TOP2 synergizes with BAF chromatin remodeling for resolution of facultative heterochromatin
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ABSTRACT: Resolution and formation of facultative heterochromatin is essential to development, reprogramming, and oncogenesis. The mechanisms underlying these changes are poorly understood due to difficulty with interrogating heterochromatin dynamics and structure in vivo. BAF (mSWI/SNF) ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling complexes are known to promote chromatin accessibility. As the function of topoisomerase IIa (TOP2A) is largely dependent on BAF complexes in embryonic stem (ES) cells, we tested whether TOP2 was involved in BAF-mediated resolution of heterochromatin by performing ATAC-seq on ES cells treated with the TOP2 inhibitor ICRF-193, Brg1 (the primary ATPase subunit of esBAF complexes) conditional knockout cells, and Baf53a (a non-catalytic subunit dispensable for in vitro remodeling) conditional knockout cells. We found that TOP2 synergizes with BAF complexes genome-wide to resolve facultative heterochromatin to accessible chromatin at a large number of regulatory elements.
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE94039 | GEO | 2017/03/01
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA368641
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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