Transcriptional and chromatin changes accompanying de novo formation of transgenic piRNA clusters

Akulenko, N.; Ryazansky, S.; Morgunova, V.; Komarov, P.A.; Olovnikov, I.; Vaury, C.; Jensen, S.; Kalmykova, A.

Авторы: Akulenko Natalia, Ryazansky Sergei, Morgunova Valeriya, Komarov Pavel A., Olovnikov Ivan, Vaury Chantal, Jensen Silke, Kalmykova Alla
Журнал: RNA
Том: 24
Номер: 4
Год издания: 2018
Первая страница: 574
Последняя страница: 584
DOI: 10.1261/rna.062851.117
Аннотация: Expression of transposable elements in the germline is controlled by Piwi-interacting (pi) RNAs produced by genomic loci termed piRNA clusters and associated with Rhino, a Heterochromatin Protein 1 (HP1) homolog. Previously, we have shown that transgenes containing a fragment of the I retrotransposon form de novo piRNA clusters in the Drosophila germline providing suppression of I-element activity. We noted that identical transgenes located in different genomic sites vary considerably in piRNA production and classified them as "strong" and "weak" piRNA clusters. Here, we investigated what chromatin and transcriptional changes occur at the transgene insertion sites after their conversion into piRNA clusters. We found that the formation of a transgenic piRNA cluster is accompanied by activation of transcription from both genomic strands that likely initiates at multiple random sites. The chromatin of all transgene-associated piRNA clusters contain high levels of trimethylated lysine 9 of histone H3 (H3K9me3) and HP1a, whereas Rhino binding is considerably higher at the strong clusters. None of these chromatin marks was revealed at the "empty" sites before transgene insertion. Finally, we have shown that in the nucleus of polyploid nurse cells, the formation of a piRNA cluster at a given transgenic genomic copy works according to an "all- or- nothing" model: either there is high Rhino enrichment or there is no association with Rhino at all. As a result, genomic copies of a weak piRNA transgenic cluster show a mosaic association with Rhino foci, while the majority of strong transgene copies associate with Rhino and are hence involved in piRNA production.
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