| Literature DB >> 29949774 |
Kosuke Yamaguchi1, Masashi Hada2, Yuko Fukuda3, Erina Inoue3, Yoshinori Makino3, Yuki Katou4, Katsuhiko Shirahige4, Yuki Okada5.
Abstract
The question of whether retained histones in the sperm genome localize to gene-coding regions or gene deserts has been debated for years. Previous contradictory observations are likely caused by the non-uniform sensitivity of sperm chromatin to micrococcal nuclease (MNase) digestion. Sperm chromatin has a highly condensed but heterogeneous structure and is composed of 90%∼99% protamines and 1%∼10% histones. In this study, we utilized nucleoplasmin (NPM) to improve the solubility of sperm chromatin by removing protamines in vitro. NPM treatment efficiently solubilized histones while maintaining quality and quantity. Chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (ChIP-seq) analyses using NPM-treated sperm demonstrated the predominant localization of H4 to distal intergenic regions, whereas modified histones exhibited a modification-dependent preferential enrichment in specific genomic elements, such as H3K4me3 at CpG-rich promoters and H3K9me3 in satellite repeats, respectively, implying the existence of machinery protecting modified histones from eviction.Entities:
Keywords: ChIP-seq; NPM; histone; nucleoplasmin; sperm
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Year: 2018 PMID： 29949774 DOI： 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.05.094
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Rep Impact factor: 9.423