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Susick L, Senanayake T, Veluthakal R, Woster PM, Kowluru A. A novel histone deacetylase inhibitor prevents IL-1beta induced metabolic dysfunction in pancreatic beta-cells. J Cell Mol Med 2010; 13:1877-85. [PMID: 20141611 DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2009.00672.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor trichostatin A (TSA) has recently been shown to inhibit deleterious effects of cytokines on beta-cells, but it is unable to protect beta-cells from death due to its own cytotoxicity. Herein, we investigated novel HDAC inhibitors for their cytoprotective effects against IL-1beta-induced damage to isolated beta-cells. We report that three novel compounds (THS-73-44, THS-72-5 and THS-78-5) significantly inhibited HDAC activity and increased the acetylation of histone H4 in isolated beta-cells. Further, these compounds exerted no toxic effects on metabolic cell viability in these cells. However, among the three compounds tested, only THS-78-5 protected against IL-1beta-mediated loss in beta-cell viability. THS-78-5 was also able to attenuate IL-1beta-induced inducible nitric oxide synthase expression and subsequent NO release. Our data also indicate that the cytoprotective properties of THS-78-5 against IL-1beta-mediated effects may, in part, be due to inhibition of IL-1beta-induced transactivation of nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) in these cells. Together, we provide evidence for a novel HDAC inhibitor with a significant potential to prevent IL-1beta-mediated effects on isolated beta-cells. Potential implications of these findings in the development of novel therapeutics to prevent deleterious effects of cytokines and the onset of autoimmune diabetes are discussed.
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- Laura Susick
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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Paradise WA, Vesper BJ, Goel A, Waltonen JD, Altman KW, Haines GK, Radosevich JA. Nitric oxide: perspectives and emerging studies of a well known cytotoxin. Int J Mol Sci 2010; 11:2715-45. [PMID: 20717533 PMCID: PMC2920563 DOI: 10.3390/ijms11072715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2010] [Revised: 06/17/2010] [Accepted: 07/13/2010] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The free radical nitric oxide (NO•) is known to play a dual role in human physiology and pathophysiology. At low levels, NO• can protect cells; however, at higher levels, NO• is a known cytotoxin, having been implicated in tumor angiogenesis and progression. While the majority of research devoted to understanding the role of NO• in cancer has to date been tissue-specific, we herein review underlying commonalities of NO• which may well exist among tumors arising from a variety of different sites. We also discuss the role of NO• in human physiology and pathophysiology, including the very important relationship between NO• and the glutathione-transferases, a class of protective enzymes involved in cellular protection. The emerging role of NO• in three main areas of epigenetics—DNA methylation, microRNAs, and histone modifications—is then discussed. Finally, we describe the recent development of a model cell line system in which human tumor cell lines were adapted to high NO• (HNO) levels. We anticipate that these HNO cell lines will serve as a useful tool in the ongoing efforts to better understand the role of NO• in cancer.
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- William A. Paradise
- Center for Molecular Biology of Oral Diseases, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA; E-Mails: (W.A.P.); (B.J.V.)
- Department of Jesse Brown, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- Center for Molecular Biology of Oral Diseases, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA; E-Mails: (W.A.P.); (B.J.V.)
- Department of Jesse Brown, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center and Baylor Research Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75246, USA; E-Mail:
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA; E-Mail:
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- Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA; E-Mail:
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- Center for Molecular Biology of Oral Diseases, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA; E-Mails: (W.A.P.); (B.J.V.)
- Department of Jesse Brown, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail:
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Korolev N, Lyubartsev AP, Nordenskiöld L. Cation-induced polyelectrolyte-polyelectrolyte attraction in solutions of DNA and nucleosome core particles. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2010; 158:32-47. [PMID: 19758583 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2009.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2009] [Revised: 08/05/2009] [Accepted: 08/15/2009] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The paper reviews our current studies on the experimentally induced cation compaction and aggregation in solutions of DNA and nucleosome core particles and the theoretical modelling of these processes using coarse-grained continuum models with explicit mobile ions and with all-atom molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Recent experimental results on DNA condensation by cationic oligopeptides and the effects of added salt are presented. The results of MD simulations modelling DNA-DNA attraction due to the presence of multivalent ions including the polyamine spermidine and fragments of histone tails, which exhibit bridging between adjacent DNA molecules, are discussed. Experimental data on NCP aggregation, using recombinantly prepared systems are summarized. Literature data and our results of studying of the NCP solutions are compared with predictions of coarse-grained MD simulations, including the important ion correlation as well as bridging mechanisms. The importance of the results to chromatin folding and aggregation is discussed.
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- Nikolay Korolev
- Division of Structural and Computational Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637551, Singapore
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Servet C, Conde e Silva N, Zhou DX. Histone acetyltransferase AtGCN5/HAG1 is a versatile regulator of developmental and inducible gene expression in Arabidopsis. MOLECULAR PLANT 2010; 3:670-7. [PMID: 20457643 DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssq018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Histone acetylation/deacetylation is a dynamic process and plays an important role in gene regulation. Histone acetylation homeostasis is regulated by antagonist actions of histone acetyltransferases (HAT) and deacetylases (HDAC). Plant genome encodes multiple HATs and HDACs. The Arabidopsis HAT gene AtGCN5/HAG1plays an essential role in many plant development processes, such as meristem function, cell differentiation, leaf and floral organogenesis, and responses to environmental conditions such as light and cold, indicating an important role of this HAT in the regulation of both long-term developmental switches and short-term inducible gene expression. AtGCN5 targets to a large number of promoters and is required for acetylation of several histone H3 lysine residues. Recruitment of AtGCN5 to target promoters is likely to be mediated by direct or indirect interaction with DNA-binding transcription factors and/or by interaction with acetylated histone lysine residues on the targets. Interplay between AtGCN5 and other HAT and HDAC is demonstrated to control specific regulatory pathways. Analysis of the role of AtGCN5 in light-inducible gene expression suggests a function of AtGCN5 in preparing chromatin commitment for priming inducible gene activation in plants.
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- Caroline Servet
- Institut de Biologie des Plantes, Université Paris-sud 11, 91405 Orsay, France
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Ma X, Reynolds SL, Baker BJ, Li X, Benveniste EN, Qin H. IL-17 enhancement of the IL-6 signaling cascade in astrocytes. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2010; 184:4898-906. [PMID: 20351184 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1000142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Astrocytes have important physiological roles in CNS homeostasis and serve as a bridge between the CNS and immune system. IL-17 and IL-6 are important in many CNS disorders characterized by neuroinflammation. We examined the role of IL-17 on the IL-6 signaling cascade in primary astrocytes. IL-17 functioned in a synergistic manner with IL-6 to induce IL-6 expression in astrocytes. The synergistic effect involved numerous signaling pathways including NF-kappaB, JNK MAPK, and p38 MAPK. The NF-kappaB pathway inhibitor BAY-11, JNK inhibitor JNKi II, and p38 inhibitor SB203580 suppressed the synergistic effect of IL-6 and IL-17 on IL-6 expression. IL-17 synergized with IL-6 to enhance the recruitment of activated NF-kappaB p65, c-Fos, c-Jun, and the histone acetyltransferases CREB-binding protein and p300 to the IL-6 promoter in vivo to induce IL-6 transcription. This was accompanied by enhanced acetylation of histones H3 and H4 on the IL-6 promoter. Moreover, we elucidated an important role for suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS) 3 in IL-17 enhancement of IL-6 signaling in astrocytes. SOCS3 small interfering RNA knockdown and SOCS3 deletion in astrocytes augmented the synergistic effect of IL-6 and IL-17 due to an enhancement of activation of the NF-kappaB and MAPK pathways. These results indicate that astrocytes can serve as a target of Th17 cells and IL-17 in the CNS, and SOCS3 participates in IL-17 functions in the CNS as a negative feedback regulator.
