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Zhao H, Li J, Xiang Y, Malik S, Vartak SV, Veronezi GMB, Young N, Riney M, Kalchschmidt J, Conte A, Jung SK, Ramachandran S, Roeder RG, Shi Y, Casellas R, Asturias FJ. An IDR-dependent mechanism for nuclear receptor control of Mediator interaction with RNA polymerase II. Mol Cell 2024; 84:2648-2664.e10. [PMID: 38955181 PMCID: PMC11283359 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2024.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 02/29/2024] [Accepted: 06/07/2024] [Indexed: 07/04/2024]
Abstract
The essential Mediator (MED) coactivator complex plays a well-understood role in regulation of basal transcription in all eukaryotes, but the mechanism underlying its role in activator-dependent transcription remains unknown. We investigated modulation of metazoan MED interaction with RNA polymerase II (RNA Pol II) by antagonistic effects of the MED26 subunit and the CDK8 kinase module (CKM). Biochemical analysis of CKM-MED showed that the CKM blocks binding of the RNA Pol II carboxy-terminal domain (CTD), preventing RNA Pol II interaction. This restriction is eliminated by nuclear receptor (NR) binding to CKM-MED, which enables CTD binding in a MED26-dependent manner. Cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM) and crosslinking-mass spectrometry (XL-MS) revealed that the structural basis for modulation of CTD interaction with MED relates to a large intrinsically disordered region (IDR) in CKM subunit MED13 that blocks MED26 and CTD interaction with MED but is repositioned upon NR binding. Hence, NRs can control transcription initiation by priming CKM-MED for MED26-dependent RNA Pol II interaction.
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- Haiyan Zhao
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical School, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical School, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Center of Protein Engineering and Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical School, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical School, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical School, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Lymphocyte Nuclear Biology, NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Biodata Mining and Discovery Section, NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical School, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; RNA Bioscience Initiative, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical School, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Center of Protein Engineering and Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Lymphocyte Nuclear Biology, NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical School, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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VanBelzen J, Sakelaris B, Brickner DG, Marcou N, Riecke H, Mangan N, Brickner JH. Chromatin endogenous cleavage provides a global view of RNA polymerase II transcription kinetics. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.07.08.602535. [PMID: 39026809 PMCID: PMC11257477 DOI: 10.1101/2024.07.08.602535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/20/2024]
Abstract
Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP-seq) is the most common approach to observe global binding of proteins to DNA in vivo. The occupancy of transcription factors (TFs) from ChIP-seq agrees well with an alternative method, chromatin endogenous cleavage (ChEC-seq2). However, ChIP-seq and ChEC-seq2 reveal strikingly different patterns of enrichment of yeast RNA polymerase II. We hypothesized that this reflects distinct populations of RNAPII, some of which are captured by ChIP-seq and some of which are captured by ChEC-seq2. RNAPII association with enhancers and promoters - predicted from biochemical studies - is detected well by ChEC-seq2 but not by ChIP-seq. Enhancer/promoter bound RNAPII correlates with transcription levels and matches predicted occupancy based on published rates of enhancer recruitment, preinitiation assembly, initiation, elongation and termination. The occupancy from ChEC-seq2 allowed us to develop a stochastic model for global kinetics of RNAPII transcription which captured both the ChEC-seq2 data and changes upon chemical-genetic perturbations to transcription. Finally, RNAPII ChEC-seq2 and kinetic modeling suggests that a mutation in the Gcn4 transcription factor that blocks interaction with the NPC destabilizes promoter-associated RNAPII without altering its recruitment to the enhancer.
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- Jake VanBelzen
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University
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- Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University
- Current address: Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University
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- Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University
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Malik S, Roeder RG. Regulation of the RNA polymerase II pre-initiation complex by its associated coactivators. Nat Rev Genet 2023; 24:767-782. [PMID: 37532915 PMCID: PMC11088444 DOI: 10.1038/s41576-023-00630-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 08/04/2023]
Abstract
The RNA polymerase II (Pol II) pre-initiation complex (PIC) is a critical node in eukaryotic transcription regulation, and its formation is the major rate-limiting step in transcriptional activation. Diverse cellular signals borne by transcriptional activators converge on this large, multiprotein assembly and are transduced via intermediary factors termed coactivators. Cryogenic electron microscopy, multi-omics and single-molecule approaches have recently offered unprecedented insights into both the structure and cellular functions of the PIC and two key PIC-associated coactivators, Mediator and TFIID. Here, we review advances in our understanding of how Mediator and TFIID interact with activators and affect PIC formation and function. We also discuss how their functions are influenced by their chromatin environment and selected cofactors. We consider how, through its multifarious interactions and functionalities, a Mediator-containing and TFIID-containing PIC can yield an integrated signal processing system with the flexibility to determine the unique temporal and spatial expression pattern of a given gene.
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- Sohail Malik
- Laboratory of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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Mahendrawada L, Warfield L, Donczew R, Hahn S. Surprising connections between DNA binding and function for the near-complete set of yeast transcription factors. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.07.25.550593. [PMID: 37546716 PMCID: PMC10402042 DOI: 10.1101/2023.07.25.550593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/08/2023]
Abstract
DNA sequence-specific transcription factors (TFs) modulate transcription and chromatin architecture, acting from regulatory sites in enhancers and promoters of eukaryotic genes. How TFs locate their DNA targets and how multiple TFs cooperate to regulate individual genes is still unclear. Most yeast TFs are thought to regulate transcription via binding to upstream activating sequences, situated within a few hundred base pairs upstream of the regulated gene. While this model has been validated for individual TFs and specific genes, it has not been tested in a systematic way with the large set of yeast TFs. Here, we have integrated information on the binding and expression targets for the near-complete set of yeast TFs. While we found many instances of functional TF binding sites in upstream regulatory regions, we found many more instances that do not fit this model. In many cases, rapid TF depletion affects gene expression where there is no detectable binding of that TF to the upstream region of the affected gene. In addition, for most TFs, only a small fraction of bound TFs regulates the nearby gene, showing that TF binding does not automatically correspond to regulation of the linked gene. Finally, we found that only a small percentage of TFs are exclusively strong activators or repressors with most TFs having dual function. Overall, our comprehensive mapping of TF binding and regulatory targets have both confirmed known TF relationships and revealed surprising properties of TF function.
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Lambert É, Puwakdandawa K, Tao YF, Robert F. From structure to molecular condensates: emerging mechanisms for Mediator function. FEBS J 2023; 290:286-309. [PMID: 34698446 DOI: 10.1111/febs.16250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Revised: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
Mediator is a large modular protein assembly whose function as a coactivator of transcription is conserved in all eukaryotes. The Mediator complex can integrate and relay signals from gene-specific activators bound at enhancers to activate the general transcription machinery located at promoters. It has thus been described as a bridge between these elements during initiation of transcription. Here, we review recent studies on Mediator relating to its structure, gene specificity and general requirement, roles in chromatin architecture as well as novel concepts involving phase separation and transcriptional bursting. We revisit the mechanism of action of Mediator and ultimately put forward models for its mode of action in gene activation.
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- Élie Lambert
- Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, Canada
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- Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, Canada
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- Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, Canada.,Département de Médecine, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montréal, Canada
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Saleh MM, Hundley HA, Zentner GE. Involvement of the SAGA and TFIID coactivator complexes in transcriptional dysregulation caused by the separation of core and tail Mediator modules. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2022; 12:jkac290. [PMID: 36331351 PMCID: PMC9713439 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkac290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
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Regulation of RNA polymerase II transcription requires the concerted efforts of several multisubunit coactivator complexes, which interact with the RNA polymerase II preinitiation complex to stimulate transcription. We previously showed that separation of the Mediator core from Mediator's tail module results in modest overactivation of genes annotated as highly dependent on TFIID for expression. However, it is unclear if other coactivators are involved in this phenomenon. Here, we show that the overactivation of certain genes by Mediator core/tail separation is blunted by disruption of the Spt-Ada-Gcn5-Acetyl transferase complex through the removal of its structural Spt20 subunit, though this downregulation does not appear to completely depend on reduced Spt-Ada-Gcn5-Acetyl transferase association with the genome. Consistent with the enrichment of TFIID-dependent genes among genes overactivated by Mediator core/tail separation, depletion of the essential TFIID subunit Taf13 suppressed the overactivation of these genes when Med16 was simultaneously removed. As with Spt-Ada-Gcn5-Acetyl transferase, this effect did not appear to be fully dependent on the reduced genomic association of TFIID. Given that the observed changes in gene expression could not be clearly linked to alterations in Spt-Ada-Gcn5-Acetyl transferase or TFIID occupancy, our data may suggest that the Mediator core/tail connection is important for the modulation of Spt-Ada-Gcn5-Acetyl transferase and/or TFIID conformation and/or function at target genes.
