TY - JOUR
T1 - MicroRNAs of the miR-290-295 Family Maintain Bivalency in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells
AU - Graham, Bryony
AU - Marcais, Antoine
AU - Dharmalingam, Gopuraja
AU - Carroll, Thomas
AU - Kanellopoulou, Chryssa
AU - Graumann, Johannes
AU - Nesterova, Tatyana B
AU - Bermange, Anna
AU - Brazauskas, Pijus
AU - Xella, Barbara
AU - Kriaucionis, Skirmantas
AU - Higgs, Douglas R
AU - Brockdorff, Neil
AU - Mann, Matthias
AU - Fisher, Amanda G
AU - Merkenschlager, Matthias
N1 - Copyright © 2016 International Society for Stem Cell Research. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/5/10
Y1 - 2016/5/10
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Animals
KW - Cell Differentiation
KW - DEAD-box RNA Helicases
KW - Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 Protein
KW - Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
KW - Histone Code
KW - Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase
KW - Mice
KW - MicroRNAs
KW - Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells
KW - Polycomb Repressive Complex 2
KW - Promoter Regions, Genetic
KW - Ribonuclease III
KW - Transcriptional Activation
KW - Journal Article
U2 - 10.1016/j.stemcr.2016.03.005
DO - 10.1016/j.stemcr.2016.03.005
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 27150236
SN - 2213-6711
VL - 6
SP - 635
EP - 642
JO - Stem Cell Reports
JF - Stem Cell Reports
IS - 5
ER -