PUBLICATION
Pou5f3, SoxB1, and Nanog remodel chromatin on High Nucleosome Affinity Regions at Zygotic Genome Activation
- Authors
- Veil, M., Yampolsky, L., Gruening, B., Onichtchouk, D.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-190125-3
- Date
- 2019
- Source
- Genome research 29(3): 383-395 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Onichtchouk, Daria, Veil, Marina
- Keywords
- none
- Datasets
- GEO:GSE109410
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly*
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Nanog Homeobox Protein/genetics
- Nanog Homeobox Protein/metabolism*
- Nucleosomes/genetics*
- Nucleosomes/metabolism
- Octamer Transcription Factor-3/genetics
- Octamer Transcription Factor-3/metabolism*
- Protein Binding
- SOX Transcription Factors/genetics
- SOX Transcription Factors/metabolism*
- Zebrafish
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
- Zygote/metabolism*
- PubMed
- 30674556 Full text @ Genome Res.
Citation
Veil, M., Yampolsky, L., Gruening, B., Onichtchouk, D. (2019) Pou5f3, SoxB1, and Nanog remodel chromatin on High Nucleosome Affinity Regions at Zygotic Genome Activation. Genome research. 29(3):383-395.
Abstract
The zebrafish embryo is mostly transcriptionally quiescent during the first 10 cell cycles, until the main wave of Zygotic Genome Activation (ZGA) occurs, accompanied by fast chromatin remodeling. At ZGA, homologs of mammalian stem cell transcription factors (TFs) Pou5f3, Nanog and Sox19b bind to thousands of developmental enhancers to initiate transcription. So far, how these TFs influence chromatin dynamics at ZGA has remained unresolved. To address this question, we analyzed nucleosome positions in wild-type and Maternal-Zygotic (MZ) mutants for pou5f3 and nanog by MNase-seq. We show that Nanog, Sox19b, and Pou5f3 bind to the High Nucleosome Affinity Regions (HNARs). HNARs are spanning over 600 bp, featuring high in vivo and predicted in vitro nucleosome occupancy and high predicted propeller twist DNA shape value. We suggest a two-step nucleosome destabilization-depletion model, where the same intrinsic DNA properties of HNAR promote both high nucleosome occupancy and differential binding of TFs. In the first step, already prior to ZGA, Pou5f3 and Nanog destabilize nucleosomes on HNAR centers genome-wide. In the second step, post-ZGA, Nanog, Pou5f3, and SoxB1 maintain open chromatin state on the subset of HNARs, acting synergistically. Nanog binds to the HNAR center, while the Pou5f3 stabilizes the flanks. The HNAR model will provide a useful tool for genome regulatory studies in the variety of biological systems.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping