SSX2 is a novel DNA-binding protein that antagonizes polycomb group body formation and gene repression

Morten Frier Gjerstorff; Mette Marie Relster; Katrine Buch Viden Greve; Jesper Bonnet Moeller; Daniel Elias; Jonas Nørrelund Lindgreen; Steffen Schmidt; Jan Mollenhauer; Bjørn Voldborg; Christina Bøg Pedersen; Nadine Heidi Brückmann; Niels Erik Møllegaard; Henrik Jørn Ditzel

doi:10.1093/nar/gku852

SSX2 is a novel DNA-binding protein that antagonizes polycomb group body formation and gene repression

Morten Frier Gjerstorff, Mette Marie Relster, Katrine Buch Viden Greve, Jesper Bonnet Moeller, Daniel Elias, Jonas Nørrelund Lindgreen, Steffen Schmidt, Jan Mollenhauer, Bjørn Voldborg, Christina Bøg Pedersen, Nadine Heidi Brückmann, Niels Erik Møllegaard, Henrik Jørn Ditzel

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Abstract

Polycomb group (PcG) complexes regulate cellular identity through epigenetic programming of chromatin. Here, we show that SSX2, a germline-specific protein ectopically expressed in melanoma and other types of human cancers, is a chromatin-associated protein that antagonizes BMI1 and EZH2 PcG body formation and derepresses PcG target genes. SSX2 further negatively regulates the level of the PcG-associated histone mark H3K27me3 in melanoma cells, and there is a clear inverse correlation between SSX2/3 expression and H3K27me3 in spermatogenesis. However, SSX2 does not affect the overall composition and stability of PcG complexes, and there is no direct concordance between SSX2 and BMI1/H3K27me3 presence at regulated genes. This suggests that SSX2 antagonizes PcG function through an indirect mechanism, such as modulation of chromatin structure. SSX2 binds double-stranded DNA in a sequence non-specific manner in agreement with the observed widespread association with chromatin. Our results implicate SSX2 in regulation of chromatin structure and function.

Original language	English
Journal	Nucleic Acids Research
Volume	42
Issue number	18
Pages (from-to)	11433-46
Number of pages	14
ISSN	0305-1048
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gku852
Publication status	Published - 13 Oct 2014

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Gjerstorff, M. F., Relster, M. M., Greve, K. B. V., Moeller, J. B., Elias, D., Lindgreen, J. N., Schmidt, S., Mollenhauer, J., Voldborg, B., Pedersen, C. B., Brückmann, N. H., Møllegaard, N. E., & Ditzel, H. J. (2014). SSX2 is a novel DNA-binding protein that antagonizes polycomb group body formation and gene repression. Nucleic Acids Research, 42(18), 11433-46. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gku852

Gjerstorff, MF, Relster, MM, Greve, KBV, Moeller, JB, Elias, D, Lindgreen, JN, Schmidt, S, Mollenhauer, J, Voldborg, B, Pedersen, CB, Brückmann, NH, Møllegaard, NE & Ditzel, HJ 2014, 'SSX2 is a novel DNA-binding protein that antagonizes polycomb group body formation and gene repression', Nucleic Acids Research, vol. 42, no. 18, pp. 11433-46. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gku852

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