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- Xiangyu Ma
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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The SANT domain of p400 ATPase represses acetyltransferase activity and coactivator function of TIP60 in basal p21 gene expression. Mol Cell Biol 2010; 30:2750-61. [PMID: 20351180 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00804-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The TIP60 histone acetyltransferase plays diverse roles in DNA damage responses, DNA double-strand break repair, and transcriptional regulation. TIP60 resides within a multisubunit complex that has been shown to be targeted by transcription factors and to be involved in histone acetylation and transcriptional activation. p400, an SWI2/SNF2-related ATPase that serves as an ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling enzyme, exists as an integral subunit of a TIP60 complex but also resides within a distinct complex that presumably lacks TIP60 and appears to be involved in the transcriptional repression of basal p53 target gene expression. Here, we describe a TIP60-containing p400 complex population in which the acetyltransferase activity of TIP60 is repressed by interactions with p400. We further show that an SWI3-ADA2-N-CoR-TFIIIB (SANT) domain of p400 binds directly to the histone acetyltransferase (HAT) domain of TIP60 and blocks both its enzymatic activity and its coactivator function in regulating basal p21 gene expression. Our results thus suggest that p400 represses basal p21 gene expression through dual mechanisms that include the direct inhibition of TIP60 enzymatic activity described here and the previously described ATP-dependent positioning of H2A.Z at the promoter.
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Cruickshank MN, Besant P, Ulgiati D. The impact of histone post-translational modifications on developmental gene regulation. Amino Acids 2010; 39:1087-105. [PMID: 20204433 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-010-0530-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2009] [Accepted: 02/12/2010] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Eukaryotic genomic DNA is orderly compacted to fit into the nucleus and to inhibit accessibility of specific sequences. DNA is manipulated in many different ways by bound RNA and proteins within the composite material known as chromatin. All of the biological processes that require access to genomic DNA (such as replication, recombination and transcription) therefore are dependent on the precise characteristics of chromatin in eukaryotes. This distinction underlies a fundamental property of eukaryotic versus prokaryotic gene regulation such that chromatin structure must be regulated to precisely repress or relieve repression of particular regions of the genome in an appropriate spatio-temporal manner. As well as playing a key role in structuring genomic DNA, histones are subject to site-specific modifications that can influence the organization of chromatin structure. This review examines the molecular processes regulating site-specific histone acetylation, methylation and phosphorylation with an emphasis on how these processes underpin differentiation-regulated transcription.
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- Mark N Cruickshank
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
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Cohen LA, Powers B, Amin S, Desai D. Treatment of canine haemangiosarcoma with suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid, a histone deacetylase inhibitor. Vet Comp Oncol 2009; 2:243-8. [PMID: 19379298 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5810.2004.00057.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A case report is presented by describing the treatment of a 12-year-old dog - diagnosed with haemangiosarcoma (HSA) - with suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA), a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor. The drug was administered orally, on a daily basis, approximately 2 weeks post-splenectomy at a dose of 3 mg kg(-1). HSA is a lethal malignancy of the endothelium, which is usually disseminated by the time it is diagnosed. Median survival time, usually, is no longer than 80 days. Following treatment with SAHA, no sign of malignant growth could be discerned by means of diagnostic abdominal ultrasound, chest X-ray or with the help of clinical symptoms, over a period of >1000 days. The precise mechanism by which HDAC inhibitors exert their anti-cancer effects is uncertain, but evidence suggests that exposure to SAHA generates hyperacetylated chromosomal histones, which, in turn, facilitates the expression of tumour suppressor genes turned off by epigenetic mechanisms during neoplastic transformation of the endothelium.
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- L A Cohen
- Institute for Cancer Prevention, Valhalla, NY, USA.
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The integrity of a eukaryotic genome is often challenged by DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). Even a single, unrepaired DSB can be a lethal event, or such unrepaired damage can result in chromosomal instability and loss of genetic information. Furthermore, defects in the pathways that respond to and repair DSBs can lead to the onset of several human pathologic disorders with pleiotropic clinical features, including age-related diseases and cancer. For decades, studies have focused on elucidating the enzymatic mechanisms involved in recognizing, signaling and repairing DSBs within eukaryotic cells. The majority of biochemical and genetic studies have used simple, DNA substrates, whereas only recently efforts have been geared towards understanding how the repair machinery deals with DSBs within chromatin fibers, the nucleoprotein complex that packages DNA within the eukaryotic nucleus. The aim of this review is to discuss our recent understanding of the relationship between chromatin structure and the repair of DSBs by homologous recombination. In particular, we discuss recent studies implicating specialized roles for several, distinct ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling enzymes in facilitating multiple steps within the homologous recombination process.
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- Manisha Sinha
- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 373 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
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Regulation of chromatin structure and function by HMGN proteins. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2009; 1799:62-8. [PMID: 19948260 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2009.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2009] [Revised: 11/18/2009] [Accepted: 11/20/2009] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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High mobility group nucleosome-binding (HMGN) proteins are architectural non-histone chromosomal proteins that bind to nucleosomes and modulate the structure and function of chromatin. The interaction of HMGN proteins with nucleosomes is dynamic and the proteins compete with the linker histone H1 chromatin-binding sites. HMGNs reduce the H1-mediated compaction of the chromatin fiber and facilitate the targeting of regulatory factors to chromatin. They modulate the cellular epigenetic profile, affect gene expression and impact the biological processes such as development and the cellular response to environmental and hormonal signals. Here we review the role of HMGN in chromatin structure, the link between HMGN proteins and histone modifications, and discuss the consequence of this link on nuclear processes and cellular phenotype.
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Biochemical analyses of nuclear receptor-dependent transcription with chromatin templates. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2009; 87:137-92. [PMID: 20374704 DOI: 10.1016/s1877-1173(09)87005-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/18/2023]
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Chromatin, the physiological template for transcription, plays important roles in gene regulation by nuclear receptors (NRs). It can (1) restrict the binding of NRs or the transcriptional machinery to their genomic targets, (2) serve as a target of regulatory posttranslational modifications by NR coregulator proteins with histone-directed enzymatic activities, and (3) function as a binding scaffold for a variety of transcription-related proteins. The advent of in vitro or "cell-free" systems that accurately recapitulate ligand-dependent transcription by NRs with chromatin templates has allowed detailed analyses of these processes. Biochemical studies have advanced our understanding of the mechanisms of gene regulation, including the role of ligands, coregulators, and nucleosome remodeling. In addition, they have provided new insights about the dynamics of NR-mediated transcription. This chapter reviews the current methodologies for assembling, transcribing, and analyzing chromatin in vitro, as well as the new information that has been gained from these studies.
