Aneuploidy as a cause of impaired chromatin silencing and mating-type specification in budding yeast

  1. Wahid A Mulla
  2. Chris W Seidel
  3. Jin Zhu
  4. Hung-Ji Tsai
  5. Sarah E Smith
  6. Pushpendra Singh
  7. William D Bradford
  8. Scott McCroskey
  9. Anjali R Nelliat
  10. Juliana Conkright
  11. Allison Peak
  12. Kathryn E Malanowski
  13. Anoja G Perera
  14. Rong Li  Is a corresponding author
  1. Johns Hopkins University, United States
  2. Stowers Institute for Medical Research, United States
  3. Johns Hopkins, United States

Abstract

Aneuploidy and epigenetic alterations have long been associated with carcinogenesis, but it was unknown whether aneuploidy could disrupt the epigenetic states required for cellular differentiation. In this study, we found that ~3% of random aneuploid karyotypes in yeast disrupt the stable inheritance of silenced chromatin during cell proliferation. Karyotype analysis revealed that this phenotype was significantly correlated with gains of chromosomes III and X. Chromosome X disomy alone was sufficient to disrupt chromatin silencing and yeast mating-type identity as indicated by a lack of growth response to pheromone. The silencing defect was not limited to cryptic mating type loci and was associated with broad changes in histone modifications and chromatin localization of Sir2 histone deacetylase. The chromatin-silencing defect of disome X can be partially recapitulated by an extra copy of several genes on chromosome X. These results suggest that aneuploidy can directly cause epigenetic instability and disrupt cellular differentiation.

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  1. Wahid A Mulla

    Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States
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  2. Chris W Seidel

    Genomics, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, United States
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  3. Jin Zhu

    Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, United States
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  4. Hung-Ji Tsai

    Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, United States
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  5. Sarah E Smith

    Imaging Facility, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, United States
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  6. Pushpendra Singh

    Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, United States
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  7. William D Bradford

    Molecular Biology, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, United States
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  8. Scott McCroskey

    Molecular Biology, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, United States
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  9. Anjali R Nelliat

    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, United States
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  10. Juliana Conkright

    Screening core, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, United States
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  11. Allison Peak

    Molecular Biology Core, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, United States
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  12. Kathryn E Malanowski

    Molecular Biology Core, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, United States
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  13. Anoja G Perera

    Molecular Biology, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, United States
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  14. Rong Li

    Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, United States
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Funding

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R35-GM118172)

  • Rong Li

American Heart Association (15PRE25090204)

  • Wahid A Mulla

Prostate Cancer Foundation (16YOUN21)

  • Hung-Ji Tsai

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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© 2017, Mulla et al.

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  1. Wahid A Mulla
  2. Chris W Seidel
  3. Jin Zhu
  4. Hung-Ji Tsai
  5. Sarah E Smith
  6. Pushpendra Singh
  7. William D Bradford
  8. Scott McCroskey
  9. Anjali R Nelliat
  10. Juliana Conkright
  11. Allison Peak
  12. Kathryn E Malanowski
  13. Anoja G Perera
  14. Rong Li
(2017)
Aneuploidy as a cause of impaired chromatin silencing and mating-type specification in budding yeast
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