Abstract
Heat-shock protein 90 (Hsp90) was recently identified as a silencing factor required for RNA interference (RNAi)-dependent heterochromatin assembly in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. As Hsp90 is known to contribute to the formation of small RNA-containing effector complexes, it would be expected that Hsp90 is also involved in the RNAi pathway in fission yeast. However, upon investigation, we found it very difficult to determine how Hsp90 modulates RNAi-dependent heterochromatin assembly in the cell. A lack of detectable small interfering RNAs in hsp90 mutant cells prevented us from examining the role of Hsp90 in the siRNA loading in the cell. In addition, deletion of genes encoding co-chaperones for Hsp90 appears not to affect RNAi-dependent pericentromeric silencing. One possible approach for elucidating the role of Hsp90 in RNAi-dependent heterochromatin assembly is the use of forward genetic screens to identify novel factors linking Hsp90 with other known RNAi factors. Here, we discuss the benefits of conducting further screenings and present some technical hints to help identify new factors.
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HK was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers JP26116513 and JP18K05556. KO was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Research Fellows (No. JP13J07740).
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Kato, H., Okazaki, K. & Urano, T. How does Hsp90 function in RNAi-dependent heterochromatin assembly?. Curr Genet 65, 87–91 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00294-018-0866-0
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