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- Moustafa M Saleh
- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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Warfield L, Donczew R, Mahendrawada L, Hahn S. Yeast Mediator facilitates transcription initiation at most promoters via a Tail-independent mechanism. Mol Cell 2022; 82:4033-4048.e7. [PMID: 36208626 PMCID: PMC9637718 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2021] [Revised: 05/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
Mediator (MED) is a conserved factor with important roles in basal and activated transcription. Here, we investigate the genome-wide roles of yeast MED by rapid depletion of its activator-binding domain (Tail) and monitoring changes in nascent transcription. Rapid Tail depletion surprisingly reduces transcription from only a small subset of genes. At most of these Tail-dependent genes, in unperturbed conditions, MED is detected at both the UASs and promoters. In contrast, at most Tail-independent genes, we find MED primarily at promoters but not at the UASs. These results suggest that MED Tail and activator-mediated MED recruitment regulates only a small subset of genes. Furthermore, we define three classes of genes that differ in PIC assembly pathways and the requirements for MED Tail, SAGA, TFIID, and BET factors Bdf1/2. Our combined results have broad implications for the roles of MED, other coactivators, and mechanisms of transcriptional regulation at different gene classes.
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- Linda Warfield
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, Mailstop A1-162, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, Mailstop A1-162, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, Mailstop A1-162, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, Mailstop A1-162, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
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Richter WF, Nayak S, Iwasa J, Taatjes DJ. The Mediator complex as a master regulator of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2022; 23:732-749. [PMID: 35725906 PMCID: PMC9207880 DOI: 10.1038/s41580-022-00498-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
The Mediator complex, which in humans is 1.4 MDa in size and includes 26 subunits, controls many aspects of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) function. Apart from its size, a defining feature of Mediator is its intrinsic disorder and conformational flexibility, which contributes to its ability to undergo phase separation and to interact with a myriad of regulatory factors. In this Review, we discuss Mediator structure and function, with emphasis on recent cryogenic electron microscopy data of the 4.0-MDa transcription preinitiation complex. We further discuss how Mediator and sequence-specific DNA-binding transcription factors enable enhancer-dependent regulation of Pol II function at distal gene promoters, through the formation of molecular condensates (or transcription hubs) and chromatin loops. Mediator regulation of Pol II reinitiation is also discussed, in the context of transcription bursting. We propose a working model for Mediator function that combines experimental results and theoretical considerations related to enhancer-promoter interactions, which reconciles contradictory data regarding whether enhancer-promoter communication is direct or indirect. We conclude with a discussion of Mediator's potential as a therapeutic target and of future research directions.
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- William F Richter
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.
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Morse RH. Function and dynamics of the Mediator complex: novel insights and new frontiers. Transcription 2022; 13:39-52. [PMID: 35708525 PMCID: PMC9467533 DOI: 10.1080/21541264.2022.2085502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
Abstract
The Mediator complex was discovered in the early 1990s as a biochemically fractionated factor from yeast extracts that was necessary for activator-stimulated transcriptional activation to be observed in in vitro transcription assays. The structure of this large, multi-protein complex is now understood in great detail, and novel genetic approaches have provided rich insights into its dynamics during transcriptional activation and the mechanism by which it facilitates activated transcription. Here I review recent findings and unanswered questions regarding Mediator dynamics, the roles of individual subunits, and differences between its function in yeast and metazoan cells.
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- Randall H Morse
- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, United States.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, University at Albany School of Public Health, Albany, NY, United States
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Klein BJ, Feigerle JT, Zhang J, Ebmeier CC, Fan L, Singh RK, Wang WW, Schmitt LR, Lee T, Hansen KC, Liu WR, Wang YX, Strahl BD, Anthony Weil P, Kutateladze TG. Taf2 mediates DNA binding of Taf14. Nat Commun 2022; 13:3177. [PMID: 35676274 PMCID: PMC9177701 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30937-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
Abstract
The assembly and function of the yeast general transcription factor TFIID complex requires specific contacts between its Taf14 and Taf2 subunits, however, the mechanism underlying these contacts remains unclear. Here, we determined the molecular and structural basis by which the YEATS and ET domains of Taf14 bind to the C-terminal tail of Taf2 and identified a unique DNA-binding activity of the linker region connecting the two domains. We show that in the absence of ligands the linker region of Taf14 is occluded by the surrounding domains, and therefore the DNA binding function of Taf14 is autoinhibited. Binding of Taf2 promotes a conformational rearrangement in Taf14, resulting in a release of the linker for the engagement with DNA and the nucleosome. Genetic in vivo data indicate that the association of Taf14 with both Taf2 and DNA is essential for transcriptional regulation. Our findings provide a basis for deciphering the role of individual TFIID subunits in mediating gene transcription.
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- Brianna J Klein
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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- Basic Science Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, SAXS Core Facility of the National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Basic Science Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, SAXS Core Facility of the National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Protein-Nucleic Acid Interaction Section, Structural Biophysics Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, MD, 27102, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.
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Barman P, Sen R, Kaja A, Ferdoush J, Guha S, Govind CK, Bhaumik SR. Genome-Wide Regulations of the Preinitiation Complex Formation and Elongating RNA Polymerase II by an E3 Ubiquitin Ligase, San1. Mol Cell Biol 2022; 42:e0036821. [PMID: 34661445 PMCID: PMC8773080 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00368-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2021] [Revised: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
San1 ubiquitin ligase is involved in nuclear protein quality control via its interaction with intrinsically disordered proteins for ubiquitylation and proteasomal degradation. Since several transcription/chromatin regulatory factors contain intrinsically disordered domains and can be inhibitory to transcription when in excess, San1 might be involved in transcription regulation. To address this, we analyzed the role of San1 in the genome-wide association of TATA box binding protein (TBP; which nucleates preinitiation complex [PIC] formation for transcription initiation) and RNA polymerase II (Pol II). Our results reveal the roles of San1 in regulating TBP recruitment to the promoters and Pol II association with the coding sequences and, hence, PIC formation and coordination of elongating Pol II, respectively. Consistently, transcription is altered in the absence of San1. Such transcriptional alteration is associated with impaired ubiquitylation and proteasomal degradation of Spt16 and gene association of Paf1 but not the incorporation of centromeric histone, Cse4, into the active genes in the Δsan1 strain. Collectively, our results demonstrate distinct functions of a nuclear protein quality control factor in regulating the genome-wide PIC formation and elongating Pol II (and hence transcription), thus unraveling new gene regulatory mechanisms.
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- Priyanka Barman
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Oakland University, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale, Illinois, USA
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Mediator dynamics during heat shock in budding yeast. Genome Res 2021; 32:111-123. [PMID: 34785526 PMCID: PMC8744673 DOI: 10.1101/gr.275750.121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 11/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
The Mediator complex is central to transcription by RNA polymerase II (Pol II) in eukaryotes. In budding yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), Mediator is recruited by activators and associates with core promoter regions, where it facilitates preinitiation complex (PIC) assembly, only transiently before Pol II escape. Interruption of the transcription cycle by inactivation or depletion of Kin28 inhibits Pol II escape and stabilizes this association. However, Mediator occupancy and dynamics have not been examined on a genome-wide scale in yeast grown in nonstandard conditions. Here we investigate Mediator occupancy following heat shock or CdCl2 exposure, with and without depletion of Kin28. We find that Pol II occupancy shows similar dependence on Mediator under normal and heat shock conditions. However, although Mediator association increases at many genes upon Kin28 depletion under standard growth conditions, little or no increase is observed at most genes upon heat shock, indicating a more stable association of Mediator after heat shock. Unexpectedly, Mediator remains associated upstream of the core promoter at genes repressed by heat shock or CdCl2 exposure whether or not Kin28 is depleted, suggesting that Mediator is recruited by activators but is unable to engage PIC components at these repressed targets. This persistent association is strongest at promoters that bind the HMGB family member Hmo1, and is reduced but not eliminated in hmo1Δ yeast. Finally, we show a reduced dependence on PIC components for Mediator occupancy at promoters after heat shock, further supporting altered dynamics or stronger engagement with activators under these conditions.
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Nguyen VQ, Ranjan A, Liu S, Tang X, Ling YH, Wisniewski J, Mizuguchi G, Li KY, Jou V, Zheng Q, Lavis LD, Lionnet T, Wu C. Spatiotemporal coordination of transcription preinitiation complex assembly in live cells. Mol Cell 2021; 81:3560-3575.e6. [PMID: 34375585 PMCID: PMC8420877 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2021.07.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Revised: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Transcription initiation by RNA polymerase II (RNA Pol II) requires preinitiation complex (PIC) assembly at gene promoters. In the dynamic nucleus, where thousands of promoters are broadly distributed in chromatin, it is unclear how multiple individual components converge on any target to establish the PIC. Here we use live-cell, single-molecule tracking in S. cerevisiae to visualize constrained exploration of the nucleoplasm by PIC components and Mediator's key role in guiding this process. On chromatin, TFIID/TATA-binding protein (TBP), Mediator, and RNA Pol II instruct assembly of a short-lived PIC, which occurs infrequently but efficiently within a few seconds on average. Moreover, PIC exclusion by nucleosome encroachment underscores regulated promoter accessibility by chromatin remodeling. Thus, coordinated nuclear exploration and recruitment to accessible targets underlies dynamic PIC establishment in yeast. Our study provides a global spatiotemporal model for transcription initiation in live cells.
