Kulikova Tatiana, Surkova Anna, Zlotina Anna, Krasikova Alla
Saint Petersburg State University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
Mol Cytogenet. 2020 Aug 3;13:32. doi: 10.1186/s13039-020-00496-0. eCollection 2020.
The epigenetic regulation of genome is crucial for implementation of the genetic program of ontogenesis through establishing and maintaining differential gene expression. Thus mapping of various epigenetic modifications to the genome is relevant for studying the regulation of gene expression. Giant transcriptionally active lampbrush chromosomes are an established tool for high resolution physical mapping of the genome and its epigenetic modifications. This study is aimed at characterizing the epigenetic status of compact chromatin domains (chromomeres) of chicken lampbrush macrochromosomes.
Distribution of three epigenetic modifications - 5-methylcytosine, histone H3 trimethylated at lysine 9 and hyperacetylated histone H4 - along the axes of chicken lampbrush chromosomes 1-4, Z and W was analyzed in details. Enrichment of chromatin domains with the investigated epigenetic modifications was indicated on the cytological chromomere-loop maps for corresponding chicken lampbrush chromosomes. Heterogeneity in the distribution of 5-methylcytosine and histone H3 trimethylated at lysine 9 along the chromosome axes was revealed.
On examples of certain chromomeres of chicken lampbrush chromosomes 1, 3, 4 and W we demonstrated that a combination of immunofluorescent staining and fluorescence in situ hybridization allows to relate the epigenetic status and a DNA sequence context of individual chromomeres.
基因组的表观遗传调控对于通过建立和维持基因表达差异来实现个体发育的遗传程序至关重要。因此,将各种表观遗传修饰定位到基因组上与研究基因表达调控相关。巨大的转录活跃灯刷染色体是用于基因组及其表观遗传修饰的高分辨率物理图谱绘制的既定工具。本研究旨在表征鸡灯刷大染色体的紧密染色质结构域(染色粒)的表观遗传状态。
详细分析了三种表观遗传修饰——5-甲基胞嘧啶、赖氨酸9位点三甲基化的组蛋白H3和高乙酰化组蛋白H4——在鸡灯刷染色体1-4、Z和W轴上的分布。在相应鸡灯刷染色体的细胞学染色粒-袢环图谱上显示了具有所研究表观遗传修饰的染色质结构域的富集情况。揭示了5-甲基胞嘧啶和赖氨酸9位点三甲基化的组蛋白H3在染色体轴上分布的异质性。
以鸡灯刷染色体1、3、4和W的某些染色粒为例,我们证明免疫荧光染色和荧光原位杂交相结合能够将单个染色粒的表观遗传状态与DNA序列背景联系起来。