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  1. Article ; Online: Functional Regulation of PPARs through Post-Translational Modifications.

    Brunmeir, Reinhard / Xu, Feng

    International journal of molecular sciences

    2018  Volume 19, Issue 6

    Abstract: Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) belong to the nuclear receptor superfamily and they are essential regulators of cell differentiation, tissue development, and energy metabolism. Given their central roles in sensing the cellular ... ...

    Abstract Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) belong to the nuclear receptor superfamily and they are essential regulators of cell differentiation, tissue development, and energy metabolism. Given their central roles in sensing the cellular metabolic state and controlling metabolic homeostasis, PPARs became important targets of drug development for the management of metabolic disorders. The function of PPARs is mainly regulated through ligand binding, which induces structural changes, further affecting the interactions with co-activators or co-repressors to stimulate or inhibit their functions. In addition, PPAR functions are also regulated by various Post-translational modifications (PTMs). These PTMs include phosphorylation, SUMOylation, ubiquitination, acetylation, and
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Humans ; PPAR alpha/genetics ; PPAR alpha/metabolism ; PPAR delta/genetics ; PPAR delta/metabolism ; PPAR gamma/genetics ; PPAR gamma/metabolism ; PPAR-beta/genetics ; PPAR-beta/metabolism ; Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors/genetics ; Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors/metabolism ; Protein Processing, Post-Translational/genetics ; Protein Processing, Post-Translational/physiology ; Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/genetics ; Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/metabolism
    Chemical Substances PPAR alpha ; PPAR delta ; PPAR gamma ; PPAR-beta ; Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors ; Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-06-12
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2019364-6
    ISSN 1422-0067 ; 1422-0067 ; 1661-6596
    ISSN (online) 1422-0067
    ISSN 1422-0067 ; 1661-6596
    DOI 10.3390/ijms19061738
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  2. Article ; Online: Functional Regulation of PPARs through Post-Translational Modifications

    Reinhard Brunmeir / Feng Xu

    International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 19, Iss 6, p

    2018  Volume 1738

    Abstract: Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) belong to the nuclear receptor superfamily and they are essential regulators of cell differentiation, tissue development, and energy metabolism. Given their central roles in sensing the cellular ... ...

    Abstract Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) belong to the nuclear receptor superfamily and they are essential regulators of cell differentiation, tissue development, and energy metabolism. Given their central roles in sensing the cellular metabolic state and controlling metabolic homeostasis, PPARs became important targets of drug development for the management of metabolic disorders. The function of PPARs is mainly regulated through ligand binding, which induces structural changes, further affecting the interactions with co-activators or co-repressors to stimulate or inhibit their functions. In addition, PPAR functions are also regulated by various Post-translational modifications (PTMs). These PTMs include phosphorylation, SUMOylation, ubiquitination, acetylation, and O-GlcNAcylation, which are found at numerous modification sites. The addition of these PTMs has a wide spectrum of consequences on protein stability, transactivation function, and co-factor interaction. Moreover, certain PTMs in PPAR proteins have been associated with the status of metabolic diseases. In this review, we summarize the PTMs found on the three PPAR isoforms PPARα, PPARβ/δ, and PPARγ, and their corresponding modifying enzymes. We also discuss the functional roles of these PTMs in regulating metabolic homeostasis and provide a perspective for future research in this intriguing field.
    Keywords nuclear receptors ; PPARα ; PPARγ ; PPARβ/δ ; post-translational modifications ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5 ; Chemistry ; QD1-999
    Subject code 570
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
    Document type Article ; Online
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  3. Article ; Online: Epigenetic dysregulation of eukaryotic initiation factor 3 subunit E (eIF3E) by lysine methyltransferase REIIBP confers a pro-inflammatory phenotype in t(4;14) myeloma.

    Chong, Phyllis S Y / Chooi, Jing Yuan / Lim, Sze Lynn Julia / Chung, Tae-Hoon / Brunmeir, Reinhard / Leow, Aaron Chung Yong / Toh, Sabrina Hui Min / Balan, Kalpnaa / Azaman, Muhamad Irfan Bin / Wu, Zhengwei / Subramaniam, Nagavidya / Vardy, Leah A / Chng, Wee-Joo

    Haematologica

    2023  

    Abstract: REIIBP is a lysine methyltransferase aberrantly expressed through alternative promoter usage of NSD2 locus in t(4;14)-translocated multiple myeloma (MM). Clinically, t(4;14) translocation is an adverse prognostic factor found in approximately 15% of MM ... ...