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- Vu Q Nguyen
- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA; Experimental Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA
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- Institute of Systems Genetics, Langone Medical Center, New York University, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA; Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
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Leo L, Colonna Romano N. Emerging Single-Cell Technological Approaches to Investigate Chromatin Dynamics and Centromere Regulation in Human Health and Disease. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22168809. [PMID: 34445507 PMCID: PMC8395756 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22168809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2021] [Revised: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Epigenetic regulators play a crucial role in establishing and maintaining gene expression states. To date, the main efforts to study cellular heterogeneity have focused on elucidating the variable nature of the chromatin landscape. Specific chromatin organisation is fundamental for normal organogenesis and developmental homeostasis and can be affected by different environmental factors. The latter can lead to detrimental alterations in gene transcription, as well as pathological conditions such as cancer. Epigenetic marks regulate the transcriptional output of cells. Centromeres are chromosome structures that are epigenetically regulated and are crucial for accurate segregation. The advent of single-cell epigenetic profiling has provided finer analytical resolution, exposing the intrinsic peculiarities of different cells within an apparently homogenous population. In this review, we discuss recent advances in methodologies applied to epigenetics, such as CUT&RUN and CUT&TAG. Then, we compare standard and emerging single-cell techniques and their relevance for investigating human diseases. Finally, we describe emerging methodologies that investigate centromeric chromatin specification and neocentromere formation.
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Connection of core and tail Mediator modules restrains transcription from TFIID-dependent promoters. PLoS Genet 2021; 17:e1009529. [PMID: 34383744 PMCID: PMC8384189 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Revised: 08/24/2021] [Accepted: 07/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The Mediator coactivator complex is divided into four modules: head, middle, tail, and kinase. Deletion of the architectural subunit Med16 separates core Mediator (cMed), comprising the head, middle, and scaffold (Med14), from the tail. However, the direct global effects of tail/cMed disconnection are unclear. We find that rapid depletion of Med16 downregulates genes that require the SAGA complex for full expression, consistent with their reported tail dependence, but also moderately overactivates TFIID-dependent genes in a manner partly dependent on the separated tail, which remains associated with upstream activating sequences. Suppression of TBP dynamics via removal of the Mot1 ATPase partially restores normal transcriptional activity to Med16-depleted cells, suggesting that cMed/tail separation results in an imbalance in the levels of PIC formation at SAGA-requiring and TFIID-dependent genes. We propose that the preferential regulation of SAGA-requiring genes by tailed Mediator helps maintain a proper balance of transcription between these genes and those more dependent on TFIID. Composed of over two dozen subunits, the Mediator complex plays several roles in RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) transcription in eukaryotes. In yeast, deletion of Med16, which splits Mediator into two stable subcomplexes, both increases and decreases transcript levels, suggesting that Med16 might play a repressive role. However, the direct effects of Med16 removal on RNAPII transcription have not been assessed, owing to the use of deletion mutants and measurement of steady-state RNA levels in prior studies. Here, using a combination of inducible protein depletion and analysis of nascent RNA, we find that Med16 removal 1) downregulates a small group of genes reported to be highly dependent on the SAGA complex and 2) upregulates a larger set of genes reported to be more dependent on the TFIID complex in a manner dependent on another component of Mediator. We find that artificially altering the balance of transcription pre-initiation complex (PIC) formation toward SAGA-requiring promoters and away from TFIID-dependent promoters partially restores normal transcription, indicating a contribution of altered PIC formation to the transcriptional alterations observed with Med16 loss. Taken together, our results indicate that the structural integrity of Mediator is important for maintaining balanced transcription between different gene classes.
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Sun F, Sun T, Kronenberg M, Tan X, Huang C, Carey MF. The Pol II preinitiation complex (PIC) influences Mediator binding but not promoter-enhancer looping. Genes Dev 2021; 35:1175-1189. [PMID: 34301767 PMCID: PMC8336890 DOI: 10.1101/gad.348471.121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Knowledge of how Mediator and TFIID cross-talk contributes to promoter-enhancer (P-E) communication is important for elucidating the mechanism of enhancer function. We conducted an shRNA knockdown screen in murine embryonic stem cells to identify the functional overlap between Mediator and TFIID subunits on gene expression. Auxin-inducible degrons were constructed for TAF12 and MED4, the subunits eliciting the greatest overlap. Degradation of TAF12 led to a dramatic genome-wide decrease in gene expression accompanied by destruction of TFIID, loss of Pol II preinitiation complex (PIC) at promoters, and significantly decreased Mediator binding to promoters and enhancers. Interestingly, loss of the PIC elicited only a mild effect on P-E looping by promoter capture Hi-C (PCHi-C). Degradation of MED4 had a minor effect on Mediator integrity but led to a consistent twofold loss in gene expression, decreased binding of Pol II to Mediator, and decreased recruitment of Pol II to the promoters, but had no effect on the other PIC components. PCHi-C revealed no consistent effect of MED4 degradation on P-E looping. Collectively, our data show that TAF12 and MED4 contribute mechanistically in different ways to P-E communication but neither factor appears to directly control P-E looping, thereby dissociating P-E communication from physical looping.
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- Fei Sun
- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Center for Neurobiology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, China
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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Donczew R, Hahn S. BET family members Bdf1/2 modulate global transcription initiation and elongation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. eLife 2021; 10:e69619. [PMID: 34137374 PMCID: PMC8266393 DOI: 10.7554/elife.69619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Human bromodomain and extra-terminal domain (BET) family members are promising targets for therapy of cancer and immunoinflammatory diseases, but their mechanisms of action and functional redundancies are poorly understood. Bdf1/2, yeast homologues of the human BET factors, were previously proposed to target transcription factor TFIID to acetylated histone H4, analogous to bromodomains that are present within the largest subunit of metazoan TFIID. We investigated the genome-wide roles of Bdf1/2 and found that their important contributions to transcription extend beyond TFIID function as transcription of many genes is more sensitive to Bdf1/2 than to TFIID depletion. Bdf1/2 co-occupy the majority of yeast promoters and affect preinitiation complex formation through recruitment of TFIID, Mediator, and basal transcription factors to chromatin. Surprisingly, we discovered that hypersensitivity of genes to Bdf1/2 depletion results from combined defects in transcription initiation and early elongation, a striking functional similarity to human BET proteins, most notably Brd4. Our results establish Bdf1/2 as critical for yeast transcription and provide important mechanistic insights into the function of BET proteins in all eukaryotes.
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- Rafal Donczew
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Division of Basic SciencesSeattleUnited States
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Division of Basic SciencesSeattleUnited States
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Tourigny JP, Schumacher K, Saleh MM, Devys D, Zentner GE. Architectural Mediator subunits are differentially essential for global transcription in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 2021; 217:iyaa042. [PMID: 33789343 PMCID: PMC8045717 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyaa042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2020] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Mediator is a modular coactivator complex involved in the transcription of the majority of RNA polymerase II-regulated genes. However, the degrees to which individual core subunits of Mediator contribute to its activity have been unclear. Here, we investigate the contribution of two essential architectural subunits of Mediator to transcription in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We show that acute depletion of the main complex scaffold Med14 or the head module nucleator Med17 is lethal and results in global transcriptional downregulation, though Med17 removal has a markedly greater negative effect. Consistent with this, Med17 depletion impairs preinitiation complex (PIC) assembly to a greater extent than Med14 removal. Co-depletion of Med14 and Med17 reduced transcription and TFIIB promoter occupancy similarly to Med17 ablation alone, indicating that the contributions of Med14 and Med17 to Mediator function are not additive. We propose that, while the structural integrity of complete Mediator and the head module are both important for PIC assembly and transcription, the head module plays a greater role in this process and is thus the key functional module of Mediator in this regard.
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- Jason P Tourigny
- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 67404 Illkirch, France
- UMR7104, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 67404 Illkirch, France
- U964, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, 67404 Illkirch, France
- Université de Strasbourg, 67404 Illkirch, France
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 67404 Illkirch, France
- UMR7104, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 67404 Illkirch, France
- U964, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, 67404 Illkirch, France
- Université de Strasbourg, 67404 Illkirch, France
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
- Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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Osman S, Mohammad E, Lidschreiber M, Stuetzer A, Bazsó FL, Maier KC, Urlaub H, Cramer P. The Cdk8 kinase module regulates interaction of the mediator complex with RNA polymerase II. J Biol Chem 2021; 296:100734. [PMID: 33933450 PMCID: PMC8191332 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2020] [Revised: 04/20/2021] [Accepted: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The Cdk8 kinase module (CKM) is a dissociable part of the coactivator complex mediator, which regulates gene transcription by RNA polymerase II. The CKM has both negative and positive functions in gene transcription that remain poorly understood at the mechanistic level. In order to reconstitute the role of the CKM in transcription initiation, we prepared recombinant CKM from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We showed that CKM bound to the core mediator (cMed) complex, sterically inhibiting cMed from binding to the polymerase II preinitiation complex (PIC) in vitro. We further showed that the Cdk8 kinase activity of the CKM weakened CKM-cMed interaction, thereby facilitating dissociation of the CKM and enabling mediator to bind the PIC in order to stimulate transcription initiation. Finally, we report that the kinase activity of Cdk8 is required for gene activation during the stressful condition of heat shock in vivo but not under steady-state growth conditions. Based on these results, we propose a model in which the CKM negatively regulates mediator function at upstream-activating sequences by preventing mediator binding to the PIC at the gene promoter. However, during gene activation in response to stress, the Cdk8 kinase activity of the CKM may release mediator and allow its binding to the PIC, thereby accounting for the positive function of CKM. This may impart improved adaptability to stress by allowing a rapid transcriptional response to environmental changes, and we speculate that a similar mechanism in metazoans may allow the precise timing of developmental transcription programs.
