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Mohamed M, Sabot F, Varoqui M, Mugat B, Audouin K, Pélisson A, Fiston-Lavier AS, Chambeyron S. TrEMOLO: accurate transposable element allele frequency estimation using long-read sequencing data combining assembly and mapping-based approaches. Genome Biol 2023; 24:63. [PMID: 37013657 PMCID: PMC10069131 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-023-02911-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/23/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Transposable Element MOnitoring with LOng-reads (TrEMOLO) is a new software that combines assembly- and mapping-based approaches to robustly detect genetic elements called transposable elements (TEs). Using high- or low-quality genome assemblies, TrEMOLO can detect most TE insertions and deletions and estimate their allele frequency in populations. Benchmarking with simulated data revealed that TrEMOLO outperforms other state-of-the-art computational tools. TE detection and frequency estimation by TrEMOLO were validated using simulated and experimental datasets. Therefore, TrEMOLO is a comprehensive and suitable tool to accurately study TE dynamics. TrEMOLO is available under GNU GPL3.0 at https://github.com/DrosophilaGenomeEvolution/TrEMOLO .
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- Mourdas Mohamed
- Institute of Human Genetics, UMR9002, CNRS and Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- DIADE, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, IRD, Montpellier, France
- IFB - Southgreen Bioversity, CIRAD, INRAE, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- Institute of Human Genetics, UMR9002, CNRS and Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Institute of Human Genetics, UMR9002, CNRS and Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Institute of Human Genetics, UMR9002, CNRS and Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- ISEM, Université Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, CIRAD, EPHE, Montpellier, France.
- Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), Paris, France.
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- Institute of Human Genetics, UMR9002, CNRS and Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
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Akkouche A, Moodad S, Hleihel R, Skayneh H, Chambeyron S, El Hajj H, Bazarbachi A. In vivo antagonistic role of the Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 regulatory proteins Tax and HBZ. PLoS Pathog 2021; 17:e1009219. [PMID: 33471856 PMCID: PMC7817025 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Accepted: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Adult T cell leukemia (ATL) is an aggressive malignancy secondary to chronic infection by the human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection. Two viral proteins, Tax and HBZ, play central roles in ATL leukemogenesis. Tax expression transforms T cells in vitro and induces ATL-like disease in mice. Tax also induces a rough eye phenotype and increases hemocyte count in Drosophila melanogaster, indicative of transformation. Among multiple functions, Tax modulates the expression of the enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2), a methyltransferase of the Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2), leading to H3K27me3-dependent reprogramming of around half of cellular genes. HBZ is a negative regulator of Tax-mediated viral transcription. HBZ effects on epigenetic signatures are underexplored. Here, we established an hbz transgenic fly model, and demonstrated that, unlike Tax, which induces NF-κB activation and enhanced PRC2 activity creating an activation loop, HBZ neither induces transformation nor NF-κB activation in vivo. However, overexpression of Tax or HBZ increases the PRC2 activity and both proteins directly interact with PRC2 complex core components. Importantly, overexpression of HBZ in tax transgenic flies prevents Tax-induced NF-κB or PRC2 activation and totally rescues Tax-induced transformation and senescence. Our results establish the in vivo antagonistic effect of HBZ on Tax-induced transformation and cellular effects. This study helps understanding long-term HTLV-1 persistence and cellular transformation and opens perspectives for new therapeutic strategies targeting the epigenetic machinery in ATL. Adult T cell leukemia-lymphoma is an aggressive hematological malignancy, caused by the retroviral infection with HTLV-1. Tax and HBZ play critical roles in leukemia development. Tax activates the NF-κB pathway and modulates the epigenetic machinery to induce cellular proliferation and malignant transformation. We generated hbz or tax/hbz transgenic fly models and explored the phenotypes and epigenetic changes in vivo. Unlike Tax, HBZ expression failed to activate NF-κB or to induce transformation or senescence in vivo, yet activated PRC2 core components resulting in subsequent epigenetic changes. HBZ expression in tax Tg flies inhibits Tax-induced NF-κB or PRC2 activation, resulting in inhibition of malignant cellular proliferation and its consequent senescence. Our study proves the antagonistic effect of HBZ on Tax-induced transformation in vivo, providing further understanding on ATL pathogenesis.
