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Guadagni A, Barone S, Alfano AI, Pelliccia S, Bello I, Panza E, Summa V, Brindisi M. Tackling triple negative breast cancer with HDAC inhibitors: 6 is the isoform! Eur J Med Chem 2024; 279:116884. [PMID: 39321690 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2024.116884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2024] [Revised: 09/10/2024] [Accepted: 09/13/2024] [Indexed: 09/27/2024]
Abstract
Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a highly aggressive breast cancer subtype characterized by the lack in the expression of estrogen and progesterone receptors, and human epidermal growth factor receptors 2. TNBC stands out among other breast cancers subtypes for its high aggressiveness and invasiveness, and for the limited therapeutic options available, which justify the poor survival rates registered for this breast cancer subtype. Compelling new evidence pointed out the role of epigenetic modifications in cancer, prompting tumor cell uncontrolled proliferation, epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, and metastatic events. In this review we showcase the latest evidence supporting the involvement of histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) in cancer pathways strictly related to TNBC subtype, also tracking the latest advancements in the identification of novel HDAC6 inhibitors which showed efficacy in TNBC models, offering insights into the potential of targeting this key epigenetic player as an innovative therapeutic option for the treatment of TNBC.
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- Anna Guadagni
- Department of Pharmacy (DoE 2023-2027), University of Naples Federico II, via D. Montesano 49, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy (DoE 2023-2027), University of Naples Federico II, via D. Montesano 49, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy (DoE 2023-2027), University of Naples Federico II, via D. Montesano 49, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy (DoE 2023-2027), University of Naples Federico II, via D. Montesano 49, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy (DoE 2023-2027), University of Naples Federico II, via D. Montesano 49, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy (DoE 2023-2027), University of Naples Federico II, via D. Montesano 49, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy (DoE 2023-2027), University of Naples Federico II, via D. Montesano 49, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy (DoE 2023-2027), University of Naples Federico II, via D. Montesano 49, 80131, Naples, Italy.
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Wu Z, Yang X, Yuan Z, Guo Y, Wang X, Qu L. Identification of a novel histone acetylation-related long non-coding RNA model combined with qRT-PCR experiments for prognosis and therapy in gastric cancer. Heliyon 2024; 10:e36615. [PMID: 39263162 PMCID: PMC11387370 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e36615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2023] [Revised: 08/12/2024] [Accepted: 08/19/2024] [Indexed: 09/13/2024] Open
Abstract
Gastric cancer (GC) is considered a global health crisis due to the scarcity of early diagnostic methods. Numerous studies have substantiated the involvement of histone acetylation imbalance in the progression of diverse tumor types. The potential roles of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) in improving prognostic, predictive as well as therapeutic approaches in cancers have made it a major hotspot in recent years. Nevertheless, existent studies have never concerned the prognostic and clinical value of histone acetylation-related lncRNAs (HARlncs) in GC. Based on the aforementioned rationale, we developed a prognostic model incorporating four HARlncs-AC114730.1, AL445250.1, LINC01778, and AL163953.1-which demonstrated potential as an independent predictor of prognosis. Subsequently, GC patients were stratified into high-risk and low-risk groups. The low-risk group exhibited significantly higher overall survival (OS) compared to the high-risk group. Based on the analyses of the tumor microenvironment (TME) and immune responses, significant differences were observed between the two risk groups in terms of immune cell infiltration, immune checkpoint (ICP) expression, and other TME alterations. Furthermore, the sensitivity of GC patients to some chemotherapeutic drugs and the discrepant biological behaviors of three tumor clusters were studied in this model. In summary, we developed an effective HARlncs model with the objective of offering novel prognostic prediction methods and identifying potential therapeutic targets for GC patients.
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- Zhixuan Wu
- Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Hepato-Pancreatic Diseases of Zhejiang Province, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325000, China
- Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Taizhou, 318000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Hepato-Pancreatic Diseases of Zhejiang Province, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Hepato-Pancreatic Diseases of Zhejiang Province, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325000, China
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- Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Taizhou, 318000, China
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- Department of Burns and Skin Repair Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Ruian, 325200, China
- Department of Thyroid and Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315000, China
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- Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Taizhou, 318000, China
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Liebner T, Kilic S, Walter J, Aibara H, Narita T, Choudhary C. Acetylation of histones and non-histone proteins is not a mere consequence of ongoing transcription. Nat Commun 2024; 15:4962. [PMID: 38862536 PMCID: PMC11166988 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49370-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/04/2024] [Indexed: 06/13/2024] Open
Abstract
In all eukaryotes, acetylation of histone lysine residues correlates with transcription activation. Whether histone acetylation is a cause or consequence of transcription is debated. One model suggests that transcription promotes the recruitment and/or activation of acetyltransferases, and histone acetylation occurs as a consequence of ongoing transcription. However, the extent to which transcription shapes the global protein acetylation landscapes is not known. Here, we show that global protein acetylation remains virtually unaltered after acute transcription inhibition. Transcription inhibition ablates the co-transcriptionally occurring ubiquitylation of H2BK120 but does not reduce histone acetylation. The combined inhibition of transcription and CBP/p300 further demonstrates that acetyltransferases remain active and continue to acetylate histones independently of transcription. Together, these results show that histone acetylation is not a mere consequence of transcription; acetyltransferase recruitment and activation are uncoupled from the act of transcription, and histone and non-histone protein acetylation are sustained in the absence of ongoing transcription.
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- Tim Liebner
- Department of Proteomics, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Proteomics, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Proteomics, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Proteomics, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Proteomics, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Proteomics, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Erisik D, Ozdil B, Acikgoz E, Asker Abdikan CS, Yesin TK, Aktug H. Differences and Similarities between Colorectal Cancer Cells and Colorectal Cancer Stem Cells: Molecular Insights and Implications. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:30145-30157. [PMID: 37636966 PMCID: PMC10448492 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c02681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2023] [Accepted: 07/26/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023]
Abstract
Malignant tumors are formed by diverse groups of cancer cells. Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a subpopulation of heterogeneous cells identified in tumors that have the ability to self-renew and differentiate. Colorectal cancer (CRC), the third most frequent malignant tumor, is progressively being supported by evidence suggesting that CSCs are crucial in cancer development. We aim to identify molecular differences between CRC cells and CRC CSCs, as well as the effects of those differences on cell behavior in terms of migration, EMT, pluripotency, morphology, cell cycle/control, and epigenetic characteristics. The HT-29 cell line (human colorectal adenocarcinoma) and HT-29 CSCs (HT-29 CD133+/CD44+ cells) were cultured for 72 h. The levels of E-cadherin, KLF4, p53, p21, p16, cyclin D2, HDAC9, and P300 protein expression were determined using immunohistochemistry staining. The migration of cells was assessed by employing the scratch assay technique. Additionally, the scanning electron microscopy method was used to examine the morphological features of the cells, and their peripheral/central elemental ratios were compared with the help of EDS. Furthermore, a Muse cell cycle kit was utilized to determine the cell cycle analysis. The HT-29 CSC group exhibited high levels of expression for E-cadherin, p53, p21, p16, cyclin D2, HDAC9, and P300, whereas KLF4 was found to be high in the HT-29. The two groups did not exhibit any statistically significant differences in the percentages of cell cycle phases. The identification of specific CSC characteristics will allow for earlier cancer detection and the development of more effective precision oncology options.