    Abstract REIIBP is a lysine methyltransferase aberrantly expressed through alternative promoter usage of NSD2 locus in t(4;14)-translocated multiple myeloma (MM). Clinically, t(4;14) translocation is an adverse prognostic factor found in approximately 15% of MM patients. The contribution of REIIBP relative to other NSD2 isoforms as a dependency gene in t(4;14)-translocated MM remains to be evaluated. Here, we demonstrated that despite homology with NSD2, REIIBP displayed distinct substrate specificity by preferentially catalyzing H3K4me3 and H3K27me3, with little activity on H3K36me2. Furthermore, REIIBP was regulated through microRNAs by EZH2 in a Dicer-dependent manner, exemplifying a role of REIIBP in SET-mediated H3K27me3. ChIP-sequencing revealed chromatin remodeling characterized by changes in genome-wide and loci-specific occupancy of these opposing histone marks, allowing a bidirectional regulation of its target genes. Transcriptomics indicated that REIIBP induced a pro-inflammatory gene signature through upregulation of TLR7, which in turn led to B-cell receptor (BCR)-independent activation of BTK and driving NFĸB-mediated production of cytokines such as IL-6. Activation of this pathway is targetable using Ibrutinib and partially mitigated bortezomib resistance in an REIIBP xenograft model. Mechanistically, REIIBP upregulated TLR7 through eIF3E, and this relied on eIF3E RNA-binding function instead of its canonical protein synthesis activity, as demonstrated by direct binding to the 3'UTR of TLR7 mRNA. Altogether, we provided a rationale that coexistence of different NSD2 isoforms induced diversified oncogenic programs that should be considered in the strategies for t(4;14)-targeted therapy.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-12-21
    Publishing country Italy
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2333-4
    ISSN 1592-8721 ; 0017-6567 ; 0390-6078
    ISSN (online) 1592-8721
    ISSN 0017-6567 ; 0390-6078
    DOI 10.3324/haematol.2023.283467
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  4. Article: Regulation of Thermogenic Adipocyte Differentiation and Adaptive Thermogenesis Through Histone Acetylation.

    Ong, Belinda X / Brunmeir, Reinhard / Zhang, Qiongyi / Peng, Xu / Idris, Muhammad / Liu, Chungang / Xu, Feng

    Frontiers in endocrinology

    2020  Volume 11, Page(s) 95

    Abstract: Over the past decade, the increasing prevalence of obesity and its associated metabolic disorders constitutes one of the most concerning healthcare issues for countries worldwide. In an effort to curb the increased mortality and morbidity derived from ... ...

    Abstract Over the past decade, the increasing prevalence of obesity and its associated metabolic disorders constitutes one of the most concerning healthcare issues for countries worldwide. In an effort to curb the increased mortality and morbidity derived from the obesity epidemic, various therapeutic strategies have been developed by researchers. In the recent years, advances in the field of adipocyte biology have revealed that the thermogenic adipose tissue holds great potential in ameliorating metabolic disorders. Additionally, epigenetic research has shed light on the effects of histone acetylation on adipogenesis and thermogenesis, thereby establishing the essential roles which histone acetyltransferases (HATs) and histone deacetylases (HDACs) play in metabolism and systemic energy homeostasis. In regard to the therapeutic potential of thermogenic adipocytes for the treatment of metabolic diseases, herein, we describe the current state of knowledge of the regulation of thermogenic adipocyte differentiation and adaptive thermogenesis through histone acetylation. Furthermore, we highlight how different HATs and HDACs maintain the epigenetic transcriptional network to mediate the pathogenesis of various metabolic comorbidities. Finally, we provide insights into recent advances of the potential therapeutic applications and development of HAT and HDAC inhibitors to alleviate these pathological conditions.
    MeSH term(s) Acetylation ; Adaptation, Physiological ; Adipocytes/cytology ; Adipocytes/physiology ; Adipogenesis ; Animals ; Cell Differentiation ; Histones/chemistry ; Humans ; Thermogenesis
    Chemical Substances Histones
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-02-27
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2592084-4
    ISSN 1664-2392
    ISSN 1664-2392
    DOI 10.3389/fendo.2020.00095
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  5. Article ; Online: SIRT1 Interacts with and Deacetylates ATP6V1B2 in Mature Adipocytes.

    Kim, Sun-Yee / Zhang, Qiongyi / Brunmeir, Reinhard / Han, Weiping / Xu, Feng

    PloS one

    2015  Volume 10, Issue 7, Page(s) e0133448

    Abstract: SIRT1 plays a key role in maintaining metabolic homeostasis in mammals by directly modulating the activities of various transcription factors and metabolic enzymes through lysine deacetylation. White adipose tissue plays a key role in lipid storage and ... ...