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- Abdou Akkouche
- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
- Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiological Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
- Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiological Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
- Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiological Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
- Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiological Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Institute of Human Genetics, CNRS, UMR 9002, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Experimental Pathology, Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
- * E-mail: (HEH); (AB)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
- Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiological Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
- * E-mail: (HEH); (AB)
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Mohamed M, Dang NTM, Ogyama Y, Burlet N, Mugat B, Boulesteix M, Mérel V, Veber P, Salces-Ortiz J, Severac D, Pélisson A, Vieira C, Sabot F, Fablet M, Chambeyron S. A Transposon Story: From TE Content to TE Dynamic Invasion of Drosophila Genomes Using the Single-Molecule Sequencing Technology from Oxford Nanopore. Cells 2020; 9:E1776. [PMID: 32722451 PMCID: PMC7465170 DOI: 10.3390/cells9081776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2020] [Revised: 07/17/2020] [Accepted: 07/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Transposable elements (TEs) are the main components of genomes. However, due to their repetitive nature, they are very difficult to study using data obtained with short-read sequencing technologies. Here, we describe an efficient pipeline to accurately recover TE insertion (TEI) sites and sequences from long reads obtained by Oxford Nanopore Technology (ONT) sequencing. With this pipeline, we could precisely describe the landscapes of the most recent TEIs in wild-type strains of Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans. Their comparison suggests that this subset of TE sequences is more similar than previously thought in these two species. The chromosome assemblies obtained using this pipeline also allowed recovering piRNA cluster sequences, which was impossible using short-read sequencing. Finally, we used our pipeline to analyze ONT sequencing data from a D. melanogaster unstable line in which LTR transposition was derepressed for 73 successive generations. We could rely on single reads to identify new insertions with intact target site duplications. Moreover, the detailed analysis of TEIs in the wild-type strains and the unstable line did not support the trap model claiming that piRNA clusters are hotspots of TE insertions.
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- Mourdas Mohamed
- Institute of Human Genetics, UMR9002, CNRS and Montpellier University, 34396 Montpellier, France; (M.M.); (Y.O.); (B.M.); (A.P.)
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- IRD/UM UMR DIADE, 911 avenue Agropolis BP64501, 34394 Montpellier, France; (N.T.-M.D.); (F.S.)
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- Institute of Human Genetics, UMR9002, CNRS and Montpellier University, 34396 Montpellier, France; (M.M.); (Y.O.); (B.M.); (A.P.)
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- Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive UMR 5558, 69622 Villeurbanne, France; (N.B.); (M.B.); (V.M.); (P.V.); (J.S.-O.); (C.V.)
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- Institute of Human Genetics, UMR9002, CNRS and Montpellier University, 34396 Montpellier, France; (M.M.); (Y.O.); (B.M.); (A.P.)
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- Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive UMR 5558, 69622 Villeurbanne, France; (N.B.); (M.B.); (V.M.); (P.V.); (J.S.-O.); (C.V.)
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- Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive UMR 5558, 69622 Villeurbanne, France; (N.B.); (M.B.); (V.M.); (P.V.); (J.S.-O.); (C.V.)
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- Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive UMR 5558, 69622 Villeurbanne, France; (N.B.); (M.B.); (V.M.); (P.V.); (J.S.-O.); (C.V.)
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- Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive UMR 5558, 69622 Villeurbanne, France; (N.B.); (M.B.); (V.M.); (P.V.); (J.S.-O.); (C.V.)
- Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE), CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
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- MGX-Montpellier GenomiX, c/o Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, CNRS, INSERM, Université de Montpellier, 34094 Montpellier, France;
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- Institute of Human Genetics, UMR9002, CNRS and Montpellier University, 34396 Montpellier, France; (M.M.); (Y.O.); (B.M.); (A.P.)
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- Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive UMR 5558, 69622 Villeurbanne, France; (N.B.); (M.B.); (V.M.); (P.V.); (J.S.-O.); (C.V.)
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- IRD/UM UMR DIADE, 911 avenue Agropolis BP64501, 34394 Montpellier, France; (N.T.-M.D.); (F.S.)
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- Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive UMR 5558, 69622 Villeurbanne, France; (N.B.); (M.B.); (V.M.); (P.V.); (J.S.-O.); (C.V.)
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- Institute of Human Genetics, UMR9002, CNRS and Montpellier University, 34396 Montpellier, France; (M.M.); (Y.O.); (B.M.); (A.P.)
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Mugat B, Nicot S, Varela-Chavez C, Jourdan C, Sato K, Basyuk E, Juge F, Siomi MC, Pélisson A, Chambeyron S. The Mi-2 nucleosome remodeler and the Rpd3 histone deacetylase are involved in piRNA-guided heterochromatin formation. Nat Commun 2020; 11:2818. [PMID: 32499524 PMCID: PMC7272611 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16635-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2018] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
In eukaryotes, trimethylation of lysine 9 on histone H3 (H3K9) is associated with transcriptional silencing of transposable elements (TEs). In drosophila ovaries, this heterochromatic repressive mark is thought to be deposited by SetDB1 on TE genomic loci after the initial recognition of nascent transcripts by PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) loaded on the Piwi protein. Here, we show that the nucleosome remodeler Mi-2, in complex with its partner MEP-1, forms a subunit that is transiently associated, in a MEP-1 C-terminus-dependent manner, with known Piwi interactors, including a recently reported SUMO ligase, Su(var)2-10. Together with the histone deacetylase Rpd3, this module is involved in the piRNA-dependent TE silencing, correlated with H3K9 deacetylation and trimethylation. Therefore, drosophila piRNA-mediated transcriptional silencing involves three epigenetic effectors, a remodeler, Mi-2, an eraser, Rpd3 and a writer, SetDB1, in addition to the Su(var)2-10 SUMO ligase.
