論文

査読有り 国際誌
2020年4月

Heterogeneous fluid-like movements of chromatin and their implications to transcription.

Biophysical reviews
  • S S Ashwin
  • ,
  • Kazuhiro Maeshima
  • ,
  • Masaki Sasai

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開始ページ
461
終了ページ
468
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1007/s12551-020-00675-8

Eukaryotic chromatin is a complex of genome DNA and associated proteins, and its structure and dynamics play a crucial role in regulating DNA functions. Chromatin takes rather irregular structures in the nucleus and exhibits heterogeneous sub-diffusive movements as polymers fluctuating in a fluid state. Using genome-wide single-nucleosome tracking data, heterogeneity of movements was statistically analyzed, which categorized chromatin into two types: slow chromatin that moves under structurally constrained environments and fast chromatin that moves with less constraints. Interactions of chromatin to various protein factors determine the motional constraints. For example, loss of the cohesin complex that bundles the chromatin chains reduces the motional constraints and increases the population of fast chromatin. Another example is the transcriptional machinery. While it was previously thought that the transcriptional activity is associated with more open and dynamic chromatin structure, recent studies suggested a more nuanced role of transcription in chromatin dynamics: dynamic association/dissociation of active RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) and other transcription factors and Mediators (TF-Meds) transiently bridges transcriptionally active DNA regions, which forms a loose network of chromatin and constrains chromatin movement, enhancing the slow chromatin population. This new view on the dynamical effects of transcription urges a reflection on the traditional model of transcription factories and invites the more recent models of condensates/phase-separated liquid droplets of RNAPII, transcription factors, and Mediators. The combined procedure of genome-wide single-nucleosome tracking and its statistical analysis would unveil heterogeneity in the chromatin movement, which should provide a key to understanding the relations among chromatin dynamics, structure, and function.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12551-020-00675-8
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32206982
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7242551
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1007/s12551-020-00675-8
  • PubMed ID : 32206982
  • PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC7242551

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