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Rosaleny LE, Ruiz-García AB, García-Martínez J, Pérez-Ortín JE, Tordera V. The Sas3p and Gcn5p histone acetyltransferases are recruited to similar genes. Genome Biol 2008; 8:R119. [PMID: 17584493 PMCID: PMC2394765 DOI: 10.1186/gb-2007-8-6-r119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2006] [Revised: 03/20/2007] [Accepted: 06/20/2007] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Specific histone modifications can perform several cellular functions, for example, as signals to recruit trans-acting factors and as modulators of chromatin structure. Acetylation of Lys14 of histone H3 is the main target of many histone acetyltransferases in vitro and may play a central role in the stability of the nucleosome. This study is focused on the genome-wide binding of Saccharomyces cerevisiae histone acetyltransferases that are specific for Lys14 of histone H3. RESULTS We have used a variation of the genome-wide location analysis method, based on a macroarray platform, to identify binding sites of yeast histone acetyltransferase catalytic subunits and to correlate their positions with acetylation of Lys14 of histone H3. Our results revealed that the histone acetyltransferases Sas3p and Gcn5p are recruited to a pool of intensely transcribed genes and that there is considerable overlap between the two cohorts of Sas3p and Gcn5p bound gene pools. We also demonstrate a positive correlation between binding sites of both proteins and the acetylation state of Lys14 of histone H3. Finally, a positive correlation between the decrease of H3 Lys14 acetylation in a GCN5 deleted strain and the Gcn5p genome occupancy is shown. CONCLUSION Our data support a model in which both Gcn5p and Sas3p act as general activators of an overlapping pool of intensely transcribed genes. Since both proteins preferentially acetylate Lys14 of histone H3, our data support the hypothesis that acetylation of this specific residue facilitates the action of the transcriptional apparatus.
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- Lorena E Rosaleny
- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat de València, València. Spain
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat de València, València. Spain
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- Laboratori de Chips de DNA del Servei Central de Suport a la Investigació Experimental, Universitat de València, València
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat de València, València. Spain
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat de València, València. Spain
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Pham H, Ferrari R, Cokus SJ, Kurdistani SK, Pellegrini M. Modeling the regulatory network of histone acetylation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Syst Biol 2007; 3:153. [PMID: 18091724 PMCID: PMC2174627 DOI: 10.1038/msb4100194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2007] [Accepted: 10/17/2007] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Acetylation of histones plays an important role in regulating transcription. Histone acetylation is mediated partly by the recruitment of specific histone acetyltransferases (HATs) and deacetylases (HDACs) to genomic loci by transcription factors, resulting in modulation of gene expression. Although several specific interactions between transcription factors and HATs and HDACs have been elaborated in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the full regulatory network remains uncharacterized. We have utilized a linear regression of optimized sigmoidal functions to correlate transcription factor binding patterns to the acetylation profiles of 11 lysines in the four core histones measured at all S. cerevisiae promoters. The resulting associations are combined with large-scale protein–protein interaction data sets to generate a comprehensive model that relates recruitment of specific HDACs and HATs to transcription factors and their target genes and the resulting effects on individual lysines. This model provides a broad and detailed view of the regulatory network, describing which transcription factors are most significant in regulating acetylation of specific lysines at defined promoters. We validate the model, both computationally and experimentally, to demonstrate that it yields accurate predictions of these regulatory mechanisms.
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- Hung Pham
- Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Xu F, Zhang Q, Zhang K, Xie W, Grunstein M. Sir2 deacetylates histone H3 lysine 56 to regulate telomeric heterochromatin structure in yeast. Mol Cell 2007; 27:890-900. [PMID: 17889663 PMCID: PMC2048486 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2007.07.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2007] [Revised: 06/06/2007] [Accepted: 07/20/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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At telomeric heterochromatin in yeast, the Sir protein complex spreads from Rap1 sites to silence adjacent genes. This cascade is believed to occur when Sir2, an NAD(+)-dependent enzyme, deacetylates histone H3 and H4 N termini, in particular histone H4 K16, enabling more Sir protein binding. Lysine 56 of histone H3 is located at the entry-exit points of the DNA superhelix surrounding the nucleosome, where it may control DNA compaction. We have found that K56 substitutions disrupt silencing severely without decreasing Sir protein binding at the telomere. Our in vitro and in vivo data indicate that Sir2 deacetylates K56 directly in telomeric heterochromatin to compact chromatin and prevent access to RNA polymerase and ectopic bacterial dam methylase. Since the spread of Sir proteins is necessary but not sufficient for silencing, we propose that silencing occurs when Sir2 deacetylates H3 K56 to close the nucleosomal entry-exit gates, enabling compaction of heterochromatin.
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- Feng Xu
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and the Molecular Biology Institute, Boyer Hall, 611 Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Histones undergo several different post-translational modifications that control a variety of physiological processes. These covalent modifications show substantial cross-regulation, providing a wealth of regulatory potential. New insights into the communication between modifications on histones have emerged in recent years. This review assesses the current understanding of cross-regulation of histone modifications and identifies future questions to be addressed in this field.
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Vaquero A, Sternglanz R, Reinberg D. NAD+-dependent deacetylation of H4 lysine 16 by class III HDACs. Oncogene 2007; 26:5505-20. [PMID: 17694090 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 229] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Histone deacetylases (HDACs) catalyse the removal of acetyl groups from the N-terminal tails of histones. All known HDACs can be categorized into one of four classes (I-IV). The class III HDAC or silencing information regulator 2 (Sir2) family exhibits characteristics consistent with a distinctive role in regulation of chromatin structure. Accumulating data suggest that these deacetylases acquired new roles as genomic complexity increased, including deacetylation of non-histone proteins and functional diversification in mammals. However, the intrinsic regulation of chromatin structure in species as diverse as yeast and humans, underscores the pressure to conserve core functions of class III HDACs, which are also known as Sirtuins. One of the key factors that might have contributed to this preservation is the intimate relationship between some members of this group of proteins (SirT1, SirT2 and SirT3) and deacetylation of a specific residue in histone H4, lysine 16 (H4K16). Evidence accumulated over the years has uncovered a unique role for H4K16 in chromatin structure throughout eukaryotes. Here, we review the recent findings about the functional relationship between H4K16 and the Sir2 class of deacetylases and how that relationship might impact aging and diseases including cancer and diabetes.
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- A Vaquero
- Department of Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, NYU School of Medicine-Smilow Research Center, New York, NY 10016, USA
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Histone acetylation regulates many cellular processes, and specific acetylation marks, either singly or in combination, produce distinct outcomes. For example, the acetylation pattern on newly synthesized histones is important for their assembly into nucleosomes by histone chaperones. Additionally, the degree of chromatin compaction and folding may be regulated by acetylation of histone H4 at lysine 16. Histone acetylation also regulates the formation of heterochromatin; deacetylation of H4 lysine 16 is important for spreading of heterochromatin components, whereas acetylation of this site serves as a barrier to this spreading. Finally, histone acetylation is critical for gene transcription, but recent results suggest that deacetylation of certain sites also plays an important role. There are many histone acetyltransferases (HATs) and deacetylases, with differing preferences for the various histone proteins and for specific sites on individual histones. Determining how these enzymes create distinct acetylation patterns and regulate the functional outcome is an important challenge.
