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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-6-30
pubmed:abstractText
Temporal control of DNA replication has been implicated in epigenetic regulation of gene expression on the basis of observations that certain tissue-specific genes replicate earlier in expressing than non-expressing cells. Here, we show evidence that several leukocyte-specific genes replicate early in lymphocytes regardless of their transcription and also in fibroblasts, where these genes are never normally expressed. Instead, the heritable silencing of some genes (Rag-1, TdT, CD8alpha and lambda5) and their spatial recruitment to heterochromatin domains within the nucleus of lymphocytes resulted in a markedly delayed resolution of sister chromatids into doublet signals discernable by 3D fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Integration of transgenes within heterochromatin (in cis) did, however, confer late replication and this was reversed after variegated transgene expression. These findings emphasise that chromosomal location is important for defining the replication timing of genes and show that retarded sister-chromatid resolution is a novel feature of inactive chromatin.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1465-7392
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
668-74
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12833066-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12833066-Antigens, CD8, pubmed-meshheading:12833066-Cell Cycle, pubmed-meshheading:12833066-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:12833066-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:12833066-Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12833066-Chromatids, pubmed-meshheading:12833066-DNA Nucleotidylexotransferase, pubmed-meshheading:12833066-DNA Replication, pubmed-meshheading:12833066-Fibroblasts, pubmed-meshheading:12833066-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:12833066-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:12833066-Gene Silencing, pubmed-meshheading:12833066-Heterochromatin, pubmed-meshheading:12833066-Homeodomain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12833066-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12833066-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:12833066-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12833066-Transgenes
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Heritable gene silencing in lymphocytes delays chromatid resolution without affecting the timing of DNA replication.
pubmed:affiliation
Lymphocyte Development Group, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 ONN, UK. v.azuara@csc.mrc.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't