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JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE
Volume 118, Issue 24, Pages 5825-5834Publisher
COMPANY BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02689
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heterochromatin; image correlation spectroscopy; trichostatin A; microinjection
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In eukaryotes, the interaction of DNA with proteins and supramolecular complexes involved in gene expression is controlled by the dynamic organization of chromatin inasmuch as it defines the DNA accessibility. Here, the nuclear distribution of microinjected fluorescein-labeled dextrans of 42 kDa to 2.5 MDa molecular mass was used to characterize the chromatin accessibility in dependence on histone acetylation. Measurements of the fluorescein-dextran sizes were combined with an image correlation spectroscopy analysis, and three different interphase chromatin condensation states with apparent pore sizes of 16-20 nm, 36-56 nm and 60-100 nm were identified. A reversible change of the chromatin conformation to a uniform 60-100 nm pore size distribution was observed upon increased histone acetylation. This result identifies histone acetylation as a central factor in the dynamic regulation of chromatin accessibility during interphase. In mitotic chromosomes, the chromatin exclusion limit was 10-20 nm and independent of the histone acetylation state.
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