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Embryonic Emergence of Heterochromatin and Nuclear Supervision of Mitochondrial Genetics

Award Number: R35GM136324
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 06/01/2020
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2026

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Embryonic Emergence of Heterochromatin and Nuclear Supervision of Mitochondrial Genetics - Project Summary/Abstract We will address two fundamental aspects of biology in Drosophila. The first involves the mechanisms regulating the onset of differentiation of a naïve embryonic genome. Developmental time resolves progressive steps that introduce the specialized domains of chromatin structure. We found that the molecular hallmarks of heterochromatin emerge late, after heterochromatic behaviors that the marks were thought to specify. We will explore the mechanisms establishing the earlier specializations of heterochromatin domains. Clustered arrays of repeated sequences (satellites) become late replicating in the 14th cell cycle prior to histone methylation (H3K9me) and heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1) binding. We found that regulated recruitment of Rif1, a replication inhibitor, explains developmental onset of late replication, and that a temporal schedule of its dissociation directs a temporal program of sequential replication of the satellites. We will use powerful in vivo tools to understand how time is programmed. But what targets Rif1 to satellite sequences? We found that the satellite sequences are compacted even earlier, prior to Rif1 recruitment, but then what is the basis of compaction? Repetitiveness is the universal distinguishing feature of satellite sequences. Recently, our neighbor Sy Redding and the Rosen lab showed that in vitro assembled chromatin with nucleosomes periodically positioned on repetitive sequences autonomously condenses into a liquid-like phase. In collaboration with Sy Redding we will relate the simple physical observations and in vivo behavior of satellite repeats. The approaches taken here will define the progression of interactions that evolution selected to guide the initial formation of distinct genomic subdivisions that underlie much of complex metazoan biology. The second project examines the genetic independence of the mitochondrial (mt) genome. Despite its bacterial origins, the mt genome is viewed as well adapted; however, an independently transmitted genetic element always has a renegade option. It is cooperative only as long as it is advantageous. The distinct genetics of the multicopied maternally transmitted mt genome is usually learned as uncomplicated, but this is belied by complexities in the transmission of disease mutations and age dependent onset of phenotypes. Inadequate genetic tools have hidden important features of mt genome behaviors that we have accessed with new tools. We show that the ability of a mutant mt genome to compete with the pool of other genomes in a cell determines its fate. The nuclear genome manipulates this inter-mt genome competition to give beneficial outcomes, but fragile points in this nuclear management allow successful transmission of some mutant genomes and underlie an age-associated decline in mt genome integrity. We propose experiments that will dissect the basis of nuclear management of the mt genome. Identifying modulating nuclear activities will enhance predictability of mt disease severity and introduce new avenues for their therapeutic management.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2025	2024	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94103	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	5	11/6/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $836,868 )
2024	2024	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94103	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	5	5/21/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$836,868
														Subtotal = $836,868

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $836,868 )
2023	2023	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94143	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	4	5/8/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$836,868
														Subtotal = $836,868

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $836,868 )
2022	2022	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94143	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	3	5/9/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$836,868
2022	2022	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94143	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	002	3	9/2/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2022	2022	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94143	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	001	3	7/19/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $836,868

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $836,868 )
2021	2021	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94143	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	2	5/18/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$836,868
														Subtotal = $836,868

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $781,319 )
2020	2020	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94143	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	1	4/3/2020	NEW	$781,319
														Subtotal = $781,319

Grand Total All Awards = $4,128,791

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Embryonic Emergence of Heterochromatin and Nuclear Supervision of Mitochondrial Genetics

Award Number: R35GM136324

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 06/01/2020

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2026

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