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变体PRC1复合体依赖的H2A无处不在驱动PRC2的招募和多组域形成

Neil P Blackledge¹, Anca M Farcas¹, Takashi Kondo²

¹Laboratory of Chromatin Biology and Transcription, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QU, UK.

|May 27, 2014

概括

聚合体抑制复合体1 (PRC1) 修改H2AK119ub1招募聚合体抑制复合体2 (PRC2) 启动基因沉默. 这种依赖于PRC1的机制对于多组域形成和胚胎发育至关重要.

科学领域:

表观遗传学和基因调控
染色体生物学染色体生物学
发育生物学发展生物学

背景情况:

多胞体抑制综合体 (PRC1和PRC2) 是基因表达,细胞分化和发育的关键表观遗传调节者.
控制PRC1和PRC2招募目标位点的精确机制以及它们在建立抑制性染色体域中的协作功能尚未完全阐明.
目前的模型表明一个层次的招募途径,其中PRC2,通过H3K27三甲基化 (H3K27me3),先于PRC1结合.

研究的目的:

研究PRC1和PRC2在建立多镇压领域中的招募机制.
阐明特定的PRC1变体及其相关修改在准PRC2.2中的作用.
确定这种新的招募途径对胚胎发育的体内意义.

主要方法:

在小鼠胚胎干细胞中使用了de novo准试验来研究复杂的招募.
采用基因废除实验来评估特定复合体和向因素的必要性.
分析的染色质修饰,包括H2AK119无化 (H2AK119ub1) 和H3K27三甲基化 (H3K27me3).

主要成果:

证明PRC1介导的H2AK119ub1可以先于PRC2并招募PRC2,导致H3K27me3沉积和多组域启动,从而挑战了既定的等级模型.
确定这种依赖PRC1的招聘是针对变异PRC1复合体的.
表明,通过KDM2B将PCGF1/PRC1复合体变异向CpG岛屿,对于多组域形成和正常小鼠发育至关重要.

结论:

建立了一个新的,PRC1依赖的机制,用于启动多组域,扭转了以前假定的PRC复杂招聘顺序.
突出了PRC1复合体变异的关键作用,特别是KDM2B准的PCGF1/PRC1,在将PRC2引导到CPG岛屿等特定的基因组位置方面发挥了关键作用.
提供了对控制多组 (PcG) 目标体内识别和调节的表观遗传逻辑的新见解,这对理解发育和疾病有意义.

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