chriz, and the transcription factor M1BP are strikingly enriched on those GAF-associated genes where pausing is unaffected by knock down, suggesting insulators or the alternative promoter-associated factor M1BP protect a subset of GAF-bound paused genes from GAF knock-down effects. Thus, GAF binding at promoters can lead to the local displacement of nucleosomes, but this activity can be restricted or compensated for when insulator protein or M1BP complexes also reside at GAF bound promoters. Transcriptional regulation is critical for proper gene expression in response to environmental changes and developmental programs. Eukaryotes have evolved multiple mechanisms by which transcription factors regulate transcription. One mechanism is the reorganization of chromatin to allow Pol II recruitment. Another is the release of promoter-proximal paused Pol II, where Pol II transcription that is halted 20–60 bases downstream of the transcription start site (TSS) is allowed to enter into productive elongation through the gene body. The Drosophila transcription factor GAF binds to genes that undergo pausing and interacts with nucleosome remodelers and the pausing factor NELF. Thus, GAF can regulate multiple points necessary for transcription, but its mechanistic role is not fully understood genome-wide. We depleted GAF from cells and examined the genome-wide changes in Pol II and nucleosome distributions across genes. We found that GAF depletion reduces polymerase density at genes where GAF binds just upstream of the TSS, and results in nucleosomes moving into the promoter region. Our results show that GAF is important for maintaining the promoter accessibility, allowing Pol II to be recruited to promoters and enter the pause sites downstream of the TSS. Thus, GAF is critical for providing the chromatin environment necessary for the proper control of gene expression.
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- Nicholas J. Fuda
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Statistics and Computational Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Statistics and Computational Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Statistics and Computational Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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Histone exchange, chromatin structure and the regulation of transcription. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2015; 16:178-89. [DOI: 10.1038/nrm3941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 650] [Impact Index Per Article: 72.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Wang J, Lawry ST, Cohen AL, Jia S. Chromosome boundary elements and regulation of heterochromatin spreading. Cell Mol Life Sci 2014; 71:4841-52. [PMID: 25192661 PMCID: PMC4234687 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-014-1725-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2014] [Revised: 08/27/2014] [Accepted: 08/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Chromatin is generally classified as euchromatin or heterochromatin, each with distinct histone modifications, compaction levels, and gene expression patterns. Although the proper formation of heterochromatin is essential for maintaining genome integrity and regulating gene expression, heterochromatin can also spread into neighboring regions in a sequence-independent manner, leading to the inactivation of genes. Because the distance of heterochromatin spreading is stochastic, the formation of boundaries, which block the spreading of heterochromatin, is critical for maintaining stable gene expression patterns. Here we review the current understanding of the mechanisms underlying heterochromatin spreading and boundary formation.
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- Jiyong Wang
- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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Yuen BTK, Bush KM, Barrilleaux BL, Cotterman R, Knoepfler PS. Histone H3.3 regulates dynamic chromatin states during spermatogenesis. Development 2014; 141:3483-94. [PMID: 25142466 DOI: 10.1242/dev.106450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The histone variant H3.3 is involved in diverse biological processes, including development, transcriptional memory and transcriptional reprogramming, as well as diseases, including most notably malignant brain tumors. Recently, we developed a knockout mouse model for the H3f3b gene, one of two genes encoding H3.3. Here, we show that targeted disruption of H3f3b results in a number of phenotypic abnormalities, including a reduction in H3.3 histone levels, leading to male infertility, as well as abnormal sperm and testes morphology. Additionally, null germ cell populations at specific stages in spermatogenesis, in particular spermatocytes and spermatogonia, exhibited increased rates of apoptosis. Disruption of H3f3b also altered histone post-translational modifications and gene expression in the testes, with the most prominent changes occurring at genes involved in spermatogenesis. Finally, H3f3b null testes also exhibited abnormal germ cell chromatin reorganization and reduced protamine incorporation. Taken together, our studies indicate a major role for H3.3 in spermatogenesis through regulation of chromatin dynamics.
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- Benjamin T K Yuen
- Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, Shriners Hospital For Children Northern California, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA Genome Center, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Shriners Hospital For Children Northern California, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA Institute of Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, Shriners Hospital For Children Northern California, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, Shriners Hospital For Children Northern California, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA Genome Center, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Shriners Hospital For Children Northern California, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA Institute of Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, Shriners Hospital For Children Northern California, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, Shriners Hospital For Children Northern California, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA Genome Center, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Shriners Hospital For Children Northern California, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA Institute of Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, Shriners Hospital For Children Northern California, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, Shriners Hospital For Children Northern California, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA Genome Center, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Shriners Hospital For Children Northern California, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA Institute of Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, Shriners Hospital For Children Northern California, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, Shriners Hospital For Children Northern California, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA Genome Center, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Shriners Hospital For Children Northern California, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA Institute of Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, Shriners Hospital For Children Northern California, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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Otero S, Desvoyes B, Gutierrez C. Histone H3 dynamics in plant cell cycle and development. Cytogenet Genome Res 2014; 143:114-24. [PMID: 25060842 DOI: 10.1159/000365264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Chromatin is a macromolecular complex where DNA associates with histone proteins and a variety of non-histone proteins. Among the 4 histone types present in nucleosomes, histone H3 is encoded by a large number of genes in most eukaryotic species and is the histone that contains the largest variety of potential post-translational modifications in the N-terminal amino acid residues. In addition to centromeric histone H3, 2 major types of histone H3 exist, namely the canonical H3.1 and the variant H3.3. In this article, we review the most recent observations on the distinctive features of plant H3 proteins in terms of their expression and dynamics during the cell cycle and at various developmental stages. We also include a discussion on the histone H3 chaperones that actively participate in H3 deposition, in particular CAF-1, HIRA and ASF1, and on the putative plant homologs of human ATRX and DEK chaperones. Accumulating evidence confirms that the balanced deposition of H3.1 and H3.3 is of primary relevance for cell differentiation during plant organogenesis.