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- Sara Osman
- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
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- Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Group, Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany; Bioanalytics Research Group, Institute for Clinical Chemistry, University Medical Center, Göttingen, Germany
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- Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Group, Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany; Bioanalytics Research Group, Institute for Clinical Chemistry, University Medical Center, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
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- Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Group, Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany; Bioanalytics Research Group, Institute for Clinical Chemistry, University Medical Center, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany.
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Saleh MM, Tourigny JP, Zentner GE. Genome-Wide Profiling of Protein-DNA Interactions with Chromatin Endogenous Cleavage and High-Throughput Sequencing (ChEC-Seq ). Methods Mol Biol 2021; 2351:289-303. [PMID: 34382196 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1597-3_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Interactions between regulatory proteins and specific genomic regions are critical for all chromatin-based processes, including transcription, DNA replication, and DNA repair. Genome-wide mapping of such interactions is most commonly performed with chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by high-throughput sequencing (ChIP-Seq), but a number of orthogonal methods employing targeted enzymatic activity have also been introduced. We previously described a genome-wide implementation of chromatin endogenous cleavage (ChEC-Seq), wherein a protein of interest is fused to micrococcal nuclease (MNase) to enable targeted, calcium-dependent genomic cleavage. Here, we describe the ChEC-Seq protocol for use in budding yeast though it can be used in other organisms in conjunction with appropriate methods for introduction of an MNase fusion protein.
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.
- Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
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Tang J, Chisholm SA, Yeoh LM, Gilson PR, Papenfuss AT, Day KP, Petter M, Duffy MF. Histone modifications associated with gene expression and genome accessibility are dynamically enriched at Plasmodium falciparum regulatory sequences. Epigenetics Chromatin 2020; 13:50. [PMID: 33225957 PMCID: PMC7682024 DOI: 10.1186/s13072-020-00365-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum has an unusually euchromatic genome with poorly conserved positioning of nucleosomes in intergenic sequences and poorly understood mechanisms of gene regulation. Variant histones and histone modifications determine nucleosome stability and recruit trans factors, but their combinatorial contribution to gene regulation is unclear. Results Here, we show that the histone H3 acetylations H3K18ac and H3K27ac and the variant histone Pf H2A.Z are enriched together at regulatory sites upstream of genes. H3K18ac and H3K27ac together dynamically mark regulatory regions of genes expressed during the asexual life cycle. In contrast, H3K4me1 is depleted in intergenic sequence and dynamically depleted upstream of expressed genes. The temporal pattern of H3K27ac and H3K18ac enrichment indicates that they accumulate during S phase and mitosis and are retained at regulatory sequences until at least G1 phase and after cessation of expression of the cognate genes. We integrated our ChIPseq data with existing datasets to show that in schizont stages H3K18ac, H3K27ac and Pf H2A.Z colocalise with the transcription factor PfAP2-I and the bromodomain protein PfBDP1 and are enriched at stably positioned nucleosomes within regions of exposed DNA at active transcriptional start sites. Using transient transfections we showed that sequences enriched with colocalised H3K18ac, H3K27ac and Pf H2A.Z possess promoter activity in schizont stages, but no enhancer-like activity. Conclusions The dynamic H3 acetylations define P. falciparum regulatory sequences and contribute to gene activation. These findings expand the knowledge of the chromatin landscape that regulates gene expression in P. falciparum.
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- Jingyi Tang
- Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, 3050, Australia.,School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, Waurn Ponds, VIC, 3216, Australia
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- School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia.,Bio21 Institute, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
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- Bio21 Institute, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia.,Peter Doherty Institute, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
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- Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia.,Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, 3800, Australia
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- Bioinformatics Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Sir Peter MacCallum, Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Bio21 Institute, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia.,Peter Doherty Institute, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, 3050, Australia.,Erlangen University, 91054, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, 3050, Australia. .,Bio21 Institute, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia. .,Peter Doherty Institute, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia. .,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia.
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To persist in their dynamic human host environments, fungal pathogens must sense and adapt by modulating their gene expression to fulfill their cellular needs. Understanding transcriptional regulation on a global scale would uncover cellular processes linked to persistence and virulence mechanisms that could be targeted for antifungal therapeutics. Infections associated with the yeast Candida albicans, a highly prevalent fungal pathogen, and the multiresistant related species Candida auris are becoming a serious public health threat. To define the set of a gene regulated by a transcriptional regulator in C. albicans, chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP)-based techniques, including ChIP with microarray technology (ChIP-chip) or ChIP-DNA sequencing (ChIP-seq), have been widely used. Here, we describe a new set of PCR-based micrococcal nuclease (MNase)-tagging plasmids for C. albicans and other Candida spp. to determine the genome-wide location of any transcriptional regulator of interest using chromatin endogenous cleavage (ChEC) coupled to high-throughput sequencing (ChEC-seq). The ChEC procedure does not require protein-DNA cross-linking or sonication, thus avoiding artifacts related to epitope masking or the hyper-ChIPable euchromatic phenomenon. In a proof-of-concept application of ChEC-seq, we provided a high-resolution binding map of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex, a master regulator of fungal fitness in C. albicans, in addition to the transcription factor Nsi1 that is an ortholog of the DNA-binding protein Reb1 for which genome-wide occupancy was previously established in Saccharomyces cerevisiae The ChEC-seq procedure described here will allow a high-resolution genomic location definition which will enable a better understanding of transcriptional regulatory circuits that govern fungal fitness and drug resistance in these medically important fungi.IMPORTANCE Systemic fungal infections caused by Candida albicans and the "superbug" Candida auris are becoming a serious public health threat. The ability of these yeasts to cause disease is linked to their faculty to modulate the expression of genes that mediate their escape from the immune surveillance and their persistence in the different unfavorable niches within the host. Comprehensive knowledge on gene expression control of fungal fitness is consequently an interesting framework for the identification of essential infection processes that could be hindered by chemicals as potential therapeutics. Here, we expanded the use of ChEC-seq, a technique that was initially developed in the yeast model Saccharomyces cerevisiae to identify genes that are modulated by a transcriptional regulator, in pathogenic yeasts from the genus Candida This robust technique will allow a better characterization of key gene expression regulators and their contribution to virulence and antifungal resistance in these pathogenic yeasts.
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Knoll ER, Zhu ZI, Sarkar D, Landsman D, Morse RH. Kin28 depletion increases association of TFIID subunits Taf1 and Taf4 with promoters in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:4244-4255. [PMID: 32182349 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2019] [Revised: 02/07/2020] [Accepted: 03/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Transcription of eukaryotic mRNA-encoding genes by RNA polymerase II (Pol II) begins with assembly of the pre-initiation complex (PIC), comprising Pol II and the general transcription factors. Although the pathway of PIC assembly is well established, the mechanism of assembly and the dynamics of PIC components are not fully understood. For example, only recently has it been shown that in yeast, the Mediator complex normally occupies promoters only transiently, but shows increased association when Pol II promoter escape is inhibited. Here we show that two subunits of TFIID, Taf1 and Taf4, similarly show increased occupancy as measured by ChIP upon depletion or inactivation of Kin28. In contrast, TBP occupancy is unaffected by depletion of Kin28, thus revealing an uncoupling of Taf and TBP occupancy during the transcription cycle. Increased Taf1 occupancy upon Kin28 depletion is suppressed by depletion of TBP, while depletion of TBP in the presence of Kin28 has little effect on Taf1 occupancy. The increase in Taf occupancy upon depletion of Kin28 is more pronounced at TFIID-dominated promoters compared to SAGA-dominated promoters. Our results support the suggestion, based on recent structural studies, that TFIID may not remain bound to gene promoters through the transcription initiation cycle.
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- Elisabeth R Knoll
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University at Albany School of Public Health, Albany, NY 12201-0509, USA
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- Computational Biology Branch, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY 12201-0509, USA
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- Computational Biology Branch, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University at Albany School of Public Health, Albany, NY 12201-0509, USA.,Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY 12201-0509, USA
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Timmers HTM. SAGA and TFIID: Friends of TBP drifting apart. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2020; 1864:194604. [PMID: 32673655 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2020.194604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2020] [Revised: 07/02/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Transcription initiation constitutes a major checkpoint in gene regulation across all living organisms. Control of chromatin function is tightly linked to this checkpoint, which is best illustrated by the SAGA coactivator. This evolutionary conserved complex of 18-20 subunits was first discovered as a Gcn5p-containing histone acetyltransferase, but it also integrates a histone H2B deubiquitinase. The SAGA subunits are organized in a modular fashion around its central core. Strikingly, this central module of SAGA shares a number of proteins with the central core of the basal transcription factor TFIID. In this review I will compare the SAGA and TFIID complexes with respect to their shared subunits, structural organization, enzymatic activities and chromatin binding. I will place a special emphasis on the ancestry of SAGA and TFIID subunits, which suggests that these complexes evolved to control the activity of TBP (TATA-binding protein) in directing the assembly of transcription initiation complexes.
