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The LINC complex contributes to heterochromatin organisation and transcriptional gene silencing in plants

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The linker of nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton (LINC) complex is an evolutionarily well-conserved protein bridge connecting the cytoplasmic and nuclear compartments across the nuclear membrane. While recent data support its function in nuclear morphology and meiosis, its involvement in chromatin organisation has not been studied in plants. Here, 3D imaging methods have been used to investigate nuclear morphology and chromatin organisation in interphase nuclei of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana in which heterochromatin clusters in conspicuous chromatin domains called chromocentres. Chromocentres form a repressive chromatin environment contributing to transcriptional silencing of repeated sequences, a general mechanism needed for genome stability. Quantitative measurements of the 3D position of chromocentres indicate their close proximity to the nuclear periphery but that their position varies with nuclear volume and can be altered in specific mutants affecting the LINC complex. Finally, we propose that the plant LINC complex contributes to proper heterochromatin organisation and positioning at the nuclear periphery, since its alteration is associated with the release of transcriptional silencing as well as decompaction of heterochromatic sequences.

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Génétique
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inserm-01629338 , version 1 (06-11-2017)

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Axel Poulet, Ceíine Duc, Maxime Voisin, Sophie Desset, Sylvie Tutois, et al.. The LINC complex contributes to heterochromatin organisation and transcriptional gene silencing in plants. Journal of Cell Science, 2017, 130 (3), pp.590-601. ⟨10.1242/jcs.194712⟩. ⟨inserm-01629338⟩
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