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Project description:Development of multicellular animals requires epigenetic repression by Polycomb group proteins. The latter assemble in multi-subunit complexes, of which two kinds, Polycomb Repressive Complex 1 (PRC1) and Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2), act together to effect the repression of key developmental genes. How PRC1 and PRC2 recognize specific genes remains an open question. Here we report that small adjustment in the next generation sequencing of the Immunoprecipitated Chromatin (ChIP-seq) allows identification of several hundreds of DNA elements that tether canonical PRC1 to human developmental genes. Their analysis indicates that sequence features associated with canonical PRC1 tethering differ from those that favour the retention of PRC2. Throughout the genome, the two kinds of sequence features mix in different proportions to yield a gamut of DNA elements that range from those tethering predominantly PRC1 to ones capable of tethering both PRC1 and PRC2 or the elements that retain exclusively PRC2. The emerging picture is similar to paradigmatic targeting of Polycomb complexes by Polycomb Response Elements (PREs) of Drosophila but providing for unexpected degree of plasticity.
2023-01-13 | GSE207401 | GEO
Project description:Relative contribution of sequence and structural features to the mRNA-binding of Argonaute/miRNA complexes and the degradation of miRNA targets; How miRNAs recognize their target sites is a puzzle that many experimental and computational studies aimed to solve. Several features such as perfect pairing of the miRNA seed, additional pairing in the 3â region of the miRNA, relative position in the 3â UTR and the A/U content of the environment of the putative site have been found to be relevant. Here we have used a large number of previously published data sets to assess the power that various sequence and structure features have in distinguishing between putative sites that do and those that do not appear to be functional. We found that although different data sets can give widely different answers when it comes to ranking the relative importance of these features, the sites inferred from most transcriptomics experiments as well as from comparative genomics appear similar at this level. This suggests that miRNA target sites have been selected in evolution on their ability to trigger mRNA degradation. To understand at what step in the miRNA induced response individual features play a role, we further transfected human HEK293 cells with miRNAs and analyzed the association of Argonaute/miRNA complexes with target mRNAs and the degradation of these messages. We found that structural features are only important for Argonaute binding, while sequence features such as the A/U content of the 3â UTR are important for mRNA degradation. Experiment Overall Design: Ago2 IPs of mock, miRNA-7, and miR-124 transfected cells were analyzed for 2 biological replicates. IPs of the biological replicates were analyzed with 2 technical replicates.
2009-01-31 | E-GEOD-14537 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Relative contribution of sequence and structural features to the mRNA-binding of Argonaute/miRNA complexes and the degradation of miRNA targets How miRNAs recognize their target sites is a puzzle that many experimental and computational studies aimed to solve. Several features such as perfect pairing of the miRNA seed, additional pairing in the 3’ region of the miRNA, relative position in the 3’ UTR and the A/U content of the environment of the putative site have been found to be relevant. Here we have used a large number of previously published data sets to assess the power that various sequence and structure features have in distinguishing between putative sites that do and those that do not appear to be functional. We found that although different data sets can give widely different answers when it comes to ranking the relative importance of these features, the sites inferred from most transcriptomics experiments as well as from comparative genomics appear similar at this level. This suggests that miRNA target sites have been selected in evolution on their ability to trigger mRNA degradation. To understand at what step in the miRNA induced response individual features play a role, we further transfected human HEK293 cells with miRNAs and analyzed the association of Argonaute/miRNA complexes with target mRNAs and the degradation of these messages. We found that structural features are only important for Argonaute binding, while sequence features such as the A/U content of the 3’ UTR are important for mRNA degradation. Keywords: IP-array analysis
2009-01-27 | GSE14537 | GEO
Project description:Heritable gene silencing is essential for the development of multicellular organisms. Polycomb repressive complexes 1 and 2 (PRC1 and 2) catalyze and recognize histone H2A lysine 119 mono-ubiquitination (H2AK119ub1) and histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation (H3K27me3), respectively, to mediate heritable gene silencing, but the mechanism of inheritance is not fully understood. Using an inducible gene silencing strategy, we show that the epigenetic inheritance of Polycomb silencing in human cells is strongly dependent on local DNA sequences and chromatin environment. In addition, we find that inheritance is not strictly dependent on H3K27me3 recognition and can be partially achieved by H2AK119ub1 catalysis and recognition, independently of H3K27me3. These findings demonstrate that locus specific features and H2AK119ub1 play key roles in inheritance of Polycomb silencing in human cells.
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2015-04-23 | GSE61332 | GEO
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