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- Mona D Shahbazian
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Geffen School of Medicine and the Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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Parra MA, Wyrick JJ. Regulation of gene transcription by the histone H2A N-terminal domain. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 27:7641-8. [PMID: 17724083 PMCID: PMC2169066 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00742-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Histone N-terminal domains play critical roles in regulating chromatin structure and gene transcription. Relatively little is known, however, about the role of the histone H2A N-terminal domain in transcription regulation. We have used DNA microarrays to characterize the changes in genome-wide expression caused by mutations in the N-terminal domain of histone H2A. Our results indicate that the N-terminal domain of histone H2A functions primarily to repress the transcription of a large subset of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome and that most of the H2A-repressed genes are also repressed by the histone H2B N-terminal domain. Using the histone H2A microarray data, we selected three reporter genes (BNA1, BNA2, and GCY1), which we subsequently used to map regions in the H2A N-terminal domain responsible for this transcriptional repression. These studies revealed that a small subdomain in the H2A N-terminal tail, comprised of residues 16 to 20, is required for the transcriptional repression of these reporter genes. Deletion of either the entire histone H2A N-terminal domain or just this small subdomain imparts sensitivity to UV irradiation. Finally, we show that two residues in this H2A subdomain, serine-17 and arginine-18, are specifically required for the transcriptional repression of the BNA2 reporter gene.
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- Michael A Parra
- School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Fulmer Hall 675, Pullman, WA 99164-4660, USA
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Lafon A, Chang CS, Scott EM, Jacobson SJ, Pillus L. MYST opportunities for growth control: yeast genes illuminate human cancer gene functions. Oncogene 2007; 26:5373-84. [PMID: 17694079 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The MYST family of histone acetyltransferases (HATs) was initially defined by human genes with disease connections and by yeast genes identified for their role in epigenetic transcriptional silencing. Since then, many new MYST genes have been discovered through genetic and genomic approaches. Characterization of the complexes through which MYST proteins act, regions of the genome to which they are targeted and biological consequences when they are disrupted, all deepen the connections of MYST proteins to development, growth control and human cancers. Many of the insights into MYST family function have come from studies in model organisms. Herein, we review functions of two of the founding MYST genes, yeast SAS2 and SAS3, and the essential yeast MYST ESA1. Analysis of these genes in yeast has defined roles for MYST proteins in transcriptional activation and silencing, and chromatin-mediated boundary formation. They have further roles in DNA damage repair and nuclear integrity. The observation that MYST protein complexes share subunits with other HATs, histone deacetylases and other key nuclear proteins, many with connections to human cancers, strengthens the idea that coordinating distinct chromatin modifications is critical for regulation.
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- A Lafon
- Section of Molecular Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, UCSD Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Ford J, Odeyale O, Eskandar A, Kouba N, Shen CH. A SWI/SNF- and INO80-dependent nucleosome movement at the INO1 promoter. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 361:974-9. [PMID: 17681272 PMCID: PMC2034749 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.07.109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2007] [Accepted: 07/20/2007] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Transcriptional activation in yeast INO1 chromatin was studied using the indirect end-labeling technique. INO1 chromatin is organized into an ordered, overlapping nucleosomal array under repressing conditions. Nucleosome positions were only disrupted at the promoter region under inducing conditions in the presence of SWI/SNF and INO80. Mutants lacking either remodeler demonstrated identical positioning patterns as the wild type under repressing conditions. This indicates that these two remodelers are responsible and essential for local nucleosomal mobilization at the INO1 promoter. The area of local nucleosome movement is consistent with the previously identified region of histone deacetylation activity. In light of these findings, we suggest that nucleosomes subject to local mobilization are also targets for local histone modifications.
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- Jason Ford
- Department of Biology, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, Staten Island, New York 10314, USA
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- Department of Biology, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, Staten Island, New York 10314, USA
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- Department of Biology, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, Staten Island, New York 10314, USA
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- Department of Biology, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, Staten Island, New York 10314, USA
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- Department of Biology, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, Staten Island, New York 10314, USA
- Institute for Macromolecular Assemblies, City University of New York, Staten Island, New York 10314, USA
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Phone: 718-982-3998. Fax: (718) 982-3852. E-mail:
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Jiang L, Smith JN, Anderson SL, Ma P, Mizzen CA, Kelleher NL. Global assessment of combinatorial post-translational modification of core histones in yeast using contemporary mass spectrometry. LYS4 trimethylation correlates with degree of acetylation on the same H3 tail. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:27923-34. [PMID: 17652096 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m704194200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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A global view of all core histones in yeast is provided by tandem mass spectrometry of intact histones H2A, H2B, H4, and H3. This allowed detailed characterization of >50 distinct histone forms and their semiquantitative assessment in the deletion mutants gcn5Delta, spt7Delta, ahc1Delta, and rtg2Delta, affecting the chromatin remodeling complexes SAGA, SLIK, and ADA. The "top down" mass spectrometry approach detected dramatic decreases in acetylation on H3 and H2B in gcn5Delta cells versus wild type. For H3 in wild type cells, tandem mass spectrometry revealed a direct correlation between increases of Lys(4) trimethylation and the 0, 1, 2, and 3 acetylation states of histone H3. The results show a wide swing from 10 to 80% Lys(4) trimethylation levels on those H3 tails harboring 0 or 3 acetylations, respectively. Reciprocity between these chromatin marks was apparent, since gcn5Delta cells showed a 30% decrease in trimethylation levels on Lys(4) in addition to a decrease of acetylation levels on H3 in bulk chromatin. Deletion of Set1, the Lys(4) methyltransferase, was associated with the linked disappearance of both Lys(4) methylation and Lys(14) and Lys(18) or Lys(23) acetylation on H3. In sum, we have defined the "basis set" of histone forms present in yeast chromatin using a current mass spectrometric approach that both quickly profiles global changes and directly probes the connectivity of modifications on the same histone.
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- Lihua Jiang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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Bonenfant D, Towbin H, Coulot M, Schindler P, Mueller DR, van Oostrum J. Analysis of dynamic changes in post-translational modifications of human histones during cell cycle by mass spectrometry. Mol Cell Proteomics 2007; 6:1917-32. [PMID: 17644761 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m700070-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The N-terminal tails of the four core histones are subject to several types of covalent post-translational modifications that have specific roles in regulating chromatin structure and function. Here we present an extensive analysis of the core histone modifications occurring through the cell cycle. Our MS experiments characterized the modification patterns of histones from HeLa cells arrested in phase G1, S, and G2/M. For all core histones, the modifications in the G1 and S phases were largely identical but drastically different during mitosis. Modification changes between S and G2/M phases were quantified using the SILAC (stable isotope labeling by amino acids in cell culture) approach. Most striking was the mitotic phosphorylation on histone H3 and H4, whereas phosphorylation on H2A was constant during the cell cycle. A loss of acetylation was observed on all histones in G2/M-arrested cells. The pattern of cycle-dependent methylation was more complex: during G2/M, H3 Lys27 and Lys36 were decreased, whereas H4 Lys20 was increased. Our results show that mitosis was the period of the cell cycle during which many modifications exhibit dynamic changes.
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- Débora Bonenfant
- Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Lichtstrasse 35, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.
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Lohrum M, Stunnenberg HG, Logie C. The new frontier in cancer research: Deciphering cancer epigenetics. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2007; 39:1450-61. [PMID: 17442611 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2007.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2007] [Revised: 03/12/2007] [Accepted: 03/13/2007] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Cancer has long been known to be a disease caused by alterations in the genetic blueprint of cells. In the past decade it has become apparent that epigenetic alterations also underlie the etiology of cancer. Since epigenetic changes may be more facile to reverse than genetic lesions, much research has been invested in their characterization. Success has indeed been booked in the clinic with drugs that erase DNA methylation imprints or that target histone post-translational modifications such as lysine acetylation. However, the actual consequences of current epigenetic pharmacological intervention protocols are still poorly characterized and may be rather pleiotropic in nature. The challenge we face is therefore to define the cellular enzymes responsible for epigenetic modifications at given genes under specific conditions, so as to develop pharmacological agents that target tumorigenic epigenetic lesions while eliciting minimal unwanted side effects. Application of genome-wide analytical tools has begun to provide spatio-temporally resolved data that will be crucial to achieve this goal. Finally, the molecular mode of action of epigenetic drugs may be more intricate than initially thought, involving more than DNA and histones, since it has been reported that transcription (co)factors are themselves also targeted by histone modifying enzymes.
