H2B ubiquitylation modulates spliceosome assembly and function in budding yeast.

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Date publication

avril 2014

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr VAN DORSSELAER Alain


Tous les auteurs :
Herissant L, Moehle EA, Bertaccini D, Van Dorsselaer A, Schaeffer-Reiss C, Guthrie C, Dargemont C

Résumé

BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Commitment to splicing occurs co-transcriptionally, but a major unanswered question is the extent to which various modifications of chromatin, the template for transcription in vivo, contribute to the regulation of splicing. RESULTS: Here, we perform genome-wide analyses showing that inhibition of specific marks - H2B ubiquitylation, H3K4 methylation and H3K36 methylation - perturbs splicing in budding yeast, with each modification exerting gene-specific effects. Furthermore, semi-quantitative mass spectrometry on purified nuclear mRNPs and chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis on intron-containing genes indicated that H2B ubiquitylation, but not Set1-, Set2- or Dot1-dependent H3 methylation, stimulates recruitment of the early splicing factors, namely U1 and U2 snRNPs, onto nascent RNAs. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that histone modifications impact splicing of distinct subsets of genes using distinct pathways.

Référence

Biol Cell. 2014 Apr;106(4):126-38