The Integrator complex controls the termination of transcription at diverse classes of gene targets

Cell Res. 2015 Mar;25(3):288-305. doi: 10.1038/cr.2015.19. Epub 2015 Feb 13.

Abstract

Complexes containing INTS3 and either NABP1 or NABP2 were initially characterized in DNA damage responses, but their biochemical function remained unknown. Using affinity purifications and HIV Integration targeting-sequencing (HIT-Seq), we find that these complexes are part of the Integrator complex, which binds RNA Polymerase II and regulates specific target genes. Integrator cleaves snRNAs as part of their processing to their mature form in a mechanism that is intimately coupled with transcription termination. However, HIT-Seq reveals that Integrator also binds to the 3' end of replication-dependent histones and promoter proximal regions of genes with polyadenylated transcripts. Depletion of Integrator subunits results in transcription termination failure, disruption of histone mRNA processing, and polyadenylation of snRNAs and histone mRNAs. Furthermore, promoter proximal binding of Integrator negatively regulates expression of genes whose transcripts are normally polyadenylated. Integrator recruitment to all three gene classes is DSIF-dependent, suggesting that Integrator functions as a termination complex at DSIF-dependent RNA Polymerase II pause sites.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / genetics
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / metabolism*
  • HEK293 Cells
  • HeLa Cells
  • Histones / biosynthesis
  • Histones / genetics
  • Humans
  • Mitochondrial Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Mitochondrial Proteins / genetics
  • Mitochondrial Proteins / metabolism*
  • Nuclear Proteins / genetics
  • Polyadenylation / genetics
  • Promoter Regions, Genetic / genetics
  • RNA Polymerase II / genetics
  • RNA Polymerase II / metabolism*
  • RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional
  • RNA, Small Nuclear / genetics
  • RNA, Small Nuclear / metabolism
  • Transcription Factors / genetics
  • Transcription Termination, Genetic / physiology*
  • Transcriptional Elongation Factors / genetics

Substances

  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Histones
  • INTS3 protein, human
  • JunB protein, human
  • Mitochondrial Proteins
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • RNA, Small Nuclear
  • SSBP1 protein, human
  • SSBP2 protein, human
  • SUPT5H protein, human
  • Transcription Factors
  • Transcriptional Elongation Factors
  • RNA Polymerase II