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https://read.qxmd.com/read/36930688/the-histone-chaperone-nasp-maintains-h3-h4-reservoirs-in-the-early-drosophila-embryo
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Reyhaneh Tirgar, Jonathan P Davies, Lars Plate, Jared T Nordman
Histones are essential for chromatin packaging, and histone supply must be tightly regulated as excess histones are toxic. To drive the rapid cell cycles of the early embryo, however, excess histones are maternally deposited. Therefore, soluble histones must be buffered by histone chaperones, but the chaperone necessary to stabilize soluble H3-H4 pools in the Drosophila embryo has yet to be identified. Here, we show that CG8223, the Drosophila homolog of NASP, is a H3-H4-specific chaperone in the early embryo...
March 17, 2023: PLoS Genetics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36930675/the-prophage-encoded-transcriptional-regulator-appy-has-pleiotropic-effects-on-e-coli-physiology
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Naoual Derdouri, Nicolas Ginet, Yann Denis, Mireille Ansaldi, Aurélia Battesti
Bacterial genome diversity is influenced by prophages, which are viral genomes integrated into the bacterial chromosome. Most prophage genes are silent but those that are expressed can provide unexpected properties to their host. Using as a model E. coli K-12 that carries 9 defective prophages in its genome, we aimed at highlighting the impact of genes encoded by prophages on host physiology. We focused our work on AppY, a transcriptional regulator encoded on the DLP12 prophage. By performing RNA-Seq experiments, we showed that AppY production modulates the expression of more than 200 genes...
March 17, 2023: PLoS Genetics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36928188/multimodal-crispr-perturbations-of-gwas-loci-associated-with-coronary-artery-disease-in-vascular-endothelial-cells
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Florian Wünnemann, Thierry Fotsing Tadjo, Mélissa Beaudoin, Simon Lalonde, Ken Sin Lo, Benjamin P Kleinstiver, Guillaume Lettre
Genome-wide association studies have identified >250 genetic variants associated with coronary artery disease (CAD), but the causal variants, genes and molecular mechanisms remain unknown at most loci. We performed pooled CRISPR screens to test the impact of sequences at or near CAD-associated genetic variants on vascular endothelial cell functions. Using CRISPR knockout, inhibition and activation, we targeted 1998 variants at 83 CAD loci to assess their effect on three adhesion proteins (E-selectin, ICAM1, VCAM1) and three key endothelial functions (nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species production, calcium signalling)...
March 16, 2023: PLoS Genetics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36917595/a-sleep-active-neuron-can-promote-survival-while-sleep-behavior-is-disturbed
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Inka Busack, Henrik Bringmann
Sleep is controlled by neurons that induce behavioral quiescence and physiological restoration. It is not known, however, how sleep neurons link sleep behavior and survival. In Caenorhabditis elegans, the sleep-active RIS neuron induces sleep behavior and is required for survival of starvation and wounding. Sleep-active neurons such as RIS might hypothetically promote survival primarily by causing sleep behavior and associated conservation of energy. Alternatively, RIS might provide a survival benefit that does not depend on behavioral sleep...
March 14, 2023: PLoS Genetics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36877730/identification-of-exceptionally-potent-adenosine-deaminases-rna-editors-from-high-body-temperature-organisms
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Adi Avram-Shperling, Eli Kopel, Itamar Twersky, Orshay Gabay, Amit Ben-David, Sarit Karako-Lampert, Joshua J C Rosenthal, Erez Y Levanon, Eli Eisenberg, Shay Ben-Aroya
The most abundant form of RNA editing in metazoa is the deamination of adenosines into inosines (A-to-I), catalyzed by ADAR enzymes. Inosines are read as guanosines by the translation machinery, and thus A-to-I may lead to protein recoding. The ability of ADARs to recode at the mRNA level makes them attractive therapeutic tools. Several approaches for Site-Directed RNA Editing (SDRE) are currently under development. A major challenge in this field is achieving high on-target editing efficiency, and thus it is of much interest to identify highly potent ADARs...
