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NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 26, Issue 2, Pages 96-+Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41594-018-0176-8
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- NIH [R37-GM048405]
- Rett Syndrome Research Trust
- LouLou Foundation
- National Institutes of Health [R01-DA36895]
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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The noncoding RNA Xist recruits silencing factors to the inactive X chromosome (Xi) and facilitates re-organization of Xi structure. Here, we examine the mouse epigenomic landscape of Xi and assess how Xist alters chromatin accessibility. Xist deletion triggers a gain of accessibility of select chromatin regions that is regulated by BRG1, an ATPase subunit of the SWI/SNF chromatin-remodeling complex. In vitro, RNA binding inhibits nucleosome-remodeling and ATPase activities of BRG1, while in cell culture Xist directly interacts with BRG1 and expels BRG1 from the Xi. Xist ablation leads to a selective return of BRG1 in cis, starting from pre-existing BRG1 sites that are free of Xist. BRG1 re-association correlates with cohesin binding and restoration of topologically associated domains (TADs) and results in the formation of de novo Xi 'superloops'. Thus, Xist binding inhibits BRG1's nucleosome-remodeling activity and results in expulsion of the SWI/SNF complex from the Xi.
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