Project description:Protein arginine methyltransferase 6 (PRMT6) is an epigenetic regulator of fundamental cellular processes, such as gene expression and DNA repair. Asymmetric dimethylation of histone H3 at arginine 2 (H3R2me2a) is the major histone modification catalyzed by PRMT6. To identify the genome-wide deposition and transcriptional impact of H3R2me2a, we established PRMT6 deletion in a human cell model of neural differentiation. These knockout cells show severe neural differentiation defects. ChIP-seq profiling reveals that H3R2me2a is present at promoter as well as non-promoter sites in a PRMT6-dependent manner. Loss of H3R2me2a causes enhanced H3K4me3 deposition and target gene transcription supporting a genome-wide repressive nature of H3R2me2a. Intriguingly, the non-promoter H3R2me2a peaks co-localize with active enhancer marks, such as H3K4me1 and H3K27ac.
Project description:Whole transcriptome for PRMT6 knock-out and control NT2/D1 cells with and without ATRA (all-trans retinoic acid) was sequenced. These samples were compared to each other to find differentially regulated genes and PRMT6-dependent transcriptome in pluripotency and differentiating cells.
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE16858: Human NTERA2 (NT2/D1) cells lines: shZRF1 vs. shRandom during Retinoic Acid (RA) administration GSE16878: Human NTERA2 (NT2/D1) cells lines: Genomewide distribution of ZRF1 at gene promoters during RA administration Refer to individual Series
Project description:We discovered a new tissue specific enhancer originated from the human spesific endogenous retrovirus (hsERV). This enhancer displayed its activity in hippocampus and Tera-1 cell line as opposed to HepG2, A549, NT2/D1 and NGP127 cells. The aim of this study was to find transcription factors responsible for the hsERV enhancer activity. So we attempted to identify a fraction of transcription factor genes that were upregulated in enhancer-positive cells. Total RNA obtained from human hippocampus and Tera-1, HepG2, A549, NT2/D1 and NGP127 cell lines.
Project description:We discovered a new tissue specific enhancer originated from the human spesific endogenous retrovirus (hsERV). This enhancer displayed its activity in hippocampus and Tera-1 cell line as opposed to HepG2, A549, NT2/D1 and NGP127 cells. The aim of this study was to find transcription factors responsible for the hsERV enhancer activity. So we attempted to identify a fraction of transcription factor genes that were upregulated in enhancer-positive cells.
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE13863: Repressive and active histone methylation mark distinct promoters in human and mouse spermatozoa (Nimblegen) GSE19889: Repressive and active histone methylation mark distinct promoters in human and mouse spermatozoa (Illumina) Refer to individual Series
Project description:PRMT6, a type I arginine methyltransferase, di-methylates the arginine residues of both histones and non-histones asymmetrically. Increasing evidence indicates that PRMT6 plays a tumor mediator involved in human malignancies. Here, we aim to uncover the essential role and underlying mechanisms of PRMT6 in promoting glioblastoma (GBM) proliferation. Investigation of PRMT6 expression in glioma tissues demonstrated that PRMT6 is overexpressed, and elevated expression of PRMT6 is negatively correlated with poor prognosis in glioma/GBM patients. Silencing PRMT6 inhibited GBM cell proliferation and induced cell cycle arrest at the G0/G1 phase, while overexpressing PRMT6 had opposite results. Further, we found that PRMT6 attenuates the protein stability of CDKN1B by promoting its degradation. Subsequent mechanistic investigations showed that PRMT6 maintains the transcription of CDC20 by activating histone methylation mark (H3R2me2a), and CDC20 interacts with and destabilizes CDKN1B. Rescue experimental results confirmed that PRMT6 promotes the ubiquitinated degradation of CDKN1B and cell proliferation via CDC20. We also verified that the PRMT6 inhibitor (EPZ020411) could attenuate the proliferative effect of GBM cells. Our findings illustrate that PRMT6, an epigenetic mediator, promotes CDC20 transcription via H3R2me2a to mediate the degradation of CDKN1B to facilitate GBM progression. Targeting PRMT6-CDC20-CDKN1B axis might be a promising therapeutic strategy for GBM.
Project description:Protein arginine methyltransferase 6 (PRMT6) is an epigenetic regulator of fundamental cellular processes, such as gene expression and DNA repair. Asymmetric dimethylation of histone H3 at arginine 2 (H3R2me2a) is the major histone modification catalyzed by PRMT6. To identify the genome-wide deposition and transcriptional impact of H3R2me2a, we established PRMT6 deletion in a human cell model of neural differentiation. These knockout cells show severe neural differentiation defects. ChIP-seq profiling reveals that H3R2me2a is present at promoter as well as non-promoter sites in a PRMT6-dependent manner. Loss of H3R2me2a causes enhanced H3K4me3 deposition and target gene transcription supporting a genome-wide repressive nature of H3R2me2a. Intriguingly, the non-promoter H3R2me2a peaks co-localize with active enhancer marks, such as H3K4me1 and H3K27ac.