MicroRNAs of the miR-290-295 Family Maintain Bivalency in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells

Bryony Graham, Antoine Marcais, Gopuraja Dharmalingam, Thomas Carroll, Chryssa Kanellopoulou, Johannes Graumann, Tatyana B Nesterova, Anna Bermange, Pijus Brazauskas, Barbara Xella, Skirmantas Kriaucionis, Douglas R Higgs, Neil Brockdorff, Matthias Mann, Amanda G Fisher, Matthias Merkenschlager

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Abstract

Numerous developmentally regulated genes in mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are marked by both active (H3K4me3)- and polycomb group (PcG)-mediated repressive (H3K27me3) histone modifications. This bivalent state is thought to be important for transcriptional poising, but the mechanisms that regulate bivalent genes and the bivalent state remain incompletely understood. Examining the contribution of microRNAs (miRNAs) to the regulation of bivalent genes, we found that the miRNA biogenesis enzyme DICER was required for the binding of the PRC2 core components EZH2 and SUZ12, and for the presence of the PRC2-mediated histone modification H3K27me3 at many bivalent genes. Genes that lost bivalency were preferentially upregulated at the mRNA and protein levels. Finally, reconstituting Dicer-deficient ESCs with ESC miRNAs restored bivalent gene repression and PRC2 binding at formerly bivalent genes. Therefore, miRNAs regulate bivalent genes and the bivalent state itself.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftStem Cell Reports
Vol/bind6
Udgave nummer5
Sider (fra-til)635-642
Antal sider8
ISSN2213-6711
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 10 maj 2016
Udgivet eksterntJa

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