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ReviewClinical epigenetics2021

The dynamic broad epigenetic (H3K4me3, H3K27ac) domain as a mark of essential genes.

Tasnim H Beacon, Geneviève P Delcuve, Camila López, Gino Nardocci, Igor Kovalchuk, Andre J van Wijnen, James R Davie

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Review in Clinical epigenetics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 139 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

139 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Tasnim H BeaconCancerCare Manitoba Research Institute, CancerCare Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3E 0V9, Canada.
Geneviève P DelcuveDepartment of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, 745 Bannatyne Avenue, Room 333A, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Camila LópezCancerCare Manitoba Research Institute, CancerCare Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3E 0V9, Canada.
Gino NardocciFaculty of Medicine, Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago, Chile.
Igor KovalchukDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada.
Andre J van WijnenDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
James R DavieCancerCare Manitoba Research Institute, CancerCare Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3E 0V9, Canada. jim.davie@umanitoba.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-0420-6888

Funding

Molecular Control of Bone FormationR01AR049069 · NIAMS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI WESTENDORF, JENNIFER J · 2003 to 2021
$5.8M
CancerCare Manitoba Foundation 761020318Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada RGPIN-2017-05927NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR049069
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transcriptionally active chromatin is marked by tri-methylation of histone H3 at lysine 4 (H3K4me3) located after first exons and around transcription start sites. This epigenetic mark is typically restricted to narrow regions at the 5`end of the gene body, though a small subset of genes have a broad H3K4me3 domain which extensively covers the coding region. Although most studies focus on the H3K4me3 mark, the broad H3K4me3 domain is associated with a plethora of histone modifications (e.g., H3 acetylated at K27) and is therein termed broad epigenetic domain. Genes marked with the broad epigenetic domain are involved in cell identity and essential cell functions and have clinical potential as biomarkers for patient stratification. Reducing expression of genes with the broad epigenetic domain may increase the metastatic potential of cancer cells. Enhancers and super-enhancers interact with the broad epigenetic domain marked genes forming a hub of interactions involving nucleosome-depleted regions. Together, the regulatory elements coalesce with transcription factors, chromatin modifying/remodeling enzymes, coactivators, and the Mediator and/or Integrator complex into a transcription factory which may be analogous to a liquid-liquid phase-separated condensate. The broad epigenetic domain has a dynamic chromatin structure which supports frequent transcription bursts. In this review, we present the current knowledge of broad epigenetic domains.

Indexed as

Epigenesis, GeneticGenes, EssentialHistone CodeHistonesHumansHistonesBroad H3K4me3 domainsCell identity genesEnhancersEpigeneticsHistone modificationsTumor suppressor genes

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PMID34238359
PMCPMC8264473

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