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- H Th Marc Timmers
- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) partner site Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany; Department of Urology, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Breisacher Straße 66, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.
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Feldmann A, Dimitrova E, Kenney A, Lastuvkova A, Klose RJ. CDK-Mediator and FBXL19 prime developmental genes for activation by promoting atypical regulatory interactions. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:2942-2955. [PMID: 31996894 PMCID: PMC7102981 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2019] [Revised: 01/20/2020] [Accepted: 01/21/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Appropriate developmental gene regulation relies on the capacity of gene promoters to integrate inputs from distal regulatory elements, yet how this is achieved remains poorly understood. In embryonic stem cells (ESCs), a subset of silent developmental gene promoters are primed for activation by FBXL19, a CpG island binding protein, through its capacity to recruit CDK-Mediator. How mechanistically these proteins function together to prime genes for activation during differentiation is unknown. Here we discover that in mouse ESCs FBXL19 and CDK-Mediator support long-range interactions between silent gene promoters that rely on FBXL19 for their induction during differentiation and gene regulatory elements. During gene induction, these distal regulatory elements behave in an atypical manner, in that the majority do not acquire histone H3 lysine 27 acetylation and no longer interact with their target gene promoter following gene activation. Despite these atypical features, we demonstrate by targeted deletions that these distal elements are required for appropriate gene induction during differentiation. Together these discoveries demonstrate that CpG-island associated gene promoters can prime genes for activation by communicating with atypical distal gene regulatory elements to achieve appropriate gene expression.
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- Angelika Feldmann
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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Donczew R, Warfield L, Pacheco D, Erijman A, Hahn S. Two roles for the yeast transcription coactivator SAGA and a set of genes redundantly regulated by TFIID and SAGA. eLife 2020; 9:e50109. [PMID: 31913117 PMCID: PMC6977968 DOI: 10.7554/elife.50109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2019] [Accepted: 01/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Deletions within genes coding for subunits of the transcription coactivator SAGA caused strong genome-wide defects in transcription and SAGA-mediated chromatin modifications. In contrast, rapid SAGA depletion produced only modest transcription defects at 13% of protein-coding genes - genes that are generally more sensitive to rapid TFIID depletion. However, transcription of these 'coactivator-redundant' genes is strongly affected by rapid depletion of both factors, showing the overlapping functions of TFIID and SAGA at this gene set. We suggest that this overlapping function is linked to TBP-DNA recruitment. The remaining 87% of expressed genes that we term 'TFIID-dependent' are highly sensitive to rapid TFIID depletion and insensitive to rapid SAGA depletion. Genome-wide mapping of SAGA and TFIID found binding of both factors at many genes independent of gene class. Promoter analysis suggests that the distinction between the gene classes is due to multiple components rather than any single regulatory factor or promoter sequence motif.
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- Rafal Donczew
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research CenterSeattleUnited States
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research CenterSeattleUnited States
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research CenterSeattleUnited States
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research CenterSeattleUnited States
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research CenterSeattleUnited States
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Klein DC, Hainer SJ. Genomic methods in profiling DNA accessibility and factor localization. Chromosome Res 2019; 28:69-85. [PMID: 31776829 PMCID: PMC7125251 DOI: 10.1007/s10577-019-09619-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2019] [Revised: 10/10/2019] [Accepted: 10/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Recent advancements in next-generation sequencing technologies and accompanying reductions in cost have led to an explosion of techniques to examine DNA accessibility and protein localization on chromatin genome-wide. Generally, accessible regions of chromatin are permissive for factor binding and are therefore hotspots for regulation of gene expression; conversely, genomic regions that are highly occupied by histone proteins are not permissive for factor binding and are less likely to be active regulatory regions. Identifying regions of differential accessibility can be useful to uncover putative gene regulatory regions, such as enhancers, promoters, and insulators. In addition, DNA-binding proteins, such as transcription factors that preferentially bind certain DNA sequences and histone proteins that form the core of the nucleosome, play essential roles in all DNA-templated processes. Determining the genomic localization of chromatin-bound proteins is therefore essential in determining functional roles, sequence motifs important for factor binding, and regulatory networks controlling gene expression. In this review, we discuss techniques for determining DNA accessibility and nucleosome positioning (DNase-seq, FAIRE-seq, MNase-seq, and ATAC-seq) and techniques for detecting and functionally characterizing chromatin-bound proteins (ChIP-seq, DamID, and CUT&RUN). These methods have been optimized to varying degrees of resolution, specificity, and ease of use. Here, we outline some advantages and disadvantages of these techniques, their general protocols, and a brief discussion of their development. Together, these complimentary approaches have provided an unparalleled view of chromatin architecture and functional gene regulation.
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- David C Klein
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA.
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Wang Y, Wang A, Liu Z, Thurman AL, Powers LS, Zou M, Zhao Y, Hefel A, Li Y, Zabner J, Au KF. Single-molecule long-read sequencing reveals the chromatin basis of gene expression. Genome Res 2019; 29:1329-1342. [PMID: 31201211 PMCID: PMC6673713 DOI: 10.1101/gr.251116.119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Accepted: 06/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Genome-wide chromatin accessibility and nucleosome occupancy profiles have been widely investigated, while the long-range dynamics remain poorly studied at the single-cell level. Here, we present a new experimental approach, methyltransferase treatment followed by single-molecule long-read sequencing (MeSMLR-seq), for long-range mapping of nucleosomes and chromatin accessibility at single DNA molecules and thus achieve comprehensive-coverage characterization of the corresponding heterogeneity. MeSMLR-seq offers direct measurements of both nucleosome-occupied and nucleosome-evicted regions on a single DNA molecule, which is challenging for many existing methods. We applied MeSMLR-seq to haploid yeast, where single DNA molecules represent single cells, and thus we could investigate the combinatorics of many (up to 356) nucleosomes at long range in single cells. We illustrated the differential organization principles of nucleosomes surrounding the transcription start site for silent and actively transcribed genes, at the single-cell level and in the long-range scale. The heterogeneous patterns of chromatin status spanning multiple genes were phased. Together with single-cell RNA-seq data, we quantitatively revealed how chromatin accessibility correlated with gene transcription positively in a highly heterogeneous scenario. Moreover, we quantified the openness of promoters and investigated the coupled chromatin changes of adjacent genes at single DNA molecules during transcription reprogramming. In addition, we revealed the coupled changes of chromatin accessibility for two neighboring glucose transporter genes in response to changes in glucose concentration.
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- Yunhao Wang
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.,Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.,Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.,Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.,Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.,Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA.,Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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Kasahara K, Takahata S, Kokubo T. Transcriptional activation is weakened when Taf1p N-terminal domain 1 is substituted with its Drosophila counterpart in yeast TFIID. Genes Genet Syst 2019; 94:51-59. [PMID: 30905891 DOI: 10.1266/ggs.19-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Transcription factor II D (TFIID), a multiprotein complex consisting of TATA-binding protein (TBP) and 13-14 TBP-associated factors (Tafs), plays a central role in transcription and regulates nearly all class II genes. The N-terminal domain of Taf1p (TAND) can be divided into two subdomains, TAND1 and TAND2, which bind to the concave and convex surfaces of TBP, respectively. The interaction between TAND and TBP is thought to be regulated by TFIIA, activators and/or DNA during transcriptional activation, as the TAND1-bound form of TBP cannot bind to the TATA box. We previously demonstrated that Drosophila TAND1 binds to TBP with a much stronger affinity than yeast TAND1 and that the expression levels of full-length chimeric Taf1p, whose TAND1 is replaced with the Drosophila counterpart, can be varied in vivo by substituting several methionine residues downstream of TAND2 with alanine residues in various combinations. In this study, we examined the transcriptional activation of the GAL1-lacZ reporter or endogenous genes such as RNR3 or GAL1 in yeast cells expressing various levels of full-length chimeric Taf1p. The results showed that the substitution of TAND1 with the Drosophila counterpart in yeast TFIID weakened the transcriptional activation of GAL1-lacZ and RNR3 but not that of GAL1. These findings strongly support a model in which TBP must be released efficiently from TAND1 within TFIID upon transcriptional activation.
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- Koji Kasahara
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Agriculture
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University
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- Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University
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Policastro RA, Zentner GE. Enzymatic methods for genome-wide profiling of protein binding sites. Brief Funct Genomics 2019; 17:138-145. [PMID: 29028882 DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elx030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Genome-wide mapping of protein-DNA interactions is a staple approach in many areas of modern molecular biology. Genome-wide profiles of protein-binding sites are most commonly generated by chromatin immunoprecipitation and high-throughput sequencing (ChIP-seq). Although ChIP-seq has played a central role in studying genome-wide protein binding, recent work has highlighted systematic biases in the technique that warrant technical and interpretive caution and underscore the need for orthogonal techniques to both confirm the results of ChIP-seq studies and uncover new insights not accessible to ChIP. Several such techniques, based on genetic or immunological targeting of enzymatic activity to specific genomic loci, have been developed. Here, we review the development, applications and future prospects of these methods as complements to ChIP-based approaches and as powerful techniques in their own right.
