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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Transposable elements (TEs), the movement of which can damage the genome,
are epigenetically silenced in eukaryotes. Intriguingly, TEs are activated in
the sperm companion cell – vegetative cell (VC) – of the flowering plant Arabidopsis
thaliana. However, the extent and mechanism of this activation are unknown. Here
we show that about 100 heterochromatic TEs are activated in VCs, mostly by DEMETER-catalyzed
DNA demethylation. We further demonstrate that DEMETER access to some of these
TEs is permitted by the natural depletion of linker histone H1 in VCs. Ectopically
expressed H1 suppresses TEs in VCs by reducing DNA demethylation and via a methylation-independent
mechanism. We demonstrate that H1 is required for heterochromatin condensation
in plant cells and show that H1 overexpression creates heterochromatic foci in
the VC progenitor cell. Taken together, our results demonstrate that the natural
depletion of H1 during male gametogenesis facilitates DEMETER-directed DNA demethylation,
heterochromatin relaxation, and TE activation.
acknowledgement: We thank David Twell for the pDONR-P4-P1R-pLAT52 and pDONR-P2R-P3-mRFP
vectors, the John Innes Centre Bioimaging Facility (Elaine Barclay and Grant Calder)
for their assistance with microscopy, and the Norwich BioScience Institute Partnership
Computing infrastructure for Science Group for High Performance Computing resources.
This work was funded by a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
(BBSRC) David Phillips Fellowship (BB/L025043/1; SH, JZ and XF), a European Research
Council Starting Grant ('SexMeth' 804981; XF) and a Grant to Exceptional Researchers
by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation (SH and XF).
article_number: '42530'
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- first_name: Shengbo
full_name: He, Shengbo
last_name: He
- first_name: Martin
full_name: Vickers, Martin
last_name: Vickers
- first_name: Jingyi
full_name: Zhang, Jingyi
last_name: Zhang
- first_name: Xiaoqi
full_name: Feng, Xiaoqi
id: e0164712-22ee-11ed-b12a-d80fcdf35958
last_name: Feng
orcid: 0000-0002-4008-1234
citation:
ama: He S, Vickers M, Zhang J, Feng X. Natural depletion of histone H1 in sex cells
causes DNA demethylation, heterochromatin decondensation and transposon activation.
eLife. 2019;8. doi:10.7554/elife.42530
apa: He, S., Vickers, M., Zhang, J., & Feng, X. (2019). Natural depletion of
histone H1 in sex cells causes DNA demethylation, heterochromatin decondensation
and transposon activation. ELife. eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.42530
chicago: He, Shengbo, Martin Vickers, Jingyi Zhang, and Xiaoqi Feng. “Natural Depletion
of Histone H1 in Sex Cells Causes DNA Demethylation, Heterochromatin Decondensation
and Transposon Activation.” ELife. eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd, 2019.
https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.42530.
ieee: S. He, M. Vickers, J. Zhang, and X. Feng, “Natural depletion of histone H1
in sex cells causes DNA demethylation, heterochromatin decondensation and transposon
activation,” eLife, vol. 8. eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd, 2019.
ista: He S, Vickers M, Zhang J, Feng X. 2019. Natural depletion of histone H1 in
sex cells causes DNA demethylation, heterochromatin decondensation and transposon
activation. eLife. 8, 42530.
mla: He, Shengbo, et al. “Natural Depletion of Histone H1 in Sex Cells Causes DNA
Demethylation, Heterochromatin Decondensation and Transposon Activation.” ELife,
vol. 8, 42530, eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd, 2019, doi:10.7554/elife.42530.
short: S. He, M. Vickers, J. Zhang, X. Feng, ELife 8 (2019).
date_created: 2023-01-16T09:17:21Z
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date_updated: 2023-05-08T10:54:12Z
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---
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abstract:
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text: Meiotic crossover frequency varies within genomes, which influences genetic
diversity and adaptation. In turn, genetic variation within populations can act
to modify crossover frequency in cis and trans. To identify genetic variation
that controls meiotic crossover frequency, we screened Arabidopsis accessions
using fluorescent recombination reporters. We mapped a genetic modifier of crossover
frequency in Col × Bur populations of Arabidopsis to a premature stop codon within
TBP-ASSOCIATED FACTOR 4b (TAF4b), which encodes a subunit of the RNA polymerase
II general transcription factor TFIID. The Arabidopsis taf4b mutation is a rare
variant found in the British Isles, originating in South-West Ireland. Using genetics,
genomics, and immunocytology, we demonstrate a genome-wide decrease in taf4b crossovers,
with strongest reduction in the sub-telomeric regions. Using RNA sequencing (RNA-seq)
from purified meiocytes, we show that TAF4b expression is meiocyte enriched, whereas
its paralog TAF4 is broadly expressed. Consistent with the role of TFIID in promoting
gene expression, RNA-seq of wild-type and taf4b meiocytes identified widespread
transcriptional changes, including in genes that regulate the meiotic cell cycle
and recombination. Therefore, TAF4b duplication is associated with acquisition
of meiocyte-specific expression and promotion of germline transcription, which
act directly or indirectly to elevate crossovers. This identifies a novel mode
of meiotic recombination control via a general transcription factor.
acknowledgement: "We thank Gregory Copenhaver (University of North Carolina), Avraham
Levy (The Weizmann Institute), and Scott Poethig (University of Pennsylvania) for
FTLs; Piotr Ziolkowski for Col-420/Bur seed; Sureshkumar Balasubramanian\r\n(Monash
University) for providing British and Irish Arabidopsis accessions; Mathilde Grelon
(INRA, Versailles) for providing the MLH1 antibody; and the Gurdon Institute for
access to microscopes. This work was supported by a BBSRC DTP studentship (E.J.L.),
European Research Area Network for Coordinating Action in Plant Sciences/BBSRC ‘‘DeCOP’’
(BB/M004937/1; C.L.), a BBSRC David Phillips Fellowship (BB/L025043/1; H.G. and
X.F.), the European Research Council (CoG ‘‘SynthHotspot,’’ A.J.T., C.L., and I.R.H.;
StG ‘‘SexMeth,’’ X.F.), and a Sainsbury Charitable Foundation Studentship (A.R.B.)."
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Emma J.
full_name: Lawrence, Emma J.
last_name: Lawrence
- first_name: Hongbo
full_name: Gao, Hongbo
last_name: Gao
- first_name: Andrew J.
full_name: Tock, Andrew J.
last_name: Tock
- first_name: Christophe
full_name: Lambing, Christophe
last_name: Lambing
- first_name: Alexander R.
full_name: Blackwell, Alexander R.
last_name: Blackwell
- first_name: Xiaoqi
full_name: Feng, Xiaoqi
id: e0164712-22ee-11ed-b12a-d80fcdf35958
last_name: Feng
orcid: 0000-0002-4008-1234
- first_name: Ian R.
full_name: Henderson, Ian R.
last_name: Henderson
citation:
ama: Lawrence EJ, Gao H, Tock AJ, et al. Natural variation in TBP-ASSOCIATED FACTOR
4b controls meiotic crossover and germline transcription in Arabidopsis. Current
Biology. 2019;29(16):2676-2686.e3. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.084
apa: Lawrence, E. J., Gao, H., Tock, A. J., Lambing, C., Blackwell, A. R., Feng,
X., & Henderson, I. R. (2019). Natural variation in TBP-ASSOCIATED FACTOR
4b controls meiotic crossover and germline transcription in Arabidopsis. Current
Biology. Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.084
chicago: Lawrence, Emma J., Hongbo Gao, Andrew J. Tock, Christophe Lambing, Alexander
R. Blackwell, Xiaoqi Feng, and Ian R. Henderson. “Natural Variation in TBP-ASSOCIATED
FACTOR 4b Controls Meiotic Crossover and Germline Transcription in Arabidopsis.”
Current Biology. Elsevier BV, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.084.
ieee: E. J. Lawrence et al., “Natural variation in TBP-ASSOCIATED FACTOR
4b controls meiotic crossover and germline transcription in Arabidopsis,” Current
Biology, vol. 29, no. 16. Elsevier BV, p. 2676–2686.e3, 2019.
ista: Lawrence EJ, Gao H, Tock AJ, Lambing C, Blackwell AR, Feng X, Henderson IR.
