谷歌學術上一看便知。Peter W. Lewis[2]
可以清楚看到作者是表觀組蛋白變體方面的巨佬~
這篇文章講了什麼?A high percentage of pediatric gliomas and bone tumors reportedly harbor missense mutations at glycine 34 in genes encodinghistone variant H3.3. We find that these H3.3 G34 mutationsdirectly alter the enhancer chromatin landscape of mesenchymalstem cells by impeding methylation at lysine 36 on histone H3(H3K36) by SETD2, but not by the NSD1/2 enzymes. The reductionof H3K36 methylation by G34 mutations promotes an aberrantgain of PRC2-mediated H3K27me2/3 and loss of H3K27ac at activeenhancers containing SETD2 activity. This altered histone modification profile promotes a unique gene expression profile that supports enhanced tumor development in vivo. Our findings aremirrored in G34W-containing giant cell tumors of bone wherepatient-derived stromal cells exhibit gene expression profiles associated with early osteoblastic differentiation. Overall, we demonstrate that H3.3 G34 oncohistones selectively promote PRC2activity by interfering with SETD2-mediated H3K36 methylation.We propose that PRC2-mediated silencing of enhancers involved incell differentiation represents a potential mechanism by whichH3.3 G34 mutations drive these tumors.
中文就是在之前報導中,兒童膠質瘤和骨腫瘤在編碼組蛋白變體 H3.3 的基因甘氨酸 34 處存在很高比例的錯義突變。我們發現,這些 H3.3 G34 突變通過阻止 SETD2 阻止組蛋白 H3(H3K36) 上賴氨酸 36 處的甲基化來直接改變間 骨髓間充質幹細胞的增強子染色質圖譜,而不是通過 NSD1/2 酶。G34 突變 降低 H3K36 甲基化,促進了 PRC2 介導的 H3K27me2/3 的異常獲得和 在含有 SETD2 活性的活性增強子上 H3K27ac 的丟失。這種組蛋白修飾圖譜 改變的促進了獨特的基因(在體內增強的腫瘤發展相關基因)的表達。現在含有 G34W 的骨巨細胞瘤中,患者來源的基質細胞表現出與早期成骨細胞分化相關的基因表達模式。總而言之,本文證明了 H3.3 G34 腫瘤組蛋白通過幹擾 SETD2 介導的 H3K36 甲基化選擇性地促進 PRC2 活性。作者認為 PRC2 介導的參與細胞分化的增強子沉默是 H3.3 G34 突變驅動這些腫瘤的潛在機制。
研究問題來由通訊講解 [3]
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參考資料[1]Histone H3.3 G34 mutations promote aberrant PRC2 activity and drive tumor progression: https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/10/15/2006076117
[2]Peter W. Lewis: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=sPobA5EAAAAJ&hl=en
[3]https://twitter.com/PeterLewisLab/status/1317973488515375104: https://twitter.com/PeterLewisLab/status/1317973488515375104