Targeted Degradation of CTCF Decouples Local Insulation of Chromosome Domains from Genomic Compartmentalization
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Nora, Elphège P.
Goloborodko, Anton
Valton, Anne-Laure
Gibcus, Johan H.
Uebersohn, Alec
Abdennur, Nezar Alexander
Dekker, Job
Mirny, Leonid A
Bruneau, Benoit G.
Date Issued
May 2017
Journal
Cell
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Elsevier BV
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Nora, Elphège P. et al. "Targeted Degradation of CTCF Decouples Local Insulation of Chromosome Domains from Genomic Compartmentalization." Cell 169, 5 (May 2017): P930-944.e22 © 2017 Elsevier Inc
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Abstract
The molecular mechanisms underlying folding of mammalian chromosomes remain poorly understood. The transcription factor CTCF is a candidate regulator of chromosomal structure. Using the auxin-inducible degron system in mouse embryonic stem cells, we show that CTCF is absolutely and dose-dependently required for looping between CTCF target sites and insulation of topologically associating domains (TADs). Restoring CTCF reinstates proper architecture on altered chromosomes, indicating a powerful instructive function for CTCF in chromatin folding. CTCF remains essential for TAD organization in non-dividing cells. Surprisingly, active and inactive genome compartments remain properly segregated upon CTCF depletion, revealing that compartmentalization of mammalian chromosomes emerges independently of proper insulation of TADs. Furthermore, our data support that CTCF mediates transcriptional insulator function through enhancer blocking but not as a direct barrier to heterochromatin spreading. Beyond defining the functions of CTCF in chromosome folding, these results provide new fundamental insights into the rules governing mammalian genome organization.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Medical Engineering & Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2017.05.004