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Tourigny JP, Saleh MM, Schumacher K, Devys D, Zentner GE. Mediator Is Essential for Small Nuclear and Nucleolar RNA Transcription in Yeast. Mol Cell Biol 2018; 38:e00296-18. [PMID: 30275344 PMCID: PMC6275182 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00296-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2018] [Revised: 07/13/2018] [Accepted: 09/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Eukaryotic RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) transcribes mRNA genes and non-protein-coding RNA (ncRNA) genes, including those encoding small nuclear and nucleolar RNAs (sn/snoRNAs). In metazoans, RNAPII transcription of sn/snoRNAs is facilitated by a number of specialized complexes, but no such complexes have been discovered in yeast. It has been proposed that yeast sn/snoRNA and mRNA expression relies on a set of common factors, but the extent to which regulators of mRNA genes function at yeast sn/snoRNA genes is unclear. Here, we investigated a potential role for the Mediator complex, essential for mRNA gene transcription, in sn/snoRNA gene transcription. We found that Mediator maps to sn/snoRNA gene regulatory regions and that rapid depletion of the essential structural subunit Med14 strongly reduces RNAPII and TFIIB occupancy as well as nascent transcription of sn/snoRNA genes. Deletion of Med3 and Med15, subunits of the activator-interacting Mediator tail module, does not affect Mediator recruitment to or RNAPII and TFIIB occupancy of sn/snoRNA genes. Our analyses suggest that Mediator promotes PIC formation and transcription at sn/snoRNA genes, expanding the role of this critical regulator beyond its known functions in mRNA gene transcription and demonstrating further mechanistic similarity between the transcription of mRNA and sn/snoRNA genes.
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- Jason P Tourigny
- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France
- UMR7104, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Illkirch, France
- U964, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Illkirch, France
- Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France
- UMR7104, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Illkirch, France
- U964, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Illkirch, France
- Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
- Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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Knoll ER, Zhu ZI, Sarkar D, Landsman D, Morse RH. Role of the pre-initiation complex in Mediator recruitment and dynamics. eLife 2018; 7:39633. [PMID: 30540252 PMCID: PMC6322861 DOI: 10.7554/elife.39633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2018] [Accepted: 12/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The Mediator complex stimulates the cooperative assembly of a pre-initiation complex (PIC) and recruitment of RNA Polymerase II (Pol II) for gene activation. The core Mediator complex is organized into head, middle, and tail modules, and in budding yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), Mediator recruitment has generally been ascribed to sequence-specific activators engaging the tail module triad of Med2-Med3-Med15 at upstream activating sequences (UASs). We show that yeast lacking Med2-Med3-Med15 are viable and that Mediator and PolII are recruited to promoters genome-wide in these cells, albeit at reduced levels. To test whether Mediator might alternatively be recruited via interactions with the PIC, we examined Mediator association genome-wide after depleting PIC components. We found that depletion of Taf1, Rpb3, and TBP profoundly affected Mediator association at active gene promoters, with TBP being critical for transit of Mediator from UAS to promoter, while Pol II and Taf1 stabilize Mediator association at proximal promoters.
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- Elisabeth R Knoll
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany, Albany, United States
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- Computational Biology Branch, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, United States
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, United States
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- Computational Biology Branch, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany, Albany, United States.,Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, United States
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Fischer V, Schumacher K, Tora L, Devys D. Global role for coactivator complexes in RNA polymerase II transcription. Transcription 2018; 10:29-36. [PMID: 30299209 PMCID: PMC6351120 DOI: 10.1080/21541264.2018.1521214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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SAGA and TFIID are related transcription complexes, which were proposed to alternatively deliver TBP at different promoter classes. Recent genome-wide studies in yeast revealed that both complexes are required for the transcription of a vast majority of genes by RNA polymerase II raising new questions about the role of coactivators.
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- Veronique Fischer
- a Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire , Illkirch , France.,b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique , UMR7104 , Illkirch , France.,c Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale , Illkirch , France.,d Université de Strasbourg , Illkirch , France
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- a Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire , Illkirch , France.,b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique , UMR7104 , Illkirch , France.,c Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale , Illkirch , France.,d Université de Strasbourg , Illkirch , France
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- a Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire , Illkirch , France.,b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique , UMR7104 , Illkirch , France.,c Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale , Illkirch , France.,d Université de Strasbourg , Illkirch , France
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- a Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire , Illkirch , France.,b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique , UMR7104 , Illkirch , France.,c Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale , Illkirch , France.,d Université de Strasbourg , Illkirch , France
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Bruzzone MJ, Grünberg S, Kubik S, Zentner GE, Shore D. Distinct patterns of histone acetyltransferase and Mediator deployment at yeast protein-coding genes. Genes Dev 2018; 32:1252-1265. [PMID: 30108132 PMCID: PMC6120713 DOI: 10.1101/gad.312173.118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2018] [Accepted: 06/19/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Here, Bruzzone et al. explore the relative contributions of the transcriptional coactivators Mediator and two histone acetyltransferase (HAT) complexes, NuA4 and SAGA, to RNA polymerase II association at specific genes and gene classes by rapid nuclear depletion of key complex subunits. They show that the NuA4 HAT Esa1 differentially affects certain groups of genes, whereas the SAGA HAT Gcn5 has a weaker but more uniform effect, and their findings suggest that at least three distinct combinations of coactivator deployment are used to generate moderate or high transcription levels. The transcriptional coactivators Mediator and two histone acetyltransferase (HAT) complexes, NuA4 and SAGA, play global roles in transcriptional activation. Here we explore the relative contributions of these factors to RNA polymerase II association at specific genes and gene classes by rapid nuclear depletion of key complex subunits. We show that the NuA4 HAT Esa1 differentially affects certain groups of genes, whereas the SAGA HAT Gcn5 has a weaker but more uniform effect. Relative dependence on Esa1 and Tra1, a shared component of NuA4 and SAGA, distinguishes two large groups of coregulated growth-promoting genes. In contrast, we show that the activity of Mediator is particularly important at a separate, small set of highly transcribed TATA-box-containing genes. Our analysis indicates that at least three distinct combinations of coactivator deployment are used to generate moderate or high transcription levels and suggests that each may be associated with distinct forms of regulation.
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- Maria Jessica Bruzzone
- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Genetics and Genomics in Geneva, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Genetics and Genomics in Geneva, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Genetics and Genomics in Geneva, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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Putlyaev EV, Ibragimov AN, Lebedeva LA, Georgiev PG, Shidlovskii YV. Structure and Functions of the Mediator Complex. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2018; 83:423-436. [PMID: 29626929 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297918040132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Mediator is a key factor in the regulation of expression of RNA polymerase II-transcribed genes. Recent studies have shown that Mediator acts as a coordinator of transcription activation and participates in maintaining chromatin architecture in the cell nucleus. In this review, we present current concepts on the structure and functions of Mediator.
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- E V Putlyaev
- Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119334, Russia.
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Salinero AC, Knoll ER, Zhu ZI, Landsman D, Curcio MJ, Morse RH. The Mediator co-activator complex regulates Ty1 retromobility by controlling the balance between Ty1i and Ty1 promoters. PLoS Genet 2018; 14:e1007232. [PMID: 29462141 PMCID: PMC5834202 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2017] [Revised: 03/02/2018] [Accepted: 01/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The Ty1 retrotransposons present in the genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae belong to the large class of mobile genetic elements that replicate via an RNA intermediary and constitute a significant portion of most eukaryotic genomes. The retromobility of Ty1 is regulated by numerous host factors, including several subunits of the Mediator transcriptional co-activator complex. In spite of its known function in the nucleus, previous studies have implicated Mediator in the regulation of post-translational steps in Ty1 retromobility. To resolve this paradox, we systematically examined the effects of deleting non-essential Mediator subunits on the frequency of Ty1 retromobility and levels of retromobility intermediates. Our findings reveal that loss of distinct Mediator subunits alters Ty1 retromobility positively or negatively over a >10,000-fold range by regulating the ratio of an internal transcript, Ty1i, to the genomic Ty1 transcript. Ty1i RNA encodes a dominant negative inhibitor of Ty1 retromobility that blocks virus-like particle maturation and cDNA synthesis. These results resolve the conundrum of Mediator exerting sweeping control of Ty1 retromobility with only minor effects on the levels of Ty1 genomic RNA and the capsid protein, Gag. Since the majority of characterized intrinsic and extrinsic regulators of Ty1 retromobility do not appear to effect genomic Ty1 RNA levels, Mediator could play a central role in integrating signals that influence Ty1i expression to modulate retromobility. Retrotransposons are mobile genetic elements that copy their RNA genomes into DNA and insert the DNA copies into the host genome. These elements contribute to genome instability, control of host gene expression and adaptation to changing environments. Retrotransposons depend on numerous host factors for their own propagation and control. The retrovirus-like retrotransposon, Ty1, in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been an invaluable model for retrotransposon research, and hundreds of host factors that regulate Ty1 retrotransposition have been identified. Non-essential subunits of the Mediator transcriptional co-activator complex have been identified as one set of host factors implicated in Ty1 regulation. Here, we report a systematic investigation of the effects of loss of these non-essential subunits of Mediator on Ty1 retrotransposition. Our findings reveal a heretofore unknown mechanism by which Mediator influences the balance between transcription from two promoters in Ty1 to modulate expression of an autoinhibitory transcript known as Ty1i RNA. Our results provide new insights into host control of retrotransposon activity via promoter choice and elucidate a novel mechanism by which the Mediator co-activator governs this choice.
