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Combined SPT and FCS methods reveal a mechanism of RNAP II oversampling in cell nuclei

Marie Fournier
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Pierre Leclerc
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Dorian Champelovier
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Florence Agbazahou
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Fatima Dahmani
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Gabriel Bidaux
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Alessandro Furlan
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Laurent Héliot
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Abstract Gene expression orchestration is a key question in fundamental and applied research. Different models for transcription regulation were proposed, yet the dynamic regulation of RNA polymerase II (RNAP II) activity remains a matter of debate. To improve our knowledge of this topic, we investigated RNAP II motility in eukaryotic cells by combining single particle tracking (SPT) and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) techniques, to take advantage of their different sensitivities in order to analyze together slow and fast molecular movements. Thanks to calibrated samples, we developed a benchmark for quantitative analysis of molecular dynamics, to eliminate the main potential instrumental biases. We applied this workflow to study the diffusion of RPB1, the catalytic subunit of RNAP II. By a cross-analysis of FCS and SPT, we could highlight different RPB1 motility states and identifyed a stationary state, a slow diffusion state, and two different modes of subdiffusion. Interestingly, our analysis also unveiled the oversampling by RPB1 of nuclear subdomains. Based on these data, we propose a novel model of spatio-temporal transcription regulation. Altogether, our results highlight the importance of combining microscopy approaches at different time scales to get a full insight into the real complexity of molecular kinetics in cells.
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hal-04294629 , version 1 (20-11-2023)

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Marie Fournier, Pierre Leclerc, Aymeric Leray, Dorian Champelovier, Florence Agbazahou, et al.. Combined SPT and FCS methods reveal a mechanism of RNAP II oversampling in cell nuclei. Scientific Reports, 2023, 13 (1), pp.14633. ⟨10.1038/s41598-023-38668-8⟩. ⟨hal-04294629⟩
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