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CELL REPORTS
卷 9, 期 2, 页码 443-450出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.09.018
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- NIH Office of Research Infrastructure Programs [P40 OD040140]
- National Bioresource Project (NRP)
- Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- Association pour la Recherche Contre le Cancer
- Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer
- Fondation pour la Recherche Medicale
Histone H3 Lys 4 methylation (H3K4me) is deposited by the conserved SET1/MLL methyltransferases acting in multiprotein complexes, including Ash2 and Wdr5. Although individual subunits contribute to complex activity, how they influence gene expression in specific tissues remains largely unknown. In Caenorhabditis elegans, SET-2/SET1, WDR-5.1, and ASH-2 are differentially required for germline H3K4 methylation. Using expression profiling on germlines from animals lacking set-2, ash-2, or wdr-5.1, we show that these subunits play unique as well as redundant functions in order to promote expression of germline genes and repress somatic genes. Furthermore, we show that in set-2- and wdr-5.1-deficient germlines, somatic gene misexpression is associated with conversion of germ cells into somatic cells and that nuclear RNAi acts in parallel with SET-2 and WDR-5.1 to maintain germline identity. These findings uncover a unique role for SET-2 and WDR-5.1 in preserving germline pluripotency and underline the complexity of the cellular network regulating this process.
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