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- Sofía Otero
- Department of Genome Dynamics and Function, Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain
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Mteirek R, Gueguen N, Jensen S, Brasset E, Vaury C. Drosophila heterochromatin: structure and function. CURRENT OPINION IN INSECT SCIENCE 2014; 1:19-24. [PMID: 32846725 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2014.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2014] [Revised: 04/23/2014] [Accepted: 04/25/2014] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Heterochromatic domains, which are enriched in repetitive sequences and packaged in a higher-order chromatin folding, carry the potential to epigenetically inactivate a euchromatic gene that has been moved in close proximity. The discovery that these domains encode non-coding RNAs involved in RNA-silencing mechanisms has recently contributed to a better understanding of the mechanisms of the epigenetic repression established by heterochromatic domains. In this review, we will consider the repeated nature of their DNA sequence, the successive steps in heterochromatin assembly, starting with the decision process, the higher order state assembly and its epigenetic propagation. Recent findings provide new insights into the cellular functions of heterochromatin, notably its major contribution to genome stability and chromosome integrity.
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- Rana Mteirek
- Clermont Université, Université d'Auvergne, Laboratoire GReD, BP 38, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France; Inserm, U 1103, BP 38, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France; CNRS, UMR 6293, BP 38, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Clermont Université, Université d'Auvergne, Laboratoire GReD, BP 38, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France; Inserm, U 1103, BP 38, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France; CNRS, UMR 6293, BP 38, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Clermont Université, Université d'Auvergne, Laboratoire GReD, BP 38, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France; Inserm, U 1103, BP 38, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France; CNRS, UMR 6293, BP 38, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Clermont Université, Université d'Auvergne, Laboratoire GReD, BP 38, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France; Inserm, U 1103, BP 38, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France; CNRS, UMR 6293, BP 38, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Clermont Université, Université d'Auvergne, Laboratoire GReD, BP 38, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France; Inserm, U 1103, BP 38, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France; CNRS, UMR 6293, BP 38, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
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Why certain point mutations in a general transcription factor are associated with specific forms of cancer has been a major question in cancer biology. Enhancers are DNA regulatory elements that are key regulators of tissue-specific gene expression. Recent studies suggest that enhancer malfunction through point mutations in either regulatory elements or factors modulating enhancer-promoter communication could be the cause of tissue-specific cancer development. In this Perspective, we will discuss recent findings in the identification of cancer-related enhancer mutations and the role of Drosophila Trr and its human homologs, the MLL3 and MLL4/COMPASS-like complexes, as enhancer histone H3 lysine 4 (H3K4) monomethyltransferases functioning in enhancer-promoter communication. Recent genome-wide studies in the cataloging of somatic mutations in cancer have identified mutations in intergenic sequences encoding regulatory elements-and in MLL3 and MLL4 in both hematological malignancies and solid tumors. We propose that cancer-associated mutations in MLL3 and MLL4 exert their properties through the malfunction of Trr/MLL3/MLL4-dependent enhancers.
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Hashimoto M, Kodera N, Tsunaka Y, Oda M, Tanimoto M, Ando T, Morikawa K, Tate SI. Phosphorylation-coupled intramolecular dynamics of unstructured regions in chromatin remodeler FACT. Biophys J 2013; 104:2222-34. [PMID: 23708362 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2012] [Revised: 03/30/2013] [Accepted: 04/04/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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The intrinsically disordered region (IDR) of a protein is an important topic in molecular biology. The functional significance of IDRs typically involves gene-regulation processes and is closely related to posttranslational modifications such as phosphorylation. We previously reported that the Drosophila facilitates chromatin transcription (FACT) protein involved in chromatin remodeling contains an acidic ID fragment (AID) whose phosphorylation modulates FACT binding to nucleosomes. Here, we performed dynamic atomic force microscopy and NMR analyses to clarify how the densely phosphorylated AID masks the DNA binding interface of the high-mobility-group domain (HMG). Dynamic atomic force microscopy of the nearly intact FACT revealed that a small globule temporally appears but quickly vanishes within each mobile tail-like image, corresponding to the HMG-containing IDR. The lifespan of the globule increases upon phosphorylation. NMR analysis indicated that phosphorylation induces no ordered structure but increases the number of binding sites in AID to HMG with an adjacent basic segment, thereby retaining the robust electrostatic intramolecular interaction within FACT even in the presence of DNA. These data lead to the conclusion that the inhibitory effect of nucleosome binding is ascribed to the increase in the probability of encounter between HMG and the phosphorylated IDR.