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- Alicia C. Salinero
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University at Albany School of Public Health, Albany, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University at Albany School of Public Health, Albany, New York, United States of America
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- Computational Biology Branch, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Computational Biology Branch, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University at Albany School of Public Health, Albany, New York, United States of America
- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, United States of America
- * E-mail: (MJC); (RHM)
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University at Albany School of Public Health, Albany, New York, United States of America
- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, United States of America
- * E-mail: (MJC); (RHM)
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Mechanistic Differences in Transcription Initiation at TATA-Less and TATA-Containing Promoters. Mol Cell Biol 2017; 38:MCB.00448-17. [PMID: 29038161 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00448-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2017] [Accepted: 10/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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A yeast in vitro system was developed that is active for transcription at both TATA-containing and TATA-less promoters. Transcription with extracts made from cells depleted of TFIID subunit Taf1 demonstrated that promoters of both classes are TFIID dependent, in agreement with recent in vivo findings. TFIID depletion can be complemented in vitro by additional recombinant TATA binding protein (TBP) at only the TATA-containing promoters. In contrast, high levels of TBP did not complement Taf1 depletion in vivo and instead repressed transcription from both promoter types. We also demonstrate the importance of the TATA-like sequence found at many TATA-less promoters and describe how the presence or absence of the TATA element is likely not the only feature that distinguishes these two types of promoters.
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Alterations in the regulation of gene expression are frequently associated with developmental diseases or cancer. Transcription activation is a key phenomenon in the regulation of gene expression. In all eukaryotes, mediator of RNA polymerase II transcription (Mediator), a large complex with modular organization, is generally required for transcription by RNA polymerase II, and it regulates various steps of this process. The main function of Mediator is to transduce signals from the transcription activators bound to enhancer regions to the transcription machinery, which is assembled at promoters as the preinitiation complex (PIC) to control transcription initiation. Recent functional studies of Mediator with the use of structural biology approaches and functional genomics have revealed new insights into Mediator activity and its regulation during transcription initiation, including how Mediator is recruited to transcription regulatory regions and how it interacts and cooperates with PIC components to assist in PIC assembly. Novel roles of Mediator in the control of gene expression have also been revealed by showing its connection to the nuclear pore and linking Mediator to the regulation of gene positioning in the nuclear space. Clear links between Mediator subunits and disease have also encouraged studies to explore targeting of this complex as a potential therapeutic approach in cancer and fungal infections.
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- Julie Soutourina
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Institute of Life Sciences Frédéric Joliot, Commissariat à l'énergie Atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University Paris Sud, University Paris Saclay, F-91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Watanabe K, Kokubo T. SAGA mediates transcription from the TATA-like element independently of Taf1p/TFIID but dependent on core promoter structures in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0188435. [PMID: 29176831 PMCID: PMC5703507 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2017] [Accepted: 11/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, core promoters of class II genes contain a TATA element, either a TATA box (TATA[A/T]A[A/T][A/G]) or TATA-like element (1 or 2 bp mismatched version of the TATA box). The TATA element directs the assembly of the preinitiation complex (PIC) to ensure accurate transcriptional initiation. It has been proposed the PIC is assembled by two distinct pathways in which TBP is delivered by TFIID or SAGA, leading to the widely accepted model that these complexes mediate transcription mainly from TATA-like element- or TATA box-containing promoters, respectively. Although both complexes are involved in transcription of nearly all class II genes, it remains unclear how efficiently SAGA mediates transcription from TATA-like element-containing promoters independently of TFIID. We found that transcription from the TATA box-containing AGP1 promoter was greatly stimulated in a Spt3p-dependent manner after inactivation of Taf1p/TFIID. Thus, this promoter provides a novel experimental system in which to evaluate SAGA-mediated transcription from TATA-like element(s). We quantitatively measured transcription from various TATA-like elements in the Taf1p-dependent CYC1 promoter and Taf1p-independent AGP1 promoter. The results revealed that SAGA could mediate transcription from at least some TATA-like elements independently of Taf1p/TFIID, and that Taf1p-dependence or -independence is highly robust with respect to variation of the TATA sequence. Furthermore, chimeric promoter mapping revealed that Taf1p-dependence or independence was conferred by the upstream activating sequence (UAS), whereas Spt3p-dependent transcriptional stimulation after inactivation of Taf1p/TFIID was specific to the AGP1 promoter and dependent on core promoter regions other than the TATA box. These results suggest that TFIID and/or SAGA are regulated in two steps: the UAS first specifies TFIID or SAGA as the predominant factor on a given promoter, and then the core promoter structure guides the pertinent factor to conduct transcription in an appropriate manner.
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- Kiyoshi Watanabe
- Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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Myschyshyn M, Farren-Dai M, Chuang TJ, Vocadlo D. Software for rapid time dependent ChIP-sequencing analysis (TDCA). BMC Bioinformatics 2017; 18:521. [PMID: 29178831 PMCID: PMC5702113 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-017-1936-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2017] [Accepted: 11/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by DNA sequencing (ChIP-seq) and associated methods are widely used to define the genome wide distribution of chromatin associated proteins, post-translational epigenetic marks, and modifications found on DNA bases. An area of emerging interest is to study time dependent changes in the distribution of such proteins and marks by using serial ChIP-seq experiments performed in a time resolved manner. Despite such time resolved studies becoming increasingly common, software to facilitate analysis of such data in a robust automated manner is limited. RESULTS We have designed software called Time-Dependent ChIP-Sequencing Analyser (TDCA), which is the first program to automate analysis of time-dependent ChIP-seq data by fitting to sigmoidal curves. We provide users with guidance for experimental design of TDCA for modeling of time course (TC) ChIP-seq data using two simulated data sets. Furthermore, we demonstrate that this fitting strategy is widely applicable by showing that automated analysis of three previously published TC data sets accurately recapitulates key findings reported in these studies. Using each of these data sets, we highlight how biologically relevant findings can be readily obtained by exploiting TDCA to yield intuitive parameters that describe behavior at either a single locus or sets of loci. TDCA enables customizable analysis of user input aligned DNA sequencing data, coupled with graphical outputs in the form of publication-ready figures that describe behavior at either individual loci or sets of loci sharing common traits defined by the user. TDCA accepts sequencing data as standard binary alignment map (BAM) files and loci of interest in browser extensible data (BED) file format. CONCLUSIONS TDCA accurately models the number of sequencing reads, or coverage, at loci from TC ChIP-seq studies or conceptually related TC sequencing experiments. TC experiments are reduced to intuitive parametric values that facilitate biologically relevant data analysis, and the uncovering of variations in the time-dependent behavior of chromatin. TDCA automates the analysis of TC ChIP-seq experiments, permitting researchers to easily obtain raw and modeled data for specific loci or groups of loci with similar behavior while also enhancing consistency of data analysis of TC data within the genomics field.
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- Mike Myschyshyn
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 Canada
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- Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 Canada
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 Canada
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 Canada
- Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 Canada
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Chereji RV, Bharatula V, Elfving N, Blomberg J, Larsson M, Morozov AV, Broach JR, Björklund S. Mediator binds to boundaries of chromosomal interaction domains and to proteins involved in DNA looping, RNA metabolism, chromatin remodeling, and actin assembly. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:8806-8821. [PMID: 28575439 PMCID: PMC5587782 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2016] [Accepted: 05/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Mediator is a multi-unit molecular complex that plays a key role in transferring signals from transcriptional regulators to RNA polymerase II in eukaryotes. We have combined biochemical purification of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mediator from chromatin with chromatin immunoprecipitation in order to reveal Mediator occupancy on DNA genome-wide, and to identify proteins interacting specifically with Mediator on the chromatin template. Tandem mass spectrometry of proteins in immunoprecipitates of mediator complexes revealed specific interactions between Mediator and the RSC, Arp2/Arp3, CPF, CF 1A and Lsm complexes in chromatin. These factors are primarily involved in chromatin remodeling, actin assembly, mRNA 3′-end processing, gene looping and mRNA decay, but they have also been shown to enter the nucleus and participate in Pol II transcription. Moreover, we have found that Mediator, in addition to binding Pol II promoters, occupies chromosomal interacting domain (CID) boundaries and that Mediator in chromatin associates with proteins that have been shown to interact with CID boundaries, such as Sth1, Ssu72 and histone H4. This suggests that Mediator plays a significant role in higher-order genome organization.
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- Razvan V Chereji
- Division of Developmental Biology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.,Center for Quantitative Biology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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Joo YJ, Ficarro SB, Soares LM, Chun Y, Marto JA, Buratowski S. Downstream promoter interactions of TFIID TAFs facilitate transcription reinitiation. Genes Dev 2017; 31:2162-2174. [PMID: 29203645 PMCID: PMC5749164 DOI: 10.1101/gad.306324.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2017] [Accepted: 11/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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TFIID binds promoter DNA to recruit RNA polymerase II and other basal factors for transcription. Although the TATA-binding protein (TBP) subunit of TFIID is necessary and sufficient for in vitro transcription, the TBP-associated factor (TAF) subunits recognize downstream promoter elements, act as coactivators, and interact with nucleosomes. In yeast nuclear extracts, transcription induces stable TAF binding to downstream promoter DNA, promoting subsequent activator-independent transcription reinitiation. In vivo, promoter responses to TAF mutations correlate with the level of downstream, rather than overall, Taf1 cross-linking. We propose a new model in which TAFs function as reinitiation factors, accounting for the differential responses of promoters to various transcription factor mutations.
