title: Arabidopsis DNA polymerase ϵ recruits components of Polycomb repressor complex to mediate epigenetic gene silencing.
abstract: Arabidopsis ESD7 locus encodes the catalytic subunit of the DNA Pol ϵ involved in the synthesis of the DNA leading strand and is essential for embryo viability. The hypomorphic allele esd7-1 is viable but displays a number of pleiotropic phenotypic alterations including an acceleration of flowering time. Furthermore, Pol ϵ is involved in the epigenetic silencing of the floral integrator genes FT and SOC1, but the molecular nature of the transcriptional gene silencing mechanisms involved remains elusive. Here we reveal that ESD7 interacts with components of the PRC2 such as CLF, EMF2 and MSI1, and that mutations in ESD7 cause a decrease in the levels of the H3K27me3 mark present in the chromatin of FT and SOC1 We also demonstrate that a domain of the C-terminal region of ESD7 mediates the binding to the different PRC2 components and this interaction is necessary for the proper recruitment of PRC2 to FT and SOC1 chromatin. We unveil the existence of interplay between the DNA replication machinery and the PcG complexes in epigenetic transcriptional silencing. These observations provide an insight into the mechanisms ensuring that the epigenetic code at pivotal loci in developmental control is faithfully transmitted to the progeny of eukaryotic cells.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (CBGP), UPM-INIA, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Campus de Montegancedo, 28223 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Iván
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Del Olmo
authors.affiliation: Proteomics Unit, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC), 28029 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Juan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: López
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cardiovascular Proteomics, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC), 28029 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vázquez
authors.affiliation: Université Paris-Sud, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay IPS2 (Bâtiment 630), UMR CNRS-INRA 9213, Saclay Plant Sciences, 91405 Orsay, France.
authors.forename: Cécile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Raynaud
authors.affiliation: Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (CBGP), UPM-INIA, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Campus de Montegancedo, 28223 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Piñeiro
authors.affiliation: Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (CBGP), UPM-INIA, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Campus de Montegancedo, 28223 Madrid, Spain jarillo@inia.es.
authors.forename: José A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Jarillo
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002843:Chromatin / Q000235:genetics; D004257:DNA Polymerase II / Q000235:genetics*; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000235:genetics; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic; D035264:Flowers / Q000235:genetics; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D020868:Gene Silencing; D011495:Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase / Q000235:genetics; D054834:Lipocalins / Q000235:genetics*; D026161:MADS Domain Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D009154:Mutation; D063151:Polycomb Repressive Complex 2; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: C419046:AGL20 protein, Arabidopsis; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; C460762:At5g58070 protein, Arabidopsis; D002843:Chromatin; C418905:FT protein, Arabidopsis; D054834:Lipocalins; D026161:MADS Domain Proteins; C574170:PRC2 protein, Arabidopsis; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D011495:Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase; D063151:Polycomb Repressive Complex 2; D004257:DNA Polymerase II