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- Manami Hashimoto
- Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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Piñeyro D, Blanch M, Badal M, Kosoy A, Bernués J. GAGA factor repression of transcription is a rare event but the negative regulation of Trl is conserved in Drosophila species. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2013; 1829:1056-65. [PMID: 23860261 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2013.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2013] [Revised: 07/02/2013] [Accepted: 07/08/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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GAGA is a highly conserved Drosophila transcription factor encoded by the Trithorax-like (Trl) gene. While GAGA usually activates transcription, it represses its own promoter. Here we show that GAGA-mediated repression of Trl is conserved between two distant Drosophila species. A detailed promoter study showed that GAGA repressive activity can't be attributed to any discrete element in the Trl promoter. Genome-wide analysis of the transcriptome in S2 cells indicated that repression of Trl is very likely unique, being GAGA factor a transactivator for all the other promoters. Taken together, our results suggest a new mechanism to explain GAGA-mediated repression that involves a dose-dependent change in the architecture of the Trl promoter.
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- David Piñeyro
- Departament. de Genòmica Molecular, Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona-CSIC, Parc Científic de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; Cell and Developmental Biology Programme, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona, Spain
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Tariq M, Wegrzyn R, Anwar S, Bukau B, Paro R. Drosophila GAGA factor polyglutamine domains exhibit prion-like behavior. BMC Genomics 2013; 14:374. [PMID: 23731888 PMCID: PMC3701498 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2012] [Accepted: 05/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The Drosophila GAGA factor (GAF) participates in nucleosome remodeling to activate genes, acts as an antirepressor and is associated with heterochromatin, contributing to gene repression. GAF functions are intimately associated to chromatin-based epigenetic control, linking basic transcriptional regulation to heritable long-term maintenance of gene expression. These diverse functions require GAF to interact with different partners in different multiprotein complexes. The two isoforms of GAF depict highly conserved glutamine-rich C-terminal domains (Q domain), which have been implicated in complex formation. RESULTS Here we show that the Q domains exhibit prion-like properties. In an established yeast test system the two GAF Q domains convey prion activities comparable to well known yeast prions. The Q domains stably maintain two distinct conformational states imposing functional constraints on the fused yeast reporter protein. The prion-like phenotype can be reversibly cured in the presence of guanidine HCl or by over-expression of the Hsp104 chaperone protein. Additionally, when fused to GFP, the Q domains form aggregates in yeast cells. CONCLUSION We conclude that prion-like behavior of the GAF Q domain suggests that this C-terminal structure may perform stable conformational switches. Such a self-perpetuating change in the conformation could assist GAF executing its diverse epigenetic functions of gene control in Drosophila.
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- Muhammad Tariq
- Department of Biology, SBA School of Science and Engineering, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore 54792, Pakistan
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- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- Department of Biology, SBA School of Science and Engineering, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore 54792, Pakistan
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- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, Mattenstrasse 26, Basel 4058, Switzerland
- Faculty of Science, University of Basel, Basel 4056, Switzerland
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Valin A, Gill G. Enforcing the pause: transcription factor Sp3 limits productive elongation by RNA polymerase II. Cell Cycle 2013; 12:1828-34. [PMID: 23676218 DOI: 10.4161/cc.24992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The transition of paused RNA polymerase II into productive elongation is a highly dynamic process that serves to fine-tune gene expression in response to changing cellular environments. We have recently reported that the transcription factor Sp3 inhibits the transition of paused RNA Pol II to productive elongation at the promoter of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21(CIP1) and other Sp3-repressed genes. Our studies support the view that Sp3 has three modes of action: activation, SUMO-Sp3-mediated heterochromatin silencing and SUMO-independent inhibition of elongation. At the p21(CIP1) promoter, binding of the positive elongation factor P-TEFb kinase was not affected by Sp3. In contrast, Sp3 promoted binding of the protein phosphatase PP1 to the p21(CIP1) promoter, suggesting that Sp3-dependent regulation of the local balance between kinase and phosphatase activities may contribute to gene expression. Our findings show that the transition of paused RNA Pol II to productive elongation is an important step regulated by both promoter-specific activators and repressors to finely modulate mRNA expression levels.
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- Alvaro Valin
- Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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Karagodin DA, Omelina ES, Fedorova EV, Baricheva EM. Identification of functionally significant elements in the second intron of the Drosophila melanogaster Trithorax-like gene. Gene 2013; 520:178-84. [PMID: 23481306 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2012] [Revised: 01/14/2013] [Accepted: 02/07/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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It is known that a lot of genes having a distinct expression pattern require the complex system of transcription regulation. The regulatory regions of such genes can include not only the 5'-flanking regions, but also other regions, particularly their intron sequences. The Drosophila melanogaster Trithorax-like (Trl) gene, encoding the GAGA protein, is one of the genes with complex expression pattern. GAGA is one of a few transcription factors that can regulate gene expression at multiple levels. The GAGA-mediated modulation of expression seems to be linked with modifications of the chromatin structure. Nowadays, the regulatory potential of the Trl 5'-flanking region that contains multiple GAGA binding sites has been analyzed, but the presence of the functionally significant elements in other Trl regions has not been examined. We found DNase I hypersensitive sites, evolutionary-conserved sequences and numerous GAGA binding sites in the second intron of the Trl gene. Interestingly, these sequences localize in two main regions of the intron in immediate proximity to preferred regions of transposon insertions. Additionally, we revealed that deletion of the intron fragment in the Trl(1-72) mutants caused an alteration of the Trl expression pattern. These results allow us to conclude that the second intron of the Trl gene contains functionally significant elements.