2019. Natural variation in TBP-ASSOCIATED FACTOR 4b controls meiotic crossover
and germline transcription in Arabidopsis. Current Biology. 29(16), 2676–2686.e3.
mla: Lawrence, Emma J., et al. “Natural Variation in TBP-ASSOCIATED FACTOR 4b Controls
Meiotic Crossover and Germline Transcription in Arabidopsis.” Current Biology,
vol. 29, no. 16, Elsevier BV, 2019, p. 2676–2686.e3, doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.084.
short: E.J. Lawrence, H. Gao, A.J. Tock, C. Lambing, A.R. Blackwell, X. Feng, I.R.
Henderson, Current Biology 29 (2019) 2676–2686.e3.
date_created: 2023-01-16T09:16:33Z
date_published: 2019-08-19T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-05-08T10:54:54Z
day: '19'
department:
- _id: XiFe
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.084
extern: '1'
external_id:
pmid:
- '31378616'
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issue: '16'
keyword:
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
- General Biochemistry
- Genetics and Molecular Biology
language:
- iso: eng
month: '08'
oa_version: None
page: 2676-2686.e3
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publication: Current Biology
publication_identifier:
issn:
- 0960-9822
publication_status: published
publisher: Elsevier BV
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Natural variation in TBP-ASSOCIATED FACTOR 4b controls meiotic crossover and
germline transcription in Arabidopsis
type: journal_article
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...
---
_id: '8305'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: In this paper, we present the first fully asynchronous distributed key generation
(ADKG) algorithm as well as the first distributed key generation algorithm that
can create keys with a dual (f,2f+1)−threshold that are necessary for scalable
consensus (which so far needs a trusted dealer assumption). In order to create
a DKG with a dual (f,2f+1)− threshold we first answer in the affirmative the open
question posed by Cachin et al. how to create an AVSS protocol with recovery thresholds
f+1Cryptology
ePrint Archive.'
apa: 'Kokoris Kogias, E., Spiegelman, A., Malkhi, D., & Abraham, I. (n.d.).
Bootstrapping consensus without trusted setup: fully asynchronous distributed
key generation. Cryptology ePrint Archive.'
chicago: 'Kokoris Kogias, Eleftherios, Alexander Spiegelman, Dahlia Malkhi, and
Ittai Abraham. “Bootstrapping Consensus without Trusted Setup: Fully Asynchronous
Distributed Key Generation.” Cryptology EPrint Archive, n.d.'
ieee: 'E. Kokoris Kogias, A. Spiegelman, D. Malkhi, and I. Abraham, “Bootstrapping
consensus without trusted setup: fully asynchronous distributed key generation,”
Cryptology ePrint Archive. .'
ista: 'Kokoris Kogias E, Spiegelman A, Malkhi D, Abraham I. Bootstrapping consensus
without trusted setup: fully asynchronous distributed key generation. Cryptology
ePrint Archive, 2019/1015.'
mla: 'Kokoris Kogias, Eleftherios, et al. “Bootstrapping Consensus without Trusted
Setup: Fully Asynchronous Distributed Key Generation.” Cryptology EPrint Archive,
2019/1015.'
short: E. Kokoris Kogias, A. Spiegelman, D. Malkhi, I. Abraham, Cryptology EPrint
Archive (n.d.).
date_created: 2020-08-26T12:18:00Z
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publication_status: submitted
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title: 'Bootstrapping consensus without trusted setup: fully asynchronous distributed
key generation'
type: preprint
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full_name: Schlögl, Alois
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last_name: Schlögl
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- first_name: Janos
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last_name: Kiss
- first_name: Stefano
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last_name: Elefante
citation:
ama: 'Schlögl A, Kiss J, Elefante S. Is Debian suitable for running an HPC Cluster?
