Abstract
Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) function and DNA methylation (DNAme) are typically correlated with gene repression. Here, we show that PRC2 is required to maintain expression of maternal microRNAs (miRNAs) and long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) from the Gtl2- Rian- Mirg locus, which is essential for full pluripotency of iPSCs. In the absence of PRC2, the entire locus becomes transcriptionally repressed due to gain of DNAme at the intergenic differentially methylated regions (IG-DMRs). Furthermore, we demonstrate that the IG-DMR serves as an enhancer of the maternal Gtl2- Rian- Mirg locus. Further analysis reveals that PRC2 interacts physically with Dnmt3 methyltransferases and reduces recruitment to and subsequent DNAme at the IG-DMR, thereby allowing for proper expression of the maternal Gtl2- Rian- Mirg locus. Our observations are consistent with a mechanism through which PRC2 counteracts the action of Dnmt3 methyltransferases at an imprinted locus required for full pluripotency. Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) function and DNA methylation (DNAme) are both typically correlated with gene repression. Das et al. find that PRC2 prevents recruitment of Dnmt3s and DNAme at the IG-DMR element, thus allowing proper expression of the nearby maternal Gtl2-Rian-Mirg locus.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 1953 |
Pages (from-to) | 1456-1470 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Cell Reports |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 1 2015 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology