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ArticleGenetics2010

JIL-1 and Su(var)3-7 interact genetically and counteract each other's effect on position-effect variegation in Drosophila.

Huai Deng, Weili Cai, Chao Wang, Stephanie Lerach, Marion Delattre, Jack Girton, Jørgen Johansen, Kristen M Johansen

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Article in Genetics, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Huai DengDepartment of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA.
Weili Cai
Chao Wang
Stephanie Lerach
Marion Delattre
Jack Girton
Jørgen Johansen
Kristen M Johansen
Iowa State University · USUniversity of Geneva · CH

Funding

Regulation of Chromatin Structure byPhosphorylationR01GM062916 · NIGMS · IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI JOHANSEN, JORGEN, JOHANSEN, KRISTEN M · 2001 to 2014
$3.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM62916NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM062916
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The essential JIL-1 histone H3S10 kinase is a key regulator of chromatin structure that functions to maintain euchromatic domains while counteracting heterochromatization and gene silencing. In the absence of the JIL-1 kinase, two of the major heterochromatin markers H3K9me2 and HP1a spread in tandem to ectopic locations on the chromosome arms. Here we address the role of the third major heterochromatin component, the zinc-finger protein Su(var)3-7. We show that the lethality but not the chromosome morphology defects associated with the null JIL-1 phenotype to a large degree can be rescued by reducing the dose of the Su(var)3-7 gene and that Su(var)3-7 and JIL-1 loss-of-function mutations have an antagonistic and counterbalancing effect on position-effect variegation (PEV). Furthermore, we show that in the absence of JIL-1 kinase activity, Su(var)3-7 gets redistributed and upregulated on the chromosome arms. Reducing the dose of the Su(var)3-7 gene dramatically decreases this redistribution; however, the spreading of H3K9me2 to the chromosome arms was unaffected, strongly indicating that ectopic Su(var)3-9 activity is not a direct cause of lethality. These observations suggest a model where Su(var)3-7 functions as an effector downstream of Su(var)3-9 and H3K9 dimethylation in heterochromatic spreading and gene silencing that is normally counteracted by JIL-1 kinase activity.

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Chromosomal Position EffectsEpistasis, GeneticAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedChromosomes, InsectDNA-Binding ProteinsDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsFemaleGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHistonesImmunohistochemistryLysineMaleMethylationMethyltransferasesDNA-Binding ProteinsDrosophila ProteinsGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHistonesJIL-1 protein, DrosophilaLysineMethyltransferasesProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSu(var)3-7 protein, DrosophilaSU(VAR)3-9

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PMID20457875
PMCPMC2927748
OpenAlexW2097454464

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