Jacques Côté obtained his PhD from Laval University after he characterized the structure and function of Endo G, an endonuclease involved in the replication of mitochondrial DNA and cell apoptosis. He did post-doctoral training with Dr. Jerry Workman at Penn State University where he identified and characterized chromatin remodeling complexes (SWI/SNF) involved in gene activation. In 1997, he joined Laval University where he is Full Professor in the department of Molecular Biology, Medical Biochemistry and Pathology. He currently holds the Canada Research Chair in Chromatin Biology and Molecular Epigenetics. His research projects characterize the dynamic role of chromatin in the regulation of nuclear functions and cell proliferation. His work uses the yeast model system as well as human cells to define the structure, function and regulation of histone modifying complexes implicated in genome expression and maintenance. Research in his laboratory led to important discoveries on the regulatory mechanisms involved in gene transcription and the cellular response to DNA damage, using expertise in molecular biology and genetics, biochemistry, epigenetics, genomics, proteomics and genome editing.
The Côté lab research aim is to understand chromatin dynamics associated with gene regulation, DNA repair and replication. They study protein complexes that control acetylation and methylation of histones, and the composition of chromatin. They dissect the molecular mechanisms of epigenetics, in which signals to chromatin mark different genomic loci and are read by effectors to translate a biological response. Their work has characterized the structure and function of several protein complexes, identifying their intrinsic recognition modules for the epigenetic histone signature. Discoveries in the laboratory identified and extensively characterized the highly conserved NuA4/Tip60 acetyltransferase complex and demonstrated for the first time the essential role of chromatin modifying activities in the process of DNA repair and replication in eukaryotes. Accurate writing and reading of these epigenetic marks lead to changes in chromatin dynamics, in a targeted manner within the genome, and this process is subverted in cancer. In fact, the clear majority of the activities studied in the Côté lab are tumor suppressors and Tip60 itself is down-regulated in a very large spectrum of cancers.
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ASXLs binding to the PHD2/3 fingers of MLL4 provides a mechanism for the recruitment of BAP1 to active enhancers
Journal ArticleNat Commun, 15 (1), 2024.
HBO1, a MYSTerious KAT and its links to cancer
Journal ArticleBiochim Biophys Acta Gene Regul Mech, 1867 (3), 2024.
The Functional Relationship Between RNA Splicing and the Chromatin Landscape
Journal ArticleJ Mol Biol, 436 (16), 2024.
Guiding the HBO1 complex function through the JADE subunit
Journal ArticleNat Struct Mol Biol, 31 (7), 2024.
The immediate-early protein 1 of human herpesvirus 6B interacts with NBS1 and inhibits ATM signaling
Journal ArticleEMBO Rep, 25 (2), 2024.
Structural insights into the human NuA4/TIP60 acetyltransferase and chromatin remodeling complex
Journal ArticleScience, 385 (6711), 2024.
JAZF1: A metabolic actor subunit of the NuA4/TIP60 chromatin modifying complex
Journal ArticleFront Cell Dev Biol, 11 , 2023.
MORF and MOZ acetyltransferases target unmethylated CpG islands through the winged helix domain
Journal ArticleNat Commun, 14 (1), 2023.
New insights into the DNA repair pathway choice with NuA4/TIP60
Journal ArticleDNA Repair (Amst), 113 , 2022.
Rap1 regulates TIP60 function during fate transition between two-cell-like and pluripotent states
Journal ArticleGenes Dev, 36 (5-6), 2022.
Active projects
- Cell Signaling in Cancer (9-10 oct. 2024), from 2024-05-30 to 2025-03-31
- Defining nucleosome features regulating the function of chromatin modifiers and remodelers, from 2022-04-01 to 2027-03-31
- Functional analysis of the NuA4/TIP60 complex in epigenetic mechanisms linked to genome expression and stability, from 2022-03-01 to 2027-03-31
- Functional analysis of the NuA4/TIP60 complex in epigenetic mechanisms linked to genome expression and stability, from 2022-10-01 to 2027-09-30
- Mécanismes moléculaires orchestrant la transition épithélio-mésenchymateuse, from 2023-04-01 to 2026-03-31
- Plateforme de culture cellulaire pour l'analyse fonctionnelle de modificateurs épigénétiques liés aux maladies humaines, from 2022-04-01 to 2025-03-31
- Regroupement Québécois de Recherche sur la Fonction, l’Ingénierie et les Applications des Protéines, from 2024-04-01 to 2030-03-31
- Role of MYST-ING acetyltransferase complexes in transcription regulation, cell fate and disease, from 2022-07-01 to 2027-06-30
- Tetrahymena thermophila - un model évolutionnaire divergent pour découvrir de nouveau modes de régulation transcriptionnelle, from 2022-03-15 to 2025-03-14
Recently finished projects
- Understanding the molecular determinants of high-grade endometrial stromal sarcomas, from 2022-09-01 to 2024-08-31