2023
DOT1L promotes spermatid differentiation by regulating expression of genes required for histone-to-protamine replacement
Malla A, Rainsford S, Smith Z, Lesch B. DOT1L promotes spermatid differentiation by regulating expression of genes required for histone-to-protamine replacement. Development 2023, 150 PMID: 37082969, PMCID: PMC10259660, DOI: 10.1242/dev.201497.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHistone replacementMale sterilityProtamine exchangeSpermatid differentiationHistone H3 lysine 79Chromatin remodeling factorsRNA polymerase IIH3 lysine 79Expression of genesMature sperm headSperm headPostmeiotic germ cellsHistone methyltransferase DOT1LPolymerase IILysine 79Embryonic lethalityRemodeling factorsProtamine transitionProtamine replacementTranscriptional dysregulationMethyltransferase DOT1LIndispensable regulatorDOT1LHistonesGerm cells
2021
Neuron-specific chromosomal megadomain organization is adaptive to recent retrotransposon expansions
Chandrasekaran S, Espeso-Gil S, Loh YE, Javidfar B, Kassim B, Zhu Y, Zhang Y, Dong Y, Bicks LK, Li H, Rajarajan P, Peter CJ, Sun D, Agullo-Pascual E, Iskhakova M, Estill M, Lesch BJ, Shen L, Jiang Y, Akbarian S. Neuron-specific chromosomal megadomain organization is adaptive to recent retrotransposon expansions. Nature Communications 2021, 12: 7243. PMID: 34903713, PMCID: PMC8669064, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26862-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCellular stress response genesOpen chromatin domainsChromatin domain organizationRepeat-rich sequencesStress response genesRetrotransposon expansionsSPRET/EiJChromatin domainsChromosomal architectureChromosomal conformationDomain organizationAdult mouse cerebral cortexMurine germlineTranscriptional dysregulationResponse genesRegulatory mechanismsMus musculusMature neuronsNeuronal ablationStrong enrichmentMouse cerebral cortexSequenceSETDB1Single moleculesGermline