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- Bruno Mugat
- Institute of Human Genetics, UMR9002, CNRS and Univ. Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Institute of Human Genetics, UMR9002, CNRS and Univ. Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Institute of Human Genetics, UMR9002, CNRS and Univ. Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute of Human Genetics, UMR9002, CNRS and Univ. Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, University of Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute of Human Genetics, UMR9002, CNRS and Univ. Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Institute of Human Genetics, UMR9002, CNRS and Univ. Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
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Barckmann B, El-Barouk M, Pélisson A, Mugat B, Li B, Franckhauser C, Fiston Lavier AS, Mirouze M, Fablet M, Chambeyron S. The somatic piRNA pathway controls germline transposition over generations. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:9524-9536. [PMID: 30312469 PMCID: PMC6182186 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Accepted: 08/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Transposable elements (TEs) are parasitic DNA sequences that threaten genome integrity by replicative transposition in host gonads. The Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) pathway is assumed to maintain Drosophila genome homeostasis by downregulating transcriptional and post-transcriptional TE expression in the ovary. However, the bursts of transposition that are expected to follow transposome derepression after piRNA pathway impairment have not yet been reported. Here, we show, at a genome-wide level, that piRNA loss in the ovarian somatic cells boosts several families of the endogenous retroviral subclass of TEs, at various steps of their replication cycle, from somatic transcription to germinal genome invasion. For some of these TEs, the derepression caused by the loss of piRNAs is backed up by another small RNA pathway (siRNAs) operating in somatic tissues at the post transcriptional level. Derepressed transposition during 70 successive generations of piRNA loss exponentially increases the genomic copy number by up to 10-fold.
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- IGH, CNRS, Univ. Montpellier, Montpellier, France.,Institut Cochin, Paris, France
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- IGH, CNRS, Univ. Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- IGH, CNRS, Univ. Montpellier, Montpellier, France.,Institut Pasteur, Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Hub, C3BI, USR 3756, IP CNRS, Paris France
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- LGPD, CNRS, Univ Perpignan Via Domitia, Perpignan, France
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- Université de Lyon; Université Lyon 1; CNRS; UMR 5558, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive. 43 Boulevard du 11 novembre 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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Romero-Soriano V, Modolo L, Lopez-Maestre H, Mugat B, Pessia E, Chambeyron S, Vieira C, Garcia Guerreiro MP. Transposable Element Misregulation Is Linked to the Divergence between Parental piRNA Pathways in Drosophila Hybrids. Genome Biol Evol 2018; 9:1450-1470. [PMID: 28854624 PMCID: PMC5499732 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evx091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Interspecific hybridization is a genomic stress condition that leads to the activation of transposable elements (TEs) in both animals and plants. In hybrids between Drosophila buzzatii and Drosophila koepferae, mobilization of at least 28 TEs has been described. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying this TE release remain poorly understood. To give insight on the causes of this TE activation, we performed a TE transcriptomic analysis in ovaries (notorious for playing a major role in TE silencing) of parental species and their F1 and backcrossed (BC) hybrids. We find that 15.2% and 10.6% of the expressed TEs are deregulated in F1 and BC1 ovaries, respectively, with a bias toward overexpression in both cases. Although differences between parental piRNA (Piwi-interacting RNA) populations explain only partially these results, we demonstrate that piRNA pathway proteins have divergent sequences and are differentially expressed between parental species. Thus, a functional divergence of the piRNA pathway between parental species, together with some differences between their piRNA pools, might be at the origin of hybrid instabilities and ultimately cause TE misregulation in ovaries. These analyses were complemented with the study of F1 testes, where TEs tend to be less expressed than in D. buzzatii. This can be explained by an increase in piRNA production, which probably acts as a defence mechanism against TE instability in the male germline. Hence, we describe a differential impact of interspecific hybridization in testes and ovaries, which reveals that TE expression and regulation are sex-biased.
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- Valèria Romero-Soriano
- Grup de Genòmica, Bioinformàtica i Biologia Evolutiva, Departament de Genètica i Microbiologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, UMR5558, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, UMR5558, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, UMR9002, CNRS-Université de Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, UMR5558, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, UMR9002, CNRS-Université de Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, UMR5558, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
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- Grup de Genòmica, Bioinformàtica i Biologia Evolutiva, Departament de Genètica i Microbiologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
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Akkouche A, Mugat B, Barckmann B, Varela-Chavez C, Li B, Raffel R, Pélisson A, Chambeyron S. Piwi Is Required during Drosophila Embryogenesis to License Dual-Strand piRNA Clusters for Transposon Repression in Adult Ovaries. Mol Cell 2017; 66:411-419.e4. [PMID: 28457744 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2017.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2016] [Revised: 01/13/2017] [Accepted: 03/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Most piRNAs in the Drosophila female germline are transcribed from heterochromatic regions called dual-strand piRNA clusters. Histone 3 lysine 9 trimethylation (H3K9me3) is required for licensing piRNA production by these clusters. However, it is unclear when and how they acquire this permissive heterochromatic state. Here, we show that transient Piwi depletion in Drosophila embryos results in H3K9me3 decrease at piRNA clusters in ovaries. This is accompanied by impaired biogenesis of ovarian piRNAs, accumulation of transposable element transcripts, and female sterility. Conversely, Piwi depletion at later developmental stages does not disturb piRNA cluster licensing. These results indicate that the identity of piRNA clusters is epigenetically acquired in a Piwi-dependent manner during embryonic development, which is reminiscent of the widespread genome reprogramming occurring during early mammalian zygotic development.
