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ArticleGenome research2020

Distinct contributions of DNA methylation and histone acetylation to the genomic occupancy of transcription factors.

Martin Cusack, Hamish W King, Paolo Spingardi, Benedikt M Kessler, Robert J Klose, Skirmantas Kriaucionis

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Article in Genome research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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46 citing papers in PubMed, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Martin CusackLudwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, United Kingdom.
Hamish W KingDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QU, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-5972-8926
Paolo SpingardiLudwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-2293-5643
Benedikt M KesslerTarget Discovery Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7FZ, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-8160-2446
Robert J KloseDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QU, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-8726-7888
Skirmantas KriaucionisLudwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, United Kingdom; skirmantas.kriaucionis@ludwig.ox.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-2273-5994
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Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/M001873/1Cancer Research UKWellcome Trust 209400/Z/17/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epigenetic modifications on chromatin play important roles in regulating gene expression. Although chromatin states are often governed by multilayered structure, how individual pathways contribute to gene expression remains poorly understood. For example, DNA methylation is known to regulate transcription factor binding but also to recruit methyl-CpG binding proteins that affect chromatin structure through the activity of histone deacetylase complexes (HDACs). Both of these mechanisms can potentially affect gene expression, but the importance of each, and whether these activities are integrated to achieve appropriate gene regulation, remains largely unknown. To address this important question, we measured gene expression, chromatin accessibility, and transcription factor occupancy in wild-type or DNA methylation-deficient mouse embryonic stem cells following HDAC inhibition. We observe widespread increases in chromatin accessibility at retrotransposons when HDACs are inhibited, and this is magnified when cells also lack DNA methylation. A subset of these elements has elevated binding of the YY1 and GABPA transcription factors and increased expression. The pronounced additive effect of HDAC inhibition in DNA methylation-deficient cells demonstrates that DNA methylation and histone deacetylation act largely independently to suppress transcription factor binding and gene expression.

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DNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticAcetylationChromatinEmbryonic Stem CellsGenomeHistone Deacetylase InhibitorsHistone DeacetylasesHistonesRetroelementsTranscription FactorsChromatinHistone Deacetylase InhibitorsHistone DeacetylasesHistonesRetroelementsTranscription Factors

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PMID32963030
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