March 6, 2023: PLoS Genetics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36867663/srgp-1-srgap-and-afd-1-afadin-stabilize-hmp-1-%C3%A2-%C2%BA-catenin-at-rosettes-to-seal-internalization-sites-following-gastrulation-in-c-elegans
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Joel M Serre, Mark M Slabodnick, Bob Goldstein, Jeff Hardin
A hallmark of gastrulation is the establishment of germ layers by internalization of cells initially on the exterior. In C. elegans the end of gastrulation is marked by the closure of the ventral cleft, a structure formed as cells internalize during gastrulation, and the subsequent rearrangement of adjacent neuroblasts that remain on the surface. We found that a nonsense allele of srgp-1/srGAP leads to 10-15% cleft closure failure. Deletion of the SRGP-1/srGAP C-terminal domain led to a comparable rate of cleft closure failure, whereas deletion of the N-terminal F-BAR region resulted in milder defects...
March 3, 2023: PLoS Genetics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36867662/the-anatomy-of-transcriptionally-active-chromatin-loops-in-drosophila-primary-spermatocytes-using-super-resolution-microscopy
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Madeleine L Ball, Stefan A Koestler, Leila Muresan, Sohaib Abdul Rehman, Kevin O'Holleran, Robert White
While the biochemistry of gene transcription has been well studied, our understanding of how this process is organised in 3D within the intact nucleus is less well understood. Here we investigate the structure of actively transcribed chromatin and the architecture of its interaction with active RNA polymerase. For this analysis, we have used super-resolution microscopy to image the Drosophila melanogaster Y loops which represent huge, several megabases long, single transcription units. The Y loops provide a particularly amenable model system for transcriptionally active chromatin...
March 3, 2023: PLoS Genetics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36862752/functional-annotation-of-the-animal-genomes-an-integrated-annotation-resource-for-the-horse
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Sichong Peng, Anna R Dahlgren, Callum G Donnelly, Erin N Hales, Jessica L Petersen, Rebecca R Bellone, Ted Kalbfleisch, Carrie J Finno
The genomic sequence of the horse has been available since 2009, providing critical resources for discovering important genomic variants regarding both animal health and population structures. However, to fully understand the functional implications of these variants, detailed annotation of the horse genome is required. Due to the limited availability of functional data for the equine genome, as well as the technical limitations of short-read RNA-seq, existing annotation of the equine genome contains limited information about important aspects of gene regulation, such as alternate isoforms and regulatory elements, which are either not transcribed or transcribed at a very low level...
March 2, 2023: PLoS Genetics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36862744/fluctuations-in-chromatin-state-at-regulatory-loci-occur-spontaneously-under-relaxed-selection-and-are-associated-with-epigenetically-inherited-variation-in-c-elegans-gene-expression
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Rachel Wilson, Maxime Le Bourgeois, Marcos Perez, Peter Sarkies
Some epigenetic information can be transmitted between generations without changes in the underlying DNA sequence. Changes in epigenetic regulators, termed epimutations, can occur spontaneously and be propagated in populations in a manner reminiscent of DNA mutations. Small RNA-based epimutations occur in C. elegans and persist for around 3-5 generations on average. Here, we explored whether chromatin states also undergo spontaneous change and whether this could be a potential alternative mechanism for transgenerational inheritance of gene expression changes...
March 2, 2023: PLoS Genetics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36857386/endogenous-salicylic-acid-suppresses-de-novo-root-regeneration-from-leaf-explants
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Sorrel Tran, Madalene Ison, Nathália Cássia Ferreira Dias, Maria Andrea Ortega, Yun-Fan Stephanie Chen, Alan Peper, Lanxi Hu, Dawei Xu, Khadijeh Mozaffari, Paul M Severns, Yao Yao, Chung-Jui Tsai, Paulo José Pereira Lima Teixeira, Li Yang
Plants can regenerate new organs from damaged or detached tissues. In the process of de novo root regeneration (DNRR), adventitious roots are frequently formed from the wound site on a detached leaf. Salicylic acid (SA) is a key phytohormone regulating plant defenses and stress responses. The role of SA and its acting mechanisms during de novo organogenesis is still unclear. Here, we found that endogenous SA inhibited the adventitious root formation after cutting. Free SA rapidly accumulated at the wound site, which was accompanied by an activation of SA response...
March 1, 2023: PLoS Genetics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36848397/genetic-prevalence-and-clinical-relevance-of-canine-mendelian-disease-variants-in-over-one-million-dogs
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Jonas Donner, Jamie Freyer, Stephen Davison, Heidi Anderson, Matthew Blades, Leena Honkanen, Laura Inman, Casey A Brookhart-Knox, Annette Louviere, Oliver P Forman, Rebecca Chodroff Foran
Hundreds of genetic variants implicated in Mendelian disease have been characterized in dogs and commercial screening is being offered for most of them worldwide. There is typically limited information available regarding the broader population frequency of variants and uncertainty regarding their functional and clinical impact in ancestry backgrounds beyond the discovery breed. Genetic panel screening of disease-associated variants, commercially offered directly to the consumer or via a veterinary clinician, provides an opportunity to establish large-scale cohorts with phenotype data available to address open questions related to variant prevalence and relevance...
February 27, 2023: PLoS Genetics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36848389/sub-cellular-level-resolution-of-common-genetic-variation-in-the-photoreceptor-layer-identifies-continuum-between-rare-disease-and-common-variation
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Hannah Currant, Tomas W Fitzgerald, Praveen J Patel, Anthony P Khawaja, Andrew R Webster, Omar A Mahroo, Ewan Birney
Photoreceptor cells (PRCs) are the light-detecting cells of the retina. Such cells can be non-invasively imaged using optical coherence tomography (OCT) which is used in clinical settings to diagnose and monitor ocular diseases. Here we present the largest genome-wide association study of PRC morphology to date utilising quantitative phenotypes extracted from OCT images within the UK Biobank. We discovered 111 loci associated with the thickness of one or more of the PRC layers, many of which had prior associations to ocular phenotypes and pathologies, and 27 with no prior associations...
February 27, 2023: PLoS Genetics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36848382/why-does-the-x-chromosome-lag-behind-autosomes-in-gwas-findings
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Ivan P Gorlov, Christopher I Amos
The X-chromosome is among the largest human chromosomes. It differs from autosomes by a number of important features including hemizygosity in males, an almost complete inactivation of one copy in females, and unique patterns of recombination. We used data from the Catalog of Published Genome Wide Association Studies to compare densities of the GWAS-detected SNPs on the X-chromosome and autosomes. The density of GWAS-detected SNPs on the X-chromosome is 6-fold lower compared to the density of the GWAS-detected SNPs on autosomes...
February 27, 2023: PLoS Genetics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36848371/allelic-contribution-of-nrxn1%C3%AE-to-autism-relevant-behavioral-phenotypes-in-mice
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Bing Xu, Yugong Ho, Maria Fasolino, Joanna Medina, William Timothy O'Brien, Janine M Lamonica, Erin Nugent, Edward S Brodkin, Marc V Fuccillo, Maja Bucan, Zhaolan Zhou
Copy number variations (CNVs) in the Neurexin 1 (NRXN1) gene, which encodes a presynaptic protein involved in neurotransmitter release, are some of the most frequently observed single-gene variants associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). To address the functional contribution of NRXN1 CNVs to behavioral phenotypes relevant to ASD, we carried out systematic behavioral phenotyping of an allelic series of Nrxn1 mouse models: one carrying promoter and exon 1 deletion abolishing Nrxn1α transcription, one carrying exon 9 deletion disrupting Nrxn1α protein translation, and one carrying an intronic deletion with no observable effect on Nrxn1α expression...
February 27, 2023: PLoS Genetics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36827454/modeling-and-predicting-the-overlap-of-b-and-t-cell-receptor-repertoires-in-healthy-and-sars-cov-2-infected-individuals
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María Ruiz Ortega, Natanael Spisak, Thierry Mora, Aleksandra M Walczak
Adaptive immunity's success relies on the extraordinary diversity of protein receptors on B and T cell membranes. Despite this diversity, the existence of public receptors shared by many individuals gives hope for developing population wide vaccines and therapeutics. Using probabilistic modeling, we show many of these public receptors are shared by chance in healthy individuals. This predictable overlap is driven not only by biases in the random generation process of receptors, as previously reported, but also by their common functional selection...
February 24, 2023: PLoS Genetics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36812239/long-read-sequencing-identifies-novel-structural-variations-in-colorectal-cancer
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Luming Xu, Xingyue Wang, Xiaohuan Lu, Fan Liang, Zhibo Liu, Hongyan Zhang, Xiaoqiong Li, ShaoBo Tian, Lin Wang, Zheng Wang
Structural variations (SVs) are a key type of cancer genomic alterations, contributing to oncogenesis and progression of many cancers, including colorectal cancer (CRC). However, SVs in CRC remain difficult to be reliably detected due to limited SV-detection capacity of the commonly used short-read sequencing. This study investigated the somatic SVs in 21 pairs of CRC samples by Nanopore whole-genome long-read sequencing. 5200 novel somatic SVs from 21 CRC patients (494 SVs / patient) were identified. A 4.9-Mbp long inversion that silences APC expression (confirmed by RNA-seq) and an 11...