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- Abdou Akkouche
- Institut de Génétique Humaine, UMR9002 CNRS-Université de Montpellier, 34396 Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, UMR9002 CNRS-Université de Montpellier, 34396 Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, UMR9002 CNRS-Université de Montpellier, 34396 Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, UMR9002 CNRS-Université de Montpellier, 34396 Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, UMR9002 CNRS-Université de Montpellier, 34396 Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, UMR9002 CNRS-Université de Montpellier, 34396 Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, UMR9002 CNRS-Université de Montpellier, 34396 Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, UMR9002 CNRS-Université de Montpellier, 34396 Montpellier, France.
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Lesage P, Bétermier M, Bridier-Nahmias A, Chandler M, Chambeyron S, Cristofari G, Gilbert N, Quesneville H, Vaury C, Volff JN. International Congress on Transposable elements (ICTE 2016) in Saint Malo: mobile elements under the sun of Brittany. Mob DNA 2016; 7:19. [PMID: 30044887 PMCID: PMC5072296 DOI: 10.1186/s13100-016-0075-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2016] [Accepted: 10/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
The third international conference on Transposable Elements (ICTE) was held 16–19 April 2016 in Saint Malo, France. Organized by the French Transposition Community (Research group of the CNRS: “Mobile genetic elements: from mechanism to populations, an integrative approach”) and the French Society of Genetics, the conference’s goal was to bring together researchers who study transposition in diverse organisms, using multiple experimental approaches. The meeting gathered 180 participants from all around the world. Most of them contributed through poster presentations, invited talks and short talks selected from poster abstracts. The talks were organized into six scientific sessions: “Taming mobile DNA: self and non-self recognition”; “Trans-generational inheritance”; “Mobile DNA genome structure and organization, from molecular mechanisms to applications”; “Remembrance of (retro)transposon past: mobile DNA in genome evolution”; and finally “The yin and the yang of mobile DNA in human health”.
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- Pascale Lesage
- Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, INSERM U944, CNRS UMR 7212, Institut Universitaire d'Hématologie, Hôpital Saint Louis, 75010 Paris, France
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- Institute of Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Univ Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, INSERM U944, CNRS UMR 7212, Institut Universitaire d'Hématologie, Hôpital Saint Louis, 75010 Paris, France.,Department CASER Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (Cnam), 75003 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5100, 118 Rte de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex, France
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, CNRS, UPR1142, 34396 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Institute for Research on Cancer and Aging in Nice (IRCAN), CNRS UMR 7284, Inserm U1081, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Biotherapy, INSERM, U1183 Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UR 1164, URGI, Unité de Recherche en Génomique-Info, 78026 Versailles Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire GReD, Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Inserm, BP 10448, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France
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Barckmann B, Pierson S, Dufourt J, Papin C, Armenise C, Port F, Grentzinger T, Chambeyron S, Baronian G, Desvignes JP, Curk T, Simonelig M. Aubergine iCLIP Reveals piRNA-Dependent Decay of mRNAs Involved in Germ Cell Development in the Early Embryo. Cell Rep 2015; 12:1205-16. [PMID: 26257181 PMCID: PMC4626872 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.07.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2015] [Revised: 06/17/2015] [Accepted: 07/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
The Piwi-interacting RNA (piRNA) pathway plays an essential role in the repression of transposons in the germline. Other functions of piRNAs such as post-transcriptional regulation of mRNAs are now emerging. Here, we perform iCLIP with the PIWI protein Aubergine (Aub) and identify hundreds of maternal mRNAs interacting with Aub in the early Drosophila embryo. Gene expression profiling reveals that a proportion of these mRNAs undergo Aub-dependent destabilization during the maternal-to-zygotic transition. Strikingly, Aub-dependent unstable mRNAs encode germ cell determinants. iCLIP with an Aub mutant that is unable to bind piRNAs confirms piRNA-dependent binding of Aub to mRNAs. Base pairing between piRNAs and mRNAs can induce mRNA cleavage and decay that are essential for embryonic development. These results suggest general regulation of maternal mRNAs by Aub and piRNAs, which plays a key developmental role in the embryo through decay and localization of mRNAs encoding germ cell determinants. Aub binds to maternal mRNAs in early Drosophila embryos Interaction between Aub and maternal mRNAs depends on piRNAs aub mutants are defective in mRNA decay during the MZT Aub-dependent unstable mRNAs encode germ cell determinants
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- Bridlin Barckmann
- mRNA Regulation and Development, Institut de Génétique Humaine, CNRS, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- mRNA Regulation and Development, Institut de Génétique Humaine, CNRS, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- mRNA Regulation and Development, Institut de Génétique Humaine, CNRS, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- mRNA Regulation and Development, Institut de Génétique Humaine, CNRS, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- RNA Silencing and Control of Transposition, Institut de Génétique Humaine, CNRS, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Division of Cell Biology, Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