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Fang X, Yin W, Xiang P, Han H, Stamatoyannopoulos G, Li Q. The higher structure of chromatin in the LCR of the beta-globin locus changes during development. J Mol Biol 2009; 394:197-208. [PMID: 19781549 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.09.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2009] [Revised: 09/14/2009] [Accepted: 09/17/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The beta-globin locus control region (LCR) is able to enhance the expression of all globin genes throughout the course of development. However, the chromatin structure of the LCR at the different developmental stages is not well defined. We report DNase I and micrococcal nuclease hypersensitivity, chromatin immunoprecipitation analyses for histones H2A, H2B, H3, and H4, and 3C (chromatin conformation capture) assays of the normal and mutant beta-globin loci, which demonstrate that nucleosomes at the DNase I hypersensitive sites of the LCR could be either depleted or retained depending on the stages of development. Furthermore, MNase sensitivity and 3C assays suggest that the LCR chromatin is more open in embryonic erythroblasts than in definitive erythroblasts at the primary- and secondary-structure levels; however, the LCR chromatin is packaged more tightly in embryonic erythroblasts than in definitive erythroblasts at the tertiary chromatin level. Our study provides the first evidence that the occupancy of nucleosomes at a DNase I hypersensitive site is a developmental stage-related event and that embryonic and adult cells possess distinct chromatin structures of the LCR.
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- Xiangdong Fang
- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Medicine, Box 357720, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Higashiyama Y, Takahashi A, Fukumoto Y, Nakayama Y, Yamaguchi N. Induction of chromatin condensation by nuclear expression of a novel arginine-rich cationic protein genetically engineered from the enhanced green fluorescent protein. Cytotechnology 2009; 60:153-9. [PMID: 19763862 DOI: 10.1007/s10616-009-9227-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2009] [Accepted: 08/30/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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In the interphase nuclei of cultured cells, chromatin is compacted and organized in higher-order structures through the condensation and decondensation processes. Chromosomes in the interphase nucleus are known to occupy distinct territories. The chromosome territory-interchromatin compartment model premises that the interchromatin compartment is separated from compact higher-order chromatin domains and expands in between these chromatin-organized territories. Chromatin in cultured cells is compacted under some conditions, such as the stress of heat shock and high osmolarity, and Src-mediated nuclear tyrosine phosphorylation. We report here that a novel arginine-rich cationic protein is generated by frameshift mutation of enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP). The arginine-rich cationic protein is highly hydrophilic and contains potential arginine-based nuclear localization signals. Expression of the arginine-rich cationic protein shows its predominant localization to the nucleus and induces striking chromatin condensation in the interphase, which might be involved in interchromatin spacing or euchromatinization. Thus, the arginine-rich cationic protein as a new tool would be useful for dissecting chromatin architecture dynamics.
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- Yukihiro Higashiyama
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Inohana 1-8-1, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8675, Japan
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Histone hyperacetylation within the beta-globin locus is context-dependent and precedes high-level gene expression. Blood 2009; 114:3479-88. [PMID: 19690338 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2009-03-210690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Active gene promoters are associated with covalent histone modifications, such as hyperacetylation, which can modulate chromatin structure and stabilize binding of transcription factors that recognize these modifications. At the beta-globin locus and several other loci, however, histone hyperacetylation extends beyond the promoter, over tens of kilobases; we term such patterns of histone modifications "hyperacetylated domains." Little is known of either the mechanism by which these domains form or their function. Here, we show that domain formation within the murine beta-globin locus occurs before either high-level gene expression or erythroid commitment. Analysis of beta-globin alleles harboring deletions of promoters or the locus control region demonstrates that these sequences are not required for domain formation, suggesting the existence of additional regulatory sequences within the locus. Deletion of embryonic globin gene promoters, however, resulted in the formation of a hyperacetylated domain over these genes in definitive erythroid cells, where they are otherwise inactive. Finally, sequences within beta-globin domains exhibit hyperacetylation in a context-dependent manner, and domains are maintained when transcriptional elongation is inhibited. These data narrow the range of possible mechanisms by which hyperacetylated domains form.
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Topuz F, Okay O. Formation of Hydrogels by Simultaneous Denaturation and Cross-Linking of DNA. Biomacromolecules 2009; 10:2652-61. [DOI: 10.1021/bm900585v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Fuat Topuz
- Istanbul Technical University, Department of Chemistry, 34469 Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul Technical University, Department of Chemistry, 34469 Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey
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Yang Y, Lyubartsev AP, Korolev N, Nordenskiöld L. Computer modeling reveals that modifications of the histone tail charges define salt-dependent interaction of the nucleosome core particles. Biophys J 2009; 96:2082-94. [PMID: 19289035 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.10.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2008] [Revised: 09/19/2008] [Accepted: 10/31/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Coarse-grained Langevin molecular dynamics computer simulations were conducted for systems that mimic solutions of nucleosome core particles (NCPs). The NCP was modeled as a negatively charged spherical particle representing the complex of DNA and the globular part of the histones combined with attached strings of connected charged beads modeling the histone tails. The size, charge, and distribution of the tails relative to the core were built to match real NCPs. Three models of NCPs were constructed to represent different extents of covalent modification on the histone tails: (nonmodified) recombinant (rNCP), acetylated (aNCP), and acetylated and phosphorylated (paNCP). The simulation cell contained 10 NCPs in a dielectric continuum with explicit mobile counterions and added salt. The NCP-NCP interaction is decisively dependent on the modification state of the histone tails and on salt conditions. Increasing the monovalent salt concentration (KCl) from salt-free to physiological concentration leads to NCP aggregation in solution for rNCP, whereas NCP associates are observed only occasionally in the system of aNCPs. In the presence of divalent salt (Mg(2+)), rNCPs form dense stable aggregates, whereas aNCPs form aggregates less frequently. Aggregates are formed via histone-tail bridging and accumulation of counterions in the regions of NCP-NCP contacts. The paNCPs do not show NCP-NCP interaction upon addition of KCl or in the presence of Mg(2+). Simulations for systems with a gradual substitution of K(+) for Mg(2+), to mimic the Mg(2+) titration of an NCP solution, were performed. The rNCP system showed stronger aggregation that occurred at lower concentrations of added Mg(2+), compared to the aNCP system. Additional molecular dynamics simulations performed with a single NCP in the simulation cell showed that detachment of the tails from the NCP core was modest under a wide range of salt concentrations. This implies that salt-induced tail dissociation of the histone tails from the globular NCP is not in itself a major factor in NCP-NCP aggregation. The approximation of coarse-graining, with respect to the description of the NCP as a sphere with uniform charge distribution, was tested in control simulations. A more detailed description of the NCP did not change the main features of the results. Overall, the results of this work are in agreement with experimental data reported for NCP solutions and for chromatin arrays.
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- Ye Yang
- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Kundu S, Peterson CL. Role of chromatin states in transcriptional memory. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2009; 1790:445-55. [PMID: 19236904 PMCID: PMC2692360 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2009.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2009] [Revised: 02/10/2009] [Accepted: 02/11/2009] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Establishment of cellular memory and its faithful propagation is critical for successful development of multicellular organisms. As pluripotent cells differentiate, choices in cell fate are inherited and maintained by their progeny throughout the lifetime of the organism. A major factor in this process is the epigenetic inheritance of specific transcriptional states or transcriptional memory. In this review, we discuss chromatin transitions and mechanisms by which they are inherited by subsequent generations. We also discuss illuminating cases of cellular memory in budding yeast and evaluate whether transcriptional memory in yeast is nuclear or cytoplasmically inherited.