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- Marion Lohrum
- Molecular Biology Department, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University, The Netherlands
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Alterations in modifications of histones have been linked to deregulated expression of many genes with important roles in cancer development and progression. The effects of these alterations have so far been interpreted from a promoter-specific viewpoint, focussing on gene–gene differences in patterns of histone modifications. However, recent findings suggest that cancer tissues also display cell–cell differences in total amount of specific histone modifications. This novel cellular epigenetic heterogeneity is related to clinical outcome of cancer patients and may serve as a valuable marker of prognosis.
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- S K Kurdistani
- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1737, USA.
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Warner MH, Roinick KL, Arndt KM. Rtf1 is a multifunctional component of the Paf1 complex that regulates gene expression by directing cotranscriptional histone modification. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 27:6103-15. [PMID: 17576814 PMCID: PMC1952162 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00772-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Numerous transcription accessory proteins cause alterations in chromatin structure that promote the progression of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) along open reading frames (ORFs). The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Paf1 complex colocalizes with actively transcribing Pol II and orchestrates modifications to the chromatin template during transcription elongation. To better understand the function of the Rtf1 subunit of the Paf1 complex, we created a series of sequential deletions along the length of the protein. Genetic and biochemical assays were performed on these mutants to identify residues required for the various activities of Rtf1. Our results establish that discrete nonoverlapping segments of Rtf1 are necessary for interaction with the ATP-dependent chromatin-remodeling protein Chd1, promoting covalent modification of histones H2B and H3, recruitment to active ORFs, and association with other Paf1 complex subunits. We observed transcription-related defects when regions of Rtf1 that mediate histone modification or association with active genes were deleted, but disruption of the physical association between Rtf1 and other Paf1 complex subunits caused only subtle mutant phenotypes. Together, our results indicate that Rtf1 influences transcription and chromatin structure through several independent functional domains and that Rtf1 may function independently of its association with other members of the Paf1 complex.
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- Marcie H Warner
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 269 Crawford Hall, 4249 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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Su X, Ren C, Freitas MA. Mass spectrometry-based strategies for characterization of histones and their post-translational modifications. Expert Rev Proteomics 2007; 4:211-25. [PMID: 17425457 PMCID: PMC2572816 DOI: 10.1586/14789450.4.2.211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Due to the intimate interactions between histones and DNA, the characterization of histones has become the focus of great attention. A series of mass spectrometry-based technologies have been dedicated to the characterization and quantitation of different histone forms. This review focuses on the discussion of mass spectrometry-based strategies used for the characterization of histones and their post-translational modifications.
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- Xiaodan Su
- The Ohio State Unviersity, Department of Molecular Virology Immunology & Medical Genetics, Human Cancer Genetics, Columbus, OH, USA
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Durand-Dubief M, Sinha I, Fagerström-Billai F, Bonilla C, Wright A, Grunstein M, Ekwall K. Specific functions for the fission yeast Sirtuins Hst2 and Hst4 in gene regulation and retrotransposon silencing. EMBO J 2007; 26:2477-88. [PMID: 17446861 PMCID: PMC1868902 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2007] [Accepted: 03/23/2007] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Expression profiling, ChiP-CHIP and phenotypic analysis were used to investigate the functional relationships of class III NAD(+)-dependent HDACs (Sirtuins) in fission yeast. We detected significant histone acetylation increases in Sirtuin mutants at their specific genomic binding targets and were thus able to identify an in vivo substrate preference for each Sirtuin. At heterochromatic loci, we demonstrate that although Hst2 is mainly cytoplasmic, a nuclear pool of Hst2 colocalizes with the other Sirtuins at silent regions (cen, mat, tel, rDNA), and that like the other Sirtuins, Hst2 is required for rDNA and centromeric silencing. Interestingly we found specific functions for the fission yeast Sirtuins Hst2 and Hst4 in gene regulation. Hst2 directly represses genes involved in transport and membrane function, whereas Hst4 represses amino-acid biosynthesis genes and Tf2 retrotransposons. A specific role for Hst4 in Tf2 5' mRNA processing was revealed. Thus, Sirtuins share functions at many genomic targets, but Hst2 and Hst4 have also evolved unique functions in gene regulation.
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- Mickaël Durand-Dubief
- Karolinska Institutet, Department of Biosciences/School of Life Sciences, University College Södertörn, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Karolinska Institutet, Department of Biosciences/School of Life Sciences, University College Södertörn, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Karolinska Institutet, Department of Biosciences/School of Life Sciences, University College Södertörn, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Karolinska Institutet, Department of Biosciences/School of Life Sciences, University College Södertörn, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Karolinska Institutet, Department of Biosciences/School of Life Sciences, University College Södertörn, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and the Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Boyer Hall, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Karolinska Institutet, Department of Biosciences/School of Life Sciences, University College Södertörn, Huddinge, Sweden
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O'Connor TR, Wyrick JJ. ChromatinDB: a database of genome-wide histone modification patterns for Saccharomyces cerevisiae. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 23:1828-30. [PMID: 17485428 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btm236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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UNLABELLED Covalent modifications to histone proteins play a critical role in regulating gene transcription. Previous studies have used chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) based microarray assays to profile genomic regions that are enriched or depleted for a particular histone modification. Such studies have been conducted extensively in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, but currently no comprehensive data repositories or analysis tools are available for these data sets. For this reason, we have developed the ChromatinDB database, which contains genome-wide ChIP data for 22 different histones or histone modifications in S. cerevisiae. ChromatinDB provides novel tools to facilitate the visualization and statistical analysis of chromatin features for user-selected gene sets. AVAILABILITY http://www.bioinformatics2.wsu.edu/ChromatinDB. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
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- Timothy R O'Connor
- School of Molecular Biosciences and Center for Reproductive Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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Cui L, Miao J, Furuya T, Li X, Su XZ, Cui L. PfGCN5-mediated histone H3 acetylation plays a key role in gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2007; 6:1219-27. [PMID: 17449656 PMCID: PMC1951105 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00062-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Histone acetylation, regulated by the opposing actions of histone acetyltransferases (HATs) and deacetylases, is an important epigenetic mechanism in eukaryotic transcription. Although an acetyltransferase (PfGCN5) has been shown to preferentially acetylate histone H3 at K9 and K14 in Plasmodium falciparum, the scale of histone acetylation in the parasite genome and its role in transcriptional activation are essentially unknown. Using chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) and DNA microarray, we mapped the global distribution of PfGCN5, histone H3K9 acetylation (H3K9ac) and trimethylation (H3K9m3) in the P. falciparum genome. While the chromosomal distributions of H3K9ac and PfGCN5 were similar, they are radically different from that of H3K9m3. In addition, there was a positive, though weak correlation between relative occupancy of H3K9ac on individual genes and the levels of gene expression, which was inversely proportional to the distance of array elements from the putative translational start codons. In contrast, H3K9m3 was negatively correlated with gene expression. Furthermore, detailed mapping of H3K9ac for selected genes using ChIP and real-time PCR in three erythrocytic stages detected stage-specific peak H3K9ac enrichment at the putative transcriptional initiation sites, corresponding to stage-specific expression of these genes. These data are consistent with H3K9ac and H3K9m3 as epigenetic markers of active and silent genes, respectively. We also showed that treatment with a PfGCN5 inhibitor led to reduced promoter H3K9ac and gene expression. Collectively, these results suggest that PfGCN5 is recruited to the promoter regions of genes to mediate histone acetylation and activate gene expression in P. falciparum.
