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ArticlePLoS genetics2020

AXR1 affects DNA methylation independently of its role in regulating meiotic crossover localization.

Nicolas Christophorou, Wenjing She, Jincheng Long, Aurélie Hurel, Sébastien Beaubiat, Yassir Idir, Marina Tagliaro-Jahns, Aurélie Chambon, Victor Solier, Daniel Vezon and 4 more

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Article in PLoS genetics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Nicolas ChristophorouInstitut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France.
Wenjing SheDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom.
Jincheng LongDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-1632-0263
Aurélie HurelInstitut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France.
Sébastien BeaubiatInstitut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France.ORCID 0000-0002-5704-0762
Yassir IdirInstitut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France.ORCID 0000-0002-4406-8889
Marina Tagliaro-JahnsInstitut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France.ORCID 0000-0001-5825-4968
Aurélie ChambonInstitut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France.
Victor SolierInstitut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France.ORCID 0000-0003-1528-7174
Daniel VezonInstitut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France.
Mathilde GrelonInstitut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France.ORCID 0000-0003-3695-4984
Xiaoqi FengDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-4008-1234
Nicolas BouchéInstitut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France.ORCID 0000-0002-3800-2613
Christine MézardInstitut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France.ORCID 0000-0003-2808-1589
AgroParisTech · FRJohn Innes Centre · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/P013511/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/S009620/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/J/000PR9773
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Meiotic crossovers (COs) are important for reshuffling genetic information between homologous chromosomes and they are essential for their correct segregation. COs are unevenly distributed along chromosomes and the underlying mechanisms controlling CO localization are not well understood. We previously showed that meiotic COs are mis-localized in the absence of AXR1, an enzyme involved in the neddylation/rubylation protein modification pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana. Here, we report that in axr1-/-, male meiocytes show a strong defect in chromosome pairing whereas the formation of the telomere bouquet is not affected. COs are also redistributed towards subtelomeric chromosomal ends where they frequently form clusters, in contrast to large central regions depleted in recombination. The CO suppressed regions correlate with DNA hypermethylation of transposable elements (TEs) in the CHH context in axr1-/- meiocytes. Through examining somatic methylomes, we found axr1-/- affects DNA methylation in a plant, causing hypermethylation in all sequence contexts (CG, CHG and CHH) in TEs. Impairment of the main pathways involved in DNA methylation is epistatic over axr1-/- for DNA methylation in somatic cells but does not restore regular chromosome segregation during meiosis. Collectively, our findings reveal that the neddylation pathway not only regulates hormonal perception and CO distribution but is also, directly or indirectly, a major limiting pathway of TE DNA methylation in somatic cells.

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DNA MethylationArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsChromosome PairingChromosome SegregationChromosomes, PlantCrossing Over, GeneticDNA Breaks, Double-StrandedDNA Transposable ElementsGene Knockout TechniquesMeiosisPlants, Genetically ModifiedArabidopsis ProteinsAXR1 protein, ArabidopsisDNA Transposable Elements

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PMID32598340
PMCPMC7351236
OpenAlexW3037699413

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