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- D A Karagodin
- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 10 Lavrentieva Street, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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Accumulation of the FACT complex, as well as histone H3.3, serves as a target marker for somatic hypermutation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:7784-9. [PMID: 23610419 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1305859110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Somatic hypermutation (SHM) requires not only the expression of activation-induced cytidine deaminase, but also transcription in the target regions. However, how transcription guides activation-induced cytidine deaminase in targeting SHM to the Ig genes is not fully understood. Here, we found that the "facilitates chromatin transcription" (FACT) complex promotes SHM by RNAi screening of transcription elongation factors. Furthermore, FACT and histone H3.3, a hallmark of transcription-coupled histone turnover, are enriched at the V(D)J region, 5' flanking sequence of the Sμ switch region and the light chain Jκ 5 segment region in the Ig loci. The regions with the most abundant deposition of FACT and H3.3 were also the most efficient targets of SHM. These results demonstrate the importance of histone-exchanging dynamics at the chromatin of SHM targets, especially in Ig genes.
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Endogenous mammalian histone H3.3 exhibits chromatin-related functions during development. Epigenetics Chromatin 2013; 6:7. [PMID: 23570311 PMCID: PMC3635903 DOI: 10.1186/1756-8935-6-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2013] [Accepted: 03/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background The histone variant H3.3 plays key roles in regulating chromatin states and transcription. However, the role of endogenous H3.3 in mammalian cells and during development has been less thoroughly investigated. To address this gap, we report the production and phenotypic analysis of mice and cells with targeted disruption of the H3.3-encoding gene, H3f3b. Results H3f3b knockout (KO) mice exhibit a semilethal phenotype traceable at least in part to defective cell division and chromosome segregation. H3f3b KO cells have widespread ectopic CENP-A protein localization suggesting one possible mechanism for defective chromosome segregation. KO cells have abnormal karyotypes and cell cycle profiles as well. The transcriptome and euchromatin-related epigenome were moderately affected by loss of H3f3b in mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) with ontology most notably pointing to changes in chromatin regulatory and histone coding genes. Reduced numbers of H3f3b KO mice survive to maturity and almost all survivors from both sexes are infertile. Conclusions Taken together, our studies suggest that endogenous mammalian histone H3.3 has important roles in regulating chromatin and chromosome functions that in turn are important for cell division, genome integrity, and development.
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Darbo E, Herrmann C, Lecuit T, Thieffry D, van Helden J. Transcriptional and epigenetic signatures of zygotic genome activation during early Drosophila embryogenesis. BMC Genomics 2013; 14:226. [PMID: 23560912 PMCID: PMC3706223 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2012] [Accepted: 02/28/2013] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Background In all Metazoa, transcription is inactive during the first mitotic cycles after fertilisation. In Drosophila melanogaster, Zygotic Genome Activation (ZGA) occurs in two waves, starting respectively at mitotic cycles 8 (approximately 60 genes) and 14 (over a thousand genes). The regulatory mechanisms underlying these drastic transcriptional changes remain largely unknown. Results We developed an original gene clustering method based on discretized transition profiles, and applied it to datasets from three landmark early embryonic transcriptome studies. We identified 417 genes significantly up-regulated during ZGA. De novo motif discovery returned nine motifs over-represented in their non-coding sequences (upstream, introns, UTR), three of which correspond to previously known transcription factors: Zelda, Tramtrack and Trithorax-like (Trl). The nine discovered motifs were combined to scan ZGA-associated regions and predict about 1300 putative cis-regulatory modules. The fact that Trl is known to act as chromatin remodelling factor suggests that epigenetic regulation might play an important role in zygotic genome activation. We thus systematically compared the locations of predicted CRMs with ChIP-seq profiles for various transcription factors, 38 epigenetic marks from ModENCODE, and DNAse1 accessibility profiles. This analysis highlighted a strong and specific enrichment of predicted ZGA-associated CRMs for Zelda, CBP, Trl binding sites, as well as for histone marks associated with active enhancers (H3K4me1) and for open chromatin regions. Conclusion Based on the results of our computational analyses, we suggest a temporal model explaining the onset of zygotic genome activation by the combined action of transcription factors and epigenetic signals. Although this study is mainly based on the analysis of publicly available transcriptome and ChiP-seq datasets, the resulting model suggests novel mechanisms that underly the coordinated activation of several hundreds genes at a precise time point during embryonic development.