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- Long Cui
- Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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Agricola E, Verdone L, Di Mauro E, Caserta M. H4 acetylation does not replace H3 acetylation in chromatin remodelling and transcription activation of Adr1-dependent genes. Mol Microbiol 2007; 62:1433-46. [PMID: 17121596 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05451.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Histone acetylation regulates gene expression. Whether this is caused by a general increase in nucleosome fluidity due to charge neutralization or by a more specific code is still matter of debate. By using a set of glucose-repressed Adr1-dependent genes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, whose transcription was previously shown to require both Gcn5 and Esa1, we asked how changes of histone acetylation patterns at the promoter nucleosomes regulate chromatin remodelling and activation. When the signal of glucose reduction reaches the cells, H4 acetylation is kept constant while an increase of H3 acetylation occurs, in an Adr1- and Gcn5-dependent manner. In cells lacking Gcn5 activity, the H3 acetylation increase does not occur and an unexpected increase of histone H4 acetylation is observed. Nevertheless, chromatin remodelling and transcription activation are impaired, suggesting that acetylation of H3 and H4 histones plays different roles.
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- Eleonora Agricola
- Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, c/o Dipartimento di Genetica e Biologia Molecolare, Università La Sapienza, 00185 Rome, Italy
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Rando OJ. Global patterns of histone modifications. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2007; 17:94-9. [PMID: 17317148 DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2007.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2006] [Accepted: 02/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Histones, the proteins that package eukaryotic genomes into chromatin, are subject to a huge number and variety of covalent modifications. In the past few years, genomic technologies such as microarray hybridization have been applied to the study of histone modifications. These studies shed significant light on the role of covalent modifications in DNA-templated processes. Different histone modifications exhibit distinctive patterns over underlying genomic elements, and these localization patterns reflect the regulatory functions of the relevant modifications. For example, recent results indicate that the localization of H3K36me3 over coding regions reflects its role in shutting down internal transcriptional initiation sites. Histone modifications occur in domains of varying sizes, and the locations of the broadest domains of modifications suggest that broader domains are more likely to be heritable than are shorter modification domains. Importantly, genomic studies reveal that histone modifications tend to co-occur in groups, suggesting that the purpose of histone modifications is not to generate an intricate, complex code, and once again raising the question of why so many histone modifications exist in the cell.
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- Oliver J Rando
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
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Sharma VM, Tomar RS, Dempsey AE, Reese JC. Histone deacetylases RPD3 and HOS2 regulate the transcriptional activation of DNA damage-inducible genes. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 27:3199-210. [PMID: 17296735 PMCID: PMC1899941 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.02311-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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DNA microarray and genetic studies of Saccharomyces cerevisiae have demonstrated that histone deacetylases (HDACs) are required for transcriptional activation and repression, but the mechanism by which they activate transcription remains poorly understood. We show that two HDACs, RPD3 and HOS2, are required for the activation of DNA damage-inducible genes RNR3 and HUG1. Using mutants specific for the Rpd3L complex, we show that the complex is responsible for regulating RNR3. Furthermore, unlike what was described for the GAL genes, Rpd3L regulates the activation of RNR3 by deacetylating nucleosomes at the promoter, not at the open reading frame. Rpd3 is recruited to the upstream repression sequence of RNR3, which surprisingly does not require Tup1 or Crt1. Chromatin remodeling and TFIID recruitment are largely unaffected in the Deltarpd3/Deltahos2 mutant, but the recruitment of RNA polymerase II is strongly reduced, arguing that Rpd3 and Hos2 regulate later stages in the assembly of the preinitiation complex or facilitate multiple rounds of polymerase recruitment. Furthermore, the histone H4 acetyltransferase Esa1 is required for the activation of RNR3 and HUG1. Thus, reduced or unregulated constitutive histone H4 acetylation is detrimental to promoter activity, suggesting that HDAC-dependent mechanisms are in place to reset promoters to allow high levels of transcription.
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- Vishva Mitra Sharma
- Penn State University, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 203 Althouse Lab, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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Sirtuins are a family of NAD+-dependent protein deacetylases widely distributed in all phyla of life. Accumulating evidence indicates that sirtuins are important regulators of organism life span. In yeast, these unique enzymes regulate gene silencing by histone deacetylation and via formation of the novel compound 2'-O-acetyl-ADP-ribose. In multicellular organisms, sirtuins deacetylate histones and transcription factors that regulate stress, metabolism, and survival pathways. The chemical mechanism of sirtuins provides novel opportunities for signaling and metabolic regulation of protein deacetylation. The biological, chemical, and structural characteristics of these unusual enzymes are discussed in this review.
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- Anthony A Sauve
- Department of Pharmacology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021, USA.
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Rickards B, Flint SJ, Cole MD, LeRoy G. Nucleolin is required for RNA polymerase I transcription in vivo. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 27:937-48. [PMID: 17130237 PMCID: PMC1800701 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01584-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2006] [Revised: 10/04/2006] [Accepted: 11/14/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic genomes are packaged with histones and accessory proteins in the form of chromatin. RNA polymerases and their accessory proteins are sufficient for transcription of naked DNA, but not of chromatin, templates in vitro. In this study, we purified and identified nucleolin as a protein that allows RNA polymerase II to transcribe nucleosomal templates in vitro. As immunofluorescence confirmed that nucleolin localizes primarily to nucleoli with RNA polymerase I, we demonstrated that nucleolin allows RNA polymerase I transcription of chromatin templates in vitro. The results of chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments established that nucleolin is associated with chromatin containing rRNA genes transcribed by RNA polymerase I but not with genes transcribed by RNA polymerase II or III. Knockdown of nucleolin by RNA interference resulted in specific inhibition of RNA polymerase I transcription. We therefore propose that an important function of nucleolin is to permit RNA polymerase I to transcribe nucleolar chromatin.
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- Brenden Rickards
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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Lee JS, Shilatifard A. A site to remember: H3K36 methylation a mark for histone deacetylation. Mutat Res 2007; 618:130-4. [PMID: 17346757 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2006.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2006] [Accepted: 08/31/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Chromatin structure exerts vital control over gene expression, DNA replication, recombination, and repair. In addition to altering RNA polymerase II's (Pol II) accessibility to DNA, histones are involved in the recruitment of activator and repressor complex(es) to regulate gene expression. Histone deacetylase Rpd3 exists in two distinct forms, Rpd3S and Rpd3L. Several recent studies demonstrated that the Eaf3 chromodomain, an Rpd3S subunit, recognizes Set2-methylated histone H3K36, initiating Rpd3 deacetylase activity in the wake of transcribing Pol II. Eaf3 and Set2 inhibit internal initiation within mRNA coding regions, similar to the transcription elongation factor and histone chaperone, FACT. Recent studies reviewed here demonstrate that histone deacetylation on the body of a transcribed gene is regulated via Set2-mediated methylation of histone H3-K36. These modifications provide restoration of normal chromatin structure in the wake of elongating Pol II and prevent inappropriate initiation within protein-coding regions masked by chromatin.
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- Jung-Shin Lee
- Edward A Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
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Uffenbeck SR, Krebs JE. The role of chromatin structure in regulating stress-induced transcription in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochem Cell Biol 2007; 84:477-89. [PMID: 16936821 DOI: 10.1139/o06-079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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All cells, whether free-living or part of a multicellular organism, must contend with a variety of environmental fluctuations that can be harmful or lethal to the cell. Cells exposed to different kinds of environmental stress rapidly alter gene transcription, resulting in the immediate downregulation of housekeeping genes, while crucial stress-responsive transcription is drastically increased. Common cis-acting elements within many stress-induced promoters, such as stress response elements and heat shock elements, allow for coordinated expression in response to many different stresses. However, specific promoter architectures, i.e., specific combinations of high- and low-affinity stress-responsive cis elements embedded in a particular chromatin environment, allow for unique expression patterns that are responsive to the individual type and degree of stress. The coordination of transcriptional stress responses and the role that chromatin structure plays in the regulation and kinetics of such responses is discussed. The interplay among global and gene-specific stress responses is illustrated using the constitutive and stress-induced transcriptional regulation of HSP82 as a model. This review also investigates evidence suggesting that stress-induced transcription is globally synchronized with the stress-induced repression of housekeeping gene via 2 distinct mechanisms of facilitating the binding of TATA-binding protein (TBP): TFIID and SAGA-mediated TBP binding.
