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Project description:Zygotic genome activation (ZGA) is an impressed biological event following fertilization during early embryo development. Precise reprogramming of epigenetic modifications (e.g. histone H3 lysine 27 acetylation, H3K27ac) have been found contribute to safeguard ZGA in zebrafish and Drosophila, but the dynamic of H3K27ac and the underlying regulation mechanism in mammal embryos are still enigmatic yet. As the main erasers for histone acetylation, histone deacetylase 1 and 2 (HDAC1 and HDAC2) are reported essential for mouse oogenesis and embryo lineage development, while it is unclear if they are functional for ZGA. Here, we observed significant global decrease of H3K27ac during ZGA in both mouse and bovine embryos, and accumulation of HDAC1/2 is responsible for the decline of H3K27ac. Repression of HDAC1/2 by dominant negative mutation led to arrested development at late 2-cell stage in mouse embryos, accompanied by downregulation of genes supposed to be expressed during ZGA. ChIP-seq revealed abnormal distribution of H3K27ac, and DUX participates in H3K27ac aberrant hyper-acetylation in embryos overexpressed mutant HDAC1/2. Moreover, suppression of HDAC1/2 also restrains H3K4me3 removal at gene body regions via impeding expression of KDM5s during mouse ZGA, and compensatory exogenous Kdm5b mRNA can fix the exceeding H3K4me3 and failed ZGA. Intriguingly, function of HDAC1/2 seems to be conservative between mouse and bovine embryos. Together, this study reveals that HDAC1/2 is indispensable for mouse and bovine ZGA via regulating distribution of H3K27ac and H3K4me3.
2022-05-21 | GSE182554 | GEO
Project description:Zygotic genome activation (ZGA) is an impressed biological event following fertilization during early embryo development. Precise reprogramming of epigenetic modifications (e.g. histone H3 lysine 27 acetylation, H3K27ac) have been found contribute to safeguard ZGA in zebrafish and Drosophila, but the dynamic of H3K27ac and the underlying regulation mechanism in mammal embryos are still enigmatic yet. As the main erasers for histone acetylation, histone deacetylase 1 and 2 (HDAC1 and HDAC2) are reported essential for mouse oogenesis and embryo lineage development, while it is unclear if they are functional for ZGA. Here, we observed significant global decrease of H3K27ac during ZGA in both mouse and bovine embryos, and accumulation of HDAC1/2 is responsible for the decline of H3K27ac. Repression of HDAC1/2 by dominant negative mutation led to arrested development at late 2-cell stage in mouse embryos, accompanied by downregulation of genes supposed to be expressed during ZGA. ChIP-seq revealed abnormal distribution of H3K27ac, and DUX participates in H3K27ac aberrant hyper-acetylation in embryos overexpressed mutant HDAC1/2. Moreover, suppression of HDAC1/2 also restrains H3K4me3 removal at gene body regions via impeding expression of KDM5s during mouse ZGA, and compensatory exogenous Kdm5b mRNA can fix the exceeding H3K4me3 and failed ZGA. Intriguingly, function of HDAC1/2 seems to be conservative between mouse and bovine embryos. Together, this study reveals that HDAC1/2 is indispensable for mouse and bovine ZGA via regulating distribution of H3K27ac and H3K4me3.
2022-05-21 | GSE182553 | GEO
Project description:HDAC1/2 is indispensable for mouse and bovine ZGA via regulating distribution of H3K27ac and H3K4me3
| PRJNA756787 | ENA
Project description:HDAC1/2 is indispensable for mouse and bovine ZGA via regulating distribution of H3K27ac and H3K4me3 [ChIP-seq]
| PRJNA756788 | ENA
Project description:HDAC1/2 is indispensable for mouse and bovine ZGA via regulating distribution of H3K27ac and H3K4me3 [RNA-seq]
| PRJNA756789 | ENA
Project description:Background. Recent epigenomic studies have shown that the length of a DNA region covered by an epigenetic mark is not just a byproduct of the assaying technologies and has functional implications for that locus. For example, expanded regions of DNA sequences that are marked by enhancer-specific histone modifications, such as acetylation of histone H3 lysine 27 (H3K27ac) domains coincide with cell-specific enhancers, known as super or stretch enhancers. Similarly, promoters of genes critical for cell-specific functions are marked by expanded H3K4me3 domains in the cognate cell type, and these can span DNA regions from 4-5kb up to 40-50kb in length. These expanded H3K4me3 domains are known as buffer domains or super promoters. Methods. To ask what correlates with-and potentially regulates-the length of loci marked with these two important histone marks, H3K4me3 and H3K27ac, we built Random Forest regression models. With these models, we computationally identified genomic and epigenomic patterns that are predictive for the length of these marks in seven ENCODE cell lines. Results. We found that certain epigenetic marks and transcription factors explain the variability of the length of H3K4me3 and H3K27ac marks across different cell types, which implies that the lengths of these two epigenetic marks are tightly regulated in a given cell type. Our source code for the regression models and data can be found at our GitHub page: https://github.com/zubekj/broad_peaks. Discussion. Our Random Forest based regression models enabled us to estimate the individual contribution of different epigenetic marks and protein binding patterns to the length of H3K4me3 and H3K27ac deposition patterns, therefore potentially revealing genomic signatures at cell specific regulatory elements.
