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NATURE
卷 586, 期 7829, 页码 440-+出版社
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DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2574-4
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- NIH [R01 GM123511, 2 R01 MH104610-20, T32 5T32DK007191-45, R37 CA084198, K99/R00 MH113813]
- NSF [PHY1743900]
- Hope Funds for Cancer Research Fellowship
The chromatin protein MeCP2 is a component of dynamic, liquid-like heterochromatin condensates, and the ability of MeCP2 to form condensates is disrupted by mutations in theMECP2gene that occur in the neurodevelopmental disorder Rett syndrome. Methyl CpG binding protein 2 (MeCP2) is a key component of constitutive heterochromatin, which is crucial for chromosome maintenance and transcriptional silencing(1-3). Mutations in theMECP2gene cause the progressive neurodevelopmental disorder Rett syndrome(3-5), which is associated with severe mental disability and autism-like symptoms that affect girls during early childhood. Although previously thought to be a dense and relatively static structure(1,2), heterochromatin is now understood to exhibit properties consistent with a liquid-like condensate(6,7). Here we show that MeCP2 is a dynamic component of heterochromatin condensates in cells, and is stimulated by DNA to form liquid-like condensates. MeCP2 contains several domains that contribute to the formation of condensates, and mutations inMECP2that lead to Rett syndrome disrupt the ability of MeCP2 to form condensates. Condensates formed by MeCP2 selectively incorporate and concentrate heterochromatin cofactors rather than components of euchromatic transcriptionally active condensates. We propose that MeCP2 enhances the separation of heterochromatin and euchromatin through its condensate partitioning properties, and that disruption of condensates may be a common consequence of mutations in MeCP2 that cause Rett syndrome.
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