PML protein organizes heterochromatin domains where it regulates histone H3.3 deposition by ATRX/DAXX.

Abstract

Maintenance of chromatin homeostasis involves proper delivery of histone variants to the genome. The interplay between different chaperones regulating the supply of histone variants to distinct chromatin domains remains largely undeciphered. We report a role of promyelocytic leukemia (PML) protein in the routing of histone variant H3.3 to chromatin and in the organization of megabase-size heterochromatic PML-associated domains that we call PADs. Loss of PML alters the heterochromatic state of PADs by shifting the histone H3 methylation balance from K9me3 to K27me3. Loss of PML impairs deposition of H3.3 by ATRX and DAXX in PADs but preserves the H3.3 loading function of HIRA in these regions. Our results unveil an unappreciated role of PML in the large-scale organization of chromatin and demonstrate a PML-dependent role of ATRX/DAXX in the deposition of H3.3 in PADs. Our data suggest that H3.3 loading by HIRA and ATRX-dependent H3K27 trimethylation constitute mechanisms ensuring maintenance of heterochromatin when the integrity of these domains is compromised.

• Authors: Erwan Delbarre, Kristina Ivanauskiene, Jane Spirkoski, Akshay Shah, Kristin Vekterud, Jan Øivind Moskaug, Stig Ove Bøe, Lee H Wong, Thomas Küntziger, Philippe Collas
• Journal: Genome research (Genome Res) Vol. 27 Issue 6 Pg. 913-921 (06 2017) ISSN: 1549-5469 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 28341773 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
• Copyright: © 2017 Delbarre et al.; Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.

Chemical References

• Carrier Proteins
• Co-Repressor Proteins
• Daxx protein, mouse
• Heterochromatin
• Histones
• Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
• Molecular Chaperones
• Nuclear Proteins
• Nucleosomes
• Pml protein, mouse
• Promyelocytic Leukemia Protein
• Atrx protein, mouse
• X-linked Nuclear Protein

Topics

• Animals
• Carrier Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
• Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly
• Co-Repressor Proteins
• Fibroblasts (cytology, metabolism)
• Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching
• Gene Expression Regulation
• Heterochromatin (metabolism, ultrastructure)
• Histones (genetics, metabolism)
• Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
• Methylation
• Mice
• Mice, Inbred C57BL
• Mice, Knockout
• Molecular Chaperones
• Nuclear Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
• Nucleosomes (metabolism, ultrastructure)
• Promyelocytic Leukemia Protein (genetics, metabolism)
• Signal Transduction
• X-linked Nuclear Protein (genetics, metabolism)