| S-EPMC4793332 | biostudies-literature
Project description:BACKGROUND: Histone modification is an epigenetic mechanism that influences gene regulation in eukaryotes. In particular, histone modifications in CpG islands (CGIs) are associated with different chromatin states and with transcription activity. Changes in gene expression play a crucial role in adaptation and evolution. RESULTS: In this paper, we have studied, using a computational biology approach, the relationship between histone modifications in CGIs and selective pressure in Homo sapiens. We considered three histone modifications: histone H3 lysine 4 trimethylation (H3K4me3), histone H3 lysine 27 acetylation (H3K27ac) and histone H3 lysine 36 trimethylation (H3K36me3), and we used the publicly available genomic-scale histone modification data of thirteen human cell lines. To define regions under selective pressure, we used three distinct signatures that mark selective events from different evolutionary periods. We found that CGIs under selective pressure showed significant enrichments for histone modifications. CONCLUSION: Our result suggests that, CGIs that have undergone selective events are characterized by epigenetic signatures, in particular, histone modifications that are distinct from CGIs with no evidence of selection.
| S-EPMC3711888 | biostudies-other
Project description:Transcriptionally active chromatin is marked by tri-methylation of histone H3 at lysine 4 (H3K4me3) located after first exons and around transcription start sites. This epigenetic mark is typically restricted to narrow regions at the 5`end of the gene body, though a small subset of genes have a broad H3K4me3 domain which extensively covers the coding region. Although most studies focus on the H3K4me3 mark, the broad H3K4me3 domain is associated with a plethora of histone modifications (e.g., H3 acetylated at K27) and is therein termed broad epigenetic domain. Genes marked with the broad epigenetic domain are involved in cell identity and essential cell functions and have clinical potential as biomarkers for patient stratification. Reducing expression of genes with the broad epigenetic domain may increase the metastatic potential of cancer cells. Enhancers and super-enhancers interact with the broad epigenetic domain marked genes forming a hub of interactions involving nucleosome-depleted regions. Together, the regulatory elements coalesce with transcription factors, chromatin modifying/remodeling enzymes, coactivators, and the Mediator and/or Integrator complex into a transcription factory which may be analogous to a liquid-liquid phase-separated condensate. The broad epigenetic domain has a dynamic chromatin structure which supports frequent transcription bursts. In this review, we present the current knowledge of broad epigenetic domains.
| S-EPMC8264473 | biostudies-literature
Project description:Wild house mice form social hierarchies with aggressive males defending territories, in which females, young mice and submissive adult males share nests. In contrast, socially excluded males are barred from breeding groups, have numerous bite wounds and patches of thinning fur. Since their feeding times are often disrupted, we investigated whether social exclusion leads to changes in epigenetic marks of metabolic genes in liver tissue. We used chromatin immunoprecipitation and quantitative PCR to measure enrichment of two activating histone marks at 15 candidate loci. The epigenetic profiles of healthy males sampled from nest boxes differed significantly from the profiles of ostracized males caught outside of nests and showing bite wounds indicative of social exclusion. Enrichment of histone-3 lysine-4 trimethylation (H3K4me3) changed significantly at genes Cyp4a14, Gapdh, Nr3c1, Pck1, Ppara, and Sqle. Changes at histone-3 lysine-27 acetylation (H3K27ac) marks were detected at genes Fasn, Nr3c1, and Plin5. A principal components analysis separated the socialized from the ostracized mice. This was independent of body weight for the H3K4me3 mark, and partially dependent for H3K27ac. There was no separation, however, between healthy males that had been sampled from two different nests. A hierarchical cluster analysis also separated the two phenotypes, which was independent of body weight for both markers. Our study shows that a period of social exclusion during adult life leads to quantitative changes in histone modification patterns in mouse liver tissue. Similar epigenetic changes might occur during the development of stress-induced metabolic disorders in humans.
| S-EPMC4534140 | biostudies-literature
Project description:While previous studies have shown that histone modifications could influence plant growth and development by regulating gene transcription, knowledge about the relationships between these modifications and gene expression is still limited. This study used chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by high-throughput sequencing (ChIP-Seq), to investigate the genome-wide distribution of four histone modifications: di and trimethylation of H3K4 (H3K4me2 and H3K4me3) and acylation of H3K9 and H3K27 (H3K9ac and H3K27ac) in Oryza sativa L. japonica. By analyzing published DNase-Seq data, this study explored DNase-Hypersensitive (DH) sites along the rice genome. The histone marks appeared mainly in generic regions and were enriched around the transcription start sites (TSSs) of genes. This analysis demonstrated that the four histone modifications and the DH sites were all associated with active transcription. Furthermore, the four histone modifications were highly concurrent with transcript regions-a promising feature that was used to predict missing genes in the rice gene annotation. The predictions were further validated by experimentally confirming the transcription of two predicted missing genes. Moreover, a sequence motif analysis was constructed in order to identify the DH sites and many putative transcription factor binding sites.
| S-EPMC3842134 | biostudies-literature