Epigenetic Repogramming by an Environmental Carcinogen Through Chromatin Domain Disruption
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ABSTRACT: This SuperSeries is composed of the SubSeries listed below. Histone modifications associated with gene silencing typically mark large contiguous regions of the genome forming repressive chromatin domain structures. Since the repressive domains exist in close proximity to active regions, maintenance of domain structure is critically important. This study shows that nickel, a nonmutagenic carcinogen, can disrupt histone H3 lysine 9 dimethylation (H3K9me2) domain structures genome-wide, resulting in spreading of H3K9me2 marks into the active regions, which is associated with gene silencing. Our results suggest inhibition of DNA binding of the insulator protein CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF) at the H3K9me2 domain boundaries as a potential reason for H3K9me2 domain disruption. These findings have major implications in understanding chromatin dynamics and the consequences of chromatin domain disruption during pathogenesis.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE56053 | GEO | 2014/09/24
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA242306
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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