| Citation | Robert VJ, Mercier MG, Bedet C, Janczarski S, Merlet J, Garvis S, Ciosk R, Palladino F. The SET-2/SET1 histone H3K4 methyltransferase maintains pluripotency in the Caenorhabditis elegans germline. Cell Rep, 2014. |
| PubMed ID | 25310986 |
| Short Description | The SET-2/SET1 histone H3K4 methyltransferase maintains pluripotency in the Caenorhabditis elegans germline. GEO Record: GSE61094 Platform: GPL10094 Download gene-centric, log2 transformed data: WBPaper00045861.ce.mr.csv |
| # of Conditions | 12 |
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Histone H3 Lys 4 methylation (H3K4me) is deposited by the conserved SET1/MLL methyltransferases acting in multiprotein complexes, including Ash2 and Wdr5. Although individual subunits contribute to complex activity, how they influence gene expression in specific tissues remains largely unknown. InCaenorhabditis elegans, SET-2/SET1, WDR-5.1, and ASH-2 are differentially required for germline H3K4 methylation. Using expression profiling on germlines from animals lacking set-2, ash-2, or wdr-5.1, we show that these subunits play unique as well as redundant functions in order to promote expression of germline genes and repress somatic genes. Furthermore, we show that in set-2- and wdr-5.1-deficient germlines, somatic gene misexpression is associated with conversion of germ cellsinto somatic cells and that nuclear RNAi acts in parallel with SET-2 and WDR-5.1 to maintain germline identity. These findings uncover a unique role forSET-2 and WDR-5.1 in preserving germline pluripotency and underline the complexity of the cellular network regulating this process. Experimental Details: WBPaper00045861:ash-2(tm1095)_gonads_rep1 WBPaper00045861:ash-2(tm1095)_gonads_rep2 WBPaper00045861:ash-2(lf)_gonads_rep3 WBPaper00045861:N2_gonads_rep1 WBPaper00045861:N2_gonads_rep2 WBPaper00045861:N2_gonads_rep3 WBPaper00045861:set-2(ok952)_gonads_rep1 WBPaper00045861:set-2(ok952)_gonads_rep2 WBPaper00045861:set-2(ok952)_gonads_rep3 WBPaper00045861:wdr-5.1(ok1417)_gonads_rep1 WBPaper00045861:wdr-5.1(ok1417)_gonads_rep2 WBPaper00045861:wdr-5.1(ok1417)_gonads_rep3. |
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