Different NIPBL requirements of cohesin-STAG1 and cohesin-STAG2

Dácil Alonso-Gil, Ana Cuadrado, Daniel Giménez-Llorente, Miriam Rodríguez-Corsino and Ana Losada ()
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Dácil Alonso-Gil: Chromosome Dynamics Group, Molecular Oncology Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO)
Ana Cuadrado: Chromosome Dynamics Group, Molecular Oncology Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO)
Daniel Giménez-Llorente: Chromosome Dynamics Group, Molecular Oncology Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO)
Miriam Rodríguez-Corsino: Chromosome Dynamics Group, Molecular Oncology Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO)
Ana Losada: Chromosome Dynamics Group, Molecular Oncology Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO)

Nature Communications, 2023, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: Abstract Cohesin organizes the genome through the formation of chromatin loops. NIPBL activates cohesin’s ATPase and is essential for loop extrusion, but its requirement for cohesin loading is unclear. Here we have examined the effect of reducing NIPBL levels on the behavior of the two cohesin variants carrying STAG1 or STAG2 by combining a flow cytometry assay to measure chromatin-bound cohesin with analyses of its genome-wide distribution and genome contacts. We show that NIPBL depletion results in increased cohesin-STAG1 on chromatin that further accumulates at CTCF positions while cohesin-STAG2 diminishes genome-wide. Our data are consistent with a model in which NIPBL may not be required for chromatin association of cohesin but it is for loop extrusion, which in turn facilitates stabilization of cohesin-STAG2 at CTCF positions after being loaded elsewhere. In contrast, cohesin-STAG1 binds chromatin and becomes stabilized at CTCF sites even under low NIPBL levels, but genome folding is severely impaired.

Date: 2023
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