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- Sharmistha Kundu
- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts Medical School
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts Medical School
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Expression of Pit-1 in nonsomatotrope cell lines induces human growth hormone locus control region histone modification and hGH-N transcription. J Mol Biol 2009; 390:26-44. [PMID: 19427323 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.04.081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2009] [Revised: 04/29/2009] [Accepted: 04/30/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The POU domain transcription factor Pit-1 is expressed in somatotropes, lactotropes, and thyrotropes of the anterior pituitary. Pit-1 is essential for the establishment of these lineages during development and regulates the expression of genes encoding the peptide hormones secreted by each cell type, including the growth hormone gene expressed in somatotropes. In contrast to rodent growth hormone loci, the human growth hormone (hGH) locus is regulated by a distal locus control region (LCR), which is required in cis for the proper expression of the hGH gene cluster in transgenic mice. The hGH LCR mediates a domain of histone acetylation targeted to the hGH locus that is associated with distal hGH-N activation, and the discrete determinants of this activity coincide with DNaseI hypersensitive site (HS) I of the LCR. The identification of three in vitro Pit-1 binding sites within the HS-I region suggested a model in which Pit-1 binding at HS-I initiates the chromatin modification mechanism associated with hGH LCR activity. To test this hypothesis directly and to determine whether Pit-1 expression is sufficient to confer hGH locus histone acetylation and activate hGH-N transcription from an inactive locus, we expressed Pit-1 in nonpituitary cell types. We show that Pit-1 expression established a domain of histone hyperacetylation at the LCR and hGH-N promoter in these cells similar to that observed in pituitary chromatin. This was accompanied by the activation of hGH-N transcription and an increase in intergenic and CD79b transcripts proximal to HS-I. These effects were coincident with Pit-1 occupancy at HS-I and the hGH-N promoter and were observed irrespective of the basal histone modification status of HS-I in the heterologous cell line. These findings are consistent with a role for Pit-1 as an initiating factor in hGH locus activation during somatotrope ontogeny, acting through binding sites at HS-I of the hGH LCR.
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Arya G, Schlick T. A tale of tails: how histone tails mediate chromatin compaction in different salt and linker histone environments. J Phys Chem A 2009; 113:4045-59. [PMID: 19298048 PMCID: PMC2693032 DOI: 10.1021/jp810375d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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To elucidate the role of the histone tails in chromatin compaction and in higher-order folding of chromatin under physiological conditions, we extend a mesoscale model of chromatin (Arya, Zhang, and Schlick. Biophys. J. 2006, 91, 133; Arya and Schlick. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2006, 103, 16236) to account for divalent cations (Mg(2+)) and linker histones. Configurations of 24-nucleosome oligonucleosomes in different salt environments and in the presence and absence of linker histones are sampled by a mixture of local and global Monte Carlo methods. Analyses of the resulting ensembles reveal a dynamic synergism between the histone tails, linker histones, and ions in forming compact higher-order structures of chromatin. In the presence of monovalent salt alone, oligonucleosomes remain relatively unfolded, and the histone tails do not mediate many internucleosomal interactions. Upon the addition of linker histones and divalent cations, the oligonucleosomes undergo a significant compaction triggered by a dramatic increase in the internucleosomal interactions mediated by the histone tails, formation of a rigid linker DNA "stem" around the linker histones' C-terminal domains, and reduction in the electrostatic repulsion between linker DNAs via sharp bending in some linker DNAs caused by the divalent cations. Among all histone tails, the H4 tails mediate the most internucleosomal interactions, consistent with experimental observations, followed by the H3, H2A, and H2B tails in decreasing order. Apart from mediating internucleosomal interactions, the H3 tails also contribute to chromatin compaction by attaching to the entering and exiting linker DNA to screen electrotatic repulsion among the linker DNAs. This tendency of the H3 tails to attach to linker DNA, however, decreases significantly upon the addition of linker histones due to competition effects. The H2A and H2B tails do not mediate significant internucleosomal interactions but are important for mediating fiber/fiber intractions, especially in relatively unfolded chromatin in monovalent salt environments.
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- Gaurav Arya
- Department of Nanoengineering, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code: 0448, La Jolla, California 92093, USA.
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Karetsou Z, Emmanouilidou A, Sanidas I, Liokatis S, Nikolakaki E, Politou AS, Papamarcaki T. Identification of distinct SET/TAF-Ibeta domains required for core histone binding and quantitative characterisation of the interaction. BMC BIOCHEMISTRY 2009; 10:10. [PMID: 19358706 PMCID: PMC2676315 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2091-10-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2008] [Accepted: 04/09/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND The assembly of nucleosomes to higher-order chromatin structures is finely tuned by the relative affinities of histones for chaperones and nucleosomal binding sites. The myeloid leukaemia protein SET/TAF-Ibeta belongs to the NAP1 family of histone chaperones and participates in several chromatin-based mechanisms, such as chromatin assembly, nucleosome reorganisation and transcriptional activation. To better understand the histone chaperone function of SET/TAF-Ibeta, we designed several SET/TAF-Ibeta truncations, examined their structural integrity by circular Dichroism and assessed qualitatively and quantitatively the histone binding properties of wild-type protein and mutant forms using GST-pull down experiments and fluorescence spectroscopy-based binding assays. RESULTS Wild type SET/TAF-Ibeta binds to histones H2B and H3 with Kd values of 2.87 and 0.15 microM, respectively. The preferential binding of SET/TAF-Ibeta to histone H3 is mediated by its central region and the globular part of H3. On the contrary, the acidic C-terminal tail and the amino-terminal dimerisation domain of SET/TAF-Ibeta, as well as the H3 amino-terminal tail, are dispensable for this interaction. CONCLUSION This type of analysis allowed us to assess the relative affinities of SET/TAF-Ibeta for different histones and identify the domains of the protein required for effective histone recognition. Our findings are consistent with recent structural studies of SET/TAF-Ibeta and can be valuable to understand the role of SET/TAF-Ibeta in chromatin function.
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- Zoe Karetsou
- Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, Medical School, University of Ioannina, 451 10 Ioannina, Greece.
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Hizume K, Nakai T, Araki S, Prieto E, Yoshikawa K, Takeyasu K. Removal of histone tails from nucleosome dissects the physical mechanisms of salt-induced aggregation, linker histone H1-induced compaction, and 30-nm fiber formation of the nucleosome array. Ultramicroscopy 2009; 109:868-73. [PMID: 19328628 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2009.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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In order to reveal the roles of histone tails in the formation of higher-order chromatin structures, we employed atomic force microscopy (AFM), and an in vitro reconstitution system to examine the properties of reconstituted chromatin composed of tail-less histones and a long DNA (106-kb plasmid) template. The tail-less nucleosomes did not aggregate at high salt concentrations or with an excess amount of core histones, in contrast with the behavior of nucleosomal arrays composed of nucleosomes containing normal, N-terminal tails. Analysis of our nucleosome distributions reveals that the attractive interaction between tail-less nucleosomes is weakened. Addition of linker histone H1 into the tail-less nucleosomal array failed to promote the formation of 30nm chromatin fibers that are usually formed in the normal nucleosomal array. These results demonstrate that the attractive interaction between nucleosomes via histone tails plays a critical role in the formation of the uniform 30-nm chromatin fiber.
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- Kohji Hizume
- Laboratory of Plasma Membrane and Nuclear Signaling, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Yoshida Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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Nakayama T, Yamashita M. Critical role of the Polycomb and Trithorax complexes in the maintenance of CD4 T cell memory. Semin Immunol 2009; 21:78-83. [PMID: 19269851 DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2009.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2008] [Accepted: 02/04/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The maintenance of memory CD4 T cells is crucial for the establishment of immunological memory. The Polycomb (PcG) and Trithorax group (TrxG) genes control key developmental regulators such as the homeobox genes, and these two antagonize each other in the same developmental processes. Recently, PcG gene Bmi1 has been found to control memory Th1/Th2 cell survival and TrxG gene MLL is to control the maintenance of memory Th2 cell function selectively. Therefore, in memory CD4 T cells, PcG and TrxG genes appear to control distinct processes in a distinct manner, which indicates a novel regulatory feature of the PcG/TrxG genes.
