Early Embryonic Establishment of Constitutive Heterochromatin Involves H3K14ac-mediated Recruitment of Eggless/SetDB1
Tang, R.; Zhou, M.; Chen, Y.; Jiang, Z.; Fan, X.; Zhang, J.; Dong, A.; Lv, L.; Mao, S.; Chen, F.; Min, J.; Liu, K.; Yuan, K.
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Constitutive heterochromatin, built on various types of repetitive DNA, is a fundamental feature of eukaryotic nucleus essential for transposon silencing and genome stability. However, the molecular programs driving its de novo establishment during early embryogenesis remain poorly understood. Here, we show that histone H3 lysine 14 acetylation (H3K14ac) is maternally inherited and partially colocalizes with hallmarks of constitutive heterochromatin, H3 lysine 9 trimethylation (H3K9me3) and its methyltransferase Eggless/SetDB1, around the mid-blastula transition in Drosophila early embryos. Concealing H3K14ac by either antibody injection or maternal knockdown of Gcn5 diminishes Eggless/SetDB1 nuclear foci and reduces the deposition of H3K9me3. Structural analysis reveals that Eggless/SetDB1 recognizes H3K14ac via its tandem Tudor domains, and disrupting the binding interface causes defects in Eggless/SetDB1 distribution and derepression of a subset of transposons. Therefore, H3K14ac, a histone modification associated with active transcription, is a crucial piece of the maternal programs that introduce constitutive heterochromatic features to the newly formed zygotic genome.
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