Project description:SPO11-promoted DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) formation is a crucial step for meiotic recombination, and it is indispensable to detect the broken DNA ends accurately for dissecting the molecular mechanisms behind. Here, we report a novel technique, named DEtail-seq (DNA End tailing followed by sequencing), that can directly and quantitatively capture the meiotic DSB 3’ overhang hotspots at single-nucleotide resolution.
Project description:We assembled a quantitative map for the abundance and interactions of 16 factors related to PCH in living cells and found that stably bound complexes of the histone methyltransferase Suv39h1/2 demarcate the PCH state. From the experimental data we developed a predictive mathematical model that explains how chromatin-bound Suv39h1/2 complexes act as nucleation sites and propagate a spatially confined PCH domain with elevated histone H3 trimethylation levels via chromatin dynamics. Enrichment of HP1, Suv39h1/h2, H3K9me3 and H3K36me3 was assessed by ChIP-seq in NPCs derived from ESCs showing differential occupation at intergenic major satellite repeats and enrichment of heterochromatin factors. ChIP-seq of HP1, Suv39h1, Suv39h2, H3K9me3, H3K36me3 in NPCs
Project description:HeLa cells were transiently transfected with siRNA against SUV39H1, a histone H3K9 methyltransferase. Several genes were significantly up- or down-regulated. HeLa cells were transiently transfected with siRNA against SUV39H1 or negative control siRNA. Then total RNA was extracted.
Project description:The goals of this project are to study the transcriptome profiling (RNA-seq) of mouse embryonic stem cells by histone mutants incorporation (H3.1K3M, H3.1K36M vs H3.1wt) or shRNA-mediated knockdown of methyl-transferase Suv39h1/h2 (shSuv39h1, shSuv39h2 vs shNC)
