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Molecular and Cellular Biology, April 2006, p. 2560-2569, Vol. 26, No. 7
0270-7306/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.26.7.2560-2569.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Mouse Polycomb Proteins Bind Differentially to Methylated Histone H3 and RNA and Are Enriched in Facultative Heterochromatin

Emily Bernstein,1,{dagger} Elizabeth M. Duncan,1,{dagger} Osamu Masui,2,{dagger} Jesus Gil,3 Edith Heard,2* and C. David Allis1*

Laboratory of Chromatin Biology, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, New York 10021,1 CNRS UMR218, Curie Institute, 26 rue d'Ulm, Paris 75005, France,2 MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, Hammersmith Campus, W12 0NN London, United Kingdom3

Received 10 November 2005/ Returned for modification 13 December 2005/ Accepted 12 January 2006

The chromodomain (CD) of the Drosophila Polycomb protein exhibits preferential binding affinity for histone H3 when trimethylated at lysine 27. Here we have investigated the five mouse Polycomb homologs known as Cbx2, Cbx4, Cbx6, Cbx7, and Cbx8. Despite a high degree of conservation, the Cbx chromodomains display significant differences in binding preferences. Not all CDs bind preferentially to K27me3; rather, some display affinity towards both histone H3 trimethylated at K9 and H3K27me3, and one CD prefers K9me3. Cbx7, in particular, displays strong affinity for both H3K9me3 and H3K27me3 and is developmentally regulated in its association with chromatin. Cbx7 associates with facultative heterochromatin and, more specifically, is enriched on the inactive X chromosome. Finally, we find that, in vitro, the chromodomain of Cbx7 can bind RNA and that, in vivo, the interaction of Cbx7 with chromatin, and the inactive X chromosome in particular, depends partly on its association with RNA. We propose that the capacity of this mouse Polycomb homolog to associate with the inactive X chromosome, or any other region of chromatin, depends not only on its chromodomain but also on the combination of histone modifications and RNA molecules present at its target sites.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address for C. David Allis: Laboratory of Chromatin Biology, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Ave., New York, NY 10021. Phone: (212) 327-7849. Fax: (212) 327-7839. E-mail: alliscd{at}rockefeller.edu. Mailing address for Edith Heard: CNRS UMR218, Curie Institute, 26 rue d'Ulm, Paris 75005, France. Phone: 33 1 42 34 66 91. Fax: 33 1 46 33 30 16. E-mail: edith.heard@curie.fr.

{dagger} These authors contributed equally to this work.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, April 2006, p. 2560-2569, Vol. 26, No. 7
0022-538X/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.26.7.2560-2569.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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