Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE22343: ChIP-chip of siGFP- or siHOTAIR-treated foreskin fibroblasts with anti-H3K4me2, anti-LSD1 or anti-SUZ12 antibodies on HOX tiling array GSE22344: ChIP-chip of siGFP- or siHOTAIR-treated foreskin fibroblasts with anti-LSD1 or anti-SUZ12 antibodies on human HG18 Nimblegen promoter arrays Refer to individual Series
Project description:Long intergenic noncoding RNAs (lincRNAs) regulate chromatin states and epigenetic inheritance. Here, we show that the lincRNA HOTAIR serves as a scaffold for at least two distinct histone modification complexes. A 5' domain of HOTAIR binds polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2), whereas a 3' domain of HOTAIR binds the LSD1/CoREST/REST complex. The ability to tether two distinct complexes enables RNA-mediated assembly of PRC2 and LSD1 and coordinates targeting of PRC2 and LSD1 to chromatin for coupled histone H3 lysine 27 methylation and lysine 4 demethylation. Our results suggest that lincRNAs may serve as scaffolds by providing binding surfaces to assemble select histone modification enzymes, thereby specifying the pattern of histone modifications on target genes.