SET-9 and SET-26 are H3K4me3 readers and play critical roles in germline development and longevity

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Abstract

C. elegans SET-9 and SET-26 are highly homologous paralogs that share redundant functions in germline development, but SET-26 alone plays a key role in longevity and heat stress response. SET-26 is broadly expressed, but SET-9 is only detectable in the germline, which likely account for their different biological roles. SET-9 and SET-26 bind to H3K4me3 with adjacent acetylation marks in vitroand in vivo. In the soma, SET-26 acts through DAF-16 to modulate longevity. In the germline, SET-9 and SET-26 restrict H3K4me3 domains around SET-9 and SET-26 binding sites, and regulate the expression of specific target genes, with critical consequence on germline development. SET-9 and SET-26 are highly conserved and our findings provide new insights into the critical role of these H3K4me3 readers in germline function and longevity.

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Sequencing data have been deposited in GEO under accession codes GSE108848 and GSE100623.

The following data sets were generated

1. Wang W
2. Lee S
(2017) SET-9 and SET-26 are H3K4me3 readers and play critical roles in germline development and longevity
Publicly available at the NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus (accession no: GSE108848).

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE108848
1. Wang W
2. Lee S
(2017) SET-9 and SET-26, the C. elegans homologs of human MLL5, are critical for germline development and longevity
Publicly available at the NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus (accession no: GSE100623).

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE100623

The following previously published data sets were used

1. Lieb J
(2013) seq-WA30932379_H3K9ac_N2_L3
modENCODE_3578.

http://intermine.modencode.org/query/portal.do?class=Submission&externalids=modENCODE_3578

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Wenke Wang

Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States

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Amaresh Chaturbedi

Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States

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Minghui Wang

Computational Biology Service Unit, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States

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Serim An

Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States

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Satheeja Santhi

Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States

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Siu Sylvia Lee

Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States

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sylvia.lee@cornell.edu

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National Institutes of Health (R01 grant AG024425)

Siu Sylvia Lee

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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