Thomas W Tullius, R Stefan Isaac, Danilo Dubocanin, Jane Ranchalis, L Stirling Churchman, Andrew B Stergachis
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摘要
RNA 聚合酶必须在复杂的染色质环境中启动和暂停,周围环绕着核糖体和其他转录机制。这种环境形成了沿染色质纤维的空间排列,竞争和协调的条件已经成熟,但由于传统结构和测序方法的固有局限性,这些关系在很大程度上仍不为人所知。为了解决这个问题,我们在果蝇中采用了长线程染色质纤维测序(Fiber-seq)技术,以单分子精度沿长达30 kb的纤维观察RNA聚合酶(Pol)在其原生染色质环境中的情况。我们证明了纤维-质谱能够识别单个 Pol II、核小体和转录因子的足迹,揭示了 Pol II 暂停驱动的下游核小体失稳。此外,我们还证明了附近的 Pol II 基因、Pol III 基因和转录增强子之间普遍存在直接的距离依赖性转录耦合,并受局部染色质结构的调节。总之,转录起始重塑了周围的核小体结构,并使附近的转录机制沿着单个染色质纤维耦合。
RNA polymerases reshape chromatin architecture and couple transcription on individual fibers.
RNA polymerases must initiate and pause within a complex chromatin environment, surrounded by nucleosomes and other transcriptional machinery. This environment creates a spatial arrangement along individual chromatin fibers ripe for both competition and coordination, yet these relationships remain largely unknown owing to the inherent limitations of traditional structural and sequencing methodologies. To address this, we employed long-read chromatin fiber sequencing (Fiber-seq) in Drosophila to visualize RNA polymerase (Pol) within its native chromatin context with single-molecule precision along up to 30 kb fibers. We demonstrate that Fiber-seq enables the identification of individual Pol II, nucleosome, and transcription factor footprints, revealing Pol II pausing-driven destabilization of downstream nucleosomes. Furthermore, we demonstrate pervasive direct distance-dependent transcriptional coupling between nearby Pol II genes, Pol III genes, and transcribed enhancers, modulated by local chromatin architecture. Overall, transcription initiation reshapes surrounding nucleosome architecture and couples nearby transcriptional machinery along individual chromatin fibers.
期刊介绍:
Molecular Cell is a companion to Cell, the leading journal of biology and the highest-impact journal in the world. Launched in December 1997 and published monthly. Molecular Cell is dedicated to publishing cutting-edge research in molecular biology, focusing on fundamental cellular processes. The journal encompasses a wide range of topics, including DNA replication, recombination, and repair; Chromatin biology and genome organization; Transcription; RNA processing and decay; Non-coding RNA function; Translation; Protein folding, modification, and quality control; Signal transduction pathways; Cell cycle and checkpoints; Cell death; Autophagy; Metabolism.