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- Toshinori Nakayama
- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan.
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Nucleosome shape dictates chromatin fiber structure. Biophys J 2009; 96:777-84. [PMID: 19186120 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.09.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2008] [Accepted: 09/22/2008] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In addition to being the gateway for all access to the eukaryotic genome, chromatin has in recent years been identified as carrying an epigenetic code regulating transcriptional activity. Though much is known about the biochemistry of this code, little is understood regarding the different fiber structures through which the regulation is mediated. Over the last three decades many fiber models have been suggested, but none are able to predict even the basic characteristics of the fiber. In this work, we characterize the set of all possible dense fibers, which includes, but is not limited to, all previously suggested structures. To guide future experimental efforts, we show which fiber characteristics depend on the underlying structure and, crucially, which do not. Addressing the predictive power of these models, we suggest a simple geometric criterion based on the nucleosome shape alone. This enables us to predict the observed characteristics of the condensed chromatin fiber, and how these change with varying nucleosome repeat length. Our approach sheds light on how the in vivo observed heterogeneity in linker lengths can be accommodated within the 30 nm fiber, and suggest an important role for nucleosome surface interactions in the regulation of chromatin structure and function.
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Hu M, Zhang YB, Qian L, Briñas RP, Kuznetsova L, Hainfeld JF. Three-dimensional structure of human chromatin accessibility complex hCHRAC by electron microscopy. J Struct Biol 2008; 164:263-9. [PMID: 18814851 PMCID: PMC2651197 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2008.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2008] [Revised: 08/25/2008] [Accepted: 08/26/2008] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling complexes modulate the dynamic assembly and remodeling of chromatin involved in DNA transcription, replication, and repair. There is little structural detail known about these important multiple-subunit enzymes that catalyze chromatin remodeling processes. Here we report a three-dimensional structure of the human chromatin accessibility complex, hCHRAC, using single particle reconstruction by negative stain electron microscopy. This structure shows an asymmetric 15x10x12nm disk shape with several lobes protruding out of its surfaces. Based on the factors of larger contact area, smaller steric hindrance, and direct involvement of hCHRAC in interactions with the nucleosome, we propose that four lobes on one side form a multiple-site contact surface 10nm in diameter for nucleosome binding. This work provides the first determination of the three-dimensional structure of the ISWI-family of chromatin remodeling complexes.
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- Minghui Hu
- Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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Benhamed M, Martin-Magniette ML, Taconnat L, Bitton F, Servet C, De Clercq R, De Meyer B, Buysschaert C, Rombauts S, Villarroel R, Aubourg S, Beynon J, Bhalerao RP, Coupland G, Gruissem W, Menke FLH, Weisshaar B, Renou JP, Zhou DX, Hilson P. Genome-scale Arabidopsis promoter array identifies targets of the histone acetyltransferase GCN5. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 56:493-504. [PMID: 18644002 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2008.03606.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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We have assembled approximately 20 000 Arabidopsis thaliana promoter regions, compatible with functional studies that require cloning and with microarray applications. The promoter fragments can be captured as modular entry clones (MultiSite Gateway format) via site-specific recombinational cloning, and transferred into vectors of choice to investigate transcriptional networks. The fragments can also be amplified by PCR and printed on glass arrays. In combination with immunoprecipitation of protein-DNA complexes (ChIP-chip), these arrays enable characterization of binding sites for chromatin-associated proteins or the extent of chromatin modifications at genome scale. The Arabidopsis histone acetyltransferase GCN5 associated with 40% of the tested promoters. At most sites, binding did not depend on the integrity of the GCN5 bromodomain. However, the presence of the bromodomain was necessary for binding to 11% of the promoter regions, and correlated with acetylation of lysine 14 of histone H3 in these promoters. Combined analysis of ChIP-chip and transcriptomic data indicated that binding of GCN5 does not strictly correlate with gene activation. GCN5 has previously been shown to be required for light-regulated gene expression and growth, and we found that GCN5 targets were enriched in early light-responsive genes. Thus, in addition to its transcriptional activation function, GCN5 may play an important role in priming activation of inducible genes under non-induced conditions.
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- Moussa Benhamed
- Institut de Biotechnologie des Plantes, UMR 8618, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Paris Sud 11, 91405 Orsay, France
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Chromosome-specific spatial periodicities in gene expression revealed by spectral analysis. J Theor Biol 2008; 256:333-42. [PMID: 19014953 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2008] [Revised: 09/16/2008] [Accepted: 10/07/2008] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Recent years have seen an unprecedented surge of research activity in studies of gene expression. This extensive work, however, has been almost uniformly focused on genome-wide gene expression and has largely ignored the fundamental fact that every gene has a specific chromosome location. We propose a novel method of spectral analysis for detecting hidden periodicities in gene expression signals ordered along the length of each chromosome. Using this method, we have discovered that each chromosome in rodents and humans has a unique periodic pattern of gene expression. The uncovered spatial periodicities in gene expression are tissue-specific in the sense that the largest differences in humans were observed between two normal tissues (brain and mammary gland) as well as between their tumor counterparts (glioma and breast cancer). The smallest differences resulted from the comparison of tumors (glioma and breast cancer) with their normal counterparts. All such effects do not extend to all chromosomes but are limited to only some of them. The estimated periods and amplitudes are identical for the genes located on the positive and negative DNA strands. While precise molecular mechanisms of chromosome-specific periodicities in gene expression have yet to be unraveled, their universal presence in different tissues adds another dimension to the current understanding of the genome organization.
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Epigenetic organization represents an important regulation mechanism of gene expression. In this work, we show that the mouse p53 gene is organized into two epigenetic domains. The first domain is fully unmethylated, associated with histone modifications in active genes, and organized in a nucleosome-free conformation that is deficient in H2a/H2b, whereas the second domain is fully methylated, associated with deacetylated histones, and organized in a nucleosomal structure. In mitotic cells, RNA polymerase is depleted in domain II, which is folded into a higher-order structure and is associated with H1 histone, whereas domain I conformation is preserved. Similar results were obtained for cells treated with inhibitors of associated regulatory factors. These results suggest that depletion of RNA polymerase II is the result of a physical barrier due to the folding of chromatin in domain II. The novel chromatin structure in the first domain during mitosis also suggests a mechanism for marking active genes in successive cell cycles.
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Buczek-Thomas JA, Hsia E, Rich CB, Foster JA, Nugent MA. Inhibition of histone acetyltransferase by glycosaminoglycans. J Cell Biochem 2008; 105:108-20. [PMID: 18459114 PMCID: PMC2596351 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.21803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Histone acetyltransferases (HATs) are a class of enzymes that participate in modulating chromatin structure and gene expression. Altered HAT activity has been implicated in a number of diseases, yet little is known about the regulation of HATs. In this study, we report that glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are potent inhibitors of p300 and pCAF HAT activities in vitro, with heparin and heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) being the most potent inhibitors. The mechanism of inhibition by heparin was investigated. The ability of heparin to inhibit HAT activity was in part dependent upon its size and structure, as small heparin-derived oligosaccharides (>8 sugars) and N-desulfated or O-desulfated heparin showed reduced inhibitory activity. Heparin was shown to bind to pCAF; and enzyme assays indicated that heparin shows the characteristics of a competitive-like inhibitor causing an approximately 50-fold increase in the apparent Km of pCAF for histone H4. HSPGs isolated from corneal and pulmonary fibroblasts inhibited HAT activity with similar effectiveness as heparin. As evidence that endogenous GAGs might be involved in modulating histone acetylation, the direct addition of heparin to pulmonary fibroblasts resulted in an approximately 50% reduction of histone H3 acetylation after 6 h of treatment. In addition, Chinese hamster ovary cells deficient in GAG synthesis showed increased levels of acetylated histone H3 compared to wild-type parent cells. GAGs represent a new class of HAT inhibitors that might participate in modulating cell function by regulating histone acetylation.
