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Project description:Heterochromatin, a densely packed chromatin state that is transcriptionally silent, is a critical regulator of gene expression. However, it is unclear how the repressive histone modification H4K20me3 or the histone methyltransferase SUV420H2 regulates embryonic stem (ES) cell fate by patterning the epigenetic landscape. Here, we report that depletion of SUV420H2 leads to a near-complete loss of H4K20me3 genome wide, dysregulated gene expression and delayed ES cell differentiation. SUV420H2-bound regions are enriched with repetitive DNA elements, which are de-repressed in SUV420H2 knockout ES cells. Moreover, SUV420H2 regulation of H4K20me3-marked heterochromatin controls chromatin architecture, including fine-scale chromatin interactions in pluripotent ES cells. Our results indicate that SUV420H2 plays a crucial role in stabilizing the three-dimensional chromatin landscape of ES cells, as loss of SUV420H2 resulted in A/B compartment switching, perturbed chromatin insulation, and altered chromatin interactions of pericentric heterochromatin and surrounding regions, indicative of localized decondensation. In addition, depletion of SUV420H2 resulted in compromised interactions between H4K20me3 and gene-regulatory regions. Together, these findings describe a new role for SUV420H2 in regulating the chromatin landscape of ES cells.
| S-EPMC7725612 | biostudies-literature
Project description:Heterochromatin, which is a densely packed chromatin state that is transcriptionally silent, is a critical regulator of gene expression. However, it is unclear how the repressive histone modification, H4K20me3, or the histone methyltransferase, SUV420H2, regulate embryonic stem (ES) cell fate by patterning the epigenetic landscape. Here, we report that depletion of SUV420H2 leads to a near complete loss of H4K20me3 genome-wide, dysregulated gene expression, and delayed ES cell differentiation. SUV420H2-bound regions are enriched with repetitive DNA elements, which are de-repressed in SUV420H2 knockout ES cells. Moreover, SUV420H2 regulation of H4K20me3-marked heterochromatin controls chromatin architecture, including fine-scale interactions between gene regulatory elements in pluripotent ES cells. SUV420H2 plays a critical role in stabilizing the three-dimensional (3D) chromatin landscape of ES cells, where loss of SUV420H2 results in A/B compartment switching, perturbed chromatin insulation, and altered chromatin interactions of pericentric heterochromatin, indicative of localized decondensation. In addition, depletion of SUV420H2 resulted in compromised interactions between H4K20me3 and gene regulatory regions. Together, these findings describe a novel role for SUV420H2 in regulating the chromatin landscape of ES cells.
2020-11-13 | GSE130696 | GEO
Project description:Heterochromatin, which is a densely packed chromatin state that is transcriptionally silent, is a critical regulator of gene expression. However, it is unclear how the repressive histone modification, H4K20me3, or the histone methyltransferase, SUV420H2, regulate embryonic stem (ES) cell fate by patterning the epigenetic landscape. Here, we report that depletion of SUV420H2 leads to a near complete loss of H4K20me3 genome-wide, dysregulated gene expression, and delayed ES cell differentiation. SUV420H2-bound regions are enriched with repetitive DNA elements, which are de-repressed in SUV420H2 knockout ES cells. Moreover, SUV420H2 regulation of H4K20me3-marked heterochromatin controls chromatin architecture, including fine-scale interactions between gene regulatory elements in pluripotent ES cells. SUV420H2 plays a critical role in stabilizing the three-dimensional (3D) chromatin landscape of ES cells, where loss of SUV420H2 results in A/B compartment switching, perturbed chromatin insulation, and altered chromatin interactions of pericentric heterochromatin, indicative of localized decondensation. In addition, depletion of SUV420H2 resulted in compromised interactions between H4K20me3 and gene regulatory regions. Together, these findings describe a novel role for SUV420H2 in regulating the chromatin landscape of ES cells.
2020-11-13 | GSE130723 | GEO
Project description:H4K20me3 methyltransferase SUV420H2 shapes the three-dimensional chromatin landscape of pluripotent embryonic stem cells
| PRJNA541178 | ENA
Project description:H4K20me3 methyltransferase SUV420H2 shapes the three-dimensional chromatin landscape of pluripotent embryonic stem cells [RNA-seq]
| PRJNA541013 | ENA
Project description:H4K20me3 methyltransferase SUV420H2 shapes the chromatin landscape of pluripotent embryonic stem cells
| PRJNA541180 | ENA
Project description:Heterochromatin, which is a densely packed chromatin state that is transcriptionally silent, is a critical regulator of gene expression. However, it is unclear how the repressive histone modification, H4K20me3, or the histone methyltransferase, SUV420H2, regulate embryonic stem (ES) cell fate by patterning the epigenetic landscape. Here, we observed a near complete genome-wide loss of H4K20me3 in SUV420H2 depleted ES cells, suggesting that SUV420H enzymes are paramount for establishing global H4K20me3 domains. We also found that SUV0420H2-bound regions are enriched with repetitive DNA elements. Together, these findings describe a novel role for SUV420H2 in regulating the chromatin landscape of ES cells.
2020-11-13 | GSE130721 | GEO
Project description:H4K20me3 methyltransferase SUV420H2 regulates pluripotent embryonic stem cells [ChIP-seq]
| PRJNA541174 | ENA
Project description:BackgroundDuring meiosis of mammalian cells, chromatin undergoes drastic reorganization. However, the dynamics of the three-dimensional (3D) chromatin structure during the development of female germline stem cells (FGSCs) are poorly understood.MethodsThe high-throughput chromosome conformation capture technique was used to probe the 3D structure of chromatin in mouse germ cells at each stage of FGSC development.ResultsThe global 3D genome was dramatically reorganized during FGSC development. In topologically associating domains, the chromatin structure was weakened in germinal vesicle stage oocytes and still present in meiosis I stage oocytes but had vanished in meiosis II oocytes. This switch between topologically associating domains was related to the biological process of FGSC development. Moreover, we constructed a landscape of chromosome X organization, which showed that the X chromosome occupied a smaller proportion of the active (A) compartment than the autosome during FGSC development. By comparing the high-order chromatin structure between female and male germline development, we found that 3D genome organization was remodelled by two different potential mechanisms during gamete development, in which interchromosomal interactions, compartments, and topologically associating domain were decreased during FGSC development but reorganized and recovered during spermatogenesis. Finally, we identified conserved chromatin structures between FGSC development and early embryonic development.ConclusionsThese results provide a valuable resource to characterize chromatin organization and for further studies of FGSC development.
| S-EPMC9214757 | biostudies-literature
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| S-EPMC3580883 | biostudies-other