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- Derya Erisik
- Department
of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir 35100, Turkey
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- Department
of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir 35100, Turkey
- Department
of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta 32260, Turkey
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- Department
of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van 65080, Turkey
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- Department
of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir 35100, Turkey
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- Department
of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir 35100, Turkey
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Bassal MA. The Interplay between Dysregulated Metabolism and Epigenetics in Cancer. Biomolecules 2023; 13:944. [PMID: 37371524 DOI: 10.3390/biom13060944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Revised: 05/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/29/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Cellular metabolism (or energetics) and epigenetics are tightly coupled cellular processes. It is arguable that of all the described cancer hallmarks, dysregulated cellular energetics and epigenetics are the most tightly coregulated. Cellular metabolic states regulate and drive epigenetic changes while also being capable of influencing, if not driving, epigenetic reprogramming. Conversely, epigenetic changes can drive altered and compensatory metabolic states. Cancer cells meticulously modify and control each of these two linked cellular processes in order to maintain their tumorigenic potential and capacity. This review aims to explore the interplay between these two processes and discuss how each affects the other, driving and enhancing tumorigenic states in certain contexts.
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- Mahmoud Adel Bassal
- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore
- Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Zare A, Salehpour A, Khoradmehr A, Bakhshalizadeh S, Najafzadeh V, Almasi-Turk S, Mahdipour M, Shirazi R, Tamadon A. Epigenetic Modification Factors and microRNAs Network Associated with Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells toward Cardiomyocytes: A Review. Life (Basel) 2023; 13:life13020569. [PMID: 36836926 PMCID: PMC9965891 DOI: 10.3390/life13020569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Revised: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
Abstract
More research is being conducted on myocardial cell treatments utilizing stem cell lines that can develop into cardiomyocytes. All of the forms of cardiac illnesses have shown to be quite amenable to treatments using embryonic (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). In the present study, we reviewed the differentiation of these cell types into cardiomyocytes from an epigenetic standpoint. We also provided a miRNA network that is devoted to the epigenetic commitment of stem cells toward cardiomyocyte cells and related diseases, such as congenital heart defects, comprehensively. Histone acetylation, methylation, DNA alterations, N6-methyladenosine (m6a) RNA methylation, and cardiac mitochondrial mutations are explored as potential tools for precise stem cell differentiation.
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- Afshin Zare
- The Persian Gulf Marine Biotechnology Research Center, The Persian Gulf Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr 7514633196, Iran
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- The Persian Gulf Marine Biotechnology Research Center, The Persian Gulf Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr 7514633196, Iran
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- The Persian Gulf Marine Biotechnology Research Center, The Persian Gulf Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr 7514633196, Iran
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- Reproductive Development, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr 7514633341, Iran
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- Stem Cell Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz 5166653431, Iran
- Department of Reproductive Biology, Faculty of Advanced Medical Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz 5166653431, Iran
- Correspondence: (M.M.); (R.S.); (A.T.)
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medical Sciences, Medicine & Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
- Correspondence: (M.M.); (R.S.); (A.T.)
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- PerciaVista R&D Co., Shiraz 7135644144, Iran
- Correspondence: (M.M.); (R.S.); (A.T.)
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Ma H, Wu X, Li Y, Xia Y. Research Progress in the Molecular Mechanisms, Therapeutic Targets, and Drug Development of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:963054. [PMID: 35935869 PMCID: PMC9349351 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.963054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 06/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a fatal interstitial lung disease. Recent studies have identified the key role of crosstalk between dysregulated epithelial cells, mesenchymal, immune, and endothelial cells in IPF. In addition, genetic mutations and environmental factors (e.g., smoking) have also been associated with the development of IPF. With the recent development of sequencing technology, epigenetics, as an intermediate link between gene expression and environmental impacts, has also been reported to be implicated in pulmonary fibrosis. Although the etiology of IPF is unknown, many novel therapeutic targets and agents have emerged from clinical trials for IPF treatment in the past years, and the successful launch of pirfenidone and nintedanib has demonstrated the promising future of anti-IPF therapy. Therefore, we aimed to gain an in-depth understanding of the underlying molecular mechanisms and pathogenic factors of IPF, which would be helpful for the diagnosis of IPF, the development of anti-fibrotic drugs, and improving the prognosis of patients with IPF. In this study, we summarized the pathogenic mechanism, therapeutic targets and clinical trials from the perspective of multiple cell types, gene mutations, epigenetic and environmental factors.
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- Hongbo Ma
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- Key Laboratory of Rehabilitation Medicine in Sichuan Province/Rehabilitation Medicine Research Institute, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- Key Laboratory of Rehabilitation Medicine in Sichuan Province/Rehabilitation Medicine Research Institute, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- Key Laboratory of Rehabilitation Medicine in Sichuan Province/Rehabilitation Medicine Research Institute, Chengdu, China
- *Correspondence: Yong Xia,
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Wang C, Fan X. Single-cell multi-omics sequencing and its applications in studying the nervous system. BIOPHYSICS REPORTS 2022; 8:136-149. [PMID: 37288245 PMCID: PMC10189649 DOI: 10.52601/bpr.2021.210031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 09/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
Abstract
Single-cell sequencing has become one of the most powerful and popular techniques in dissecting molecular heterogeneity and modeling the cellular architecture of a biological system. During the past twenty years, the throughput of single-cell sequencing has increased from hundreds of cells to over tens of thousands of cells in parallel. Moreover, this technology has been developed from sequencing transcriptome to measure different omics such as DNA methylome, chromatin accessibility, and so on. Currently, multi-omics which can analyze different omics in the same cell is rapidly advancing. This work advances the study of many biosystems, including the nervous system. Here, we review current single-cell multi-omics sequencing techniques and describe how they improve our understanding of the nervous system. Finally, we discuss the open scientific questions in neural research that may be answered through further improvement of single-cell multi-omics sequencing technology.
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- Chaoyang Wang
- Bioland Laboratory (Guangzhou Regenerative Medicine and Health Guangdong Laboratory), Guangzhou 510005, China
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- Bioland Laboratory (Guangzhou Regenerative Medicine and Health Guangdong Laboratory), Guangzhou 510005, China
- The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510700, China
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Plaza-Diaz J, Izquierdo D, Torres-Martos Á, Baig AT, Aguilera CM, Ruiz-Ojeda FJ. Impact of Physical Activity and Exercise on the Epigenome in Skeletal Muscle and Effects on Systemic Metabolism. Biomedicines 2022; 10:biomedicines10010126. [PMID: 35052805 PMCID: PMC8773693 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10010126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2021] [Revised: 12/30/2021] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Exercise and physical activity induces physiological responses in organisms, and adaptations in skeletal muscle, which is beneficial for maintaining health and preventing and/or treating most chronic diseases. These adaptations are mainly instigated by transcriptional responses that ensue in reaction to each individual exercise, either resistance or endurance. Consequently, changes in key metabolic, regulatory, and myogenic genes in skeletal muscle occur as both an early and late response to exercise, and these epigenetic modifications, which are influenced by environmental and genetic factors, trigger those alterations in the transcriptional responses. DNA methylation and histone modifications are the most significant epigenetic changes described in gene transcription, linked to the skeletal muscle transcriptional response to exercise, and mediating the exercise adaptations. Nevertheless, other alterations in the epigenetics markers, such as epitranscriptomics, modifications mediated by miRNAs, and lactylation as a novel epigenetic modification, are emerging as key events for gene transcription. Here, we provide an overview and update of the impact of exercise on epigenetic modifications, including the well-described DNA methylations and histone modifications, and the emerging modifications in the skeletal muscle. In addition, we describe the effects of exercise on epigenetic markers in other metabolic tissues; also, we provide information about how systemic metabolism or its metabolites influence epigenetic modifications in the skeletal muscle.
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- Julio Plaza-Diaz
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II, School of Pharmacy, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain; (D.I.); (C.M.A.)
- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria IBS.GRANADA, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Granada, 18014 Granada, Spain;
- Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada;
- Correspondence: (J.P.-D.); (F.J.R.-O.); Tel.: +34-9-5824-1000 (ext. 20314) (F.J.R.-O.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II, School of Pharmacy, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain; (D.I.); (C.M.A.)
- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria IBS.GRANADA, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Granada, 18014 Granada, Spain;
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria IBS.GRANADA, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Granada, 18014 Granada, Spain;
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- Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada;
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 85M, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II, School of Pharmacy, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain; (D.I.); (C.M.A.)
- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria IBS.GRANADA, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Granada, 18014 Granada, Spain;
- Center of Biomedical Research, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology “José Mataix”, University of Granada, Avda. del Conocimiento s/n., 18016 Granada, Spain
- CIBEROBN (CIBER Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II, School of Pharmacy, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain; (D.I.); (C.M.A.)
- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria IBS.GRANADA, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Granada, 18014 Granada, Spain;
- RG Adipocytes and Metabolism, Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Diabetes Center at Helmholtz, Center Munich, Neuherberg, 85764 Munich, Germany
- Correspondence: (J.P.-D.); (F.J.R.-O.); Tel.: +34-9-5824-1000 (ext. 20314) (F.J.R.-O.)
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Zhang Y, Sun Z, Jia J, Du T, Zhang N, Tang Y, Fang Y, Fang D. Overview of Histone Modification. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2021; 1283:1-16. [PMID: 33155134 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-8104-5_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 186] [Impact Index Per Article: 62.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Epigenetics is the epi-information beyond the DNA sequence that can be inherited from parents to offspring. From years of studies, people have found that histone modifications, DNA methylation, and RNA-based mechanism are the main means of epigenetic control. In this chapter, we will focus on the general introductions of epigenetics, which is important in the regulation of chromatin structure and gene expression. With the development and expansion of high-throughput sequencing, various mutations of epigenetic regulators have been identified and proven to be the drivers of tumorigenesis. Epigenetic alterations are used to diagnose individual patients more accurately and specifically. Several drugs, which are targeting epigenetic changes, have been developed to treat patients regarding the awareness of precision medicine. Emerging researches are connecting the epigenetics and cancers together in the molecular mechanism exploration and the development of druggable targets.
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- Yanjun Zhang
- Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China
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- Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China
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- Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China
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- Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China
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- Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China
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- Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China
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- Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China
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- Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China.
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Acetylation & Co: an expanding repertoire of histone acylations regulates chromatin and transcription. Essays Biochem 2019; 63:97-107. [PMID: 30940741 PMCID: PMC6484784 DOI: 10.1042/ebc20180061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2019] [Revised: 03/08/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Packaging the long and fragile genomes of eukaryotic species into nucleosomes is all well and good, but how do cells gain access to the DNA again after it has been bundled away? The solution, in every species from yeast to man, is to post-translationally modify histones, altering their chemical properties to either relax the chromatin, label it for remodelling or make it more compact still. Histones are subject to a myriad of modifications: acetylation, methylation, phosphorylation, ubiquitination etc. This review focuses on histone acylations, a diverse group of modifications which occur on the ε-amino group of Lysine residues and includes the well-characterised Lysine acetylation. Over the last 50 years, histone acetylation has been extensively characterised, with the discovery of histone acetyltransferases (HATs) and histone deacetylases (HDACs), and global mapping experiments, revealing an association of hyperacetylated histones with accessible, transcriptionally active chromatin. More recently, there has been an explosion in the number of unique short chain ‘acylations’ identified by MS, including: propionylation, butyrylation, crotonylation, succinylation, malonylation and 2-hydroxyisobutyrylation. These novel modifications add a range of chemical environments to histones, and similar to acetylation, appear to accumulate at transcriptional start sites and correlate with gene activity.
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Increased MDR1 Transporter Expression in Human Brain Endothelial Cells Through Enhanced Histone Acetylation and Activation of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Signaling. Mol Neurobiol 2019; 56:6986-7002. [PMID: 30963442 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-019-1565-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 03/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Multidrug resistance protein 1 (MDR1, ABCB1, P-glycoprotein) is a critical efflux transporter that extrudes chemicals from the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and limits neuronal exposure to xenobiotics. Prior studies in malignant cells demonstrated that MDR1 expression can be altered by inhibition of histone deacetylases (HDAC), enzymes that modify histone structure and influence transcription factor binding to DNA. Here, we sought to identify the mechanisms responsible for the up-regulation of MDR1 by HDAC inhibitors in human BBB cells. Immortalized human brain capillary endothelial (hCMEC/D3) cells were treated with HDAC inhibitors and assessed for MDR1 expression and function. Of the HDAC inhibitors profiled, valproic acid (VPA), apicidin, and suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA) increased MDR1 mRNA and protein levels by 30-200%, which corresponded with reduced intracellular accumulation of the MDR1 substrate rhodamine 123. Interestingly, induction of MDR1 mRNA by HDAC inhibitors mirrored increases in the expression of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) and its target gene cytochrome P450 1A1. To explore the role of AHR in HDAC inhibitor-mediated regulation of MDR1, a pharmacological activator (β-naphthoflavone, βNF) and inhibitor (CH-223191, CH) of AHR were tested. The induction of MDR1 in cells treated with SAHA was amplified by βNF and attenuated by CH. Furthermore, SAHA increased the binding of acetylated histone H3K9/K14 and AHR proteins to regions of the MDR1 promoter that contain AHR response elements. In conclusion, HDAC inhibitors up-regulate the expression and activity of the MDR1 transporter in human brain endothelial cells by increasing histone acetylation and facilitating AHR binding at the MDR1 promoter.
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Xiong L, Adhvaryu KK, Selker EU, Wang Y. Mapping of lysine methylation and acetylation in core histones of Neurospora crassa. Biochemistry 2010; 49:5236-43. [PMID: 20433192 PMCID: PMC2902163 DOI: 10.1021/bi1001322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Core histones are susceptible to a variety of post-translational modifications (PTMs), among which methylation and acetylation play critical roles in various chromatin-dependent processes. The nature and biological functions of these PTMs have been extensively studied in plants, animals, and yeasts. In contrast, the histone modifications in Neurospora crassa, a convenient model organism for multicellular eukaryotes, remained largely undefined. In this study, we used several mass spectrometric techniques, coupled with HPLC separation and multiple-protease digestion, to identify the methylation and acetylation sites in core histones isolated from Neurospora. Electron transfer dissociation (ETD) was employed to fragment the heavily modified long N-terminal peptides. In addition, accurate mass measurement of fragment ions allowed for unambiguous differentiation of acetylation from trimethylation. Many modification sites conserved in other organisms were identified in Neurospora. In addition, some unique modification sites in histone H2B, including N-terminal alpha methylation, methylation at K3, and acetylation at K19, K28, and K29, were observed. Our analysis provides a potentially comprehensive picture of methylation and acetylation of core histones in Neurospora, which should serve as a foundation for future studies of the function of histone PTMs in this model organism.
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- Lei Xiong
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521-0403
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, 97403
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521-0403
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Until recently, it was generally assumed that essentially all regulation of transcription takes place via regions adjacent to the coding region of a gene--namely promoters and enhancers--and that, after recruitment to the promoter, the polymerase simply behaves like a machine, quickly "reading the gene." However, over the past decade a revolution in this thinking has occurred, culminating in the idea that transcript elongation is extremely complex and highly regulated and, moreover, that this process significantly affects both the organization and integrity of the genome. This review addresses basic aspects of transcript elongation by RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) and how it relates to other DNA-related processes.
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- Luke A Selth
- Mechanisms of Transcription Laboratory, Clare Hall Laboratories, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, South Mimms, Hertfordshire EN6 3LD, United Kingdom
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Burke SJ, Collier JJ, Scott DK. cAMP prevents glucose-mediated modifications of histone H3 and recruitment of the RNA polymerase II holoenzyme to the L-PK gene promoter. J Mol Biol 2009; 392:578-88. [PMID: 19631660 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.07.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2009] [Revised: 07/16/2009] [Accepted: 07/17/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Glucose and cAMP reciprocally regulate expression of the L-type pyruvate kinase (L-PK) gene by controlling the formation of a complex containing the carbohydrate response element binding protein (ChREBP) and the coactivator CREB binding protein (CBP) on the L-PK promoter. However, the role of posttranslational histone modifications on the opposing effects of glucose and cAMP on the L-PK gene is unknown. Using the highly glucose-sensitive 832/13 rat insulinoma cell line, we demonstrated that glucose regulates acetylation and methylation of various histone residues at the L-PK gene promoter. These glucose-dependent histone modifications correlated with an increase in the recruitment and phosphorylation of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) on the L-PK gene promoter. Conversely, the cAMP agonist forskolin prevented glucose-mediated expression of the L-PK gene by decreasing the acetylation of histones H3 and H4 on the promoter, decreasing the methylation of H3-K4 on the coding region, and increasing the methylation of H3-K9 on the coding region. These changes induced by cAMP culminated with a decrease in the glucose-dependent recruitment of phosphorylated Pol II to the L-PK gene promoter. Furthermore, maneuvers that interfere with the glucose-dependent assembly of ChREBP and CBP on the L-PK promoter, such as increasing intracellular cAMP levels, overexpression of a dominant-negative form of ChREBP, and small-interfering-RNA-mediated suppression of CBP abundance, all altered the acetylation and methylation of histones on the L-PK promoter, which decreased Pol II recruitment and subsequently inhibited transcriptional activation of the L-PK gene. We conclude that the effects of glucose and cAMP are mediated in part by epigenetic modulation of histones.
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- Susan J Burke
- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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Ausió J, Abbott D. The role of histone variability in chromatin stability and folding. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7306(03)39010-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/28/2023]
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Morrison H, Jeppesen P. Allele-specific underacetylation of histone H4 downstream from promoters is associated with X-inactivation in human cells. Chromosome Res 2003; 10:579-95. [PMID: 12498347 DOI: 10.1023/a:1020966719605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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We have used a novel approach to investigate the histone H4 acetylation status at X-inactivated genes compared with their active counterparts. Immunoprecipitation with a sheep antibody that preferentially binds multiply-acetylated H4 isoforms was used to select hyperacetylated chromatin from a human female lymphoblastoid cell line exhibiting non-random X-inactivation as a result of an X/autosome translocation. The distribution of active and inactive gene sequences between the immunoprecipitated and bulk chromatin was compared at four X-linked loci containing intragenic polymorphic microsatellite repeats to allow identification of individual alleles by polymerase chain reaction. We find that DNA sequences corresponding to transcriptionally silent alleles are consistently under-represented in the hyperacetylated fraction. As the microsatellite repeat sequences used to identify alleles range in distance from 6.5 kb to 25 kb downstream of promoters, we conclude that differential H4 acetylation of active and silent chromatin is not confined to regions involved in the initiation of transcription, contrary to previous reports.
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- Harris Morrison
- MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, Scotland, UK
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Ullerås E, Miller SJ, Adam GI, Kanduri C, Wilcock AC, Franklin GC. Inhibition of histone deacetylase activity causes cell type-specific induction of the PDGF-B promoter only in the absence of activation by its enhancer. Exp Cell Res 2001; 270:188-98. [PMID: 11640883 DOI: 10.1006/excr.2001.5338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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There is a strong correlation between the acetylation status of nucleosomal histones and transcriptional activity. Here we show that the histone deacetylase inhibitor trichostatin A (TSA) activates reporter gene constructs driven by the human platelet-derived growth factor B (PDGF-B) gene promoter. This activation showed an inverse correlation with the cell type-specific transcriptional activities of the promoter. The TSA response was minimal in three tumor cell lines that exhibit high-level promoter activity. In JEG-3 choriocarcinoma cells, however, where the basal promoter activity is considerably lower, there was a strong response to TSA. This was in contrast to constructs that included a PDGF-B enhancer, which were refractory to TSA effects, indicating a possible function of the enhancer in modulating acetylation status. Analysis of PDGF-B promoter mutants with respect to TSA induction revealed no specific TSA-responsive element, but suggested that association of nonacetylated histones to the PDGF-B promoter may be a default process in the absence of enhancer activation. TSA treatment of JEG-3 cells, either alone or in combination with the demethylating agent 5-azacytidine, failed to activate the silenced endogenous PDGF-B transcript, however, which appears to be repressed by additional mechanisms.
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- E Ullerås
- Department of Animal Development and Genetics, Evolution Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18A, Uppsala, SE-752 36, Sweden.
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Myers FA, Evans DR, Clayton AL, Thorne AW, Crane-Robinson C. Targeted and extended acetylation of histones H4 and H3 at active and inactive genes in chicken embryo erythrocytes. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:20197-205. [PMID: 11274167 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m009472200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Affinity-purified polyclonal antibodies recognizing the most highly acetylated forms of histones H3 and H4 were used in immunoprecipitation assays with chromatin fragments derived from 15-day chicken embryo erythrocytes by micrococcal nuclease digestion. The distribution of hyperacetylated H4 and H3 was mapped at the housekeeping gene, glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), and the tissue-specific gene, carbonic anhydrase (CA). H3 and H4 acetylation was found targeted to the CpG island region at the 5' end of both these genes, falling off in the downstream direction. In contrast, at the beta(A)-globin gene, both H3 and H4 are highly acetylated throughout the gene and at the downstream enhancer, with a maximum at the promoter. Low level acetylation was observed at the 5' end of the inactive ovalbumin gene. Run-on assays to measure ongoing transcription showed that the GAPDH and CA genes are transcribed at a much lower rate than the adult beta(A)-globin gene. The extensive high level acetylation at the beta(A)-globin gene correlates most simply with its high rate of transcription. The targeted acetylation of histones H3 and H4 at the GAPDH and CA genes is consistent with a role in transcriptional initiation and implies that transcriptional elongation does not necessarily require hyperacetylation.
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- F A Myers
- Biophysics Laboratories, Institute of Biomedical and Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 2DT, United Kingdom
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Pelling AL, Thorne AW, Crane-Robinson C. A human genomic library enriched in transcriptionally active sequences (aDNA library). Genome Res 2000; 10:874-86. [PMID: 10854419 PMCID: PMC310897 DOI: 10.1101/gr.10.6.874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/1999] [Accepted: 03/27/2000] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Core histone hyperacetylation, in particular of H4, is concentrated in the promoter-upstream regions of active genes and in certain cases is locuswide. Antibodies to hyperacetylated H4 were used to immunoprecipitate dinucleosomal chromatin derived from K562 human erythroleukemic cells by micrococcal nuclease digestion. The extracted DNA was made into a genomic library and was expected to contain sequences from genes active in K562 cells (an active, 'aDNA' library). Clones (180) were randomly selected from the library; 24 of 103 tested (23%) contained highly repeated sequences, as determined by their hybridization to total genomic DNA, and were not analyzed further. An additional 10 clones (6%) were shown to contain no insert DNA. The remaining 146 were sequenced and compared with the nucleic acid databases and in all six frames to the protein databases: Sixeen clones could be assigned to known genes, the majority of which (12) were tissue specific. All but 2 of these 16 corresponded to segments 5' of the coding sequences, as expected if H4 acetylation is concentrated at promoter regions. Thirty-three clones (23%) displayed high sequence identity to cDNAs in the expressed sequence tag database (dbEST). Northern blots and reverse transcription (RT)-PCR were used to determine the proportion of clones representing sequences expressed in K562 cells: Although only 1 of 34 tested clones showed a band in Northern hybridization, RT-PCR demonstrated that at least 12 of 40 tested clones (30%) were present in the mRNA population. Because a further 8 of these 40 clones were identified as gene fragments by database sequence comparisons, it follows that about half of this subset of 40 clones is derived from genes. The aDNA library is thus very gene rich and not skewed toward the most highly expressed sequences, as in mRNA libraries. The aDNA library is also rich in promoters and could be a valuable source of such sequences, particularly those that lack CpG islands or other features that allow their specific selection.
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- A L Pelling
- Biophysics Laboratories, Institute of Biomedical and Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 2DT, UK
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Elefant F, Cooke NE, Liebhaber SA. Targeted recruitment of histone acetyltransferase activity to a locus control region. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:13827-34. [PMID: 10788505 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.18.13827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Locus control regions (LCRs) are capable of activating target genes over substantial distances and establishing autonomously regulated chromatin domains. The basis for this action is poorly defined. Human growth hormone gene (hGH-N) expression is activated by an LCR marked by a series of DNase I-hypersensitive sites (HSI-III and HSV) in pituitary chromatin. These HSs are located between -15 and -32 kilobases (kb) relative to the hGH transcription start site. To establish a mechanistic basis for hGH LCR function, we carried out acetylation mapping of core histones H3 and H4 in chromatin encompassing the hGH cluster. These studies revealed that the entire LCR was selectively enriched for acetylation in chromatin isolated from a human pituitary somatotrope adenoma and in pituitaries of mice transgenic for the hGH locus, but not in hepatic or erythroid cells. Quantification of histone modification in the pituitary revealed a dramatic peak at HSI/II, the major pituitary-specific hGH LCR determinant (-15 kb), with gradually decreasing levels of modification extending from this site in both 5'- and 3'-directions. The 5'-border of the acetylated domain coincided with the 5' most hGH LCR element, HSV (-34 kb); and the 3'-border included the expressed hGH-N gene, but did not extend farther 3' into the placenta-specific region of the gene cluster. These data support a model of LCR function involving targeted recruitment and subsequent spreading of histone acetyltransferase activity to encompass and activate a remote target gene.
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- F Elefant
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Departments of Genetics and Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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Torre L, López-Rodas G, Latasa MU, Carretero MV, Boukaba A, Rodríguez JL, Franco L, Mato JM, Avila MA. DNA methylation and histone acetylation of rat methionine adenosyltransferase 1A and 2A genes is tissue-specific. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2000; 32:397-404. [PMID: 10762065 DOI: 10.1016/s1357-2725(99)00140-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Methionine adenosyltransferase (MAT) catalyzes the biosynthesis of S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet). In mammals MAT activity derives from two separate genes which display a tissue-specific pattern of expression. While MAT1A is expressed only in the adult liver, MAT2A is expressed in non-hepatic tissues. The mechanisms behind the selective expression of these two genes are not fully understood. In the present report we have evaluated MAT1A and MAT2A methylation in liver and in other tissues, such as kidney, by methylation-sensitive restriction enzyme digestion of genomic DNA. Our data indicate that MAT1A is hypomethylated in liver and hypermethylated in non-expressing tissues. The opposite situation is found for MAT2A. Additionally, histones associated to MAT1A and MAT2A genes showed enhanced levels of acetylation in expressing tissues (two-fold for MAT1A and 3.5-fold for MAT2A liver and kidney respectively). These observations support a role for chromatin structure and its modification in the tissue-specific expression of both MAT genes.
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- L Torre
- Department de Medicina Interna, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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OBJECTIVE Several agents including hydroxyurea, erythropoietin and butyric acid have been shown to reactivate gamma gene expression during adult stage development by unknown molecular mechanisms. In addition to inhibiting the enzyme histone deacetylase, butyrate may modulate transcription factor binding to specific DNA sequences defined as butyrate response elements (BREs). The purpose of this study was to identify promoter sequences involved in gamma gene activation by butyrate using truncation mutants in stable cell lines. MATERIALS AND METHODS A detailed analysis of Agamma gene activation in the presence of alpha-aminobutyric acid and sodium butyrate was completed in stable mouse erythroleukemia (MEL) cell pools established with seven Agamma promoter truncation mutants. Functional studies were performed in a transient assay system followed by gel mobility shift assays to define protein binding patterns and to demonstrate transcription factor interactions in the gamma promoter BRE. RESULTS Agamma promoter analysis in stable MEL cell pools revealed BREs between nucleotide-141 and -201, and nucleotide-822 and -893 (gammaBRE). The gammaBRE required the minimal Agamma promoter (-201 to +36) to stimulate gene expression. We observed a 6.1-fold (p < 0.05) increase in CAT activity for the minimal Agamma promoter alone compared with an 11.5-fold (p < 0.05) increase when the gamma promoter was combined with the -822 to -893 fragment. Protein binding studies demonstrated altered protein-DNA interactions in the gammaBRE after butyrate induction. The pattern for binding observed suggest both negative- and positive-acting transcription factors may interact in this region. CONCLUSION The data supports the -822 to -893 region as a DNA regulatory element that contributes to Agamma gene inducibility by butyrate.
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- B S Pace
- Departments of Structural and Cellular Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile 36688-0002, USA.
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Torres L, Avila MA, Carretero MV, Latasa MU, Caballería J, López-Rodas G, Boukaba A, Lu SC, Franco L, Mato JM. Liver-specific methionine adenosyltransferase MAT1A gene expression is associated with a specific pattern of promoter methylation and histone acetylation: implications for MAT1A silencing during transformation. FASEB J 2000; 14:95-102. [PMID: 10627284 DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.14.1.95] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Methionine adenosyltransferase (MAT) is the enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet), the main donor of methyl groups in the cell. In mammals MAT is the product of two genes, MAT1A and MAT2A. MAT1A is expressed only in the mature liver whereas fetal hepatocytes, extrahepatic tissues and liver cancer cells express MAT2A. The mechanisms behind the tissue and differentiation state specific MAT1A expression are not known. In the present work we examined MAT1A promoter methylation status by means of methylation sensitive restriction enzyme analysis. Our data indicate that MAT1A promoter is hypomethylated in liver and hypermethylated in kidney and fetal rat hepatocytes, indicating that this modification is tissue specific and developmentally regulated. Immunoprecipitation of mononucleosomes from liver and kidney tissues with antibodies mainly specific to acetylated histone H4 and subsequent Southern blot analysis with a MAT1A promoter probe demonstrated that MAT1A expression is linked to elevated levels of chromatin acetylation. Early changes in MAT1A methylation are already observed in the precancerous cirrhotic livers from rats, which show reduced MAT1A expression. Human hepatoma cell lines in which MAT1A is not expressed were also hypermethylated at this locus. Finally we demonstrate that MAT1A expression is reactivated in the human hepatoma cell line HepG2 treated with 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine or the histone deacetylase inhibitor trichostatin, suggesting a role for DNA hypermethylation and histone deacetylation in MAT1A silencing.