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- Shannon R Uffenbeck
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of AK Anchorage, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA
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Yoshida N, Brahmajosyula M, Shoji S, Amanai M, Perry ACF. Epigenetic discrimination by mouse metaphase II oocytes mediates asymmetric chromatin remodeling independently of meiotic exit. Dev Biol 2007; 301:464-77. [PMID: 16989800 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2006] [Revised: 07/25/2006] [Accepted: 08/01/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In mammalian fertilization, paternal chromatin is exhaustively remodeled, yet the maternal contribution to this process is unknown. To address this, we prevented the induction of meiotic exit by spermatozoa and examined sperm chromatin remodeling in metaphase II (mII) oocytes. Methylation of paternal H3-K4 and H3-K9 remained low, unlike maternal H3, although paternal H3-K4 methylation increased in zygotes. Thus, mII cytoplasm can sustain epigenetic asymmetry in a cell-cycle dependent manner. Paternal genomic DNA underwent oocyte-mediated cytosine demethylation and acquired maternally-derived K12-acetylated H4 (AcH4-K12) independently of microtubule assembly and maternal chromatin. AcH4-K12 persisted without typical maturation-associated deacetylation, irrespective of paternal pan-genomic cytosine methylation. Contrastingly, somatic cell nuclei underwent rapid H4 deacetylation; sperm and somatic chromatin exhibited asymmetric AcH4-K12 dynamics simultaneously within the same mII oocyte. Inhibition of somatic histone deacetylation revealed endogenous histone acetyl transferase activity. Oocytes thus specify the histone acetylation status of given nuclei by differentially targeting histone deacetylase and acetyl transferase activities. Asymmetric H4 acetylation during and immediately after fertilization was dispensable for development when both parental chromatin sets were hyperacetylated. These studies delineate non-zygotic chromatin remodeling and suggest a powerful model with which to study de novo genomic reprogramming.
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- Naoko Yoshida
- Laboratory of Mammalian Molecular Embryology, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, 2-2-3 Minatojima Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0047 Japan
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Ahn SH, Diaz RL, Grunstein M, Allis CD. Histone H2B deacetylation at lysine 11 is required for yeast apoptosis induced by phosphorylation of H2B at serine 10. Mol Cell 2006; 24:211-20. [PMID: 17052455 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2006.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2006] [Revised: 08/23/2006] [Accepted: 09/20/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Chromatin alterations, induced by covalent histone modifications, mediate a wide range of DNA-templated processes, including apoptosis. Apoptotic chromatin condensation has been causally linked to the phosphorylation of histone H2B (serine 14 in human; serine 10 in yeast, H2BS10ph) in human and yeast cells. Here, we extend these studies by demonstrating a unidirectional, crosstalk pathway between H2BS10 phosphorylation and lysine 11 acetylation (H2BK11ac) in yeast. We demonstrate that the H2BK11 acetyl mark, which exists in growing yeast, is removed upon H(2)O(2) treatment but before H2BS10ph occurs, in a unidirectional fashion. H2B K11Q mutants are resistant to cell death elicited by H(2)O(2), while H2B K11R mutants that mimic deacetylation promote cell death. Our results suggest that Hos3 HDAC deacetylates H2BK11ac, which in turn mediates H2BS10ph by Ste20 kinase. Together, these studies underscore a concerted series of enzyme reactions governing histone modifications that promote a switch from cell proliferation to cell death.
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- Sung-Hee Ahn
- Laboratory of Chromatin Biology, The Rockefeller University, Box 78, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Yang B, Kirchmaier AL. Bypassing the catalytic activity of SIR2 for SIR protein spreading in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Biol Cell 2006; 17:5287-97. [PMID: 17035629 PMCID: PMC1679691 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e06-08-0669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Sir protein spreading along chromosomes and silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae requires the NAD+-dependent histone deacetylase activity of Sir2p. We tested whether this requirement could be bypassed at the HM loci and telomeres in cells containing a stably expressed, but catalytically inactive mutant of Sir2p, sir2-345p, plus histone mutants that mimic the hypoacetylated state normally created by Sir2p. Sir protein spreading was rescued in sir2-345 mutants expressing histones in which key lysine residues in their N-termini had been mutated to arginine. Mating in these mutants was also partially restored upon overexpression of Sir3p. Together, these results indicate that histone hypoacetylation is sufficient for Sir protein spreading in the absence of production of 2'-O-acetyl-ADP ribose by sir2p and Sir2p's enzymatic function for silencing can be bypassed in a subset of cells in a given population. These results also provide genetic evidence for the existence of additional critical substrates of Sir2p for silencing in vivo.
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- Bo Yang
- Department of Biochemistry and Purdue Cancer Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
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- Department of Biochemistry and Purdue Cancer Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
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Herman D, Jenssen K, Burnett R, Soragni E, Perlman SL, Gottesfeld JM. Histone deacetylase inhibitors reverse gene silencing in Friedreich's ataxia. Nat Chem Biol 2006; 2:551-8. [PMID: 16921367 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 329] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2006] [Accepted: 07/26/2006] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Expansion of GAA x TTC triplets within an intron in FXN (the gene encoding frataxin) leads to transcription silencing, forming the molecular basis for the neurodegenerative disease Friedreich's ataxia. Gene silencing at expanded FXN alleles is accompanied by hypoacetylation of histones H3 and H4 and trimethylation of histone H3 at Lys9, observations that are consistent with a heterochromatin-mediated repression mechanism. We describe the synthesis and characterization of a class of histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors that reverse FXN silencing in primary lymphocytes from individuals with Friedreich's ataxia. We show that these molecules directly affect the histones associated with FXN, increasing acetylation at particular lysine residues on histones H3 and H4 (H3K14, H4K5 and H4K12). This class of HDAC inhibitors may yield therapeutics for Friedreich's ataxia.
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- David Herman
- Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Biel M, Wascholowski V, Giannis A. Epigenetics--an epicenter of gene regulation: histones and histone-modifying enzymes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2006; 44:3186-216. [PMID: 15898057 DOI: 10.1002/anie.200461346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 232] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The treatment of cancer through the development of new therapies is one of the most important challenges of our time. The decoding of the human genome has yielded important insights into the molecular basis of physical disorders, and in most cases a connection between failures in specific genes and the resulting clinical symptoms can be made. The modulation of epigenetic mechanisms enables, by definition, the alteration of cellular phenotype without altering the genotype. The information content of a single gene can be crucial or harmful, but the prerequisite for a cellular effect is active gene transcription. To this end, epigenetic mechanisms play a very important role, and the transcription of a given gene is directly influenced by the modification pattern of the surrounding histone proteins as well as the methylation pattern of the DNA. These processes are effected by different enzymes which can be directly influenced through the development of specific modulators. Of course, all genetic information is written as a four-character code in DNA. However, epigenetics describes the art of reading between the lines.
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- Markus Biel
- University of Leipzig, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Johannisallee 29, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Stably enhanced histone acetylation has long been regarded as a condition of transcriptionally active genes. Recent papers suggest a more dynamic model, with rapid turnover of acetylation observed at nontranscribing "poised" genes and shown to be an important determinant of transcriptional efficiency upon gene induction. Are these "special cases," restricted to specific genes and specific types of histone modifications, or could the entire panoply of histone modifications associated with transcription now be revisited with a much more dynamic perspective?
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- Alison L Clayton
- Nuclear Signalling Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU, United Kingdom
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Takahashi H, McCaffery JM, Irizarry RA, Boeke JD. Nucleocytosolic acetyl-coenzyme a synthetase is required for histone acetylation and global transcription. Mol Cell 2006; 23:207-17. [PMID: 16857587 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2006.05.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 367] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2006] [Revised: 05/05/2006] [Accepted: 05/30/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Metabolic enzymes rarely regulate informational processes like gene expression. Yeast acetyl-CoA synthetases (Acs1p and 2p) are exceptional, as they are important not only for carbon metabolism but also are shown here to supply the acetyl-CoA for histone acetylation by histone acetyltransferases (HATs). acs2-Ts mutants exhibit global histone deacetylation, transcriptional defects, and synthetic growth defects with HAT mutants at high temperatures. In glycerol with ethanol, Acs1p is an alternate acetyl-CoA source for HATs. Rapid deacetylation after Acs2p inactivation suggests nuclear acetyl-CoA synthesis is rate limiting for histone acetylation. Different histone lysines exhibit distinct deacetylation rates, with N-terminal tail lysines deacetylated rapidly and H3 lysine 56 slowly. Yeast mitochondrial and nucleocytosolic acetyl-CoA pools are biochemically isolated. Thus, acetyl-CoA metabolism is directly linked to chromatin regulation and may affect diverse cellular processes in which acetylation and metabolism intersect, such as disease states and aging.
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- Hidekazu Takahashi
- High Throughput Biology Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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Martin DGE, Baetz K, Shi X, Walter KL, MacDonald VE, Wlodarski MJ, Gozani O, Hieter P, Howe L. The Yng1p plant homeodomain finger is a methyl-histone binding module that recognizes lysine 4-methylated histone H3. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 26:7871-9. [PMID: 16923967 PMCID: PMC1636756 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00573-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The ING (inhibitor of growth) protein family includes a group of homologous nuclear proteins that share a highly conserved plant homeodomain (PHD) finger domain at their carboxyl termini. Members of this family are found in multiprotein complexes that posttranslationally modify histones, suggesting that these proteins serve a general role in permitting various enzymatic activities to interact with nucleosomes. There are three members of the ING family in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Yng1p, Yng2p, and Pho23p. Yng1p is a component of the NuA3 histone acetyltransferase complex and is required for the interaction of NuA3 with chromatin. To gain insight into the function of the ING proteins, we made use of a genetic strategy to identify genes required for the binding of Yng1p to histones. Using the toxicity of YNG1 overexpression as a tool, we showed that Yng1p interacts with the amino-terminal tail of histone H3 and that this interaction can be disrupted by loss of lysine 4 methylation within this tail. Additionally, we mapped the region of Yng1p required for overexpression of toxicity to the PHD finger, showed that this region capable of binding lysine 4-methylated histone H3 in vitro, and demonstrated that mutations of the PHD finger that abolish binding in vitro are no longer toxic in vivo. These results identify a novel function for the Yng1p PHD finger in promoting stabilization of the NuA3 complex at chromatin through recognition of histone H3 lysine 4 methylation.
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- David G E Martin
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
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Post-translational histone modifications and histone variants generate complexity in chromatin to enable the many functions of the chromosome. Recent studies have mapped histone modifications across the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome. These experiments describe how combinations of modified and unmodified states relate to each other and particularly to chromosomal landmarks that include heterochromatin, subtelomeric chromatin, centromeres, origins of replication, promoters and coding regions. Such patterns might be important for the regulation of heterochromatin-mediated silencing, chromosome segregation, DNA replication and gene expression.
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- Catherine B Millar
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Geffen School of Medicine and the Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
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Suka N, Nakashima E, Shinmyozu K, Hidaka M, Jingami H. The WD40-repeat protein Pwp1p associates in vivo with 25S ribosomal chromatin in a histone H4 tail-dependent manner. Nucleic Acids Res 2006; 34:3555-67. [PMID: 16855292 PMCID: PMC1524916 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The tails of core histones (H2A, H2B, H3 and H4) are critical for the regulation of chromatin dynamics. Each core histone tail is specifically recognized by various tail binding proteins. Here we screened for budding yeast histone H4-tail binding proteins in a protein differential display approach by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2DGE). To obtain highly enriched chromatin proteins, we used a Mg2+-dependent chromatin oligomerization technique. The Mg2+-dependent oligomerized chromatin from H4-tail deleted cells was compared with that from wild-type cells. We used mass spectrometry to identify 22 candidate proteins whose amounts were reduced in the oligomerized chromatin from the H4-tail deleted cells. A Saccharomyces Genome Database search revealed 10 protein complexes, each of which contained more than two candidate proteins. Interestingly, 7 out of the 10 complexes have the potential to associate with the H4-tail. We obtained in vivo evidence, by a chromatin immunoprecipitation assay, that one of the candidate proteins, Pwp1p, associates with the 25S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) chromatin in an H4-tail-dependent manner. We propose that the complex containing Pwp1p regulates the transcription of rDNA. Our results demonstrate that the protein differential display approach by 2DGE, using a histone-tail mutant, is a powerful method to identify histone-tail binding proteins.
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed at Office of Graduate Courses for Integrated Research Training, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. Tel: +81 75 753 9493; Fax: +81 75 753 9495;
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Xu EY, Zawadzki KA, Broach JR. Single-Cell Observations Reveal Intermediate Transcriptional Silencing States. Mol Cell 2006; 23:219-29. [PMID: 16857588 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2006.05.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2005] [Revised: 03/23/2006] [Accepted: 05/16/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Analysis of transcriptional silencing in Saccharomyces has provided valuable insights into heterochromatin formation and function. However, most of these studies revealed only the average behaviors of populations of cells. Here, we examined transcriptional silencing by monitoring individual yeast cells carrying distinguishable fluorescent reporter genes inserted at two different silent loci. These studies showed that two silent loci in a single cell behave independently, demonstrating that heterochromatin formation is locus autonomous. Furthermore, some silencing mutants with an intermediate phenotype, such as sir1, consist of two distinct populations, one repressed and one derepressed, while other mutants, such as those inactivating the SAS-I histone H4 K16 acetylase, consist of cells all with an intermediate level of expression. Finally, both establishment and decay of silencing can be influenced by specific gene activators, with establishment occurring stochastically over several generations. Thus, quantifying silencing in individual cells reveals aspects of silencing not evident from population-wide measurements.
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- Eugenia Y Xu
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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Celic I, Masumoto H, Griffith WP, Meluh P, Cotter RJ, Boeke JD, Verreault A. The Sirtuins Hst3 and Hst4p Preserve Genome Integrity by Controlling Histone H3 Lysine 56 Deacetylation. Curr Biol 2006; 16:1280-9. [PMID: 16815704 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.06.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 238] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2006] [Revised: 05/06/2006] [Accepted: 06/07/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Acetylation of histone H3 lysine 56 (K56Ac) occurs transiently in newly synthesized H3 during passage through S phase and is removed in G2. However, the physiologic roles and effectors of K56Ac turnover are unknown. RESULTS The sirtuins Hst3p and, to a lesser extent, Hst4p maintain low levels of K56Ac outside of S phase. In hst3 hst4 mutants, K56 hyperacetylation nears 100%. Residues corresponding to the nicotinamide binding pocket of Sir2p are essential for Hst3p function, and H3 K56 deacetylation is inhibited by nicotinamide in vivo. Rapid inactivation of Hst3/Hst4p prior to S phase elevates K56Ac to 50% in G2, suggesting that K56-acetylated nucleosomes are assembled genome-wide during replication. Inducible expression of Hst3p in G1 or G2 triggers deacetylation of mature chromatin. Cells lacking Hst3/Hst4p exhibit many phenotypes: spontaneous DNA damage, chromosome loss, thermosensitivity, and acute sensitivity to genotoxic agents. These phenotypes are suppressed by mutation of histone H3 K56 into a nonacetylatable residue or by loss of K56Ac in cells lacking the histone chaperone Asf1. CONCLUSIONS Our results underscore the critical importance of Hst3/Hst4p in controlling histone H3 K56Ac and thereby maintaining chromosome integrity.