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- Elodie Darbo
- Technological Advances for Genomics and Clinics (TAGC), INSERM U1090, Université de la Méditerranée, Campus de Luminy, 13288 Marseille Cedex 9, France.
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Schuettengruber B, Cavalli G. Polycomb domain formation depends on short and long distance regulatory cues. PLoS One 2013; 8:e56531. [PMID: 23437158 PMCID: PMC3577894 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2012] [Accepted: 01/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Polycomb group (PcG) proteins dynamically define cellular identities through the epigenetic repression of key developmental genes. In Drosophila, cis-regulatory regions termed PcG response elements (PREs) act as nucleation sites for PcG proteins to create large repressive PcG domains that are marked by trimethylation of lysine 27 on histone H3 (H3K27me3). In addition to an action in cis, PREs can interact over long distances, thereby enhancing PcG dependent silencing. How PcG domains are established, which factors limit their propagation in cis, and how long range interactions of PREs in trans affect the chromatin structure is largely unknown. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We demonstrate that the insertion of a PRE-containing transgene in the Drosophila genome generates an artificial PcG domain and we analyze its organization by quantitative ChIP and ChIP-on-chip experiments. Intriguingly, a boundary element and known insulator proteins do not necessarily interfere with spreading of H3K27me3. Instead, domain borders correlate with the presence of promoter regions bound by RNA Polymerase II and active chromatin marks. In contrast, genes that are silent during early fly development get included within the PcG domain and this incorporation interferes with gene activation at later developmental stages. Moreover, trans-interaction of the transgenic PRE with its homologous endogenous PRE results in increased PcG binding, correlating with reinforced silencing of genes within the domain borders. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that higher-order organization of PcG-bound chromatin can stabilize gene silencing within PcG domains. Further we propose that multi-protein complexes associated with active promoters are able to define the limits of PcG domains. Future work aimed to pinpoint the factors providing this barrier function will be required to understand the precise molecular mechanism by which active promoter regions can act as boundaries to stop spreading of H3K27me3.
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- Bernd Schuettengruber
- Institut de Génétique Humaine, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montpellier, France
- * E-mail: (GC); (BS)
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montpellier, France
- * E-mail: (GC); (BS)
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Orsi GA, Algazeery A, Meyer RE, Capri M, Sapey-Triomphe LM, Horard B, Gruffat H, Couble P, Aït-Ahmed O, Loppin B. Drosophila Yemanuclein and HIRA cooperate for de novo assembly of H3.3-containing nucleosomes in the male pronucleus. PLoS Genet 2013; 9:e1003285. [PMID: 23408912 PMCID: PMC3567178 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2012] [Accepted: 12/14/2012] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The differentiation of post-meiotic spermatids in animals is characterized by a unique reorganization of their nuclear architecture and chromatin composition. In many species, the formation of sperm nuclei involves the massive replacement of nucleosomes with protamines, followed by a phase of extreme nuclear compaction. At fertilization, the reconstitution of a nucleosome-based paternal chromatin after the removal of protamines requires the deposition of maternally provided histones before the first round of DNA replication. This process exclusively uses the histone H3 variant H3.3 and constitutes a unique case of genome-wide replication-independent (RI) de novo chromatin assembly. We had previously shown that the histone H3.3 chaperone HIRA plays a central role for paternal chromatin assembly in Drosophila. Although several conserved HIRA-interacting proteins have been identified from yeast to human, their conservation in Drosophila, as well as their actual implication in this highly peculiar RI nucleosome assembly process, is an open question. Here, we show that Yemanuclein (YEM), the Drosophila member of the Hpc2/Ubinuclein family, is essential for histone deposition in the male pronucleus. yem loss of function alleles affect male pronucleus formation in a way remarkably similar to Hira mutants and abolish RI paternal chromatin assembly. In addition, we demonstrate that HIRA and YEM proteins interact and are mutually dependent for their targeting to the decondensing male pronucleus. Finally, we show that the alternative ATRX/XNP-dependent H3.3 deposition pathway is not involved in paternal chromatin assembly, thus underlining the specific implication of the HIRA/YEM complex for this essential step of zygote formation. Chromosome organization relies on a basic functional unit called the nucleosome, in which DNA is wrapped around a core of histone proteins. However, during male gamete formation, the majority of histones are replaced by sperm-specific proteins that are adapted to sexual reproduction but incompatible with the formation of the first zygotic nucleus. These proteins must therefore be replaced by histones upon fertilization, in a replication-independent chromatin assembly process that requires the histone deposition factor HIRA. In this study, we identified the protein Yemanuclein (YEM) as a new partner of HIRA at fertilization. We show that, in eggs laid by yem mutant females, the male pronucleus fails to assemble its nucleosomes, resulting in the loss of paternal chromosomes at the first zygotic division. In addition, we found that YEM and HIRA are mutually dependent to perform chromatin assembly at fertilization, demonstrating that they tightly cooperate in vivo. Finally, we demonstrate that the replication-independent chromatin assembly factor ATRX/XNP is not involved in the assembly of paternal nucleosomes. In conclusion, our results shed new light into critical mechanisms controlling paternal chromosome formation at fertilization.
