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Su(Hw) primes 66D and 7F Drosophila chorion genes loci for amplification through chromatin decondensation

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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages -

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NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-96488-0

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  1. Russian Science Foundation [17-74-10211]
  2. Russian Science Foundation [17-74-10211] Funding Source: Russian Science Foundation

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Su(Hw) is an insulator protein involved in regulating chromatin architecture and gene repression in Drosophila. It plays a crucial role in the developmental amplification of 66D and 7F Drosophila amplicons by establishing a chromatin structure that is permissive to pre-RC recruitment.
Suppressor of Hairy wing [Su(Hw)] is an insulator protein that participates in regulating chromatin architecture and gene repression in Drosophila. In previous studies we have shown that Su(Hw) is also required for pre-replication complex (pre-RC) recruitment on Su(Hw)-bound sites (SBSs) in Drosophila S2 cells and pupa. Here, we describe the effect of Su(Hw) on developmentally regulated amplification of 66D and 7F Drosophila amplicons in follicle cells (DAFCs), widely used as models in replication studies. We show Su(Hw) binding co-localizes with all known DAFCs in Drosophila ovaries, whereas disruption of Su(Hw) binding to 66D and 7F DAFCs causes a two-fold decrease in the amplification of these loci. The complete loss of Su(Hw) binding to chromatin impairs pre-RC recruitment to all amplification regulatory regions of 66D and 7F loci at early oogenesis (prior to DAFCs amplification). These changes coincide with a considerable Su(Hw)-dependent condensation of chromatin at 66D and 7F loci. Although we observed the Brm, ISWI, Mi-2, and CHD1 chromatin remodelers at SBSs genome wide, their remodeler activity does not appear to be responsible for chromatin decondensation at the 66D and 7F amplification regulatory regions. We have discovered that, in addition to the CBP/Nejire and Chameau histone acetyltransferases, the Gcn5 acetyltransferase binds to 66D and 7F DAFCs at SBSs and this binding is dependent on Su(Hw). We propose that the main function of Su(Hw) in developmental amplification of 66D and 7F DAFCs is to establish a chromatin structure that is permissive to pre-RC recruitment.

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