期刊
EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH
卷 315, 期 11, 页码 1895-1903出版社
ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2009.01.019
关键词
MeCP2; LBR; Heterochromatin; Nuclear membrane
资金
- FONDAZIONE CARIPLO
- Telethon
- MURST
- RETT SYNDROME FOUNDATION
- AIRC
The nuclear membrane has an important role for the dynamic regulation of the genome, besides the well-established cytoskeletal function. The nuclear lamina is emerging as an important player in the organization of the position and functional state of interphase chromosomes. Epigenetic modifications such as DNA methylation and histone modifications are required for genome reprogramming during development, tissue-specific gene expression and global gene silencing. The Methyl-CpG binding protein MeCP2 binds methyl-CpG dinucleotides in the mammalian genome and functions as a transcriptional repressor in vivo by interacting with Sin3A, thereby recruiting histone deacetylases (HDAC). MeCP2 also mediates the formation of higher-order chromatin structures contributing to determine the architectural organization of the nucleus. In this paper, we show that MeCP2 interacts in vitro and ill vivo with the inner nuclear membrane protein LBR and that the unstructured aminoacidic sequence linking the MBD and TRD domains of MeCP2 is responsible for this association. The formation of all LBR-MeCP2 protein complex might help providing a molecular explanation to the distribution of part of the heterochromatin at the nuclear periphery linked to inner membrane. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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