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ArticleNature communications2023

Loss of cohesin regulator PDS5A reveals repressive role of Polycomb loops.

Daniel Bsteh, Hagar F Moussa, Georg Michlits, Ramesh Yelagandula, Jingkui Wang, Ulrich Elling, Oliver Bell

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Daniel BstehInstitute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-0405-0641
Hagar F MoussaInstitute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-3463-0126
Georg MichlitsInstitute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-3337-8291
Ramesh YelagandulaInstitute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-7418-4322
Jingkui WangInstitute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria.
Ulrich EllingInstitute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-4514-2809
Oliver BellInstitute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria. oliver.bell@med.usc.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-7639-5948
Institute of Molecular Biotechnology · ATUniversity of Southern California · USBoston University · US

Funding

Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) CDA00036/2014-CÖsterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (Austrian Academy of Sciences) NFG-05
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polycomb Repressive Complexes 1 and 2 (PRC1, PRC2) are conserved epigenetic regulators that promote transcriptional gene silencing. PRC1 and PRC2 converge on shared targets, catalyzing repressive histone modifications. Additionally, a subset of PRC1/PRC2 targets engage in long-range interactions whose functions in gene silencing are poorly understood. Using a CRISPR screen in mouse embryonic stem cells, we found that the cohesin regulator PDS5A links transcriptional silencing by Polycomb and 3D genome organization. PDS5A deletion impairs cohesin unloading and results in derepression of a subset of endogenous PRC1/PRC2 target genes. Importantly, derepression is not linked to loss of Polycomb chromatin domains. Instead, PDS5A removal causes aberrant cohesin activity leading to ectopic insulation sites, which disrupt the formation of ultra-long Polycomb loops. We show that these loops are important for robust silencing at a subset of PRC1/PRC2 target genes and that maintenance of cohesin-dependent genome architecture is critical for Polycomb regulation.

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CohesinsNuclear ProteinsPolycomb-Group ProteinsAnimalsChromatinMicePolycomb Repressive Complex 1Polycomb Repressive Complex 2ChromatinCohesinsNuclear ProteinsPolycomb-Group ProteinsPolycomb Repressive Complex 1Polycomb Repressive Complex 2

Identifiers

PMID38071364
PMCPMC10710464
OpenAlexW4389509771

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