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ArticleEpigenetics2010

Mutator transposon activation after UV-B involves chromatin remodeling.

Julia I Qüesta, Virginia Walbot, Paula Casati

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Article in Epigenetics, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Julia I QüestaCentro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina.
Virginia Walbot
Paula Casati
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas · ARNational University of Rosario · AR

Funding

UV-B MEDIATED CHANGES IN CHROMAIN REMODELINGR03TW007487 · FIC · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI WALBOT, VIRGINIA E · 2006 to 2008
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FIC NIH HHS R03 TW007487FIC NIH HHS R03 TW07487
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spontaneous silencing of MuDR/Mu transposons occurs in approximately 10-100% of the progeny of an active plant, and once silenced reactivation is very rare. To date, only radiation treatments have reactivated silenced Mu; for example UV-B radiation reactivated Mutator activities. Here we have investigated possible mechanisms by which UV-B could reactivate Mu transposons by monitoring transcript abundance, epigenetic DNA marks, and chromatin factors associated with these elements. We demonstrate that both mudrA and B transcripts are expressed at higher levels after an 8 h-UV-B treatment, in both active Mutator and silencing plants, and that different chromatin remodeling events occur in the promoter regions of MuDR than in non-autonomous Mu1 elements. Increased transcript abundance is accompanied by an increase in histone H3 acetylation and by decreased DNA and H3K9me2 methylation. No changes in siRNA levels were detected. In contrast, the decrease in H3K9me2 present at Mu elements after UV-B is significant in silencing plants, suggesting that early changes in H3 methylation in K9, chromatin remodeling, and transcription factor binding contribute directly to transposon reactivation by UV-B in maize.

Indexed as

Ultraviolet RaysAcetylationChromatin Assembly and DisassemblyDNA MethylationDNA Transposable ElementsEpigenesis, GeneticGene Expression Regulation, PlantHistonesModels, GeneticMutationRNA, MessengerRNA, PlantRNA, Small InterferingZea maysDNA Transposable ElementsHistonesRNA, MessengerRNA, PlantRNA, Small Interfering

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PMID20421734
PMCPMC2911508
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