
Abstract Understanding the interplay between DNA methylation and gene expression remains a challenge. This study explores the proteome of active DNA demethylation in murine embryonic stem cells (mESC), focusing on the base-excision-repair (BER) step initiated by the Thymine DNA Glycosylase (TDG). Using BioID2 proximity labeling, we identified a TDG interactome encompassing four functional aspects: chromatin organization and transcription, chromosomal organization, RNA processing, and ribosomal biogenesis. We show specifically that TDG participates in a genome regulatory network involving chromatin remodelers and modifiers such as RUVBL2 and the H3K4 methyltransferase complex tethering factor HCFC1, consistent with the dysregulation of histone modifications observed in TDG-deficient cells. We also identified the paraspeckle components PSPC1 and NONO as TDG interactors, implicating TDG in RNA-mediated nuclear processes. This led us to show that TDG is an RNA-binding protein, interacting with long-noncoding RNAs (lncRNA), including the paraspeckle organizing lncRNA Neat1 , previously reported to target TET proteins to genomic sites and to engage in R-loop regulation. We then demonstrate TDG’s ability to excise oxidized 5-methylcytosine in RNA:DNA hybrids, suggesting a role of active DNA demethylation in the regulation of R-loops. Our findings thus unveil a direct crosstalk between active DNA demethylation, chromatin modification and remodeling as well as RNA-genome interactions in mESC, providing avenues for future mechanistic investigations.
DNA Demethylation, Mice, DNA Repair, Animals, RNA, Original Article, RNA, Long Noncoding, Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells, DNA Methylation, Chromatin, Thymine DNA Glycosylase
DNA Demethylation, Mice, DNA Repair, Animals, RNA, Original Article, RNA, Long Noncoding, Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells, DNA Methylation, Chromatin, Thymine DNA Glycosylase
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