Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

Transcription-dependent cohesin repositioning rewires chromatin loops in cellular senescence

  • Ioana Olan,
  • Aled J. Parry,
  • Stefan Schoenfelder,
  • Masako Narita,
  • Yoko Ito,
  • Adelyne S. L. Chan,
  • Guy St.C. Slater,
  • Dóra Bihary,
  • Masashige Bando,
  • Katsuhiko Shirahige,
  • Hiroshi Kimura,
  • Shamith A. Samarajiwa,
  • Peter Fraser,
  • Masashi Narita

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19878-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Senescence is a state of stable proliferative arrest. Here, the authors perform Hi-C analysis on oncogenic RAS-induced senescence in human fibroblasts and characterize the changes in the 3D genome folding associated with the senescence-specific gene expression profile, which are mediated in part through cohesin redistribution on chromatin.