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- Jo Ann Buczek-Thomas
- Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118
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- Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118
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- Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118
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- Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118
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- Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118
- Department of Ophthalmology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02118
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The folding of the nucleosome chain into a chromatin fiber modulates DNA accessibility and is therefore an important factor for the control of gene expression. The fiber conformation depends crucially on the interaction between individual nucleosomes. However, this parameter has not been accurately determined experimentally, and it is affected by posttranslational histone modifications and binding of chromosomal proteins. Here, the effect of different internucleosomal interaction strengths on the fiber conformation was investigated by Monte Carlo computer simulations. The fiber geometry was modeled to fit that of chicken erythrocyte chromatin, which has been examined in numerous experimental studies. In the Monte Carlo simulation, the nucleosome shape was described as an oblate spherocylinder, and a replica exchange protocol was developed to reach thermal equilibrium for a broad range of internucleosomal interaction energies. The simulations revealed the large impact of the nucleosome geometry and the nucleosome repeat length on the compaction of the chromatin fiber. At high internucleosomal interaction energies, a lateral self-association of distant fiber parts and an interdigitation of nucleosomes were apparent. These results identify key factors for the control of the compaction and higher order folding of the chromatin fiber.
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Chromatin structure influences the sensitivity of DNA to gamma-radiation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2008; 1783:2398-414. [PMID: 18706456 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2008.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2008] [Revised: 07/11/2008] [Accepted: 07/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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For the first time, DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) were directly visualized in functionally and structurally different chromatin domains of human cells. The results show that genetically inactive condensed chromatin is much less susceptible to DSB induction by gamma-rays than expressed, decondensed domains. Higher sensitivity of open chromatin for DNA damage was accompanied by more efficient DSB repair. These findings follow from comparing DSB induction and repair in two 11 Mbp-long chromatin regions, one with clusters of highly expressed genes and the other, gene-poor, containing mainly genes having only low transcriptional activity. The same conclusions result from experiments with whole chromosome territories, differing in gene density and consequently in chromatin condensation. It follows from our further results that this lower sensitivity of DNA to the damage by ionizing radiation in heterochromatin is not caused by the simple chromatin condensation but very probably by the presence of a higher amount of proteins compared to genetically active and decondensed chromatin. In addition, our results show that some agents potentially used for cell killing in cancer therapy (TSA, hypotonic and hypertonic) influence cell survival of irradiated cells via changes in chromatin structure and efficiency of DSB repair in different ways.
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Yin M, Shen J, Gropeanu R, Pflugfelder GO, Weil T, Müllen K. Fluorescent core/shell nanoparticles for specific cell-nucleus staining. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2008; 4:894-898. [PMID: 18561214 DOI: 10.1002/smll.200701107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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- Meizhen Yin
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10 55128 Mainz, Germany
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St-Jean P, Vaillant C, Audit B, Arneodo A. Spontaneous emergence of sequence-dependent rosettelike folding of chromatin fiber. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2008; 77:061923. [PMID: 18643316 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.77.061923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2007] [Revised: 04/22/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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In the crowded environment of the eukaryotic nucleus, the presence of intrinsic structural defects is shown to predispose chromatin fiber to spontaneously form rosettelike structures. These multilooped patterns self-organize through entropy-driven clustering of sequence-induced fiber defects by depletive forces prior to any external factors coming into play. They provide an attractive description of replication foci that are observed in interphase mammalian nuclei as stable chromatin domains of autonomous DNA replication and gene expression. Experimental perspectives for in vivo visualization of rosettelike organization of the chromatin fiber via the clustering of recently identified putative replication initiation zones are discussed.
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- Ph St-Jean
- Université de Lyon, F-69000 Lyon, France
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Patra SK, Patra A, Rizzi F, Ghosh TC, Bettuzzi S. Demethylation of (Cytosine-5-C-methyl) DNA and regulation of transcription in the epigenetic pathways of cancer development. Cancer Metastasis Rev 2008; 27:315-34. [PMID: 18246412 DOI: 10.1007/s10555-008-9118-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Cancer cells and tissues exhibit genome wide hypomethylation and regional hypermethylation. CpG-methylation of DNA ((Me)CpG-DNA) is defined as the formation of a C-C covalent bond between the 5'-C of cytosine and the -CH(3) group of S-adenosylmethionine. Removal of the sole -CH(3) group from the methylated cytosine of DNA is one of the many ways of DNA-demethylation, which contributes to activation of transcription. The mechanism of demethylation, the candidate enzyme(s) exhibiting direct demethylase activity and associated cofactors are not firmly established. Genome-wide hypomethylation can be obtained in several ways by inactivation of DNMT enzyme activity, including covalent trapping of DNMT by cytosine base analogues. Removal of methyl layer could also be occurred by excision of the 5-methyl cytosine base by DNA glycosylases. The importance of truly chemically defined direct demethylation of intact DNA in regulation of gene expression, development, cell differentiation and transformation are discussed in this contribution.
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- Samir Kumar Patra
- Cancer Epigenetics Research, Kalyani (B-7/183), Nadia, West Bengal, India.
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Vasudevaraju P, Bharathi, Garruto RM, Sambamurti K, Rao KSJ. Role of DNA dynamics in Alzheimer's disease. BRAIN RESEARCH REVIEWS 2008; 58:136-48. [PMID: 18342372 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2008.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2007] [Revised: 01/14/2008] [Accepted: 01/15/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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DNA is a dynamic molecule, the conformation of which plays a major role in biological function. The non-B-form of DNA conformations are reported in the patho-physiology of diseases like Fragile X-syndrome, Huntington's chorea, Alzheimer's and others. Recently, our laboratory discovered the presence of Z-DNA in the hippocampal region of severely affected Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain samples. Alternate purine-pyrimidine bases, potential sequences adopting Z-DNA, are present in the promoter regions of AD specific genes like amyloid precursor protein (APP), Presenilin and ApoE. Thus, Z-DNA might be involved in the expression of these pathologically important genes. In the present review, we have focused on the possible mechanisms/hypothetical models of Z-DNA transition and its implications in AD. We propose that Z-DNA is formed in the promoter region of the APP, and Presenilin genes and Z-DNA may absorb the negative supercoils at that region. This decreases the supercoil density, altering the domain's native supercoiling state and facilitates the binding of effectors, which positively regulate gene expression of AD-related genes like APP and Presenilin. Further, it is presumed that Z-DNA may be involved in the down regulation of genes involved in Abeta clearance, anti-oxidant and defense mechanisms in AD. The proposed working model is novel and reveals possible triggering factors or precursors, which regulate the modulation of the supercoiling level of DNA involving putative Z-DNA forming sequences and regulatory proteins binding to DNA in AD.
