Antisense Transcription through the Xist Locus Mediates Tsix Function in Embryonic Stem Cells

Author:

Luikenhuis Sandra1,Wutz Anton2,Jaenisch Rudolf12

Affiliation:

1. Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1 and

2. Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, 2 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142

Abstract

ABSTRACT Expression of the Xist gene, a key player in mammalian X inactivation, has been proposed to be controlled by the antisense Tsix transcript. Targeted deletion of the Tsix promoter encompassing the DPXas34 locus leads to nonrandom inactivation of the mutant X, but it remains unresolved whether this phenotype is caused by loss of Tsix transcription or by deletion of a crucial DNA element. In this study we determined the role of Tsix transcription in random X inactivation by using mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells as a model system. Two approaches were chosen to modulate Tsix transcription with minimal disturbance of genomic sequences. First, Tsix transcription was functionally inhibited by introducing a transcriptional stop signal into the transcribed region of Tsix . In the second approach, an inducible system for Tsix expression was created. We found that the truncation of the Tsix transcript led to complete nonrandom inactivation of the targeted X chromosome. Induction of Tsix transcription during ES cell differentiation, on the other hand, caused the targeted chromosome always to be chosen as the active chromosome. These results for the first time establish a function for antisense transcription in the regulation of X inactivation.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Cell Biology,Molecular Biology

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