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- L Torres
- División de Hepatología y Terapia Génica, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
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Espinos E, Le Van Thaï A, Pomiès C, Weber MJ. Cooperation between phosphorylation and acetylation processes in transcriptional control. Mol Cell Biol 1999; 19:3474-84. [PMID: 10207071 PMCID: PMC84140 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.5.3474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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We previously reported that the activation of the M promoter of the human choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) gene by butyrate and trapoxin in transfected CHP126 cells is blocked by PD98059, a specific mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK) inhibitor (E. Espinos and M. J. Weber, Mol. Brain Res. 56:118-124, 1998). We now report that the transcriptional effects of histone deacetylase inhibitors are mediated by an H7-sensitive serine/threonine protein kinase. Activation of the ChAT promoter by butyrate and trapoxin was blocked by 50 microM H7 in both transient- and stable-transfection assays. Overexpression of p300, a coactivator protein endowed with histone acetyltransferase activity, stimulated the ChAT promoter and had a synergistic effect on butyrate treatment. These effects were blocked by H7 and by overexpressed adenovirus E1A 12S protein. Moreover, both H7 and PD98059 suppressed the activation of the Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) and simian virus 40 promoters by butyrate in transfection experiments. Similarly, the induction of the cellular histone H1(0) gene by butyrate in CHP126 cells was blocked by H7 and by PD98059. Previous data (L. Cuisset, L. Tichonicky, P. Jaffray, and M. Delpech, J. Biol. Chem. 272:24148-24153, 1997) showed that the induction of the H1(0) gene by butyrate is blocked by okadaic acid, an inhibitor of protein phosphatases. We now show that the activation of the ChAT and RSV promoters by butyrate in transfected CHP126 cells is also blocked by 200 nM okadaic acid. Western blotting and in vivo metabolic labeling experiments showed that butyrate has a biphasic effect on histone H3 phosphorylation, i.e., depression for up to 16 h followed by stimulation. The data thus strongly suggest that the transcriptional effects of histone deacetylase inhibitors are mediated through the activation of MEK1 and of an H7-sensitive protein kinase in addition to protein phosphatases.
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- E Espinos
- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire Eucaryote, CNRS UPR 9006, 31062 Toulouse Cedex, France
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Howe L, Ranalli TA, Allis CD, Ausió J. Transcriptionally active Xenopus laevis somatic 5 S ribosomal RNA genes are packaged with hyperacetylated histone H4, whereas transcriptionally silent oocyte genes are not. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:20693-6. [PMID: 9694810 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.33.20693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The relationship between histone acetylation and transcription of the Xenopus laevis oocyte and somatic 5 S ribosomal RNA genes was investigated. Chromatin fragments from a X. laevis kidney cell line were immunoprecipitated with an antibody specific for hyperacetylated histone H4. The DNA from the hyperacetylated chromatin was probed with both oocyte- and somatic gene-specific sequences, and the results showed that the upstream, nontranscribed region of the transcriptionally active somatic genes is packaged with acetylated histone H4. In contrast, the corresponding region of the transcriptionally silent oocyte genes is packaged with hypoacetylated histone H4 in this cells line. Further study also showed that this region of the oocyte genes was less sensitive to digestion with the enzyme, micrococcal nuclease. Together these results suggest that, as described for both RNA polymerase I and II transcribed genes, there is a correlation between histone acetylation and transcription of the RNA polymerase III transcribed 5 S ribosomal RNA genes in X. laevis.
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- L Howe
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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Espinos E, Weber MJ. Activation of the MAP kinase cascade by histone deacetylase inhibitors is required for the stimulation of choline acetyltransferase gene promoter. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 1998; 56:118-24. [PMID: 9602089 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(98)00036-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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We previously described that the major promoter (M) of human choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) gene is activated by three inhibitors of histone deacetylase, butyrate, trichostatin and trapoxin, in transfected CHP126 neuroepithelioma cells. We now show that trapoxin and butyrate triggered a rapid and transient phosphorylation of ERK1/2 kinases, that was suppressed by PD98059, a highly specific inhibitor of MAP kinase kinase MEK1. The stimulation of ChAT promoter activity by trapoxin or butyrate did not require ongoing protein synthesis, and was suppressed by PD98059. The overexpression of dominant negative mutants of H-ras or ERK2 proteins depressed ChAT promoter activation by trapoxin in transient transfection assays. Conversely, the overexpression of constitutively active mutants of H-ras or MEK1 proteins had little or no effect on ChAT promoter activity, but strongly synergized with trapoxin. These data thus suggest that the activation of the MEK/ERK kinase cascade plays a necessary, but not sufficient, role in the regulation of ChAT promoter by inhibitors of histone deacetylase.
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- E Espinos
- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire Eucaryote, CNRS UPR 9006, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse-Cedex, France
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Emiliani S, Fischle W, Van Lint C, Al-Abed Y, Verdin E. Characterization of a human RPD3 ortholog, HDAC3. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998; 95:2795-800. [PMID: 9501169 PMCID: PMC19648 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.6.2795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 251] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/1997] [Accepted: 12/29/1997] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Histone acetylation levels in cells result from a dynamic equilibrium between competing histone acetylases and deacetylases. Changes in histone acetylation levels occur during both transcriptional activation and silencing. Cloning of the cDNA for a human histone deacetylase (HDAC1) has shown that it represents a human ortholog of the yeast transcriptional regulator RPD3. We have screened the expressed sequence tag database (National Center for Biotechnology Information) with the yeast RPD3 sequence and identified a human ortholog of RPD3, HDAC3. This cDNA encodes a protein of 428 amino acids with 58% sequence identity with HDAC1p. By using a specific polyclonal antiserum recognizing the C-terminal domain of HDAC3p and Western blotting, we detected a single approximately 49-kDa band in several tumor cell lines. HDAC3p is expressed predominantly in the nuclear compartment. Immunoprecipitation experiments with either an antiserum against HDAC3p or an anti-FLAG antiserum and a flagged HDAC3 cDNA showed that HDAc3p exhibits deacetylase activity both on free histones and on purified nucleosomes. This deacetylase activity is inhibited by trichostatin, trapoxin, and butyrate in vitro to the same degree as the deacetylase activity associated to HDAC1p. These observations identify another member of a growing family of human HDAC genes.
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- S Emiliani
- Picower Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA
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The nuclear matrix, the RNA-protein skeleton of the nucleus, has a role in the organization and function of nuclear DNA. Nuclear processes associated with the nuclear matrix include transcription, replication and dynamic histone acetylation. Nuclear matrix proteins, which are tissue and cell type specific, are altered with transformation and state of differentiation. Transcription factors are associated with the nuclear matrix, with the spectra of nuclear matrix bound factors being cell type specific. There is compelling evidence that the transcription machinery is anchored to the nuclear matrix, and the chromatin fiber is spooled through this complex. Transcriptionally active chromatin domains are associated with dynamically acetylated histones. The energy exhaustive process of dynamic histone acetylation has several functions. Acetylation of the N-terminal tails of the core histones alters nucleosome and higher order chromatin structure, aiding transcriptional elongation and facilitating the binding of transcription factors to nucleosomes associated with regulatory DNA sequences. Histone acetylation can manipulate the interactions of regulatory proteins that bind to the N-terminal tails of the core histones. Lastly, dynamic acetylation may contribute to the transient attachment of transcriptionally active chromatin to the nuclear matrix. Reversible histone acetylation is catalyzed by histone acetyltransferase and deacetylase, enzymes associated with the nuclear matrix. The recent isolation and characterization of histone acetyltransferase and deacetylase reveals that these enzymes are related to transcriptional regulators, providing us with new insights about how these enzymes are targeted to nuclear matrix sites engaged in transcription.
