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2017 ; 9
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): 1110-1117
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Local epigenetic reprogramming induced by G-quadruplex ligands
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Guilbaud G
; Murat P
; Recolin B
; Campbell BC
; Maiter A
; Sale JE
; Balasubramanian S
Nat Chem
2017[Nov]; 9
(11
): 1110-1117
PMID29064488
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DNA and histone modifications regulate transcriptional activity and thus
represent valuable targets to reprogram the activity of genes. Current epigenetic
therapies target the machinery that regulates these modifications, leading to
global transcriptional reprogramming with the potential for extensive undesired
effects. Epigenetic information can also be modified as a consequence of
disrupting processive DNA replication. Here, we demonstrate that impeding
replication by small-molecule-mediated stabilization of G-quadruplex nucleic acid
secondary structures triggers local epigenetic plasticity. We report the use of
the BU-1 locus of chicken DT40 cells to screen for small molecules able to induce
G-quadruplex-dependent transcriptional reprogramming. Further characterization of
the top hit compound revealed its ability to induce a dose-dependent inactivation
of BU-1 expression in two steps: the loss of H3K4me3 and then subsequent DNA
cytosine methylation, changes that were heritable across cell divisions even
after the compound was removed. Targeting DNA secondary structures thus
represents a potentially new approach for locus-specific epigenetic
reprogramming.