EBF1促進相分離以使染色質進行重編程
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小柯機器人發布時間:2020/11/9 21:55:19
德國馬克斯·普朗克免疫生物學和表觀遺傳學研究所Rudolf Grosschedl團隊在研究中取得進展。他們發現轉錄因子EBF1中的Prion樣結構域促進相分離並使祖細胞染色質向B細胞的編程。該項研究成果發表在2020年11月6日的《免疫》雜誌上。
他們研究了C末端結構域(CTD)啟用此先導功能的機制。EBF1的CTD可用於最初的染色質靶向,但可通過募集染色質重塑子Brg1來穩定佔據。他們發現CTD帶有一個prion樣結構域(PLD),具有液相-液相分離的能力,並通過EBF1與RNA結合蛋白FUS的相互作用而增強。
Brg1也被包裹進FUS凝聚物並與pro-B細胞中的EBF1和FUS共定位。異源PLD賦予EBF1ΔCTD先導功能。因此,EBF1的相分離能力促進了Brg1介導的染色質的開放和先天祖細胞染色質向B譜系定型染色質的過渡。
據了解,B譜系特異性基因表達的建立需要轉錄因子與祖細胞的染色質分離。在檢測染色質可及性之前,轉錄因子EBF1可以結合基因組區域,其方式依賴於EBF1的CTD,而與共轉錄因子無關。
附:英文原文
Title: A Prion-like Domain in Transcription Factor EBF1 Promotes Phase Separation and Enables B Cell Programming of Progenitor Chromatin
Author: Yuanting Wang, Nikolay Zolotarev, Cheng-Yuan Yang, Angelika Rambold, Gerhard Mittler, Rudolf Grosschedl
Issue&Volume: 2020-11-06
Abstract: Establishment of B-lineage-specific gene expression requires the binding of transcriptionfactors to inaccessible chromatin of progenitors. The transcription factor EBF1 canbind genomic regions prior to the detection of chromatin accessibility in a mannerdependent on EBF1’s C-terminal domain (CTD) and independent of cooperating transcriptionfactors. Here, we studied the mechanism whereby the CTD enables this pioneering function.The CTD of EBF1 was dispensable for initial chromatin targeting but stabilized occupancyvia recruitment of the chromatin remodeler Brg1. We found that the CTD harbors a prion-likedomain (PLD) with an ability of liquid-liquid phase separation, which was enhancedby interaction of EBF1 with the RNA-binding protein FUS. Brg1 also partitioned intophase-separated FUS condensates and coincided with EBF1 and FUS foci in pro-B cells.Heterologous PLDs conferred pioneering function on EBF1ΔCTD. Thus, the phase separationability of EBF1 facilitates Brg1-mediated chromatin opening and the transition ofnaive progenitor chromatin to B-lineage-committed chromatin.
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2020.10.009
Source: https://www.cell.com/immunity/fulltext/S1074-7613(20)30450-7