natural variation of h3k27me3 distribution between two arabidopsis accessions and its association with flanking transposable elements自然变异h3k27me3分布两个拟南芥之间到达及其协会与转座因子的侧面.pdfVIP

Dong et al. Genome Biology 2012, 13:R117 /2013/13/12/R117 RESEARCH Open Access Natural variation of H3K27me3 distribution between two Arabidopsis accessions and its association with flanking transposable elements 1,3† 1† 1 1 2 3* 1* Xue Dong , Julia Reimer , Ulrike Göbel , Julia Engelhorn , Fei He , Heiko Schoof and Franziska Turck Abstract Background: Histone H3 lysine 27 tri-methylation and lysine 9 di-methylation are independent repressive chromatin modifications in Arabidopsis thaliana. H3K27me3 is established and maintained by Polycomb repressive complexes whereas H3K9me2 is catalyzed by SUVH histone methyltransferases. Both modifications can spread to flanking regions after initialization and were shown to be mutually exclusive in Arabidopsis. Results: We analyzed the extent of natural variation of H3K27me3 in the two accessions Landsberg erecta (Ler) and Columbia (Col) and their F1 hybrids. The majority of H3K27me3 target genes in Col were unchanged in Ler and F1 hybrids. A small number of Ler-specific targets were detected and confirmed. Consistent with a cis-regulatory mechanism for establishing H3K27me3, differential targets showed allele-specific H3K27me3 in hybrids. Five Ler- specific targets showed the active mark H3K4me3 in Col and for this group, differential H3K27me3 enrichment accorded to expression variation. On the other hand, the majority of Ler-specific targets were not expressed in Col, Ler or 17 other accessions. Instead of H3K27me3, the antagonistic mark H3K9me2 and other heterochromatic features were observed at these loci in Col. These loci were frequently flanked by transposable elements, which were often missing in the Ler genome assembly. Conc