H3K4me3 regulates RNA polymerase II promoter-proximal pause-release Journal Article
| Authors: | Wang, H.; Fan, Z.; Shliaha, P. V.; Miele, M.; Hendrickson, R. C.; Jiang, X.; Helin, K. |
| Article Title: | H3K4me3 regulates RNA polymerase II promoter-proximal pause-release |
| Abstract: | Trimethylation of histone H3 lysine 4 (H3K4me3) is associated with transcriptional start sites and has been proposed to regulate transcription initiation1,2. However, redundant functions of the H3K4 SET1/COMPASS methyltransferase complexes complicate the elucidation of the specific role of H3K4me3 in transcriptional regulation3,4. Here, using mouse embryonic stem cells as a model system, we show that acute ablation of shared subunits of the SET1/COMPASS complexes leads to a complete loss of all H3K4 methylation. Turnover of H3K4me3 occurs more rapidly than that of H3K4me1 and H3K4me2 and is dependent on KDM5 demethylases. Notably, acute loss of H3K4me3 does not have detectable effects on transcriptional initiation but leads to a widespread decrease in transcriptional output, an increase in RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) pausing and slower elongation. We show that H3K4me3 is required for the recruitment of the integrator complex subunit 11 (INTS11), which is essential for the eviction of paused RNAPII and transcriptional elongation. Thus, our study demonstrates a distinct role for H3K4me3 in transcriptional pause-release and elongation rather than transcriptional initiation. © 2023, The Author(s). |
| Keywords: | methylation; promoter region; genetics; mouse; animal; metabolism; animals; mice; protein; enzyme activity; rna; gene expression regulation; histone; promoter regions, genetic; rna polymerase ii; histones; histone h3 trimethyl lys4 |
| Journal Title: | Nature |
| Volume: | 615 |
| Issue: | 7951 |
| ISSN: | 0028-0836 |
| Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
| Date Published: | 2023-03-09 |
| Start Page: | 339 |
| End Page: | 348 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41586-023-05780-8 |
| PUBMED: | 36859550 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC9995272 |
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| Notes: | Article -- Errata issued, see DOIs: 10.1038/s41586-023-05958-0, 10.1038/s41586-023-06778-y -- MSK Cancer Center Support Grant (P30 CA008748) acknowledged in PDF -- Source: Scopus |
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