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N 6 -methyladenine in DNA antagonizes SATB1 in early development.
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Nature [Nature] 2020 Jul; Vol. 583 (7817), pp. 625-630. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jul 15. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- The recent discovery of N <superscript>6</superscript> -methyladenine (N <superscript>6</superscript> -mA) in mammalian genomes suggests that it may serve as an epigenetic regulatory mechanism <superscript>1</superscript> . However, the biological role of N <superscript>6</superscript> -mA and the molecular pathways that exert its function remain unclear. Here we show that N <superscript>6</superscript> -mA has a key role in changing the epigenetic landscape during cell fate transitions in early development. We found that N <superscript>6</superscript> -mA is upregulated during the development of mouse trophoblast stem cells, specifically at regions of stress-induced DNA double helix destabilization (SIDD) <superscript>2-4</superscript> . Regions of SIDD are conducive to topological stress-induced unpairing of the double helix and have critical roles in organizing large-scale chromatin structures <superscript>3,5,6</superscript> . We show that the presence of N <superscript>6</superscript> -mA reduces the in vitro interactions by more than 500-fold between SIDD and SATB1, a crucial chromatin organizer that interacts with SIDD regions. Deposition of N <superscript>6</superscript> -mA also antagonizes SATB1 function in vivo by preventing its binding to chromatin. Concordantly, N <superscript>6</superscript> -mA functions at the boundaries between euchromatin and heterochromatin to restrict the spread of euchromatin. Repression of SIDD-SATB1 interactions mediated by N <superscript>6</superscript> -mA is essential for gene regulation during trophoblast development in cell culture models and in vivo. Overall, our findings demonstrate an unexpected molecular mechanism for N <superscript>6</superscript> -mA function via SATB1, and reveal connections between DNA modification, DNA secondary structures and large chromatin domains in early embryonic development.
- Subjects :
- Adenine metabolism
Animals
Base Pairing
Euchromatin genetics
Euchromatin metabolism
Female
Humans
Male
Matrix Attachment Region Binding Proteins genetics
Matrix Attachment Region Binding Proteins metabolism
Mice
Stem Cells cytology
Stem Cells metabolism
Thermodynamics
Trophoblasts cytology
Adenine analogs & derivatives
DNA chemistry
DNA metabolism
Embryonic Development genetics
Matrix Attachment Region Binding Proteins antagonists & inhibitors
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1476-4687
- Volume :
- 583
- Issue :
- 7817
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Nature
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 32669713
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2500-9