Project description:RNA has been suggested to play a major role in the regulation of higher-order structures of chromatin. This study investigated chromatin-associated RNA (caRNA) in Drosophila melanogaster by applying high-throughput sequencing to RNA molecules that co-fractionate with chromatin. Using a cell-free in vitro chromatin assembly system (DREX), we demonstrated that caRNAs mainly comprise snoRNAs, snoRNA hosts and miRNAs.
Project description:Eukaryotic genomes produce a large variety of RNAs some of which are present in the chromatin and may affect important processes such as chromatin packaging and gene expression. The RNA exosome controls the levels of chromatin-associated RNAs (caRNAs), but little is known about its role in the regulation of chromatin packaging. The project aims at characterizing the role of the RNA exosome in the maintenance of chromatin packaging in Drosophila melanogaster S2 cells. We have used RNA interference to knock down the exosome catalytic subunits RRP6 and DIS3 (individually or simultaneously) and we have analyzed the effects of the depletions on chromatin accessibility by ATAC-seq.
Project description:Eukaryotic genomes produce a large variety of RNAs some of which are present in the chromatin and may affect important processes such as chromatin packaging and gene expression. Little is known about the role of the RNA exosome in the regulation of such chromatin-associated RNAs (caRNAs). The project aims at 1) identifying caRNAs produced from unique and repetitive sequences in the genome of Drosophila melanogaster S2 cells, and 2) characterize the role of the RNA exosome in controlling caRNA levels. To answer these questions, we have used RNA interference to knock down the exosome catalytic subunits RRP6 and DIS3 (individually or simultaneously) and we have analyzed the effects of the depletions on the chromatin-associated transcriptome by sequencing RNAs purified from a chromatin fraction isolated from S2 cells.