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- J R Davie
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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Stein P, Worrad DM, Belyaev ND, Turner BM, Schultz RM. Stage-dependent redistributions of acetylated histones in nuclei of the early preimplantation mouse embryo. Mol Reprod Dev 1997; 47:421-9. [PMID: 9211426 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2795(199708)47:4<421::aid-mrd8>3.0.co;2-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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In the preimplantation mouse embryo, activation of the embryonic genome is accompanied by a transient enrichment of histone H4 acetylated at lysines 5, 8, and 12 at the nuclear periphery (Worrad et al., 1995: Development 121:2949-2959). In the present report, we use laser-scanning confocal microscopy and a new panel of antibodies to define the distribution of specific acetylated isoforms of the other three core histones in mouse embryos at the 1- to 4-cell stage. We find that histone H3 acetylated at lysine 9 and/or 18 (H3.Ac9/18) and the single acetylated form of H2A (H2A.Ac5) become transiently enriched at the nuclear periphery in the 2-cell embryo. In contrast, H3.Ac14, H3.Ac23, and acetylated H2B, like H4.Ac16, remain distributed throughout the nucleoplasm. The staining intensity with antisera to H3.Ac9/18, even at the periphery was weak compared to that obtained with antisera to acetylated H4. A brief period of culture, however, in the presence of the inhibitor of histone deacetylases trichostatin A (TSA) or trapoxin increased labeling. Thus, the steady-state level of H3.Ac9/18 at the nuclear periphery and H3.Ac14 and H3.Ac23 in the nuclear interior is relatively low, but turnover remains high. The localization of selected acetylated isoforms of H3 and H2A at the nuclear periphery was independent of ongoing transcription or of cytokinesis, but did require DNA replication. We propose a model in which the selective, replication-dependent acetylation and deacetylation of zygotic chromatin at the nuclear periphery mediates the programming of zygotic transcription.
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- P Stein
- Center for Research on Reproduction and Women's Health, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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Crane-Robinson C, Hebbes TR, Clayton AL, Thorne AW. Chromosomal mapping of core histone acetylation by immunoselection. Methods 1997; 12:48-56. [PMID: 9169194 DOI: 10.1006/meth.1997.0446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Acetylation of specific lysine residues in the N-terminal domains of core histones is a biochemical marker of active genes. To determine the spatial and temporal distribution of this reversible posttranslational modification, affinity-purified polyclonal antibodies recognizing the epitope epsilon-acetyllysine have been used in immunoselection procedures with mononucleosomes and salt-soluble chromatin fragments generated by micrococcal nuclease. The DNA of the antibody-selected chromatin was slot-blotted and probed with a variety of gene sequences: an enhanced hybridization signal, with respect to that from the DNA of the input chromatin, demonstrated elevated acetylation levels on the histones associated with the probing sequences. Using chicken embryonic erythrocytes as chromatin source and probes from the beta globin locus, it was shown that both the embryonic epsilon and adult beta genes are acetylated at 5 and 15 days, and the acetylation uniformly covers the whole of the locus, precisely comapping with the 33 kb of open chromatin structure. Studies with proliferating human K562 cells show that the inactive but poised PDGF-beta gene is already hyperacetylated and that its acetylation status is not enhanced on induction. These results indicate that acetylation is not a consequence of transcription but a prerequisite and that it may be responsible for either generating or maintaining the open structure of poised and active genes.
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- C Crane-Robinson
- Biophysics Laboratories, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom
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This paper will explore emerging concepts related to alternative carcinogenic mechanisms of 'non-mutagenic,' and hence epigenetic, carcinogens that may heritably alter DNA methylation without changing the underlying DNA sequence. In this review, we will touch on the basic concepts of DNA methylation, and will elaborate in greater detail on related topics including chromatin condensation, and heterochromatin spreading that is well known to induce gene silencing by position effect variegation in Drosophila and other species. Data from our model transgenic G12 cell system will be presented to support our hypothesis that certain carcinogens, such as nickel, may be carcinogenic not primarily because of their overt mutability, but rather as the result of their ability to promote DNA hypermethylation of important cancer-related genes. We will conclude with a discussion of the broader relevance of our findings and its application to other so-called 'epigenetic' carcinogens.
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- C B Klein
- Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine, New York University Medical Center, NY 10016, USA
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Jeppesen P. Histone acetylation: a possible mechanism for the inheritance of cell memory at mitosis. Bioessays 1997; 19:67-74. [PMID: 9008418 DOI: 10.1002/bies.950190111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Immunofluorescent labelling demonstrates that human metaphase chromosomes contain hyperacetylated histone H4. With the exception of the inactive X chromosome in female cells, where the bulk of histone H4 is underacetylated, H4 hyperacetylation is non-uniformly distributed along the chromosomes and clustered in cytologically resolvable chromatin domains that correspond, in general, with the R-bands of conventional staining. The strongest immunolabelling is often found in T-bands, the subset of intense R-bands having the highest GC content. The majority of mapped genes also occurs in R-band regions, with the highest gene density in T-bands. These observations are consistent with a model in which hyperacetylation of histone H4 marks the position of potentially active gene sequences on metaphase chromosomes. Since acetylation is maintained during mitosis, progeny cells receive an imprint of the histone H4 acetylation pattern that was present on the parental chromosomes before cell division. Histone acetylation could provide a mechanism for propagating cell memory, defined as the maintenance of committed states of gene expression through cell lineages.
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- P Jeppesen
- MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Rundlett SE, Carmen AA, Kobayashi R, Bavykin S, Turner BM, Grunstein M. HDA1 and RPD3 are members of distinct yeast histone deacetylase complexes that regulate silencing and transcription. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996; 93:14503-8. [PMID: 8962081 PMCID: PMC26162 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.25.14503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 493] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/1996] [Accepted: 09/27/1996] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Increased histone acetylation has been correlated with increased transcription, and regions of heterochromatin are generally hypoacetylated. In investigating the cause-and-effect relationship between histone acetylation and gene activity, we have characterized two yeast histone deacetylase complexes. Histone deacetylase-A (HDA) is an approximately 350-kDa complex that is highly sensitive to the deacetylase inhibitor trichostatin A. Histone deacetylase-B (HDB) is an approximately 600-kDa complex that is much less sensitive to trichostatin A. The HDA1 protein (a subunit of the HDA activity) shares sequence similarity to RPD3, a factor required for optimal transcription of certain yeast genes. RPD3 is associated with the HDB activity. HDA1 also shares similarity to three new open reading frames in yeast, designated HOS1, HOS2, and HOS3. We find that both hda1 and rpd3 deletions increase acetylation levels in vivo at all sites examined in both core histones H3 and H4, with rpd3 deletions having a greater impact on histone H4 lysine positions 5 and 12. Surprisingly, both hda1 and rpd3 deletions increase repression at telomeric loci, which resemble heterochromatin with rpd3 having a greater effect. In addition, rpd3 deletions retard full induction of the PHO5 promoter fused to the reporter lacZ. These data demonstrate that histone acetylation state has a role in regulating both heterochromatic silencing and regulated gene expression.
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- S E Rundlett
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90095, USA
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Boggs BA, Connors B, Sobel RE, Chinault AC, Allis CD. Reduced levels of histone H3 acetylation on the inactive X chromosome in human females. Chromosoma 1996; 105:303-9. [PMID: 8939823 DOI: 10.1007/bf02524648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Novel antibodies were generated that are highly selective for either acetylated or unacetylated isoforms of histone H3, or the acetylated form of histone H4 in organisms as diverse as Tetrahymena and humans. Using these antibodies as pair-wise sets in immunocytological analyses, we demonstrate that the inactive X chromosome is hypoacetylated for both histone H3 and H4 in female mammalian cells, whereas the antibody that recognizes the unacetylated form of histone H3 identifies all chromosomes uniformly. These data verify and extend previous results and suggest that hypoacetylation of core histones may be a general feature of the chromatin along the inactive X chromosome.
