RNase P protein subunit Rpp29 represses histone H3.3 nucleosome deposition

In mammals, histone H3.3 is a critical regulator of transcription state change and heritability at both euchromatin and heterochromatin. The H3.3-specific chaperone, DAXX, together with the chromatin-remodeling factor, ATRX, regulates H3.3 deposition and transcriptional silencing at repetitive DNA,...

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Published in:Molecular biology of the cell 2016-04, Vol.27 (7), p.1154-1169
Main Authors: Newhart, Alyshia, Powers, Sara Lawrence, Shastrula, Prashanth Krishna, Sierra, Isabel, Joo, Lucy M, Hayden, James E, Cohen, Andrew R, Janicki, Susan M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly
Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone
Epigenesis, Genetic
Histones
Humans
Nucleosomes - metabolism
Ribonucleases
Ribonucleoproteins
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Summary:In mammals, histone H3.3 is a critical regulator of transcription state change and heritability at both euchromatin and heterochromatin. The H3.3-specific chaperone, DAXX, together with the chromatin-remodeling factor, ATRX, regulates H3.3 deposition and transcriptional silencing at repetitive DNA, including pericentromeres and telomeres. However, the events that precede H3.3 nucleosome incorporation have not been fully elucidated. We previously showed that the DAXX-ATRX-H3.3 pathway regulates a multi-copy array of an inducible transgene that can be visualized in single living cells. When this pathway is impaired, the array can be robustly activated. H3.3 is strongly recruited to the site during activation where it accumulates in a complex with transcribed sense and antisense RNA, which is distinct from the DNA/chromatin. This suggests that transcriptional events regulate H3.3 recruited to its incorporation sites. Here we report that the nucleolar RNA proteins Rpp29, fibrillarin, and RPL23a are also components of this H3.3/RNA complex. Rpp29 is a protein subunit of RNase P. Of the other subunits, POP1 and Rpp21 are similarly recruited suggesting that a variant of RNase P regulates H3.3 chromatin assembly. Rpp29 knockdown increases H3.3 chromatin incorporation, which suggests that Rpp29 represses H3.3 nucleosome deposition, a finding with implications for epigenetic regulation.
ISSN:1059-1524
1939-4586
DOI:10.1091/mbc.E15-02-0099