MicroRNAs of the miR-290-295 Family Maintain Bivalency in Mouse Embryonic Stem 
Cells

Graham, Bryony; Marcais, Antoine; Dharmalingam, Gopuraja; Carroll, Thomas; Kanellopoulou, Chryssa; Graumann, Johannes; Nesterova, Tatyana B.; Bermange, Anna; Brazauskas, Pijus; Xella, Barbara; Kriaucionis, Skirmantas; Higgs, Douglas R.; Brockdorff, Neil; Mann, Matthias; Fisher, Amanda G.; Merkenschlager, Matthias

doi:10.1016/j.stemcr.2016.03.005

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MicroRNAs of the miR-290-295 Family Maintain Bivalency in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells

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Graumann, Johannes
Mann, Matthias / Proteomics and Signal Transduction, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Max Planck Society;

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Mann, Matthias
Mann, Matthias / Proteomics and Signal Transduction, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Max Planck Society;

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Graham, B., Marcais, A., Dharmalingam, G., Carroll, T., Kanellopoulou, C., Graumann, J., et al. (2016). MicroRNAs of the miR-290-295 Family Maintain Bivalency in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells. Stem Cell Reports, 6(5), 635-642. doi:10.1016/j.stemcr.2016.03.005.

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Abstract

Numerous developmentally regulated genes in mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are marked by both active (H3K4me3)- and polycomb group (PcG)-mediated repressive (H3K27me3) histone modifications. This bivalent state is thought to be important for transcriptional poising, but the mechanisms that regulate bivalent genes and the bivalent state remain incompletely understood. Examining the contribution of microRNAs (miRNAs) to the regulation of bivalent genes, we found that the miRNA biogenesis enzyme DICER was required for the binding of the PRC2 core components EZH2 and SUZ12, and for the presence of the PRC2-mediated histone modification H3K27me3 at many bivalent genes. Genes that lost bivalency were preferentially upregulated at the mRNA and protein levels. Finally, reconstituting Dicer-deficient ESCs with ESC miRNAs restored bivalent gene repression and PRC2 binding at formerly bivalent genes. Therefore, miRNAs regulate bivalent genes and the bivalent state itself.