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- B A Boggs
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Braunstein M, Sobel RE, Allis CD, Turner BM, Broach JR. Efficient transcriptional silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae requires a heterochromatin histone acetylation pattern. Mol Cell Biol 1996; 16:4349-56. [PMID: 8754835 PMCID: PMC231433 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.16.8.4349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 296] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Heterochromatin in metazoans induces transcriptional silencing, as exemplified by position effect variegation in Drosophila melanogaster and X-chromosome inactivation in mammals. Heterochromatic DNA is packaged in nucleosomes that are distinct in their acetylation pattern from those present in euchromatin, although the role these differences play in the structure of heterochromatin or in the effects of heterochromatin on transcriptional activity is unclear. Here we report that, as observed in the facultative heterochromatin of the inactive X chromosome in female mammalian cells, histones H3 and H4 in chromatin spanning the transcriptionally silenced mating-type cassettes of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae are hypoacetylated relative to histones H3 and H4 of transcriptionally active regions of the genome. By immunoprecipitation of chromatin fragments with antibodies specific for H4 acetylated at particular lysine residues, we found that only three of the four lysine residues in the amino-terminal domain of histone H4 spanning the silent cassettes are hypoacetylated. Lysine 12 shows significant acetylation levels. This is identical to the pattern of histone H4 acetylation observed in centric heterochromatin of D. melanogaster. These two observations provide additional evidence that the silent cassettes are encompassed in the yeast equivalent of metazoan heterochromatin. Further, mutational analysis of the amino-terminal domain of histone H4 in S. cerevisiae demonstrated that this observed pattern of histone H4 acetylation is required for transcriptional silencing. This result, in conjunction with prior mutational analyses of yeast histones H3 and H4, indicates that the particular pattern of nucleosome acetylation found in heterochromatin is required for its effects on transcription and is not simply a side effect of heterochromatin formation.
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- M Braunstein
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, New Jersey 08544, USA
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Mutskov VJ, Russanova VR, Dimitrov SI, Pashev IG. Histones associated with non-nucleosomal rat ribosomal genes are acetylated while those bound to nucleosome-organized gene copies are not. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:11852-7. [PMID: 8662629 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.20.11852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Acetylation of histones bound to rat rRNA genes has been studied relative to their organization in chromatin, either as canonical nucleosomes, containing the inactive copies, or as anucleosomal nonrepeating structures, corresponding to the transcribed genes (Conconi, A., Widmer, R. M., Koller, T., and Sogo, J. M. (1989) Cell 57, 753-761). Nuclei from butyrate-treated rat tumor cells were irradiated with a UV laser to cross-link proteins to DNA, and the purified covalent complexes were immunofractionated by an antibody that specifically recognized the acetylated histones. Upon probing with sequences coding for mature rat 28 S RNA, DNA of the antibody-bound complexes was 5-20-fold enriched relative to the total rat DNA. Since the laser cross-links histones to DNA in both active and inactive genes, one cannot distinguish which one of them, or both, are bound to acetylated histones. Alternatively, purified mononucleosomes were immunofractionated, but DNA from the antibody-bound monosomes was not enriched in coding rDNA. Taken together, these results suggest that nucleosome-organized rRNA genes are bound to nonmodified histones and that the acetylated histones are associated with the active, anucleosomal gene copies.
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- V J Mutskov
- Institute of Molecular Biology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia
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Davie JR. The nuclear matrix and the regulation of chromatin organization and function. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 1996; 162A:191-250. [PMID: 8575881 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)61232-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Nuclear DNA is organized into loop domains, with the base of the loop being bound to the nuclear matrix. Loops with transcriptionally active and/or potentially active genes have a DNase I-sensitive chromatin structure, while repressed chromatin loops have a condensed configuration that is essentially invisible to the transcription machinery. Core histone acetylation and torsional stress appear to be responsible for the generation and/or maintenance of the open potentially active chromatin loops. The transcriptionally active region of the loop makes several dynamic attachments with the nuclear matrix and is associated with core histones that are dynamically acetylated. Histone acetyltransferase and deacetylase, which catalyze this rapid acetylation and deacetylation, are bound to the nuclear matrix. Several transcription factors are components of the nuclear matrix. Histone acetyltransferase, deacetylase, and transcription factors may contribute to the dynamic attachment of the active chromatin domains with the nuclear matrix at sites of ongoing transcription.
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- J R Davie
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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The DNA of eukaryotic cells is organized in a complex with proteins, either as interphase chromatin or mitotic chromosomes. Nucleosomes, the structural subunits of chromatin, have long been considered as static structures, incompatible with processes occurring in chromatin. During the past few years it has become evident that the histone part of the nucleosome has important regulatory functions. Some of these functions are mediated by the N-terminal core histone domains which contain sites for posttranslational modifications, among them lysine residues for reversible acetylation. Recent results indicate that acetylation and deacetylation of N-terminal lysines of nucleosomal core histones represent a means of molecular communication between chromatin and the cellular signal transduction network, resulting in heritable epigenetic information. Data on enzymes involved in acetylation and the pattern of acetylated lysine sites on chromosomes, as well as genetic data on yeast transcriptional repression, suggest that acetylation may lead to structural transitions as well as specific signalling within distinct chromatin domains.
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- P Loidl
- Department of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck-Medical School, Austria
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Hendzel M, Sun J, Chen H, Rattner J, Davie J. Histone acetyltransferase is associated with the nuclear matrix. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)31729-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Besides its role in organizing nuclear DNA, the nuclear matrix is involved in specific nuclear functions, including replication, transcription, and RNA splicing. It is becoming increasingly evident that nuclear processes are localized to distinct regions in the nucleus. For example, transcriptionally active genes and RNA transcripts are found in discrete transcription foci. Current evidence suggests that nuclear matrix-bound transcriptionally active DNA sequences are in nucleosomes with dynamically acetylated histones. Histone acetylation, which precedes transcription, alters nucleosome and chromatin structure, decondensing the chromatin fibre and making the nucleosomal DNA accessible to transcription factors. Histone acetyltransferase and histone deacetylase, which catalyze this rapid acetylation and deacetylation, are associated with the internal nuclear matrix. We hypothesize that these enzymes play a role in maintaining the association of the active chromatin domains with the internal nuclear matrix at sites of ongoing transcription.
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- J R Davie
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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Hebbes TR, Clayton AL, Thorne AW, Crane-Robinson C. Core histone hyperacetylation co-maps with generalized DNase I sensitivity in the chicken beta-globin chromosomal domain. EMBO J 1994; 13:1823-30. [PMID: 8168481 PMCID: PMC395022 DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1994.tb06451.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 394] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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The distribution of core histone acetylation across the chicken beta-globin locus has been mapped in 15 day chicken embryo erythrocytes by immunoprecipitation of mononucleosomes with an antibody recognizing acetylated histones, followed by hybridization probing at several points in the locus. A continuum of acetylation was observed, covering both genes and intergenic regions. Using the same probes, the generalized sensitivity to DNase I was mapped by monitoring the disappearance of intact genomic restriction fragments from Southern transfers. Close correspondence between the 33 kb of sensitive chromatin and the extent of acetylation indicates that one role of the modification could be the generation and/or maintenance of the open conformation. The precision of acetylation mapping makes it a possible approach to the definition of chromosomal domain boundaries.
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- T R Hebbes
- Biophysics Laboratories, University of Portsmouth, UK
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