Timescales of Genetic and Epigenetic Inheritance

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Timescales of Genetic and Epigenetic Inheritance Oliver J. Rando, Kevin J. Verstrepen  Cell  Volume 128, Issue 4, Pages 655-668 (February 2007) DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2007.01.023 Copyright © 2007 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 The Timescales of Inheritance Both inheritance and selection can act on a wide array of different timescales, ranging from fewer than one cellular (or organismal) generation to more than one billion generations. A number of different mechanisms exist that regulate the stability of biological phenotypes. Phenotypes inherited epigenetically often exhibit rapid variation, whereas genetically robust phenotypes are stabilized against random mutation. Here, we show rough timescales, in units of cellular generation, for the stability of phenotypes regulated by the indicated mechanisms. Cell 2007 128, 655-668DOI: (10.1016/j.cell.2007.01.023) Copyright © 2007 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Recombination in Intragenic Repeats Certain genes, such as the S. cerevisiae FLO1 gene, contain tandem repeats within their coding sequences. These repeats are highly unstable and recombine at frequencies around 10−5 per (mitotic or meiotic) generation, resulting in the net loss or gain of repeat units. If the repeat units are not a multiple of three nucleotides, recombination gives rise to frameshifts, resulting in switching on and off of the gene. Most repeats found within open reading frames, however, are a multiple of three nucleotides long. In this case, recombination results in longer or shorter alleles of the protein. The length variation can have functional consequences. In FLO1, for example, longer alleles confer flocculation (i.e., the adhesion of yeast cells to each other to form a “floc” of cells that sediments in the medium; white arrow). Short FLO1 alleles confer gradually weaker flocculation, with the very shortest alleles resulting in completely planctonic (suspended) growth. Cell 2007 128, 655-668DOI: (10.1016/j.cell.2007.01.023) Copyright © 2007 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

Figure 3 A Model of the Inheritance of Chromatin States Chromatin states have been proposed to carry heritable epigenetic information. Shown in green and white are two different nucleosome states (possibly carrying distinct covalent modification patterns or distinct subsets of variant histone isoforms). After passage of the replication fork, nucleosomes apparently segregate randomly to the two daughter chromosomes. Soon thereafter, newly synthesized nucleosomes (gray) are assembled onto the chromosomes. In order for chromatin states to be heritable for more than a handful of generations, new nucleosomes must be modified to the same state as surrounding maternal nucleosomes. In one possible model of this feedback the proteins that associate with maternal nucleosomes locally instruct (arrows) new nucleosomes to carry the appropriate modification/variant pattern. This model is one of several proposed, but all models have in common some feedback mechanism by which old nucleosomes influence the states of the newly synthesized nucleosomes deposited at a given locus. Cell 2007 128, 655-668DOI: (10.1016/j.cell.2007.01.023) Copyright © 2007 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

Figure 4 The SOS Pathway in E. coli Various forms of DNA damage or perturbation lead to stalling and dissociation of the replication machinery. Single-stranded DNA is quickly stabilized by the RecA protein, and this nucleoprotein filament induces the autoproteolytic activity of LexA. Cleavage of LexA relieves repression of the 43 genes in the SOS regulon, which are involved in various DNA-repair processes. In particular, a special category of DNA polymerases is activated upon SOS induction. These polymerases can bypass irregularities at damaged sites in the DNA. However, they show error rates that are approximately 100-fold higher than those of normal DNA polymerases, thus earning them the name “error-prone polymerases” or “mutases.” DNA damage is the best known inducer of the SOS pathway, but recent research shows that other forms of stress that are not directly related to DNA damage also activate an SOS response. These include starvation, exposure to antibiotics such as β-lactams, and exposure to physical stress such as elevated hydrostatic pressure (for a recent review, see Aertsen and Michiels, 2006). Although activation of the SOS pathway has been demonstrated for these cases, the exact trigger of the pathway remains unknown. It is possible that these stresses, through a yet-unknown mechanism, cause DNA damage that results in SOS activation. In the case of starvation, for example, it has been suggested that the lack of nutrients may result in the intracellular accumulation of DNA-damaging agents and the decrease of DNA-repair enzymes (Bjedov et al., 2003). Alternatively, the SOS pathway may also be triggered by more specialized stress-sensing mechanisms, as seems to be the case for β-lactam exposure, which depends on the two-component system DbiB/A, and for hydrostatic pressure, which relies on the MrrIV restriction endonuclease (Aertsen and Michiels, 2006). Cell 2007 128, 655-668DOI: (10.1016/j.cell.2007.01.023) Copyright © 2007 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions