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Stable Polycomb-dependent transgenerational inheritance of chromatin states in Drosophila.
Nat. Genet. 49, 876-886 (2017)
Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance (TEI) describes the transmission of alternative functional states through multiple generations in the presence of the same genomic DNA sequence. Very little is known about the principles and the molecular mechanisms governing this type of inheritance. Here, by transiently enhancing 3D chromatin interactions, we established stable and isogenic Drosophila epilines that carry alternative epialleles, as defined by differential levels of Polycomb-dependent trimethylation of histone H3 Lys27 (forming H3K27me3). After being established, epialleles can be dominantly transmitted to naive flies and can induce paramutation. Importantly, epilines can be reset to a naive state by disruption of chromatin interactions. Finally, we found that environmental changes modulate the expressivity of the epialleles, and we extended our paradigm to naturally occurring phenotypes. Our work sheds light on how nuclear organization and Polycomb group (PcG) proteins contribute to epigenetically inheritable phenotypic variability.
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Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Sprache
englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2017
HGF-Berichtsjahr
2017
ISSN (print) / ISBN
1061-4036
e-ISSN
1546-1718
Zeitschrift
Nature Genetics
Quellenangaben
Band: 49,
Heft: 6,
Seiten: 876-886
Verlag
Nature Publishing Group
Verlagsort
New York, NY
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
DOI
10.1038/ng.3848
PubMed ID
28436983
Erfassungsdatum
2019-01-18