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- RNA Silencing and Control of Transposition, Institut de Génétique Humaine, CNRS, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- RNA Silencing and Control of Transposition, Institut de Génétique Humaine, CNRS, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- MGX-Montpellier GenomiX, c/o Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, 141 rue de la cardonille, 34094 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- MGX-Montpellier GenomiX, c/o Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, 141 rue de la cardonille, 34094 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Faculty of Computer and Information Science, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- mRNA Regulation and Development, Institut de Génétique Humaine, CNRS, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
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Mugat B, Akkouche A, Serrano V, Armenise C, Li B, Brun C, Fulga TA, Van Vactor D, Pélisson A, Chambeyron S. MicroRNA-Dependent Transcriptional Silencing of Transposable Elements in Drosophila Follicle Cells. PLoS Genet 2015; 11:e1005194. [PMID: 25993106 PMCID: PMC4451950 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2014] [Accepted: 04/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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RNA interference-related silencing mechanisms concern very diverse and distinct biological processes, from gene regulation (via the microRNA pathway) to defense against molecular parasites (through the small interfering RNA and the Piwi-interacting RNA pathways). Small non-coding RNAs serve as specificity factors that guide effector proteins to ribonucleic acid targets via base-pairing interactions, to achieve transcriptional or post-transcriptional regulation. Because of the small sequence complementarity required for microRNA-dependent post-transcriptional regulation, thousands of microRNA (miRNA) putative targets have been annotated in Drosophila. In Drosophila somatic ovarian cells, genomic parasites, such as transposable elements (TEs), are transcriptionally repressed by chromatin changes induced by Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) that prevent them from invading the germinal genome. Here we show, for the first time, that a functional miRNA pathway is required for the piRNA-mediated transcriptional silencing of TEs in this tissue. Global miRNA depletion, caused by tissue- and stage-specific knock down of drosha (involved in miRNA biogenesis), AGO1 or gawky (both responsible for miRNA activity), resulted in loss of TE-derived piRNAs and chromatin-mediated transcriptional de-silencing of TEs. This specific TE de-repression was also observed upon individual titration (by expression of the complementary miRNA sponge) of two miRNAs (miR-14 and miR-34) as well as in a miR-14 loss-of-function mutant background. Interestingly, the miRNA defects differentially affected TE- and 3' UTR-derived piRNAs. To our knowledge, this is the first indication of possible differences in the biogenesis or stability of TE- and 3' UTR-derived piRNAs. This work is one of the examples of detectable phenotypes caused by loss of individual miRNAs in Drosophila and the first genetic evidence that miRNAs have a role in the maintenance of genome stability via piRNA-mediated TE repression.
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- Bruno Mugat
- Institut de Génétique Humaine, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Cell Biology and Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Cell Biology and Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montpellier, France
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Chambeyron S, Seitz H. Insect small non-coding RNA involved in epigenetic regulations. Curr Opin Insect Sci 2014; 1:1-9. [PMID: 32846724 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2014.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2014] [Revised: 05/01/2014] [Accepted: 05/01/2014] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Small regulatory RNAs can not only guide post-transcriptional repression of target genes, but some of them can also direct heterochromatin formation of specific genomic loci. Here we review the published literature on small RNA-guided epigenetic regulation in insects. The recent development of novel analytical technologies (deep sequencing and RNAi screens) has led to the identification of some of the factors involved in these processes, as well as their molecular mechanism and subcellular localization. Other findings uncovered an additional mode of epigenetic control, where maternally inherited small RNAs can affect phenotypes in a stable, transgenerational manner. The evolutive history of small RNA effector proteins in insects suggests that these two modes of regulation are variably conserved among species.
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- Séverine Chambeyron
- Institut de Génétique Humaine, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), UPR 1142, 141, rue de la Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), UPR 1142, 141, rue de la Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
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The recent development of High Throughput Sequencing technology has boosted the study of small regulatory RNA populations. A critical step prior to cloning and sequencing is purification of small RNA populations. Here, we report the optimization of an anion-exchange chromatography procedure in order to purify small regulatory RNAs bound on proteins. We developed this procedure to make it less time-consuming since our improved method no longer requires specific equipment and can easily be performed at the bench. We believe that our procedure will increase the robustness and accuracy of small RNA libraries in the future.
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Grentzinger T, Armenise C, Pelisson A, Brun C, Mugat B, Chambeyron S. A user-friendly chromatographic method to purify small regulatory RNAs. Methods 2013; 67:91-101. [PMID: 23727218 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2013.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2013] [Revised: 05/16/2013] [Accepted: 05/19/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The discovery of the small regulatory RNAs has changed our vision of cellular regulations. Indeed, when loaded on Argonaute proteins they form ribonucleoprotein complexes (RNPs) that target complementary sequences to achieve widespread silencing mechanisms conserved in most eukaryotes. The recent development of deep sequencing approaches highly contributed to their detection. Small RNA isolation from cells and/or tissues remains a crucial stage to generate robust and relevant sequencing data. In 2006, a novel strategy based on anion-exchange chromatography has been proposed as an alternative to the standard size-isolation purification procedure. Using bioinformatic comparative analysis, we here demonstrate that anion-exchange chromatographic RNP purification prior to small RNA extraction unbiasedly enriches datasets in bona fide reads (small regulatory RNA sequences) and depletes endogenous contaminants (ribosomal RNAs and degradation RNA products). The resulting increase in sequencing depth provides a major benefit to study rare populations. We then developed a fast and basic manual procedure to purify such small non-coding RNAs using anion-exchange chromatography at the bench. We validated the efficiency of this new method and used this strategy to purify small RNAs from various tissues and organisms. We moreover determined that our manual purification increases the output of the previously described anion-exchange chromatography procedure.
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- Thomas Grentzinger
- Institut de Génétique Humaine, CNRS, UPR1142, 34396 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, CNRS, UPR1142, 34396 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, CNRS, UPR1142, 34396 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, CNRS, UPR1142, 34396 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, CNRS, UPR1142, 34396 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, CNRS, UPR1142, 34396 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
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A report on the 'Non-coding RNA, epigenetics and transgenerational inheritance' meeting, Churchill College, Cambridge, UK, 11-12 April 2013.
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Akkouche A, Grentzinger T, Fablet M, Armenise C, Burlet N, Braman V, Chambeyron S, Vieira C. Maternally deposited germline piRNAs silence the tirant retrotransposon in somatic cells. EMBO Rep 2013; 14:458-64. [PMID: 23559065 DOI: 10.1038/embor.2013.38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2012] [Revised: 02/27/2013] [Accepted: 03/01/2013] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Transposable elements (TEs), whose propagation can result in severe damage to the host genome, are silenced in the animal gonad by Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs). piRNAs produced in the ovaries are deposited in the embryonic germline and initiate TE repression in the germline progeny. Whether the maternally transmitted piRNAs play a role in the silencing of somatic TEs is however unknown. Here we show that maternally transmitted piRNAs from the tirant retrotransposon in Drosophila are required for the somatic silencing of the TE and correlate with an increase in histone H3K9 trimethylation an active tirant copy.
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- Abdou Akkouche
- Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS UMR5558, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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Grentzinger T, Armenise C, Brun C, Mugat B, Serrano V, Pelisson A, Chambeyron S. piRNA-mediated transgenerational inheritance of an acquired trait. Genome Res 2012; 22:1877-88. [PMID: 22555593 PMCID: PMC3460183 DOI: 10.1101/gr.136614.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The maintenance of genome integrity is an essential trait to the successful transmission of genetic information. In animal germ cells, piRNAs guide PIWI proteins to silence transposable elements (TEs) in order to maintain genome integrity. In insects, most TE silencing in the germline is achieved by secondary piRNAs that are produced by a feed-forward loop (the ping-pong cycle), which requires the piRNA-directed cleavage of two types of RNAs: mRNAs of functional euchromatic TEs and heterochromatic transcripts that contain defective TE sequences. The first cleavage that initiates such an amplification loop remains poorly understood. Taking advantage of the existence of strains that are devoid of functional copies of the LINE-like I-element, we report here that in such Drosophila ovaries, the initiation of a ping-pong cycle is exclusively achieved by secondary I-element piRNAs that are produced in the ovary and deposited in the embryonic germline. This unusual secondary piRNA biogenesis, detected in the absence of functional I-element copies, results from the processing of sense and antisense transcripts of several different defective I-element. Once acquired, for instance after ancestor aging, this capacity to produce heterochromatic-only secondary piRNAs is partially transmitted through generations via maternal piRNAs. Furthermore, such piRNAs acting as ping-pong initiators in a chromatin-independent manner confer to the progeny a high capacity to repress the I-element mobility. Our study explains, at the molecular level, the basis for epigenetic memory of maternal immunity that protects females from hybrid dysgenesis caused by transposition of paternally inherited functional I-element.
