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Chromatin organization drives the search mechanism of nuclear factors

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  • Matteo Mazzocca

    (Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele)

  • Alessia Loffreda

    (Experimental Imaging Center)

  • Emanuele Colombo

    (Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele)

  • Tom Fillot

    (Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele
    Experimental Imaging Center)

  • Daniela Gnani

    (Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele)

  • Paola Falletta

    (Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele)

  • Emanuele Monteleone

    (Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele)

  • Serena Capozi

    (Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, CNRS)

  • Edouard Bertrand

    (Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, CNRS)

  • Gaelle Legube

    (CNRS, Université de Toulouse, UT3)

  • Zeno Lavagnino

    (Experimental Imaging Center
    IFOM ETS– The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology—Via Adamello 16)

  • Carlo Tacchetti

    (Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele
    Experimental Imaging Center)

  • Davide Mazza

    (Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele
    Experimental Imaging Center)

Abstract

Nuclear factors rapidly scan the genome for their targets, but the role of nuclear organization in such search is uncharted. Here we analyzed how multiple factors explore chromatin, combining live-cell single-molecule tracking with multifocal structured illumination of DNA density. We find that factors displaying higher bound fractions sample DNA-dense regions more exhaustively. Focusing on the tumor-suppressor p53, we demonstrate that it searches for targets by alternating between rapid diffusion in the interchromatin compartment and compact sampling of chromatin dense regions. Efficient targeting requires balanced interactions with chromatin: fusing p53 with an exogenous intrinsically disordered region potentiates p53-mediated target gene activation at low concentrations, but leads to condensates at higher levels, derailing its search and downregulating transcription. Our findings highlight the role of disordered regions on factors search and showcase a powerful method to generate traffic maps of the eukaryotic nucleus to dissect how its organization guides nuclear factors action.

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  • Matteo Mazzocca & Alessia Loffreda & Emanuele Colombo & Tom Fillot & Daniela Gnani & Paola Falletta & Emanuele Monteleone & Serena Capozi & Edouard Bertrand & Gaelle Legube & Zeno Lavagnino & Carlo Ta, 2023. "Chromatin organization drives the search mechanism of nuclear factors," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-17, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-42133-5
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42133-5
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