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果蝇 CTCF 串联排列与其他绝缘子蛋白在 H3K27me3 结构域的边界处。

Drosophila CTCF tandemly aligns with other insulator proteins at the borders of H3K27me3 domains.

机构信息

Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.

出版信息

Genome Res. 2012 Nov;22(11):2176-87. doi: 10.1101/gr.136788.111. Epub 2012 Jun 21.

Abstract

Several multiprotein DNA complexes capable of insulator activity have been identified in Drosophila melanogaster, yet only CTCF, a highly conserved zinc finger protein, and the transcription factor TFIIIC have been shown to function in mammals. CTCF is involved in diverse nuclear activities, and recent studies suggest that the proteins with which it associates and the DNA sequences that it targets may underlie these various roles. Here we show that the Drosophila homolog of CTCF (dCTCF) aligns in the genome with other Drosophila insulator proteins such as Suppressor of Hairy wing [SU(HW)] and Boundary Element Associated Factor of 32 kDa (BEAF-32) at the borders of H3K27me3 domains, which are also enriched for associated insulator proteins and additional cofactors. RNAi depletion of dCTCF and combinatorial knockdown of gene expression for other Drosophila insulator proteins leads to a reduction in H3K27me3 levels within repressed domains, suggesting that insulators are important for the maintenance of appropriate repressive chromatin structure in Polycomb (Pc) domains. These results shed new insights into the roles of insulators in chromatin domain organization and support recent models suggesting that insulators underlie interactions important for Pc-mediated repression. We reveal an important relationship between dCTCF and other Drosophila insulator proteins and speculate that vertebrate CTCF may also align with other nuclear proteins to accomplish similar functions.

摘要

已经在果蝇中鉴定出了几种能够发挥绝缘子活性的多蛋白 DNA 复合物,但只有 CTCF(一种高度保守的锌指蛋白)和转录因子 TFIIIC 被证明在哺乳动物中具有功能。CTCF 参与多种核活动,最近的研究表明,与其相关的蛋白质和它靶向的 DNA 序列可能是这些各种作用的基础。在这里,我们表明果蝇 CTCF(dCTCF)在基因组中的排列与其他果蝇绝缘子蛋白(如 Suppressor of Hairy wing [SU(HW)]和 32 kDa 的边界元件相关因子(BEAF-32)一样,位于 H3K27me3 结构域的边界处,这些区域也富含相关的绝缘子蛋白和其他辅助因子。dCTCF 的 RNAi 耗竭和其他果蝇绝缘子蛋白的组合基因表达敲低导致被抑制结构域内的 H3K27me3 水平降低,这表明绝缘子对于维持 Polycomb(Pc)结构域中适当的抑制性染色质结构很重要。这些结果为绝缘子在染色质结构域组织中的作用提供了新的见解,并支持了最近的模型,即绝缘子是 Pc 介导的抑制作用的重要相互作用的基础。我们揭示了 dCTCF 与其他果蝇绝缘子蛋白之间的重要关系,并推测脊椎动物 CTCF 也可能与其他核蛋白排列在一起以完成类似的功能。

https://cdn.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/blobs/29bf/3483547/87def73dd96a/2176fig1.jpg

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