Project description:[Gro-seq] Precursor B acute leukemia cells measured using global nuclear run-on sequencing [ChIP-Seq] The genome-wide occupancy of ser2 and ser5 phosphorylated RNA pol2 and H3K4me3 was measured in precursor B acute leukemia cells measured using chip-seq.
Project description:[Gro-seq] Precursor B acute leukemia cells measured using global nuclear run-on sequencing [ChIP-Seq] The genome-wide occupancy of ser2 and ser5 phosphorylated RNA pol2 and H3K4me3 was measured in precursor B acute leukemia cells measured using chip-seq. [Gro-seq] Nascent RNA expression profiles were generated at cells in various basal culture conditions. [ChIP-Seq] Performed from REH and Nalm6 cells cultured under basal culture conditions. Mnase digestion was used for DNA fragmentation. Antibodies against Ser2 and Ser5 phosphorylated RNA polymerase and H3K4me3 compared to input. ****************************** This study includes reanalysis of Samples in Series GSE39878 (GSM980645, GSM980644), GSE60454 (GSM1480326), and GSE41009 (GSM1006728, GSM100672). The processed data files for the reanalyses are linked to GSE67540 as supplementary files (see the GSE67540_README.txt file for additional information).
Project description:In budding yeast, Set2 catalyzes di- and trimethylation of H3K36 (H3K36me2 and H3K36me3) via an interaction between its SRI domain and C-terminal repeats of RNA polymerase II (Pol2) phosphorylated at Ser2 and Ser5 (CTD-S2,5-P). H3K36me2 recruits the Rpd3S histone deacetylase complex to repress cryptic transcription from transcribed regions. In fission yeast, Set2 is also responsible for H3K36 methylation, which represses a subset of RNAs including heterochromatic and subtelomeric RNAs, at least in part via recruitment of Clr6 complex II, a homolog of Rpd3S. Here, we show that CTD-S2Pâdependent interaction of fission yeast Set2 with Pol2 via the SRI domain is required for formation of H3K36me3, but not H3K36me2. H3K36me3 silenced heterochromatic and subtelomeric transcripts through post-transcriptional and transcriptional mechanisms, respectively, whereas H3K36me2 did not. Clr6 complex II appeared not to be responsible for heterochromatic silencing. Our results demonstrate that H3K36 methylation has multiple outputs in fission yeast; these findings provide insight into the multiple roles of H3K36 methylation in metazoans, which have different enzymes for synthesis of H3K36me1/2 and H3K36me3. Gene expression profile at exponentially-growing phase.in the fission yeast deletion mutants of set2.
Project description:Binding of Brg1, Sall1, H3K4me1, H3K27ac, and RNA Pol2 Ser2 to chromatin was measured by performing ChIP-seq in E16.5 wild type kidney.
Project description:E2F-2 is a retinoblastoma (Rb)-regulated transcription factor induced during terminal erythroid maturation. Cyclin E-mediated Rb hyperphosphorylation induces E2F transcriptional activator functions. We previously reported that deregulated cyclin E activity causes defective terminal maturation of nucleated erythroblasts in vivo Here, we found that these defects are normalized by E2F-2 deletion; however, anemia in mice with deregulated cyclin E is not improved by E2F-2-loss, which itself causes reduced peripheral red blood cell (RBC) counts without altering relative abundances of erythroblast subpopulations. To determine how E2F-2 regulates RBC production, we comprehensively studied erythropoiesis using knockout mice and hematopoietic progenitors. We found that efficient stress erythropoiesis in vivo requires E2F-2, and we also identified an unappreciated role for E2F-2 in erythroblast enucleation. In particular, E2F-2 deletion impairs nuclear condensation, a morphological feature of maturing erythroblasts. Transcriptome profiling of E2F-2-null, mature erythroblasts demonstrated widespread changes in gene expression. Notably, we identified citron Rho-interacting kinase (CRIK), which has known functions in mitosis and cytokinesis, as induced in erythroblasts in an E2F-2-dependent manner, and we found that CRIK activity promotes efficient erythroblast enucleation and nuclear condensation. Together, our data reveal novel, lineage-specific functions for E2F-2 and suggest that some mitotic kinases have specialized roles supporting enucleation of maturing erythroblasts.
Project description:In budding yeast, Set2 catalyzes di- and trimethylation of H3K36 (H3K36me2 and H3K36me3) via an interaction between its SRI domain and C-terminal repeats of RNA polymerase II (Pol2) phosphorylated at Ser2 and Ser5 (CTD-S2,5-P). H3K36me2 recruits the Rpd3S histone deacetylase complex to repress cryptic transcription from transcribed regions. In fission yeast, Set2 is also responsible for H3K36 methylation, which represses a subset of RNAs including heterochromatic and subtelomeric RNAs, at least in part via recruitment of Clr6 complex II, a homolog of Rpd3S. Here, we show that CTD-S2P–dependent interaction of fission yeast Set2 with Pol2 via the SRI domain is required for formation of H3K36me3, but not H3K36me2. H3K36me3 silenced heterochromatic and subtelomeric transcripts through post-transcriptional and transcriptional mechanisms, respectively, whereas H3K36me2 did not. Clr6 complex II appeared not to be responsible for heterochromatic silencing. Our results demonstrate that H3K36 methylation has multiple outputs in fission yeast; these findings provide insight into the multiple roles of H3K36 methylation in metazoans, which have different enzymes for synthesis of H3K36me1/2 and H3K36me3.
Project description:Chromatin Immunoprecipitation in JTY1, SHY546, BY4743, and Bur1as strains using antibodies against RNA Pol II (RPB3) and its 3 phosphorylation states Ser2-P, Ser5-P, and Ser7-P, with and without inhibition with small molecule inhibitors.
Project description:TSPO2 (translocator protein 2) is a transmembrane protein specifically expressed in late erythroblasts and has been postulated to mediate intracellular redistribution of cholesterol. We identified TSPO2 as the causative gene for the HK (high-K+) trait with immature red cell phenotypes in dogs and investigated the effects of the TSPO2 defects on erythropoiesis in HK dogs with the TSPO2 mutation and Tspo2 knockout (Tspo2 -/-) mouse models. Bone marrow-derived erythroblasts from HK dogs showed increased binucleated and apoptotic cells at various stages of maturation and shed large nuclei with incomplete condensation when cultured in the presence of erythropoietin, indicating impaired maturation and cytokinesis. The canine TSPO2 induces cholesterol accumulation in the endoplasmic reticulum and could thereby regulate cholesterol availability by changing intracellular cholesterol distribution in erythroblasts. Tspo2 -/- mice consistently showed impaired cytokinesis with increased binucleated erythroblasts, resulting in compensated anemia, and their red cell membranes had increased Na,K-ATPase, resembling the HK phenotype in dogs. Tspo2-deficient mouse embryonic stem cell-derived erythroid progenitor (MEDEP) cells exhibited similar morphological defects associated with a cell-cycle arrest at the G2/M phase, resulting in decreased cell proliferation and had a depletion in intracellular unesterified and esterified cholesterol. When the terminal maturation was induced, Tspo2 -/- MEDEP cells showed delays in hemoglobinization; maturation-associated phenotypic changes in CD44, CD71, and TER119 expression; and cell-cycle progression. Taken together, these findings imply that TSPO2 is essential for coordination of maturation and proliferation of erythroblasts during normal erythropoiesis.