Telomeric position effect: from the yeast paradigm to human pathologies?

Abstract:

:Alteration of the epigenome is associated with a wide range of human diseases. Therefore, deciphering the pathways that regulate the epigenetic modulation of gene expression is a major milestone for the understanding of diverse biological mechanisms and subsequently human pathologies. Although often evoked, little is known on the implication of telomeric position effect, a silencing mechanism combining telomere architecture and classical heterochromatin features, in human cells. Nevertheless, this particular silencing mechanism has been investigated in different organisms and several ingredients are likely conserved during evolution. Subtelomeres are highly dynamic regions near the end of the chromosomes that are prone to recombination and may buffer or facilitate the spreading of silencing that emanates from the telomere. Therefore, the composition and integrity of these regions also concur to the propensity of telomeres to regulate the expression, replication and recombination of adjacent regions. Here we describe the similarities and disparities that exist among the different species at chromosome ends with regard to telomeric silencing regulation with a special accent on its implication in numerous human pathologies.

journal_name

Biochimie

journal_title

Biochimie

authors

Ottaviani A,Gilson E,Magdinier F

doi

10.1016/j.biochi.2007.07.022

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2008-01-01 00:00:00

pages

93-107

issue

1

eissn

0300-9084

issn

1638-6183

pii

S0300-9084(07)00198-8

journal_volume

90

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