February 22, 2023: PLoS Genetics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36809369/clock-and-timeless-regulate-rhythmic-occupancy-of-the-brahma-chromatin-remodeling-protein-at-clock-gene-promoters
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Christine A Tabuloc, Yao D Cai, Rosanna S Kwok, Elizabeth C Chan, Sergio Hidalgo, Joanna C Chiu
Circadian clock and chromatin-remodeling complexes are tightly intertwined systems that regulate rhythmic gene expression. The circadian clock promotes rhythmic expression, timely recruitment, and/or activation of chromatin remodelers, while chromatin remodelers regulate accessibility of clock transcription factors to the DNA to influence expression of clock genes. We previously reported that the BRAHMA (BRM) chromatin-remodeling complex promotes the repression of circadian gene expression in Drosophila. In this study, we investigated the mechanisms by which the circadian clock feeds back to modulate daily BRM activity...
February 21, 2023: PLoS Genetics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36809357/the-identification-of-mediating-effects-using-genome-based-restricted-maximum-likelihood-estimation
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Cornelius A Rietveld, Ronald de Vlaming, Eric A W Slob
Mediation analysis is commonly used to identify mechanisms and intermediate factors between causes and outcomes. Studies drawing on polygenic scores (PGSs) can readily employ traditional regression-based procedures to assess whether trait M mediates the relationship between the genetic component of outcome Y and outcome Y itself. However, this approach suffers from attenuation bias, as PGSs capture only a (small) part of the genetic variance of a given trait. To overcome this limitation, we developed MA-GREML: a method for Mediation Analysis using Genome-based Restricted Maximum Likelihood (GREML) estimation...
February 21, 2023: PLoS Genetics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36809339/off-target-pirna-gene-silencing-in-drosophila-melanogaster-rescued-by-a-transposable-element-insertion
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Danny E Miller, Ana P Dorador, Kelley Van Vaerenberghe, Angela Li, Emily K Grantham, Stefan Cerbin, Celeste Cummings, Marilyn Barragan, Rhonda R Egidy, Allison R Scott, Kate E Hall, Anoja Perera, William D Gilliland, R Scott Hawley, Justin P Blumenstiel
Transposable elements (TE) are selfish genetic elements that can cause harmful mutations. In Drosophila, it has been estimated that half of all spontaneous visible marker phenotypes are mutations caused by TE insertions. Several factors likely limit the accumulation of exponentially amplifying TEs within genomes. First, synergistic interactions between TEs that amplify their harm with increasing copy number are proposed to limit TE copy number. However, the nature of this synergy is poorly understood. Second, because of the harm posed by TEs, eukaryotes have evolved systems of small RNA-based genome defense to limit transposition...
February 21, 2023: PLoS Genetics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36809245/gras-1-is-a-novel-regulator-of-early-meiotic-chromosome-dynamics-in-c-elegans
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Marina Martinez-Garcia, Pedro Robles Naharro, Marnie W Skinner, Kerstin A Baran, Laura I Lascarez-Lagunas, Saravanapriah Nadarajan, Nara Shin, Carlos G Silva-García, Takamune T Saito, Sara Beese-Sims, Brianna N Diaz-Pacheco, Elizaveta Berson, Ana B Castañer, Sarai Pacheco, Enrique Martinez-Perez, Philip W Jordan, Monica P Colaiácovo
Chromosome movements and licensing of synapsis must be tightly regulated during early meiosis to ensure accurate chromosome segregation and avoid aneuploidy, although how these steps are coordinated is not fully understood. Here we show that GRAS-1, the worm homolog of mammalian GRASP/Tamalin and CYTIP, coordinates early meiotic events with cytoskeletal forces outside the nucleus. GRAS-1 localizes close to the nuclear envelope (NE) in early prophase I and interacts with NE and cytoskeleton proteins. Delayed homologous chromosome pairing, synaptonemal complex (SC) assembly, and DNA double-strand break repair progression are partially rescued by the expression of human CYTIP in gras-1 mutants, supporting functional conservation...
February 21, 2023: PLoS Genetics
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