Proximity-dependent recruitment of Polycomb Repressive Complexes by the lncRNA Airn
Braceros, A. K.; Schertzer, M. D.; Omer, A.; Trotman, J. B.; Davis, E. S.; Dowen, J. M.; Phanstiel, D. H.; Lieberman Aiden, E.; Calabrese, M.
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During mouse embryogenesis, expression of the lncRNA Airn induces gene silencing and recruits Polycomb Repressive Complexes (PRCs) to varying extents over a 15 megabase domain. The mechanisms remain unclear. Using high-resolution approaches, we show in mouse trophoblast stem cells that Airn expression induces long-range changes to chromatin architecture that coincide with PRC-directed modifications and center around CpG island promoters that contact the Airn locus even in the absence of Airn expression. Intensity of contact between Airn lncRNA and target chromatin correlated with underlying intensity of PRC-directed chromatin modifications. Deletion of CpG islands that form contacts with Airn altered long-distance silencing and PRC activity in a manner that correlated with changes in chromatin architecture. We conclude that Airn is a potent cis-acting lncRNA whose primary functions of transcriptional repression and PRC recruitment are controlled by an equilibratory network of DNA regulatory elements that modulate its frequency of contact with target chromatin.
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