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- Yoo Jin Joo
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
- Blais Proteomics Center, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
- Blais Proteomics Center, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Jeronimo C, Robert F. The Mediator Complex: At the Nexus of RNA Polymerase II Transcription. Trends Cell Biol 2017; 27:765-783. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2017.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2017] [Revised: 07/03/2017] [Accepted: 07/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Baptista T, Grünberg S, Minoungou N, Koster MJE, Timmers HTM, Hahn S, Devys D, Tora L. SAGA Is a General Cofactor for RNA Polymerase II Transcription. Mol Cell 2017; 68:130-143.e5. [PMID: 28918903 PMCID: PMC5632562 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2017.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2017] [Revised: 06/28/2017] [Accepted: 08/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Prior studies suggested that SAGA and TFIID are alternative factors that promote RNA polymerase II transcription with about 10% of genes in S. cerevisiae dependent on SAGA. We reassessed the role of SAGA by mapping its genome-wide location and role in global transcription in budding yeast. We find that SAGA maps to the UAS elements of most genes, overlapping with Mediator binding and irrespective of previous designations of SAGA or TFIID-dominated genes. Disruption of SAGA through mutation or rapid subunit depletion reduces transcription from nearly all genes, measured by newly-synthesized RNA. We also find that the acetyltransferase Gcn5 synergizes with Spt3 to promote global transcription and that Spt3 functions to stimulate TBP recruitment at all tested genes. Our data demonstrate that SAGA acts as a general cofactor required for essentially all RNA polymerase II transcription and is not consistent with the previous classification of SAGA and TFIID-dominated genes.
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- Tiago Baptista
- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 67404 Illkirch, France; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, 67404 Illkirch, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U964, 67404 Illkirch, France; Université de Strasbourg, 67404 Illkirch, France
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- Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA; Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris, France
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- Molecular Cancer Research and Stem Cell Section, Regenerative Medicine Center and Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht c/o Hubrecht Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Molecular Cancer Research and Stem Cell Section, Regenerative Medicine Center and Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht c/o Hubrecht Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) partner site Freiburg, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Department of Urology, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 67404 Illkirch, France; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, 67404 Illkirch, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U964, 67404 Illkirch, France; Université de Strasbourg, 67404 Illkirch, France.
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 67404 Illkirch, France; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, 67404 Illkirch, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U964, 67404 Illkirch, France; Université de Strasbourg, 67404 Illkirch, France.
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Warfield L, Ramachandran S, Baptista T, Devys D, Tora L, Hahn S. Transcription of Nearly All Yeast RNA Polymerase II-Transcribed Genes Is Dependent on Transcription Factor TFIID. Mol Cell 2017; 68:118-129.e5. [PMID: 28918900 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2017.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2017] [Revised: 06/28/2017] [Accepted: 08/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Previous studies suggested that expression of most yeast mRNAs is dominated by either transcription factor TFIID or SAGA. We re-examined the role of TFIID by rapid depletion of S. cerevisiae TFIID subunits and measurement of changes in nascent transcription. We find that transcription of nearly all mRNAs is strongly dependent on TFIID function. Degron-dependent depletion of Taf1, Taf2, Taf7, Taf11, and Taf13 showed similar transcription decreases for genes in the Taf1-depleted, Taf1-enriched, TATA-containing, and TATA-less gene classes. The magnitude of TFIID dependence varies with growth conditions, although this variation is similar genome-wide. Many studies have suggested differences in gene-regulatory mechanisms between TATA and TATA-less genes, and these differences have been attributed in part to differential dependence on SAGA or TFIID. Our work indicates that TFIID participates in expression of nearly all yeast mRNAs and that differences in regulation between these two gene categories is due to other properties.
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- Linda Warfield
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 67404 Illkirch, France; UMR7104, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 67404 Illkirch, France; U964, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, 67404 Illkirch, France; Université de Strasbourg, 67404 Illkirch, Cedex, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 67404 Illkirch, France; UMR7104, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 67404 Illkirch, France; U964, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, 67404 Illkirch, France; Université de Strasbourg, 67404 Illkirch, Cedex, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 67404 Illkirch, France; UMR7104, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 67404 Illkirch, France; U964, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, 67404 Illkirch, France; Université de Strasbourg, 67404 Illkirch, Cedex, France
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
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Eychenne T, Werner M, Soutourina J. Toward understanding of the mechanisms of Mediator function in vivo: Focus on the preinitiation complex assembly. Transcription 2017; 8:328-342. [PMID: 28841352 DOI: 10.1080/21541264.2017.1329000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Mediator is a multisubunit complex conserved in eukaryotes that plays an essential coregulator role in RNA polymerase (Pol) II transcription. Despite intensive studies of the Mediator complex, the molecular mechanisms of its function in vivo remain to be fully defined. In this review, we will discuss the different aspects of Mediator function starting with its interactions with specific transcription factors, its recruitment to chromatin and how, as a coregulator, it contributes to the assembly of transcription machinery components within the preinitiation complex (PIC) in vivo and beyond the PIC formation.
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- Thomas Eychenne
- a Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Institute of Life Sciences Frédéric Joliot, CEA, CNRS , Univ. Paris Sud, University Paris Saclay , Gif-sur-Yvette , France.,b Institut Pasteur, (Epi)genomics of Animal Development Unit , Development and Stem Cell Biology Department, CNRS UMR3778 , Paris , France
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- a Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Institute of Life Sciences Frédéric Joliot, CEA, CNRS , Univ. Paris Sud, University Paris Saclay , Gif-sur-Yvette , France
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- a Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Institute of Life Sciences Frédéric Joliot, CEA, CNRS , Univ. Paris Sud, University Paris Saclay , Gif-sur-Yvette , France
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Petrenko N, Jin Y, Wong KH, Struhl K. Evidence that Mediator is essential for Pol II transcription, but is not a required component of the preinitiation complex in vivo. eLife 2017; 6. [PMID: 28699889 PMCID: PMC5529107 DOI: 10.7554/elife.28447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2016] [Accepted: 07/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The Mediator complex has been described as a general transcription factor, but it is unclear if it is essential for Pol II transcription and/or is a required component of the preinitiation complex (PIC) in vivo. Here, we show that depletion of individual subunits, even those essential for cell growth, causes a general but only modest decrease in transcription. In contrast, simultaneous depletion of all Mediator modules causes a drastic decrease in transcription. Depletion of head or middle subunits, but not tail subunits, causes a downstream shift in the Pol II occupancy profile, suggesting that Mediator at the core promoter inhibits promoter escape. Interestingly, a functional PIC and Pol II transcription can occur when Mediator is not detected at core promoters. These results provide strong evidence that Mediator is essential for Pol II transcription and stimulates PIC formation, but it is not a required component of the PIC in vivo. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.28447.001
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- Natalia Petrenko
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School Boston, Boston, United States
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School Boston, Boston, United States
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School Boston, Boston, United States
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Grünberg S, Zentner GE. Genome-wide Mapping of Protein-DNA Interactions with ChEC-seq in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Vis Exp 2017. [PMID: 28605389 DOI: 10.3791/55836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Genome-wide mapping of protein-DNA interactions is critical for understanding gene regulation, chromatin remodeling, and other chromatin-resident processes. Formaldehyde crosslinking followed by chromatin immunoprecipitation and high-throughput sequencing (X-ChIP-seq) has been used to gain many valuable insights into genome biology. However, X-ChIP-seq has notable limitations linked to crosslinking and sonication. Native ChIP avoids these drawbacks by omitting crosslinking, but often results in poor recovery of chromatin-bound proteins. In addition, all ChIP-based methods are subject to antibody quality considerations. Enzymatic methods for mapping protein-DNA interactions, which involve fusion of a protein of interest to a DNA-modifying enzyme, have also been used to map protein-DNA interactions. We recently combined one such method, chromatin endogenous cleavage (ChEC), with high-throughput sequencing as ChEC-seq. ChEC-seq relies on fusion of a chromatin-associated protein of interest to micrococcal nuclease (MNase) to generate targeted DNA cleavage in the presence of calcium in living cells. ChEC-seq is not based on immunoprecipitation and so circumvents potential concerns with crosslinking, sonication, chromatin solubilization, and antibody quality while providing high resolution mapping with minimal background signal. We envision that ChEC-seq will be a powerful counterpart to ChIP, providing an independent means by which to both validate ChIP-seq findings and discover new insights into genomic regulation.
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Mediator is a conserved and essential coactivator complex broadly required for RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) transcription. Recent genome-wide studies of Mediator binding in budding yeast have revealed new insights into the functions of this critical complex and raised new questions about its role in the regulation of gene expression.
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- Sebastian Grünberg
- a Basic Sciences Division , Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center , Seattle , WA , USA
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