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Published on: March 2, 2018
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PCGF3/5-PRC1 inicia el reclutamiento de policombos en la inactivación del cromosoma X
Mafalda Almeida1, Greta Pintacuda1, Osamu Masui2
1Developmental Epigenetics, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK.
Resumen
El complejo RING finger 3/5 (PCGF3/5) -PRC1 no canónico del grupo Polycomb inicia el reclutamiento de complejos represivos de Polycomb por el ARN Xist, crucial para el silenciamiento de genes y el desarrollo embrionario.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La epigenética
- Biología molecular
- La genética
Sus antecedentes:
- Los ARN largos no codificantes, como el ARN Xist, regulan la cromatina.
- Los complejos represivos policombos (PRC1 y PRC2) son reguladores epigenéticos clave.
- El ARN xisto recluta PRC1 y PRC2 para el silenciamiento de genes.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar el mecanismo de reclutamiento inicial de PRC1 y PRC2 por el ARN Xist.
- Para aclarar el papel de los complejos de Polycomb no canónicos en la represión génica mediada por Xist.
Principales métodos:
- Estudios de eliminación genética (Pcgf3/5).
- Análisis de la modificación de las histonas (ubicuidad H2A, metilación H3K27).
- Análisis de la represión genética mediada por ARN Xist.
Principales resultados:
- El complejo PCGF3/5-PRC1 no canónico inicia el reclutamiento de PRC1 y PRC2 por el ARN Xist.
- La ubicuidad de H2AK119 mediada por PCGF3/5-PRC1 señala un mayor reclutamiento de PRC.
- El nocaut de Pcgf3/5 causa letalidad embrionaria y anula el silenciamiento genético mediado por Xist.
Conclusiones:
- El complejo PCGF3/5-PRC1 es esencial para el reclutamiento de Polycomb mediado por ARN Xist y el silenciamiento de genes.
- La ubicuidad de la histona H2AK119 inicia la formación del dominio Polycomb in vivo.
- Los hallazgos desafían los modelos existentes de reclutamiento de Polycomb por ARN Xist.
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