High-resolution RNA allelotyping along the inactive X chromosome: evidence of RNA polymerase III in regulating chromatin configuration.
Sci Rep
; 7: 45460, 2017 04 03.
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ABSTRACT
We carried out padlock capture, a high-resolution RNA allelotyping method, to study X chromosome inactivation (XCI). We examined the gene reactivation pattern along the inactive X (Xi), after Xist (X-inactive specific transcript), a prototype long non-coding RNA essential for establishing X chromosome inactivation (XCI) in early embryos, is conditionally deleted from Xi in somatic cells (Xi∆Xist). We also monitored the behaviors of X-linked non-coding transcripts before and after XCI. In each mutant cell line, gene reactivation occurs to ~6% genes along Xi∆Xist in a recognizable pattern. Genes with upstream regions enriched for SINEs are prone to be reactivated. SINE is a class of retrotransposon transcribed by RNA polymerase III (Pol III). Intriguingly, a significant fraction of Pol III transcription from non-coding regions is not subjected to Xist-mediated transcriptional silencing. Pol III inhibition affects gene reactivation status along Xi∆Xist, alters chromatin configuration and interferes with the establishment XCI during in vitro differentiation of ES cells. These results suggest that Pol III transcription is involved in chromatin structure re-organization during the onset of XCI and functions as a general mechanism regulating chromatin configuration in mammalian cells.
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Assunto principal:
Cromossomo X
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RNA Polimerase III
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Cromatina
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Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Sci Rep
Ano de publicação:
2017
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Article
País de afiliação:
Singapura