Project description:Overexpression of Lamin B1 leads to the redistribution of H3K9me3 heterochromatin away from the nuclear periphery and into heterochromatic DNA foci within the nucleoplasm. These changes in chromatin organization correlate with misregulated gene expression (mRNA-sequencing), but do not correlate with altered H3K9me3 deposition across the genome (Cut&Run).
Project description:Overexpression of Lamin B1 leads to the redistribution of H3K9me3 heterochromatin away from the nuclear periphery and into heterochromatic DNA foci within the nucleoplasm. These changes in chromatin organization correlate with misregulated gene expression (mRNA-sequencing), but do not correlate with altered H3K9me3 deposition across the genome (Cut&Run).
Project description:Peripheral heterochromatin positioning depends on nuclear envelope associated proteins and repressive histone modifications. Here we show that overexpression (OE) of Lamin B1 (LmnB1) leads to the redistribution of peripheral heterochromatin into heterochromatic foci within the nucleoplasm. These changes represent a perturbation of heterochromatin binding at the nuclear periphery (NP) through a mechanism independent from altering other heterochromatin anchors or histone post-translational modifications. We further show that LmnB1 OE alters gene expression. These changes do not correlate with different levels of H3K9me3, but a significant number of the misregulated genes were likely mislocalized away from the NP upon LmnB1 OE. We also observed an enrichment of developmental processes amongst the upregulated genes. ~74% of these genes were normally repressed in our cell type, suggesting that LmnB1 OE promotes gene de-repression. This demonstrates a broader consequence of LmnB1 OE on cell fate, and highlights the importance of maintaining proper levels of LmnB1.
Project description:Through knocking out Lamin B1, we found that lamin B1 regulets hundreds of genes in neural progenitor cells, which underlie differentiation of neural protenitor cells
Project description:This is a small scale study of the phosphorylation state of human lamin B1 immunoprecipitated from control cells or cells treated with methyl methane sulphonate (MMS, acting as a DNA damage stressor agent)
Project description:Somatic hypermutation (SHM) is a pivotal process in adaptive immunity that occurs in the germinal centre and allows B-cells to change their primary DNA sequence and diversify their antigen receptors. Here, we report that genome binding of Lamin B1, a component of the nuclear envelope involved in epigenetic chromatin regulation, is reduced during B cell activation and formation of lymphoid germinal centres. ChIP-Seq analysis showed that kappa and heavy variable immunoglobulin domains were released from the Lamin B1 suppressive environment when SHM was induced in B cells. RNAi-mediated reduction of Lamin B1 resulted in spontaneous SHM as well as kappa-light chain aberrant surface expression. Finally, Lamin B1 expression level was directly proportional to 5-year survival rate in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, and was strongly involved in transformation of follicular lymphoma. In summary, here we report that Lamin B1 is a negative epigenetic regulator of SHM in normal B-cells and a "mutational gatekeeper", suppressing the aberrant mutations that drive lymphoid malignancy.