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- Guillermo A. Orsi
- Centre de Génétique et de Physiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS UMR5534, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, CNRS UPR 1142, Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, CNRS UPR 1142, Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, CNRS UPR 1142, Montpellier, France
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- Centre de Génétique et de Physiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS UMR5534, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
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- Centre de Génétique et de Physiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS UMR5534, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire des Herpesvirus, INSERM U758, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France
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- Centre de Génétique et de Physiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS UMR5534, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, CNRS UPR 1142, Montpellier, France
- * E-mail: (OA-A); (BL)
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- Centre de Génétique et de Physiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS UMR5534, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
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Nakayama T, Shimojima T, Hirose S. The PBAP remodeling complex is required for histone H3.3 replacement at chromatin boundaries and for boundary functions. Development 2012; 139:4582-90. [PMID: 23136390 DOI: 10.1242/dev.083246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Establishment and maintenance of epigenetic memories are essential for development. Replacement of canonical histone H3 by its variant H3.3 has been implicated in cellular memory. Drosophila sequence-specific DNA-binding protein GAGA factor and a chromatin factor FACT direct H3.3 replacement in conjunction with H3.3-specific chaperone HIRA at chromatin boundaries to counteract the spreading of silent chromatin. However, little is known about which ATP-driven chromatin remodeling factor is responsible for the H3.3 replacement at chromatin boundaries. Here, we report that GAGA factor associates with the Polybromo-associated Brm (PBAP) remodeling complex, which consists of many Trithorax group proteins, and recruits this complex to chromatin boundaries d1 (which is downstream of w), the Fab-7 DNase-hypersensitive site (HS) 1 of Abd-B and the bxd region of Ubx. Trl-encoding GAGA factor, brm and polybromo/bap180 mutations compromise the H3.3 replacement and boundary functions in a synergistic manner. Furthermore, Polybromo is necessary for generation of the DNase HS at d1, and HIRA functions to restore the alteration. Taken together, we propose that FACT and PBAP complexes are recruited to chromatin boundaries in a GAGA factor-dependent manner, and are needed for H3.3 replacement to execute boundary functions. Our results provide new insight into the function of the trithorax group during development.
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- Takahiro Nakayama
- Department of Developmental Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka-ken 411-8540, Japan
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Marsman J, Horsfield JA. Long distance relationships: enhancer-promoter communication and dynamic gene transcription. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2012; 1819:1217-27. [PMID: 23124110 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2012.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2012] [Revised: 10/18/2012] [Accepted: 10/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The three-dimensional regulation of gene transcription involves loop formation between enhancer and promoter elements, controlling spatiotemporal gene expression in multicellular organisms. Enhancers are usually located in non-coding DNA and can activate gene transcription by recruiting transcription factors, chromatin remodeling factors and RNA Polymerase II. Research over the last few years has revealed that enhancers have tell-tale characteristics that facilitate their detection by several approaches, although the hallmarks of enhancers are not always uniform. Enhancers likely play an important role in the activation of genes by functioning as a primary point of contact for transcriptional activators, and by making physical contact with gene promoters often by means of a chromatin loop. Although numerous transcriptional regulators participate in the formation of chromatin loops that bring enhancers into proximity with promoters, the mechanism(s) of enhancer-promoter connectivity remain enigmatic. Here we discuss enhancer function, review some of the many proteins shown to be involved in establishing enhancer-promoter loops, and describe the dynamics of enhancer-promoter contacts during development, differentiation and in specific cell types.
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- Judith Marsman
- Department of Pathology, The University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Bayarmagnai B, Nicolay BN, Islam ABMMK, Lopez-Bigas N, Frolov MV. Drosophila GAGA factor is required for full activation of the dE2f1-Yki/Sd transcriptional program. Cell Cycle 2012; 11:4191-202. [PMID: 23070566 DOI: 10.4161/cc.22486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The Hippo signaling pathway regulates organ size by controlling the activity of the transcriptional co-activator Yorkie (Yki). Yki is recruited to its target genes by DNA-binding proteins such as Scalloped (Sd). In addition, transcription factor dE2f1, of the Retinoblastoma (Rb) pathway, cooperates with Yki/Sd to synergistically activate a set of common cell cycle target genes. However, little is known about other factors that ensure the proper transcriptional output of Hippo signaling. In this report we identified the chromatin protein GAGA factor (GAF), which is encoded by the Trithorax-like (Trl) gene, as a novel and critical partner in transcriptional regulation by Yki/Sd and dE2f1. We show that GAF is required for the full activation of target genes by dE2f1 and Yki/Sd; while ablation of GAF compromises both normal and inappropriate cell proliferation driven by Yki and dE2f1 in multiple tissues. The importance of GAF is further supported by strong genetic interactions between GAF and the Rb and Hippo pathways. Additionally, we show that GAF directly interacts with RBF, a Drosophila pRB homolog, and partially co-localizes with RBF on polytene chromosomes. Collectively, our data provide a novel connection between a chromatin-binding protein and a transcriptional program governed by the Hippo and Rb pathways.
