Project description:MeCP2 plays a multifaceted role in gene expression regulation and chromatin organization. Interaction between MeCP2 and methylated DNA to regulate gene expression is well established. However, the widespread MeCP2 distribution suggests its additional interactions with chromatin. Here we show, by both biochemical and ChIP-seq analyses, that MeCP2 directly binds to nucleosome subunit proteins and is recruited to distinct chromatin regions where H3K27me3 is enriched. We further observed that the impact of MeCP2 on transcriptional changes is correlated with histone post-translational modification patterns. Our findings indicate that MeCP2 can be recruited to genomic loci via indirect binding and that interaction between MeCP2 and histone proteins plays a significant role in gene expression regulation.
Project description:MeCP2 plays a multifaceted role in gene expression regulation and chromatin organization. Interaction between MeCP2 and methylated DNA to regulate gene expression is well established. However, the widespread MeCP2 distribution suggests its additional interactions with chromatin. Here we show, by both biochemical and ChIP-seq analyses, that MeCP2 directly binds to nucleosome subunit proteins and is recruited to distinct chromatin regions where H3K27me3 is enriched. We further observed that the impact of MeCP2 on transcriptional changes is correlated with histone post-translational modification patterns. Our findings indicate that MeCP2 can be recruited to genomic loci via indirect binding and that interaction between MeCP2 and histone proteins plays a significant role in gene expression regulation.
Project description:MeCP2 plays a multifaceted role in gene expression regulation and chromatin organization. Interaction between MeCP2 and methylated DNA to regulate gene expression is well established. However, the widespread MeCP2 distribution suggests its additional interactions with chromatin. Here we show, by both biochemical and ChIP-seq analyses, that MeCP2 directly binds to nucleosome subunit proteins and is recruited to distinct chromatin regions where H3K27me3 is enriched. We further observed that the impact of MeCP2 on transcriptional changes is correlated with histone post-translational modification patterns. Our findings indicate that MeCP2 can be recruited to genomic loci via indirect binding and that interaction between MeCP2 and histone proteins plays a significant role in gene expression regulation.
Project description:MeCP2 plays a multifaceted role in gene expression regulation and chromatin organization. Interaction between MeCP2 and methylated DNA to regulate gene expression is well established. However, the widespread MeCP2 distribution suggests its additional interactions with chromatin. Here we show, by both biochemical and ChIP-seq analyses, that MeCP2 directly binds to nucleosome subunit proteins and is recruited to distinct chromatin regions where H3K27me3 is enriched. We further observed that the impact of MeCP2 on transcriptional changes is correlated with histone post-translational modification patterns. Our findings indicate that MeCP2 can be recruited to genomic loci via indirect binding and that interaction between MeCP2 and histone proteins plays a significant role in gene expression regulation.
Project description:MeCP2 globally regulates gene expression in the brain. One example is Growth-differentiation factor 11 (Gdf11), which is down-regulated upon loss of MeCP2 and up-regulated upon gain of MeCP2. To assess if MeCP2 binds near the Gdf11 locus we performed CUT&RUN for MeCP2 in Mecp2-knockout or MECP2-transgenic hippocampus. To assess if a repressive histone modification (H3K27me3) was concordantly changed we profiled H3k27me3 in these same matched tissues.
Project description:MeCP2 plays a multifaceted role in gene expression regulation and chromatin organization. Interaction between MeCP2 and methylated DNA to regulate gene expression is well established. However, the widespread MeCP2 distribution suggests its additional interactions with chromatin. Here we show, by both biochemical and ChIP-seq analyses, that MeCP2 directly binds to nucleosome subunit proteins and is recruited to distinct chromatin regions where H3K27me3 is enriched. We further observed that the impact of MeCP2 on transcriptional changes is correlated with histone post-translational modification patterns. Our findings indicate that MeCP2 can be recruited to genomic loci via indirect binding and that interaction between MeCP2 and histone proteins plays a significant role in gene expression regulation.