Symmetric inheritance of parental histones governs epigenome maintenance and embryonic stem cell identity

A Wenger, A Biran, N Alcaraz, A Redó-Riveiro… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Modified parental histones are segregated symmetrically to daughter DNA strands during
replication and can be inherited through mitosis. How this may sustain the epigenome and …

Recycling of modified H2A-H2B provides short-term memory of chromatin states

V Flury, N Reverón-Gómez, N Alcaraz… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Chromatin landscapes are disrupted during DNA replication and must be restored faithfully
to maintain genome regulation and cell identity. The histone H3-H4 modification landscape …

Replication timing and transcriptional control: beyond cause and effect—part IV

AE Vouzas, DM Gilbert - Current opinion in genetics & development, 2023 - Elsevier
Decades of work on the spatiotemporal organization of mammalian DNA replication timing
(RT) continues to unveil novel correlations with aspects of transcription and chromatin …

Histone H1 facilitates restoration of H3K27me3 during DNA replication by chromatin compaction

C Liu, J Yu, A Song, M Wang, J Hu, P Chen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
During cell renewal, epigenetic information needs to be precisely restored to maintain cell
identity and genome integrity following DNA replication. The histone mark H3K27me3 is …

Collisions of RNA polymerases behind the replication fork promote alternative RNA splicing in newly replicated chromatin

F Bruno, C Coronel-Guisado, C González-Aguilera - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
DNA replication produces a global disorganization of chromatin structure that takes hours to
be restored. However, how these chromatin rearrangements affect the regulation of gene …

Unfolding the complexity of epigenetics in male reproductive aging: a review of therapeutic implications

AF Ajayi, MO Oyovwi, G Olatinwo, AO Phillips - Molecular Biology Reports, 2024 - Springer
Introduction: Epigenetics studies gene expression changes influenced by environmental
and lifestyle factors, linked to health conditions like reproductive aging. Male reproductive …

CAF-1 deposits newly synthesized histones during DNA replication using distinct mechanisms on the leading and lagging strands

C Rouillon, BV Eckhardt, L Kollenstart… - Nucleic acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
During every cell cycle, both the genome and the associated chromatin must be accurately
replicated. Chromatin Assembly Factor-1 (CAF-1) is a key regulator of chromatin replication …

The fork protection complex promotes parental histone recycling and epigenetic memory

SJ Charlton, V Flury, Y Kanoh, AV Genzor, L Kollenstart… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
The inheritance of parental histones across the replication fork is thought to mediate
epigenetic memory. Here, we reveal that fission yeast Mrc1 (CLASPIN in humans) binds H3 …

A quick restart: RNA polymerase jumping onto post-replicative chromatin

M Werner, S Hamperl - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Two recent studies in Molecular Cell 1 and Nature 2 show that evicted RNA polymerases
reassociate rapidly with post-replicative chromatin and proceed into an unusual transcription …

Monitoring and quantifying replication fork dynamics with high-throughput methods

N Fajri, N Petryk - Communications Biology, 2024 - nature.com
Before each cell division, eukaryotic cells must replicate their chromosomes to ensure the
accurate transmission of genetic information. Chromosome replication involves more than …