Control of RNA polymerase II promoter-proximal pausing by DNA supercoiling
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Project description:During transcription, DNA supercoiling generated by the advance of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) is resolved by DNA topoisomerases, enzymes that bind chromatin and produce transient breaks to relax DNA. Recently, this idea of mere facilitators of transcription progression is changing, as topoisomerases are being assigned new functions in regulating the expression of specific genes. In fact, mammalian type II topoisomerases, both the [Symbol] (TOP2A) and [Symbol] (TOP2B) paralogs, are enriched at promoter regions, where they have been proposed to trigger transcription through the generation of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). However, this is difficult to reconcile with the intrinsic catalytic properties of TOP2 and the high risk of genome instability that continuous production and repair of DSBs implies. Here, we show that TOP2A enforces promoter-proximal pausing of Pol II by removing transcription-associated negative DNA supercoiling. Interestingly, this topological balance and its disruption is essential for the transcriptional control of Immediate Early Genes (IEGs) and their typical bursting behaviour in response to stimulus. We therefore uncover a novel layer of transcriptional regulation that relies on canonical functions of TOP2A that are independent of aberrant DSB formation, providing a topological framework for the control of promoter-proximal pausing and the tight regulation of IEGs.
2021-04-14 | GSE141799 | GEO
Project description:During transcription, DNA supercoiling generated by the advance of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) is resolved by DNA topoisomerases, enzymes that bind chromatin and produce transient breaks to relax DNA. Recently, this idea of mere facilitators of transcription progression is changing, as topoisomerases are being assigned new functions in regulating the expression of specific genes. In fact, mammalian type II topoisomerases, both the [Symbol] (TOP2A) and [Symbol] (TOP2B) paralogs, are enriched at promoter regions, where they have been proposed to trigger transcription through the generation of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). However, this is difficult to reconcile with the intrinsic catalytic properties of TOP2 and the high risk of genome instability that continuous production and repair of DSBs implies. Here, we show that TOP2A enforces promoter-proximal pausing of Pol II by removing transcription-associated negative DNA supercoiling. Interestingly, this topological balance and its disruption is essential for the transcriptional control of Immediate Early Genes (IEGs) and their typical bursting behaviour in response to stimulus. We therefore uncover a novel layer of transcriptional regulation that relies on canonical functions of TOP2A that are independent of aberrant DSB formation, providing a topological framework for the control of promoter-proximal pausing and the tight regulation of IEGs.
2021-04-14 | GSE141798 | GEO
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Project description:RNA polymerase II (pol II) transcribes all protein-coding and many non-coding RNAs in the human genome. Pol II transcription initiation is governed by the Pre-Initiation Complex (PIC), which contains TFIIA, TFIIB, TFIID, TFIIE, TFIIF, TFIIH, pol II, and Mediator. After initiation, pol II enzymes typically pause after transcribing less than 100 bases, and paused polymerases represent a common regulatory intermediate. Accordingly, paused pol II has been implicated in enhancer function, development and homeostasis, and diseases ranging from cancer to viral pathogenesis. Precisely how pol II promoter-proximal pausing is enforced and regulated remains unclear; however, protein complexes such as NELF and DSIF increase pausing whereas the activity of CDK9 (P-TEFb complex) correlates with pause release. To address specific mechanistic questions about pol II pausing and its regulation, we reconstituted human pol II promoter-proximal pausing in vitro, entirely with purified factors (no extracts). As expected, NELF and DSIF increased pol II pausing in vitro, whereas P-TEFb promoted pause release. Unexpectedly, the PIC alone was sufficient to reconstitute pol II pausing, suggesting that pausing is an inherent property of the PIC. In agreement, pol II pausing was lost upon replacement of the TFIID complex with TATA-binding protein (TBP); moreover, pausing was dependent upon TFIID subunits TAF1 and TAF2. TAF1/2 bind genomic DNA downstream of the pol II initiation site, invoking a “complex interaction” model for pausing. Consistent with this model, PRO-Seq experiments revealed increased transcription upon acute depletion (t=60 min) of TAF1 and TAF2 in human cells, and pol II pausing was disrupted at thousands of genes. Similar results were obtained in TAF1-depleted Drosophila S2 cells. Collectively, these data establish the general transcription factor TFIID as a genome-wide regulator of pol II promoter-proximal pausing.
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2015-08-13 | GSE70408 | GEO
Project description:Promoter-proximal pausing of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) is a widespread in higher eukaryotes. Previous studies have shown that GAF is enriched at paused genes, but the role of GAF in pausing has not been well characterized on a genome-wide level. To investigate the role of GAF in pausing, we RNAi-depleted GAF from Drosophila S2 cells, and examined the effects on promoter-proximal polymerase. We confirmed the importance of GAF for pausing on the classic pause model gene Hsp70. To determine the dependence of pausing on GAF genome-wide, we assayed the levels of transcriptionally-engaged polymerase genome-wide using GRO-seq in control and GAF-RNAi cells. We found that promoter-proximal polymerase was significantly reduced on a subset of paused genes with GAF-bound promoters. There is a dramatic change in nucleosome distribution at genes with reduction in pausing upon GAF depletion and intergenic GAF binding sites in GAF knock-down, suggesting that GAF allows the establishment of pausing at these genes by directing nucleosome displacement off of the promoter. In addition, the insulator factor BEAF, BEAF-interacting protein Chriz, and transcription M1BP enrichment on unaffected genes suggests that redundant transcription factors or insulators protect other GAF-bound paused genes from GAF knock-down effects. Three biological replicates of MNase digested chromatin from LacZ-RNAi and GAGA factor-RNAi cells.
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