MeCP2 regulates gene expression through recognition of H3K27me3

Wooje Lee, Jeeho Kim, Jung-Mi Yun, Takbum Ohn () and Qizhi Gong ()
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Wooje Lee: Chosun University
Jeeho Kim: Chosun University
Jung-Mi Yun: Chonnam National University
Takbum Ohn: Chosun University
Qizhi Gong: University of California at Davis, School of Medicine

Nature Communications, 2020, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-16

Abstract: Abstract MeCP2 plays a multifaceted role in gene expression regulation and chromatin organization. Interaction between MeCP2 and methylated DNA in the regulation of gene expression is well established. However, the widespread distribution of MeCP2 suggests it has additional interactions with chromatin. Here we demonstrate, by both biochemical and genomic analyses, that MeCP2 directly interacts with nucleosomes and its genomic distribution correlates with that of H3K27me3. In particular, the methyl-CpG-binding domain of MeCP2 shows preferential interactions with H3K27me3. We further observe that the impact of MeCP2 on transcriptional changes correlates with histone post-translational modification patterns. Our findings indicate that MeCP2 interacts with genomic loci via binding to DNA as well as histones, and that interaction between MeCP2 and histone proteins plays a key role in gene expression regulation.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16907-0

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