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Epigenetic mechanisms of nucleolar rDNA transcription in Huntington's disease : 헌팅턴병에서 nucleolar rDNA 전사에 대한 후성유전학적 메카니즘

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황유진

Advisor
묵인희
Major
의과대학 의과학과
Issue Date
2014-08
Publisher
서울대학교 대학원
Keywords
UBFrDNA transcriptionESETmethylationchromatin remodeling
Description
학위논문 (박사)-- 서울대학교 대학원 : 의과학과, 2014. 8. 묵인희.
Abstract
The remodeling of chromatin in the nucleolus is important for the control of rDNA transcription and ribosome biogenesis. Herein, we found that upstream binding factor (UBF) interacts with ESET, a histone H3K9 methyltransferase, and is trimetylated at Lys (K) 232/254 by ESET. UBF trimethylation leads to nucleolar chromatin condensation and decreased rDNA transcriptional activity. UBF mutations at K232/254A and K232/254R restored rDNA transcriptional activity in response to ESET. Both ESET-SET mutant and knockdown of ESET by shRNA reduced trimetylation of UBF and resulted in the restoration of rDNA transcription. Atomic force microscopy confirmed that UBF trimethylated by ESET modulates the plasticity of nucleolar chromatin. We further demonstrated that UBF trimethylation at K232/254 by ESET deregulates rDNA transcription in a cell model of Huntingtons disease (HD). Together, our findings show that a novel epigenetic modification of UBF is linked to impaired rDNA transcription and nucleolar chromatin remodeling which may play key roles in the pathogenesis of neurodegeneration.
Language
English
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/10371/122269
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