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Brun C, Chambeyron S, Pélisson A, Serrano V, Bucheton A. Silencing of retroviruses by small RNAs in Drosophila. Retrovirology 2009. [PMCID: PMC2766957 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-s2-i4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Chambeyron S, Bucheton A. I elements in Drosophila: in vivo retrotransposition and regulation. Cytogenet Genome Res 2005; 110:215-22. [PMID: 16093675 DOI: 10.1159/000084955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2004] [Accepted: 07/19/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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- S Chambeyron
- Institut de Génétique Humaine, CNRS, Montpellier, France
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The spatial and temporal co-linear expression of Hox genes during development is an exquisite example of programmed gene expression. The precise mechanisms underpinning this are not known. Analysis of Hoxbchromatin structure and nuclear organisation, during the differentiation of murine ES cells, has lent support to the idea that there is a progressive`opening' of chromatin structure propagated through Hox clusters from 3′to 5′, which contributes to the sequential activation of gene expression. Here, we show that similar events occur in vivo in at least two stages of development. The first changes in chromatin structure and nuclear organisation were detected during gastrulation in the Hoxb1-expressing posterior primitive streak region: Hoxbchromatin was decondensed and the Hoxb1 locus looped out from its chromosome territory, in contrast to non-expressing Hoxb9, which remained within the chromosome territory. At E9.5, when differential Hox expression along the anteroposterior axis is being established, we found concomitant changes in the organisation of Hoxb. Hoxb organisation differed between regions of the neural tube that had never expressed Hoxb [rhombomeres (r) 1 and 2], strongly expressed Hoxb1 but not b9 (r4), had downregulated Hoxb1 (r5), expressed Hoxb9 but not Hoxb1 (spinal cord), and expressed both genes(tail bud). We conclude that Hoxb chromatin decondensation and nuclear re-organisation is regulated in different parts of the developing embryo, and at different developmental stages. The differential nuclear organisation of Hoxb along the anteroposterior axis of the developing neural tube is coherent with co-linear Hox gene expression. In early development nuclear re-organisation is coupled to Hoxb expression,but does not anticipate it.
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The colinearity of genes in Hox clusters suggests a role for chromosome structure in gene regulation. We reveal programmed changes in chromatin structure and nuclear organization upon induction of Hoxb expression by retinoic acid. There is an early increase in the histone modifications that are marks of active chromatin at both the early expressed gene Hoxb1, and also at Hoxb9 that is not expressed until much later. There is also a visible decondensation of the chromatin between Hoxb1 and Hoxb9 at this early stage. However, a further change in higher-order chromatin structure, looping out of genes from the chromosome territory, occurs in synchrony with the execution of the gene expression program. We suggest that higher-order chromatin structure regulates the expression of the HoxB cluster at several levels. Locus-wide changes in chromatin structure (histone modification and chromatin decondensation) may establish a transcriptionally poised state but are not sufficient for the temporal program of gene expression. The choreographed looping out of decondensed chromatin from chromosome territories may then allow for activation of high levels of transcription from the sequence of genes along the cluster.
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There has been considerable interest in the way that chromatin is spatially organised within the cell nucleus and how that may relate to gene expression and its control. New molecular techniques have identified looped chromatin domains at the mammalian beta-globin and the Drosophila hsp70 loci. Looped domains may insulate chromatin from the influence of neighbouring domains, and the bases of loops may also act to concentrate proteins locally within the nucleus. The spatial clustering of sequences from the Drosophila bithorax complex, located in trans, has also been demonstrated. An emerging theme is that bringing DNA and proteins together within a defined sub-region of the nuclear volume facilitates both the activation and the repression of gene expression. Nuclear compartments may also be involved in the post-translational modification of proteins by sumoylation and ubiquitylation.
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Bickmore WA, Mahy NL, Chambeyron S. Do higher-order chromatin structure and nuclear reorganization play a role in regulating Hox gene expression during development? Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol 2004; 69:251-7. [PMID: 16117656 DOI: 10.1101/sqb.2004.69.251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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- W A Bickmore
- MRC Human Genetics Unit, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Several studies have recently shown that the activity of some eukaryotic transposable elements is sensitive to the presence of homologous transgenes, suggesting the involvement of homology-dependent gene-silencing mechanisms in their regulation. Here we provide data indicating that two non-LTR retrotransposons of Drosophila melanogaster are themselves natural triggers of homology-dependent gene silencing. We show that, in the female germline of D. melanogaster, fragments from the R1 or from the I retrotransposons can mediate silencing of chimeric transcription units into which they are inserted. This silencing is probably mediated by sequence identity with endogenous copies of the retrotransposons because it does not occur with a fragment from the divergent R1 elements of Bombyx mori, and, when a fragment of I is used, it occurs only in females containing functional copies of the I element. This silencing is not accompanied by cosuppression of the endogenous gene homologous to the chimeric transcription unit, which contrasts to some other silencing mechanisms in Drosophila. These observations suggest that in the female germline of D. melanogaster the R1 and I retrotransposons may self-regulate their own activity and their copy number by triggering homology-dependent gene silencing.
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- Stéphanie Robin
- Institut de Génétique Humaine, CNRS, 34396 Montpellier, Cedex 5, France
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Robin S, Chambeyron S, Brun C, Bucheton A, Busseau I. Trans-complementation of an endonuclease-defective tagged I element as a tool for the study of retrotransposition in Drosophila melanogaster. Mol Genet Genomics 2002; 267:829-34. [PMID: 12207231 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-002-0716-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2002] [Accepted: 06/10/2002] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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I factors are non-LTR retrotransposons of Drosophila melanogaster that transpose at high frequency in the germline of females resulting from appropriate crosses, allowing in vivo studies of the retrotransposition process. Reverse transcription of a full-length RNA intermediate is thought to occur at the site of integration, using a 3' hydroxyl group generated by endonucleolytic cleavage of the genomic DNA to prime synthesis of the first cDNA strand. This target-primed reverse transcription (TPRT) process is mediated by endonuclease and reverse transcriptase activities encoded by the element. We have designed a molecularly tagged, endonuclease-defective I element that can be mobilised with high efficiency by constructs that express the product of the I factor ORF2 in trans. This indicates that the endonuclease activity required for retrotransposition of the I factor can be provided in trans. Using this system, we show that the endonuclease domain of the R1Bm retrotransposon from Bombyx mori cannot functionally replace that of the I factor.
