Polyamines regulate cell fate by altering the activity of histone-modifying enzymes
Emmons-Bell, M.; Sundquist, A.; Rabon, M. R.; Forsyth, G.; Oldeman, S.; Ayyappan, S.; Gardikioti, A.; de Souza, R.; Coene, J.; Kamel, M.; Fuchs, H. A.; Sudunagunta, V. S.; Stewart, E. M.; Verhelst, S.; Smeeton, J.; Viny, A. D.; Musselman, C. A.; Schvartzman, J. M.
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Polyamines are polycationic alkyl-amines abundant in proliferating stem and cancer cells. How these metabolites influence numerous cellular processes remains unclear. Here we show that polyamine levels decrease during differentiation and that inhibiting polyamine synthesis leads to a differentiated-like cell state. Polyamines are enriched in the nucleus, where their loss drives changes in chromatin accessibility and histone post-translational modifications. Polyamines interact electrostatically with DNA on the nucleosome core, freeing histone tails to conformations accessible to chromatin-modifying enzymes. Consistent with their role in increasing histone-tail accessibility, polyamines are able to replace MYCs role in reprogramming to pluripotency. These data reveal a mechanism by which an abundant metabolite influences chromatin structure and function in a direct but sequence independent manner, facilitating chromatin remodeling during reprogramming and limiting it during fate commitment.
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