A CAF-1 dependent pool of HP1 during heterochromatin duplication.

To investigate how the complex organization of heterochromatin is reproduced at each replication cycle, we examined the fate of HP1-rich pericentric domains in mouse cells. We find that replication occurs mainly at the surface of these domains where both PCNA and chromatin assembly factor 1 (CAF-1) are located. Pulse-chase experiments ...
combined with high-resolution analysis and 3D modeling show that within 90 min newly replicated DNA become internalized inside the domain. Remarkably, during this time period, a specific subset of HP1 molecules (alpha and gamma) coinciding with CAF-1 and replicative sites is resistant to RNase treatment. Furthermore, these replication-associated HP1 molecules are detected in Suv39 knockout cells, which otherwise lack stable HP1 staining at pericentric heterochromatin. This replicative pool of HP1 molecules disappears completely following p150CAF-1 siRNA treatment. We conclude that during replication, the interaction of HP1 with p150CAF-1 is essential to promote delivery of HP1 molecules to heterochromatic sites, where they are subsequently retained by further interactions with methylated H3-K9 and RNA.
Mesh Terms:
3T3 Cells, Animals, Base Sequence, Chromatin Assembly Factor-1, Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone, DNA Replication, DNA-Binding Proteins, Hela Cells, Heterochromatin, Histones, Humans, Methyltransferases, Mice, Models, Biological, Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen, RNA, Small Interfering, Recombinant Proteins, Repressor Proteins, Ribonucleases
EMBO J.
Date: Sep. 01, 2004
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