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- S Robin
- Institut de Génétique Humaine, CNRS, 141 Rue de la Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Chambeyron S, Brun C, Robin S, Bucheton A, Busseau I. Chimeric RNA transposition intermediates of the I factor produce precise retrotransposed copies. Nucleic Acids Res 2002; 30:3387-94. [PMID: 12140323 PMCID: PMC137080 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkf456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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I elements in Drosophila melanogaster are non-long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons of particular interest because high levels of transposition can be induced by appropriate crosses. They use a full-length RNA transposition intermediate as a template for reverse transcription. Detailed molecular characterization of this intermediate is rendered difficult because of the many transcripts produced by defective elements. The use of an active I element marked with a sequence encoding the HA epitope solves this problem. We used an RNA circularization procedure followed by RT-PCR to analyze the transcripts produced by actively transposing tagged I elements. Most start at the 5' end at the second nucleotide of the I element and all are polyadenylated at a site located in genomic sequences downstream of the 3' end. One of the tagged I elements, inserted in locus 88A, produces chimeric transcripts that carry sequences from both 5'- and 3'-flanking genomic DNA. We show that synthesis of these chimeric transcripts is controlled by the I element itself. Analysis of full-length transposed copies of this element shows that the extra sequences at the 5' and 3' ends are not integrated during retrotransposition. This suggests that initiation and arrest of reverse transcription during retrotransposition are precise processes.
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- Séverine Chambeyron
- Institut de Génétique Humaine, CNRS, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier cedex 5, France
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Chambeyron S, Bucheton A, Busseau I. Tandem UAA repeats at the 3'-end of the transcript are essential for the precise initiation of reverse transcription of the I factor in Drosophila melanogaster. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:17877-82. [PMID: 11882661 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m200996200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Non-long terminal repeat retrotransposons, widespread among eukaryotic genomes, transpose by reverse transcription of an RNA intermediate. Some of them, like L1 in the human, terminate at the 3'-end with a poly(dA) stretch whereas others, like the I factor in Drosophila melanogaster, have instead a short sequence repeated in tandem. This suggests different requirements for the initiation of reverse transcription. Here, we have used an RNA circularization/reverse transcription-PCR technique to analyze the 5'- and 3'-ends of the full-length transcripts produced by the I factor at the time of active retrotransposition. These transcripts are capped and polyadenylated similar to conventional messenger RNAs. We have analyzed the 3'-ends of transcripts and transposed copies produced by I elements mutated at the 3'-ends. Transcripts devoid of tandem UAA repeats, although capable of building the components of the retrotransposition machinery, are inefficiently used as retrotransposition intermediates. Such transcripts produce rare new integrated copies issued from the inaccurate initiation of reverse transcription near the 3'-end of the element. The tandem UAA repeats at the 3'-end of the transcripts of I are required for the efficient and precise initiation of reverse transcription. This strong specificity of the I factor reverse transcriptase for its own transcript has implications for the impact of I factor retrotransposition on the host genome.
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- Séverine Chambeyron
- Institut de Génétique Humaine, CNRS, 141 Rue de la Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Cell cycle modulation of cyclin A expression is due to the periodic relief of a transcriptional repression mediated by a bipartite negative DNA regulatory region. The 5' element (Cell Cycle Responsive Element: CCRE; cell Cycle Dependent Element: CDE) is clearly occupied in a cyclic manner in vivo, whereas the 3' element, whose sequence is shared by B-myb, cdc25C and cdc2 genes (cell Cycle gene Homology Region: CHR), is involved in more subtle interactions. Mutation of either element results in complete deregulation of cyclin A promoter activity. Whereas some reports claim that E2F/DP can bind to the CCRE/CDE, the nature of the protein(s) interacting with the CHR is unknown. In the present work we have characterized an activity present in quiescent cells and absent in cells blocked in S phase, which binds specifically to cyclin A CHR, but not to B-myb, or to cdc25C, or to cdc2 CHRs. A 90 kD protein, named CHF (cyclin A CHR binding factor), has been identified through preparative electrophoresis and UV crosslinking experiments. In order to address in more functional terms the binding of CHF to cyclin A CHR, we developed in vitro and in vivo oligonucleotide competition assays. Both in vitro transcription and in vivo microinjection experiments demonstrate that a functional difference exists between the composite CCRE/CDE-CHR repressor regions of cell cycle regulated genes such as cyclin A and cdc25C.
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- A Philips
- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire, CNRS, UMR 5535, Montpellier, France
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