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- Ivana Celic
- High Throughput Biology Center, Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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O'Neill LP, VerMilyea MD, Turner BM. Epigenetic characterization of the early embryo with a chromatin immunoprecipitation protocol applicable to small cell populations. Nat Genet 2006; 38:835-41. [PMID: 16767102 DOI: 10.1038/ng1820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 231] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2005] [Accepted: 05/09/2006] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) defines the genomic distribution of proteins and their modifications but is limited by the cell numbers required (ideally >10(7)). Here we describe a protocol that uses carrier chromatin and PCR, 'carrier' ChIP (CChIP), to permit analysis of as few as 100 cells. We assayed histone modifications at key regulator genes (such as Nanog, Pou5f1 (also known as Oct4) and Cdx2) by CChIP in mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells and in inner cell mass (ICM) and trophectoderm of cultured blastocysts. Activating and silencing modifications (H4 acetylation and H3K9 methylation) mark active and silent promoters as predicted, and we find close correlation between values derived from CChIP (1,000 ES cells) and conventional ChIP (5 x 10(7) ES cells). Studies on genes silenced in both ICM and ES cells (Cdx2, Cfc1, Hhex and Nkx2-2, also known as Nkx) show that the intensity of silencing marks is relatively diminished in ES cells, indicating a possible relaxation of some components of silencing on adaptation to culture.
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- Laura P O'Neill
- Chromatin and Gene Expression Group, Institute of Biomedical Research, University of Birmingham Medical School, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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Oakes ML, Siddiqi I, French SL, Vu L, Sato M, Aris JP, Beyer AL, Nomura M. Role of histone deacetylase Rpd3 in regulating rRNA gene transcription and nucleolar structure in yeast. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 26:3889-901. [PMID: 16648483 PMCID: PMC1489006 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.26.10.3889-3901.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The 35S rRNA genes at the RDN1 locus in Saccharomyces cerevisiae can be transcribed by RNA polymerase (Pol) II in addition to Pol I, but Pol II transcription is usually silenced. The deletion of RRN9 encoding an essential subunit of the Pol I transcription factor, upstream activation factor, is known to abolish Pol I transcription and derepress Pol II transcription of rRNA genes, giving rise to polymerase switched (PSW) variants. We found that deletion of histone deacetylase gene RPD3 inhibits the appearance of PSW variants in rrn9 deletion mutants. This inhibition can be explained by the observed specific inhibition of Pol II transcription of rRNA genes by the rpd3Delta mutation. We propose that Rpd3 plays a role in the maintenance of an rRNA gene chromatin structure(s) that allows Pol II transcription of rRNA genes, which may explain the apparently paradoxical previous observation that rpd3 mutations increase, rather than decrease, silencing of reporter Pol II genes inserted in rRNA genes. We have additionally demonstrated that Rpd3 is not required for inhibition of Pol I transcription by rapamycin, supporting the model that Tor-dependent repression of the active form of rRNA genes during entry into stationary phase is Rpd3 independent.
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- Melanie L Oakes
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California--Irvine, 240D Medical Sciences I, Irvine, California 92697-1700, USA
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Parra MA, Kerr D, Fahy D, Pouchnik DJ, Wyrick JJ. Deciphering the roles of the histone H2B N-terminal domain in genome-wide transcription. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 26:3842-52. [PMID: 16648479 PMCID: PMC1489011 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.26.10.3842-3852.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Histone N-terminal domains are frequent targets of posttranslational modifications. Multiple acetylated lysine residues have been identified in the N-terminal domain of H2B (K6, K11, K16, K17, K21, and K22), but little is known about how these modifications regulate transcription. We systematically mutated the N-terminal domain of histone H2B, both at known sites of lysine acetylation and elsewhere, and characterized the resulting changes in genome-wide expression in each mutant strain. Our results indicate that known sites of lysine acetylation in this domain are required for gene-specific transcriptional activation. However, the entire H2B N-terminal domain is principally required for the transcriptional repression of a large subset of the yeast genome. We find that the histone H2B repression (HBR) domain, comprised of residues 30 to 37, is necessary and sufficient for this repression. Many of the genes repressed by the HBR domain are located adjacent to telomeres or function in vitamin and carbohydrate metabolism. Deletion of the HBR domain also confers an increased sensitivity to DNA damage by UV irradiation. We mapped the critical residues in the HBR domain required for its repression function. Finally, comparisons of these data with previous studies reveal that a surprising number of genes are coregulated by the N-terminal domains of histone H2B, H3, and H4.
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- Michael A Parra
- School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Fulmer Hall 675, Pullman, Washington 99164-4660, USA
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We have used oligonucleotide tiling arrays to construct genome-wide high-resolution histone acetylation maps for fission yeast. The maps are corrected for nucleosome density and reveal surprisingly uniform patterns of modifications for five different histone acetylation sites. We found that histone acetylation and methylation patterns are generally polar, i.e. they change as a function of distance from the ATG codon. A typical fission yeast gene shows a distinct peak of histone acetylation around the ATG and gradually decreased acetylation levels in the coding region. The patterns are independent of gene length but dependent on the gene expression levels. H3K9Ac shows a stronger peak near the ATG and is more reduced in the coding regions of genes with high expression compared with genes with low expression levels. H4K16Ac is strongly reduced in coding regions of highly expressed genes. A second microarray platform was used to confirm the 5' to 3' polarity effects observed with tiling microarrays. By comparing coding region histone acetylation data in HDAC mutants and wild type, we found that hos2 affects primarily the 5' regions, sir2 and clr6 affect middle regions, and clr6 affects 3' regions. Thus, mechanisms involving different HDACs modulate histone acetylation levels to maintain a 5' to 3' polarity within the coding regions.
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- Indranil Sinha
- Karolinska Institutet, Dept. of Biosciences/School of Life Sciences, University College Sodertorn, Alfred Nobel's Allé 7, S-141 89, Huddinge, Sweden
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Guo L, Yin B, Zhou J, Li X, Deng XW. Development of rabbit monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies for detection of site-specific histone modifications and their application in analyzing overall modification levels. Cell Res 2006; 16:519-27. [PMID: 16699547 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cr.7310063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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In addition to DNA sequence information, site-specific histone modifications are another important determinant of gene expression in a eukaryotic organism. We selected four modification sites in common histones that are known to significantly impact chromatin function and generated monoclonal or polyclonal antibodies that recognize each of those site-specific modifications. We used these antibodies to demonstrate that the site-specific histone modification levels remain relatively constant in different organs of the same organism. We also compared the levels of selected histone modifications among several representative organisms and found that site-specific modifications are highly variable among different organisms, providing new insight into the evolutionary divergence of specific histone modifications.
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- Lan Guo
- National Institute of Biological Science, Zhongguancun Life Science Park, Beijing 102206, China
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Martin DGE, Grimes DE, Baetz K, Howe L. Methylation of histone H3 mediates the association of the NuA3 histone acetyltransferase with chromatin. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 26:3018-28. [PMID: 16581777 PMCID: PMC1446952 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.26.8.3018-3028.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The SAS3-dependent NuA3 histone acetyltransferase complex was originally identified on the basis of its ability to acetylate histone H3 in vitro. Whether NuA3 is capable of acetylating histones in vivo, or how the complex is targeted to the nucleosomes that it modifies, was unknown. To address this question, we asked whether NuA3 is associated with chromatin in vivo and how this association is regulated. With a chromatin pulldown assay, we found that NuA3 interacts with the histone H3 amino-terminal tail, and loss of the H3 tail recapitulates phenotypes associated with loss of SAS3. Moreover, mutation of histone H3 lysine 14, the preferred site of acetylation by NuA3 in vitro, phenocopies a unique sas3Delta phenotype, suggesting that modification of this residue is important for NuA3 function. The interaction of NuA3 with chromatin is dependent on the Set1p and Set2p histone methyltransferases, as well as their substrates, histone H3 lysines 4 and 36, respectively. These results confirm that NuA3 is functioning as a histone acetyltransferase in vivo and that histone H3 methylation provides a mark for the recruitment of NuA3 to nucleosomes.