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- Battuya Bayarmagnai
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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Enhancers mediate localized patterns of gene expression during development. A common feature of "traditional" enhancers is the presence of clustered binding motifs for sequence-specific transcription factors (TFs). In this issue of Genes & Development, Kvon and colleagues (pp. 908-913) present new evidence that HOT (highly occupied transcription) DNAs direct specific patterns of gene expression, despite being depleted for TF-binding motifs.
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- Emma Farley
- Division of Genetics, Genomics, and Development, Center for Integrative Genomics, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Kvon EZ, Stampfel G, Yáñez-Cuna JO, Dickson BJ, Stark A. HOT regions function as patterned developmental enhancers and have a distinct cis-regulatory signature. Genes Dev 2012; 26:908-13. [PMID: 22499593 DOI: 10.1101/gad.188052.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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HOT (highly occupied target) regions bound by many transcription factors are considered to be one of the most intriguing findings of the recent modENCODE reports, yet their functions have remained unclear. We tested 108 Drosophila melanogaster HOT regions in transgenic embryos with site-specifically integrated transcriptional reporters. In contrast to prior expectations, we found 102 (94%) to be active enhancers during embryogenesis and to display diverse spatial and temporal patterns, reminiscent of expression patterns for important developmental genes. Remarkably, HOT regions strongly activate nearby genes and are required for endogenous gene expression, as we show using bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) transgenesis. HOT enhancers have a distinct cis-regulatory signature with enriched sequence motifs for the global activators Vielfaltig, also known as Zelda, and Trithorax-like, also known as GAGA. This signature allows the prediction of HOT versus control regions from the DNA sequence alone.
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- Evgeny Z Kvon
- Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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Berger N, Dubreucq B. Evolution goes GAGA: GAGA binding proteins across kingdoms. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2012; 1819:863-8. [PMID: 22425673 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2012.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2011] [Revised: 02/17/2012] [Accepted: 02/22/2012] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Chromatin-associated proteins (CAP) play a crucial role in the regulation of gene expression and development in higher organisms. They are involved in the control of chromatin structure and dynamics. CAP have been extensively studied over the past years and are classified into two major groups: enzymes that modify histone stability and organization by post-translational modification of histone N-Terminal tails; and proteins that use ATP hydrolysis to modify chromatin structure. All of these proteins show a relatively high degree of sequence conservation across the animal and plant kingdoms. The essential Drosophila melanogaster GAGA factor (dGAF) interacts with these two types of CAP to regulate homeobox genes and thus contributes to a wide range of developmental events. Surprisingly, however, it is not conserved in plants. In this review, following an overview of fly GAF functions, we discuss the role of plant BBR/BPC proteins. These appear to functionally converge with dGAF despite a completely divergent amino acid sequence. Some suggestions are given for further investigation into the function of BPC proteins in plants.
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How can satellite DNA divergence cause reproductive isolation? Let us count the chromosomal ways. GENETICS RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2012; 2012:430136. [PMID: 22567387 PMCID: PMC3335601 DOI: 10.1155/2012/430136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2011] [Accepted: 10/24/2011] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Satellites are one of the most enigmatic parts of the eukaryotic genome. These highly repetitive, noncoding sequences make up as much as half or more of the genomic content and are known to play essential roles in chromosome segregation during meiosis and mitosis, yet they evolve rapidly between closely related species. Research over the last several decades has revealed that satellite divergence can serve as a formidable reproductive barrier between sibling species. Here we highlight several key studies on Drosophila and other model organisms demonstrating deleterious effects of satellites and their rapid evolution on the structure and function of chromosomes in interspecies hybrids. These studies demonstrate that satellites can impact chromosomes at a number of different developmental stages and through distinct cellular mechanisms, including heterochromatin formation. These findings have important implications for how loci that cause postzygotic reproductive isolation are viewed.
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Berger N, Dubreucq B, Roudier F, Dubos C, Lepiniec L. Transcriptional regulation of Arabidopsis LEAFY COTYLEDON2 involves RLE, a cis-element that regulates trimethylation of histone H3 at lysine-27. THE PLANT CELL 2011; 23:4065-78. [PMID: 22080598 PMCID: PMC3246333 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.111.087866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2011] [Revised: 10/11/2011] [Accepted: 10/30/2011] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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LEAFY COTYLEDON2 (LEC2) is a master regulator of seed development in Arabidopsis thaliana. In vegetative organs, LEC2 expression is negatively regulated by Polycomb Repressive Complex2 (PRC2) that catalyzes histone H3 Lys 27 trimethylation (H3K27me3) and plays a crucial role in developmental phase transitions. To characterize the cis-regulatory elements involved in the transcriptional regulation of LEC2, molecular dissections and functional analyses of the promoter region were performed in vitro, both in yeast and in planta. Two cis-activating elements and a cis-repressing element (RLE) that is required for H3K27me3 marking were characterized. Remarkably, insertion of the RLE cis-element into pF3H, an unrelated promoter, is sufficient for repressing its transcriptional activity in different tissues. Besides improving our understanding of LEC2 regulation, this study provides important new insights into the mechanisms underlying H3K27me3 deposition and PRC2 recruitment at a specific locus in plants.
