Stathopoulou, A;
Chhetri, JB;
Ambrose, JC;
Estève, P-O;
Ji, L;
Erdjument-Bromage, H;
Zhang, G;
... Ooi, SKT; + view all
(2017)
A novel requirement for DROSHA in maintenance of mammalian CG methylation.
Nucleic Acids Research
, 45
(16)
pp. 9398-9412.
10.1093/nar/gkx695.
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Abstract
In mammals, faithful inheritance of genomic methylation patterns ensures proper gene regulation and cell behaviour, impacting normal development and fertility. Following establishment, genomic methylation patterns are transmitted through S-phase by the maintenance methyltransferase Dnmt1. Using a protein interaction screen, we identify Microprocessor component DROSHA as a novel DNMT1-interactor. Drosha-deficient embryonic stem (ES) cells display genomic hypomethylation that is not accounted for by changes in the levels of DNMT proteins. DNMT1-mediated methyltransferase activity is also reduced in these cells. We identify two transcripts that are specifically upregulated in Drosha- but not Dicer-deficient ES cells. Regions within these transcripts predicted to form stem–loop structures are processed by Microprocessor and can inhibit DNMT1-mediated methylation in vitro. Our results highlight DROSHA as a novel regulator of mammalian DNA methylation and we propose that DROSHA-mediated processing of RNA is necessary to ensure full DNMT1 activity. This adds to the DROSHA repertoire of non-miRNA dependent functions as well as implicating RNA in regulating DNMT1 activity and correct levels of genomic methylation.
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