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- David G E Martin
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3
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Babiarz JE, Halley JE, Rine J. Telomeric heterochromatin boundaries require NuA4-dependent acetylation of histone variant H2A.Z in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genes Dev 2006; 20:700-10. [PMID: 16543222 PMCID: PMC1413290 DOI: 10.1101/gad.1386306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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SWR1-Com, which is responsible for depositing H2A.Z into chromatin, shares four subunits with the NuA4 histone acetyltransferase complex. This overlap in composition led us to test whether H2A.Z was a substrate of NuA4 in vitro and in vivo. The N-terminal tail of H2A.Z was acetylated in vivo at multiple sites by a combination of NuA4 and SAGA. H2A.Z acetylation was also dependent on SWR1-Com, causing H2A.Z to be efficiently acetylated only when incorporated in chromatin. Unacetylatable H2A.Z mutants were, like wild-type H2A.Z, enriched at heterochromatin boundaries, but were unable to block spreading of heterochromatin. A mutant version of H2A.Z that could not be acetylated, in combination with a mutation in a nonessential gene in the NuA4 complex, caused a pronounced decrease in growth rate. This H2A.Z mutation was lethal in combination with a mutant version of histone H4 that could not be acetylated by NuA4. Taken together, these results show a role for H2A.Z acetylation in restricting silent chromatin, and reveal that acetylation of H2A.Z and H4 can contribute to a common function essential to life.
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- Joshua E Babiarz
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720-3202, USA
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Durant M, Pugh BF. Genome-wide relationships between TAF1 and histone acetyltransferases in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 26:2791-802. [PMID: 16537921 PMCID: PMC1430310 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.26.7.2791-2802.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Histone acetylation regulates gene expression, yet the functional contributions of the numerous histone acetyltransferases (HATs) to gene expression and their relationships with each other remain largely unexplored. The central role of the putative HAT-containing TAF1 subunit of TFIID in gene expression raises the fundamental question as to what extent, if any, TAF1 contributes to acetylation in vivo and to what extent it is redundant with other HATs. Our findings herein do not support the basic tenet that TAF1 is a major HAT in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, nor do we find that TAF1 is functionally redundant with other HATs, including Gcn5, Elp3, Hat1, Hpa2, Sas3, and Esa1, which is in contrast to previous conclusions regarding Gcn5. Our findings do reveal that of these HATs, only Gcn5 and Esa1 contribute substantially to gene expression genome wide. Interestingly, histone acetylation at promoter regions throughout the genome does not require TAF1 or RNA polymerase II, indicating that most acetylation is likely to precede transcription and not depend upon it. TAF1 function has been linked to Bdf1, which binds TFIID and acetylated histone H4 tails, but no linkage between TAF1 and the H4 HAT Esa1 has been established. Here, we present evidence for such a linkage through Bdf1.
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- Melissa Durant
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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Millar CB, Xu F, Zhang K, Grunstein M. Acetylation of H2AZ Lys 14 is associated with genome-wide gene activity in yeast. Genes Dev 2006; 20:711-22. [PMID: 16543223 PMCID: PMC1413291 DOI: 10.1101/gad.1395506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 224] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Histone variants and their post-translational modifications help regulate chromosomal functions. Htz1 is an evolutionarily conserved H2A variant found at several promoters in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In this study, we undertook a genome-wide analysis of Htz1 and its modifications in yeast. Using mass spectrometric analysis, we determined that Htz1 is acetylated at Lys 3, Lys 8, Lys 10, and Lys 14 within its N-terminal tail, with K14 being the most abundant acetylated site. ChIP and microarray analysis were then used to compare the location of Htz1-K14 acetylation to that of Htz1 genome-wide. The data presented here demonstrate that while Htz1 is associated preferentially with the promoters of repressed genes, K14 acetylation is enriched at the promoters of active genes, and requires two known histone acetyltransferases, Gcn5 and Esa1. In support of our genome-wide analysis, we found that the acetylatable lysines of Htz1 are required for its full deposition during nucleosome reassembly upon repression of PHO5. Since the majority of Htz1 acetylation is seen at active promoters, where nucleosomes are known to be disassembled, our data argue for a dynamic process in which reassembly of Htz1 is regulated by its acetylation at promoters during transcription.
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- Catherine B Millar
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Geffen School of Medicine and the Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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Imoberdorf RM, Topalidou I, Strubin M. A role for gcn5-mediated global histone acetylation in transcriptional regulation. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 26:1610-6. [PMID: 16478983 PMCID: PMC1430249 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.26.5.1610-1616.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Transcriptional activators often require histone acetyltransferases (HATs) for full activity. The common explanation is that activators directly recruit HATs to gene promoters to locally hyperacetylate histones and thereby facilitate transcription complex formation. However, in addition to being targeted to specific loci, HATs such as Gcn5 also modify histones genome-wide. Here we provide evidence for a role of this global HAT activity in regulated transcription. We show that activation by direct recruitment of the transcriptional machinery neither recruits Gcn5 nor induces changes in histone acetylation yet can strongly depend on Gcn5 at promoters showing a high basal state of Gcn5-mediated histone acetylation. We also show that Gcn5 dependency varies among core promoters and is influenced by the strength of interaction used to recruit the machinery and by the affinity of the latter for the core promoter. These data support a role for global Gcn5 HAT activity in modulating transcription independently of its known coactivator function.
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- Rachel Maria Imoberdorf
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, University Medical Centre (C.M.U.), Rue Michel-Servet 1, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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Joshi AA, Struhl K. Eaf3 chromodomain interaction with methylated H3-K36 links histone deacetylation to Pol II elongation. Mol Cell 2006; 20:971-8. [PMID: 16364921 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2005.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 408] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2005] [Revised: 11/10/2005] [Accepted: 11/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Eaf3, a component of the NuA4 histone acetylase and Rpd3 histone deacetylase complexes, is important for the global pattern of histone acetylation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Preferential deacetylation of coding regions requires the Eaf3 chromodomain and H3-K36 methylation by Set2. The Eaf3 chromodomain interacts with methylated H3-K36 peptides, suggesting that this interaction leads to preferential association and histone deacetylation of the 3' portions of coding regions by the Rpd3 complex. However, the Eaf3 chromodomain and H3-K36 methylation do not significantly affect acetylation at promoters, suggesting that Eaf3 has a distinct function, presumably in the NuA4 complex. Lastly, Eaf3 inhibits internal initiation within mRNA coding regions in a manner similar to FACT and Spt6. Our results link the pattern of preferential deacetylation at coding regions to the underlying patterns of H3-K36 methylation and phosphorylation of the RNA polymerase II C-terminal domain, and ultimately to the mechanism by which repressive chromatin structure is restored after transcriptional elongation.
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- Amita A Joshi
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Yu C, Palumbo MJ, Lawrence CE, Morse RH. Contribution of the histone H3 and H4 amino termini to Gcn4p- and Gcn5p-mediated transcription in yeast. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:9755-64. [PMID: 16461773 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m513178200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Histone amino termini are post-translationally modified by both transcriptional coactivators and corepressors, but the extent to which the relevant histone modifications contribute to gene expression, and the mechanisms by which they do so, are incompletely understood. To address this issue, we have examined the contributions of the histone H3 and H4 amino termini, and of the coactivator and histone acetyltransferase Gcn5p, to activation of a small group of Gcn4p-activated genes. The histone H3 tail exerts a modest (about 2-fold) but significant effect on activation that correlates with a requirement for Gcn5p and is distributed over multiple lysine residues. The H4 tail also plays a positive role in activation of some of those genes tested, but this does not correlate as closely with Gcn5p coactivation. Microarray experiments did not reveal a close correspondence between those genes activated by Gcn4p and genes requiring the H3 or H4 tail, and analysis of published microarray data indicates that Gcn4p-regulated genes are not in general strongly dependent on Gcn5p. However, a large fraction of genes activated by Gcn4p were found to be repressed by the H3 and H4 amino termini under non-inducing conditions, indicating that one role for Gcn4p is to overcome repression mediated by the histone tails.
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- Cailin Yu
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Albany School of Public Health, Albany, New York 12201-2002, USA
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