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- Nathalie Berger
- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1318 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique–Agro-ParisTech, Saclay Plant Sciences, 78026 Versailles cedex, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1318 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique–Agro-ParisTech, Saclay Plant Sciences, 78026 Versailles cedex, France
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- Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8197–Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1024, 75230 Paris cedex 05, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1318 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique–Agro-ParisTech, Saclay Plant Sciences, 78026 Versailles cedex, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1318 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique–Agro-ParisTech, Saclay Plant Sciences, 78026 Versailles cedex, France
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Kenth G, Puzhko S, Goodyer CG. Human growth hormone receptor gene expression is regulated by Gfi-1/1b and GAGA cis-elements. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2011; 335:135-47. [PMID: 21238539 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2011.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2010] [Revised: 12/20/2010] [Accepted: 01/07/2011] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Human growth hormone receptor (hGHR) gene regulation is complex: mRNAs are transcribed from multiple variant (V) 5'UTR exons, several ubiquitously while others only in the postnatal hepatocyte. The liver-specific V1 exon promoter contains Gfi-1/1b repressor sites adjacent to a GAGA box, a GH response element (GHRE) in several mammalian genes. GAGA boxes are also present in the ubiquitously expressing V3 exon promoter. Heterologous sites in bovine, ovine and murine GHR genes suggest conserved roles. GAGA factor stimulated V1 and V3 promoters while Gfi-1/1b repressed basal and GAF-stimulated V1 transcription. HGH treatment of HepG2 cells resulted in a new complex forming with V3 GAGA elements, suggesting a functional GHRE. Data suggest liver-specific V1 transcription is regulated by inhibitory Gfi-1/1b and stimulatory GAGA cis-elements and Gfi-1/1b may control the lack of V1 expression in fetal liver, hepatic tumours and non-hepatic tissues. In addition, hGH may regulate hGHR expression through V3 GAGA boxes.
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- Gurvinder Kenth
- Department of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Histone proteins wrap DNA to form nucleosome particles that compact eukaryotic genomes while still allowing access for cellular processes such as transcription, replication and DNA repair. Histones exist as different variants that have evolved crucial roles in specialized functions in addition to their fundamental role in packaging DNA. H3.3--a conserved histone variant that is structurally very close to the canonical histone H3--has been associated with active transcription. Furthermore, its role in histone replacement at active genes and promoters is highly conserved and has been proposed to participate in the epigenetic transmission of active chromatin states. Unexpectedly, recent data have revealed accumulation of this specific variant at silent loci in pericentric heterochromatin and telomeres, raising questions concerning the actual function of H3.3. In this review, we describe the known properties of H3.3 and the current view concerning its incorporation modes involving particular histone chaperones. Finally, we discuss the functional significance of the use of this H3 variant, in particular during germline formation and early development in different species.
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Vasanthi D, Anant M, Srivastava S, Mishra RK. A functionally conserved boundary element from the mouse HoxD locus requires GAGA factor in Drosophila. Development 2010; 137:4239-47. [DOI: 10.1242/dev.058701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Hox genes are necessary for proper morphogenesis and organization of various body structures along the anterior-posterior body axis. These genes exist in clusters and their expression pattern follows spatial and temporal co-linearity with respect to their genomic organization. This colinearity is conserved during evolution and is thought to be constrained by the regulatory mechanisms that involve higher order chromatin structure. Earlier studies, primarily in Drosophila, have illustrated the role of chromatin-mediated regulatory processes, which include chromatin domain boundaries that separate the domains of distinct regulatory features. In the mouse HoxD complex, Evx2 and Hoxd13 are located ∼9 kb apart but have clearly distinguishable temporal and spatial expression patterns. Here, we report the characterization of a chromatin domain boundary element from the Evx2-Hoxd13 region that functions in Drosophila as well as in mammalian cells. We show that the Evx2-Hoxd13 region has sequences conserved across vertebrate species including a GA repeat motif and that the Evx2-Hoxd13 boundary activity in Drosophila is dependent on GAGA factor that binds to the GA repeat motif. These results show that Hox genes are regulated by chromatin mediated mechanisms and highlight the early origin and functional conservation of such chromatin elements.
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- Dasari Vasanthi
- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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Stable transmission of reversible modifications: maintenance of epigenetic information through the cell cycle. Cell Mol Life Sci 2010; 68:27-44. [PMID: 20799050 PMCID: PMC3015210 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-010-0505-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2010] [Revised: 07/19/2010] [Accepted: 08/09/2010] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Even though every cell in a multicellular organism contains the same genes, the differing spatiotemporal expression of these genes determines the eventual phenotype of a cell. This means that each cell type contains a specific epigenetic program that needs to be replicated through cell divisions, along with the genome, in order to maintain cell identity. The stable inheritance of these programs throughout the cell cycle relies on several epigenetic mechanisms. In this review, DNA methylation and histone methylation by specific histone lysine methyltransferases (KMT) and the Polycomb/Trithorax proteins are considered as the primary mediators of epigenetic inheritance. In addition, non-coding RNAs and nuclear organization are implicated in the stable transfer of epigenetic information. Although most epigenetic modifications are reversible in nature, they can be stably maintained by self-recruitment of modifying protein complexes or maintenance of these complexes or structures through the cell cycle.
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