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- P Vasudevaraju
- Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, 570020, India
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Weightman P, Bowler M, Clarke JA, Farrell T, Flavell W, Harrison P, Martin DS, Papiz MZ, Poole MA, Quinn F, Seddon EA, Smith CI, Smith S, Surman M. Reflection anisotropy spectroscopy of biological molecules with the 4GLS source. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1002/pssc.200779109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Lopez F, Cuomo F, Ceglie A, Ambrosone L, Palazzo G. Quenching and dequenching of pyrene fluorescence by nucleotide monophosphates in cationic micelles. J Phys Chem B 2008; 112:7338-44. [PMID: 18503268 DOI: 10.1021/jp8003344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The fluorescence behavior of pyrene solubilized in the hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide aqueous micellar solution in the presence of adenosine 5'-monophosphate (AMP) and uridine 5'-monophosphate (UMP) was investigated. AMP and UMP were found to influence oppositely the fluorescence of micellized pyrene. UMP acts as quencher, while AMP acts as dequencher. Both effects saturate at high nucleotide concentration (about 40 mM). Dequenching of micellized pyrene fluorescence is induced also by addition of disodium hydrogen orthophosphate (Na 2HPO 4), while loading with sodium bromide (NaBr) quenches the fluorescence. Furthermore, in absence of micelles, pyrene fluorescence depends on the UMP, according to the Stern-Volmer relation, but is unaffected by AMP. Dynamic light scattering experiments showed that the size and shape of aggregates is not affected by different types of nucleotide loaded into the solution; thus, we conclude that the opposite photophysical effect exploited by AMP and UMP are uncorrelated to any change in micellar microstructure. The whole fluorescence data set was successfully accounted for by assuming that the anionic nucleotides compete with the surfactant counterion (bromide) for the surface of the micelle. Accordingly, substitution of bromide with the more effective quencher UMP results in a strong decrease of the pyrene fluorescence, while the substitution of bromide with the nonquencher AMP results in an increase in the pyrene fluorescence.
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- Francesco Lopez
- Consorzio Interuniversitario per lo sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase (CSGI), c/o Department of Food Technology (DISTAAM), University of Molise, I-86100 Campobasso, Italy.
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Blossey R, Schiessel H. Kinetic proofreading of gene activation by chromatin remodeling. HFSP JOURNAL 2008; 2:167-70. [PMID: 19404470 DOI: 10.2976/1.2909080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2008] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Gene activation in eukaryotes involves the concerted action of histone tail modifiers, chromatin remodelers, and transcription factors, whose precise coordination is currently unknown. We demonstrate that the experimentally observed interactions of the molecules are in accord with a kinetic proofreading scheme. Our finding could provide a basis for the development of quantitative models for gene regulation in eukaryotes based on the combinatorical interactions of chromatin modifiers.
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Kalverda B, Röling MD, Fornerod M. Chromatin organization in relation to the nuclear periphery. FEBS Lett 2008; 582:2017-22. [PMID: 18435921 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2008] [Accepted: 04/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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In the limited space of the nucleus, chromatin is organized in a dynamic and non-random manner. Three ways of chromatin organization are compaction, formation of loops and localization within the nucleus. To study chromatin localization it is most convenient to use the nuclear envelope as a fixed viewpoint. Peripheral chromatin has both been described as silent chromatin, interacting with the nuclear lamina, and active chromatin, interacting with nuclear pore proteins. Current data indicate that the nuclear envelope is a reader as well as a writer of chromatin state, and that its influence is not limited to the nuclear periphery.
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- Bernike Kalverda
- Department of Tumor Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Tan F, Li G, Chitteti BR, Peng Z. Proteome and phosphoproteome analysis of chromatin associated proteins in rice (Oryza sativa). Proteomics 2007; 7:4511-27. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200700580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Ramaswamy A, Ioshikhes I. Global dynamics of newly constructed oligonucleosomes of conventional and variant H2A.Z histone. BMC STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2007; 7:76. [PMID: 17996059 PMCID: PMC2216022 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6807-7-76] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2007] [Accepted: 11/08/2007] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background Complexes of nucleosomes, which often occur in the gene promoter areas, are one of the fundamental levels of chromatin organization and thus are important for transcription regulation. Investigating the dynamic structure of a single nucleosome as well as nucleosome complexes is important for understanding transcription within chromatin. In a previous work, we highlighted the influence of histone variants on the functional dynamics of a single nucleosome using normal mode analysis developed by Bahar et al. The present work further analyzes the dynamics of nucleosome complexes (nucleosome oligomers or oligonucleosomes) such as dimer, trimer and tetramer (beads on a string model) with conventional core histones as well as with the H2A.Z histone variant using normal mode analysis. Results The global dynamics of oligonucleosomes reveal larger amplitude of motion within the nucleosomes that contain the H2A.Z variant with in-planar and out-of-planar fluctuations as the common mode of relaxation. The docking region of H2A.Z and the L1:L1 interactions between H2A.Z monomers of nucleosome (that are responsible for the highly stable nucleosome containing variant H2A.Z-histone) are highly dynamic throughout the first two dynamic modes. Conclusion Dissection of the dynamics of oligonucleosomes discloses in-plane as well as out-of-plane fluctuations as the common mode of relaxation throughout the global motions. The dynamics of individual nucleosomes and the combination of the relaxation mechanisms expressed by the individual nucleosome are quite interesting and highly dependent on the number of nucleosome fragments present in the complexes. Distortions generated by the non-planar dynamics influence the DNA conformation, and hence the histone-DNA interactions significantly alter the dynamics of the DNA. The variant H2A.Z histone is a major source of weaker intra- and inter-molecular correlations resulting in more disordered motions.
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- Amutha Ramaswamy
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
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McGraw S, Morin G, Vigneault C, Leclerc P, Sirard MA. Investigation of MYST4 histone acetyltransferase and its involvement in mammalian gametogenesis. BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 2007; 7:123. [PMID: 17980037 PMCID: PMC2190771 DOI: 10.1186/1471-213x-7-123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2007] [Accepted: 11/02/2007] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Background Various histone acetylases (HATs) play a critical role in the regulation of gene expression, but the precise functions of many of those HATs are still unknown. Here we provide evidence that MYST4, a known HAT, may be involved in early mammalian gametogenesis. Results Although MYST4 mRNA transcripts are ubiquitous, protein expression was restricted to select extracts (including ovary and testis). Immunohistochemistry experiments performed on ovary sections revealed that the MYST4 protein is confined to oocytes, granulosa and theca cells, as well as to cells composing the blood vessels. The transcripts for MYST4 and all-MYST4-isoforms were present in oocytes and in in vitro produced embryos. In oocytes and embryos the MYST4 protein was localized in both the cytoplasm and nucleus. Within testis sections, the MYST4 protein was specific to only one cell type, the elongating spermatids, where it was exclusively nuclear. Conclusion We established that MYST4 is localized into specialized cells of the ovary and testis. Because the majority of these cells are involved in male and female gametogenesis, MYST4 may contribute to important and specific acetylation events occurring during gametes and embryo development.