In: AHPC19 - Austrian HPC Meeting 2019 . Institut für Mathematik und wissenschaftliches
Rechnen der Universität Graz; 2019:25.'
apa: 'Schlögl, A., Kiss, J., & Elefante, S. (2019). Is Debian suitable for running
an HPC Cluster? In AHPC19 - Austrian HPC Meeting 2019 (p. 25). Grundlsee,
Austria: Institut für Mathematik und wissenschaftliches Rechnen der Universität
Graz.'
chicago: Schlögl, Alois, Janos Kiss, and Stefano Elefante. “Is Debian Suitable for
Running an HPC Cluster?” In AHPC19 - Austrian HPC Meeting 2019 , 25. Institut
für Mathematik und wissenschaftliches Rechnen der Universität Graz, 2019.
ieee: A. Schlögl, J. Kiss, and S. Elefante, “Is Debian suitable for running an HPC
Cluster?,” in AHPC19 - Austrian HPC Meeting 2019 , Grundlsee, Austria,
2019, p. 25.
ista: 'Schlögl A, Kiss J, Elefante S. 2019. Is Debian suitable for running an HPC
Cluster? AHPC19 - Austrian HPC Meeting 2019 . AHPC: Austrian HPC Meeting, 25.'
mla: Schlögl, Alois, et al. “Is Debian Suitable for Running an HPC Cluster?” AHPC19
- Austrian HPC Meeting 2019 , Institut für Mathematik und wissenschaftliches
Rechnen der Universität Graz, 2019, p. 25.
short: A. Schlögl, J. Kiss, S. Elefante, in:, AHPC19 - Austrian HPC Meeting 2019
, Institut für Mathematik und wissenschaftliches Rechnen der Universität Graz,
2019, p. 25.
conference:
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location: Grundlsee, Austria
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text: The inner nuclear membrane (INM) is a subdomain of the endoplasmic reticulum
(ER) that is gated by the nuclear pore complex. It is unknown whether proteins
of the INM and ER are degraded through shared or distinct pathways in mammalian
cells. We applied dynamic proteomics to profile protein half-lives and report
that INM and ER residents turn over at similar rates, indicating that the INM’s
unique topology is not a barrier to turnover. Using a microscopy approach, we
observed that the proteasome can degrade INM proteins in situ. However, we also
uncovered evidence for selective, vesicular transport-mediated turnover of a single
INM protein, emerin, that is potentiated by ER stress. Emerin is rapidly cleared
from the INM by a mechanism that requires emerin’s LEM domain to mediate vesicular
trafficking to lysosomes. This work demonstrates that the INM can be dynamically
remodeled in response to environmental inputs.
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last_name: Schulte
- first_name: Hsiao
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ama: Buchwalter A, Schulte R, Tsai H, Capitanio J, Hetzer M. Selective clearance
of the inner nuclear membrane protein emerin by vesicular transport during ER
stress. eLife. 2019;8. doi:10.7554/elife.49796
apa: Buchwalter, A., Schulte, R., Tsai, H., Capitanio, J., & Hetzer, M. (2019).
Selective clearance of the inner nuclear membrane protein emerin by vesicular
transport during ER stress. ELife. eLife Sciences Publications. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.49796
chicago: Buchwalter, Abigail, Roberta Schulte, Hsiao Tsai, Juliana Capitanio, and
Martin Hetzer. “Selective Clearance of the Inner Nuclear Membrane Protein Emerin
by Vesicular Transport during ER Stress.” ELife. eLife Sciences Publications,
2019. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.49796.
ieee: A. Buchwalter, R. Schulte, H. Tsai, J. Capitanio, and M. Hetzer, “Selective
clearance of the inner nuclear membrane protein emerin by vesicular transport
during ER stress,” eLife, vol. 8. eLife Sciences Publications, 2019.
ista: Buchwalter A, Schulte R, Tsai H, Capitanio J, Hetzer M. 2019. Selective clearance
of the inner nuclear membrane protein emerin by vesicular transport during ER
stress. eLife. 8, e49796.
mla: Buchwalter, Abigail, et al. “Selective Clearance of the Inner Nuclear Membrane
Protein Emerin by Vesicular Transport during ER Stress.” ELife, vol. 8,
e49796, eLife Sciences Publications, 2019, doi:10.7554/elife.49796.
short: A. Buchwalter, R. Schulte, H. Tsai, J. Capitanio, M. Hetzer, ELife 8 (2019).
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