Abstract:
:The noncoding RNA Xist recruits silencing factors to the inactive X chromosome (Xi) and facilitates re-organization of Xi structure. Here, we examine the mouse epigenomic landscape of Xi and assess how Xist alters chromatin accessibility. Xist deletion triggers a gain of accessibility of select chromatin regions that is regulated by BRG1, an ATPase subunit of the SWI/SNF chromatin-remodeling complex. In vitro, RNA binding inhibits nucleosome-remodeling and ATPase activities of BRG1, while in cell culture Xist directly interacts with BRG1 and expels BRG1 from the Xi. Xist ablation leads to a selective return of BRG1 in cis, starting from pre-existing BRG1 sites that are free of Xist. BRG1 re-association correlates with cohesin binding and restoration of topologically associated domains (TADs) and results in the formation of de novo Xi 'superloops'. Thus, Xist binding inhibits BRG1's nucleosome-remodeling activity and results in expulsion of the SWI/SNF complex from the Xi.
journal_name
Nat Struct Mol Bioljournal_title
Nature structural & molecular biologyauthors
Jégu T,Blum R,Cochrane JC,Yang L,Wang CY,Gilles ME,Colognori D,Szanto A,Marr SK,Kingston RE,Lee JTdoi
10.1038/s41594-018-0176-8subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2019-02-01 00:00:00pages
96-109issue
2eissn
1545-9993issn
1545-9985pii
10.1038/s41594-018-0176-8journal_volume
26pub_type
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