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- Serge McGraw
- Département des Sciences Animales, Centre de Recherche en Biologie de la Reproduction, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
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Budker V, Trubetskoy V, Wolff JA. Condensation of nonstochiometric DNA/polycation complexes by divalent cations. Biopolymers 2007; 83:646-57. [PMID: 16977627 DOI: 10.1002/bip.20602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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This study found that divalent cations induced the further condensation of partially condensed DNA within nonstochiometric polycation complexes. The addition of a few mmol of a divalent cation such as calcium reduced by half the inflection point at which DNA became fully condensed by poly-L-lysine (PLL) and a variety of other polycations. The effect on DNA condensation was initially observed using a new method, which is based on the concentration-dependent self-quenching of fluorescent moieties (e.g., rhodamine) covalently linked to the DNA backbone at relatively high densities. Additional analyses, which employed ultracentrifugation, dynamic light scattering, agarose gel electrophoresis, and atomic force microscopy, confirmed the effect of divalent cations. These results provide an additional accounting of the process by which divalent cations induce greater chromatin compaction that is based on the representation of chromatin fibers as a nonstoichiometric polyelectrolyte complex. They also offer a new approach to assemble nonviral vectors for gene therapy.
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- Vladimir Budker
- Department of Pediatrics, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705-2280, USA
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Qin H, Roberts KL, Niyongere SA, Cong Y, Elson CO, Benveniste EN. Molecular Mechanism of Lipopolysaccharide-Induced SOCS-3 Gene Expression in Macrophages and Microglia. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 179:5966-76. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.9.5966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Avvakumov N, Côté J. The MYST family of histone acetyltransferases and their intimate links to cancer. Oncogene 2007; 26:5395-407. [PMID: 17694081 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 257] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The histone acetyltransferases (HATs) of the MYST family are highly conserved in eukaryotes and carry out a significant proportion of all nuclear acetylation. These enzymes function exclusively in multisubunit protein complexes whose composition is also evolutionarily conserved. MYST HATs are involved in a number of key nuclear processes and play critical roles in gene-specific transcription regulation, DNA damage response and repair, as well as DNA replication. This suggests that anomalous activity of these HATs or their associated complexes can easily lead to severe cellular malfunction, resulting in cell death or uncontrolled growth and malignancy. Indeed, the MYST family HATs have been implicated in several forms of human cancer. This review summarizes the current understanding of these enzymes and their normal function, as well as their established and putative links to oncogenesis.
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- N Avvakumov
- Laval University Cancer Research Center, Hôtel-Dieu de Québec (CHUQ), 9 McMahon Street, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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Wacker DA, Ruhl DD, Balagamwala EH, Hope KM, Zhang T, Kraus WL. The DNA binding and catalytic domains of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 cooperate in the regulation of chromatin structure and transcription. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 27:7475-85. [PMID: 17785446 PMCID: PMC2169059 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01314-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We explored the mechanisms of chromatin compaction and transcriptional regulation by poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP-1), a nucleosome-binding protein with an NAD(+)-dependent enzymatic activity. By using atomic force microscopy and a complementary set of biochemical assays with reconstituted chromatin, we showed that PARP-1 promotes the localized compaction of chromatin into supranucleosomal structures in a manner independent of the amino-terminal tails of core histones. In addition, we defined the domains of PARP-1 required for nucleosome binding, chromatin compaction, and transcriptional repression. Our results indicate that the DNA binding domain (DBD) of PARP-1 is necessary and sufficient for binding to nucleosomes, yet the DBD alone is unable to promote chromatin compaction and only partially represses RNA polymerase II-dependent transcription in an in vitro assay with chromatin templates (approximately 50% of the repression observed with wild-type PARP-1). Furthermore, our results show that the catalytic domain of PARP-1, which does not bind nucleosomes on its own, cooperates with the DBD to promote chromatin compaction and efficient transcriptional repression in a manner independent of its enzymatic activity. Collectively, our results have revealed a novel function for the catalytic domain in chromatin compaction. In addition, they show that the DBD and catalytic domain cooperate to regulate chromatin structure and chromatin-dependent transcription, providing mechanistic insights into how these domains contribute to the chromatin-dependent functions of PARP-1.
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- David A Wacker
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, 465 Biotechnology Building, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Corona DFV, Siriaco G, Armstrong JA, Snarskaya N, McClymont SA, Scott MP, Tamkun JW. ISWI regulates higher-order chromatin structure and histone H1 assembly in vivo. PLoS Biol 2007; 5:e232. [PMID: 17760505 PMCID: PMC1951781 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2007] [Accepted: 06/29/2007] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Imitation SWI (ISWI) and other ATP-dependent chromatin-remodeling factors play key roles in transcription and other processes by altering the structure and positioning of nucleosomes. Recent studies have also implicated ISWI in the regulation of higher-order chromatin structure, but its role in this process remains poorly understood. To clarify the role of ISWI in vivo, we examined defects in chromosome structure and gene expression resulting from the loss of Iswi function in Drosophila. Consistent with a broad role in transcriptional regulation, the expression of a large number of genes is altered in Iswi mutant larvae. The expression of a dominant-negative form of ISWI leads to dramatic alterations in higher-order chromatin structure, including the apparent decondensation of both mitotic and polytene chromosomes. The loss of ISWI function does not cause obvious defects in nucleosome assembly, but results in a significant reduction in the level of histone H1 associated with chromatin in vivo. These findings suggest that ISWI plays a global role in chromatin compaction in vivo by promoting the association of the linker histone H1 with chromatin.
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- Davide F. V Corona
- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America
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Cuesta I, Zaret KS, Santisteban P. The forkhead factor FoxE1 binds to the thyroperoxidase promoter during thyroid cell differentiation and modifies compacted chromatin structure. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 27:7302-14. [PMID: 17709379 PMCID: PMC2168900 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00758-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The Forkhead box (Fox) transcription factors play diverse roles in differentiation, development, hormone responsiveness, and aging. A pioneer activity of the Forkhead factors in developmental processes has been reported, but how this may apply to other contexts of Forkhead factor regulation remains unexplored. In this study, we address the pioneer activity of the thyroid-specific factor FoxE1 during thyroid differentiation. In response to hormone induction, FoxE1 binds to the compacted chromatin of the inactive thyroperoxidase (TPO) promoter, which coincides with the appearance of strong DNase I hypersensitivity at the FoxE1 binding site. In vitro, FoxE1 can bind to its site even when this is protected by a nucleosome, and it creates a local exposed domain specifically on H1-compacted TPO promoter-containing nucleosome arrays. Furthermore, nuclear factor 1 binds to the TPO promoter simultaneously with FoxE1, and this binding has an additive effect on FoxE1-mediated chromatin structure alteration. On the basis of our findings, we propose that FoxE1 is a pioneer factor whose primary mechanistic role in mediating the hormonal regulation of the TPO gene is to enable other regulatory factors to access the chromatin. The presented model extends the reported pioneer activity of the Forkhead factors to processes involved in hormone-induced differentiation.
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- Isabel Cuesta
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28029, Spain
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Genes of the human monocytic leukemia zinc-finger protein MOZ (HUGO symbol, MYST3) and its paralog MORF (MYST4) are rearranged in chromosome translocations associated with acute myeloid leukemia and/or benign uterine leiomyomata. Both proteins have intrinsic histone acetyltransferase activity and are components of quartet complexes with noncatalytic subunits containing the bromodomain, plant homeodomain-linked (PHD) finger and proline-tryptophan-tryptophan-proline (PWWP)-containing domain, three types of structural modules characteristic of chromatin regulators. Although leukemia-derived fusion proteins such as MOZ-TIF2 promote self-renewal of leukemic stem cells, recent studies indicate that murine MOZ and MORF are important for proper development of hematopoietic and neurogenic progenitors, respectively, thereby highlighting the importance of epigenetic integrity in safeguarding stem cell identity.
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- X-J Yang
- Molecular Oncology Group, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Center, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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