    Abstract SIRT1 plays a key role in maintaining metabolic homeostasis in mammals by directly modulating the activities of various transcription factors and metabolic enzymes through lysine deacetylation. White adipose tissue plays a key role in lipid storage and metabolism. To identify novel molecular targets of SIRT1 in fat cells, we used a non-biased proteomic approach. We identified a number of proteins whose acetylation status was significantly affected by SIRT1 modulator treatment in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Among them, ATP6V1B2, a subunit of the vacuolar (H+)-ATPase, was further shown to be associated with SIRT1 by co-immunoprecipitation assay. Moreover, SIRT1 deacetylates ATP6V1B2 in vitro and in vivo. Taken together, our study demonstrates that ATP6V1B2 is a molecular target of SIRT1 in fat cells and the role of SIRT1 and ATP6V1B2 acetylation in the vacuolar (H+)-ATPase function warrants further investigation.
    MeSH term(s) 3T3-L1 Cells ; Acetylation ; Adipocytes/cytology ; Adipocytes/metabolism ; Animals ; Cell Differentiation ; HEK293 Cells ; Humans ; Mice ; Protein Binding ; Proteomics ; Sirtuin 1/metabolism ; Vacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Sirtuin 1 (EC 3.5.1.-) ; ATP6V1B2 protein, mouse (EC 3.6.1.-) ; Vacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases (EC 3.6.1.-)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ISSN 1932-6203
    ISSN (online) 1932-6203
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0133448
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  6. Article ; Online: Histone deacetylase HDAC1/HDAC2-controlled embryonic development and cell differentiation.

    Brunmeir, Reinhard / Lagger, Sabine / Seiser, Christian

    The International journal of developmental biology

    2009  Volume 53, Issue 2-3, Page(s) 275–289

    Abstract: During development from the fertilized egg to a multicellular organism, cell fate decisions have to be taken and cell lineage or tissue-specific gene expression patterns are created and maintained. These alterations in gene expression occur in the ... ...

    Abstract During development from the fertilized egg to a multicellular organism, cell fate decisions have to be taken and cell lineage or tissue-specific gene expression patterns are created and maintained. These alterations in gene expression occur in the context of chromatin structure and are controlled by chromatin modifying enzymes. Gene disruption studies in different genetic systems have shown an essential role of various histone deacetylases (HDACs) during early development and cellular differentiation. In this review, we focus on the functions of the class I enzymes HDAC1 and HDAC2 during development in different organisms and summarise the current knowledge about their involvement in neurogenesis, myogenesis, haematopoiesis and epithelial cell differentiation.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Cell Differentiation/genetics ; Cell Differentiation/physiology ; Embryonic Development/genetics ; Embryonic Development/physiology ; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental ; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic ; Histone Deacetylase 1 ; Histone Deacetylase 2 ; Histone Deacetylases/classification ; Histone Deacetylases/genetics ; Histone Deacetylases/metabolism ; Mice ; Models, Biological ; Phylogeny ; Repressor Proteins/classification ; Repressor Proteins/genetics ; Repressor Proteins/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Repressor Proteins ; Hdac1 protein, mouse (EC 3.5.1.98) ; Hdac2 protein, mouse (EC 3.5.1.98) ; Histone Deacetylase 1 (EC 3.5.1.98) ; Histone Deacetylase 2 (EC 3.5.1.98) ; Histone Deacetylases (EC 3.5.1.98)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2009
    Publishing country Spain
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ZDB-ID 1036070-0
    ISSN 1696-3547 ; 0214-6282
    ISSN (online) 1696-3547
    ISSN 0214-6282
    DOI 10.1387/ijdb.082649rb
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  7. Article ; Online: Comparative Transcriptomic and Epigenomic Analyses Reveal New Regulators of Murine Brown Adipogenesis.

    Brunmeir, Reinhard / Wu, Jingyi / Peng, Xu / Kim, Sun-Yee / Julien, Sofi G / Zhang, Qiongyi / Xie, Wei / Xu, Feng

    PLoS genetics

    2016  Volume 12, Issue 12, Page(s) e1006474

    Abstract: Increasing energy expenditure through brown adipocyte recruitment is a promising approach to combat obesity. We report here the comprehensive profiling of the epigenome and transcriptome throughout the lineage commitment and differentiation of C3H10T1/2 ... ...

    Abstract Increasing energy expenditure through brown adipocyte recruitment is a promising approach to combat obesity. We report here the comprehensive profiling of the epigenome and transcriptome throughout the lineage commitment and differentiation of C3H10T1/2 mesenchymal stem cell line into brown adipocytes. Through direct comparison to datasets from differentiating white adipocytes, we systematically identify stage- and lineage-specific coding genes, lncRNAs and microRNAs. Utilizing chromatin state maps, we also define stage- and lineage-specific enhancers, including super-enhancers, and their associated transcription factor binding motifs and genes. Through these analyses, we found that in brown adipocytes, brown lineage-specific genes are pre-marked by both H3K4me1 and H3K27me3, and the removal of H3K27me3 at the late stage is necessary but not sufficient to promote brown gene expression, while the pre-deposition of H3K4me1 plays an essential role in poising the brown genes for expression in mature brown cells. Moreover, we identify SOX13 as part of a p38 MAPK dependent transcriptional response mediating early brown cell lineage commitment. We also identify and subsequently validate PIM1, SIX1 and RREB1 as novel regulators promoting brown adipogenesis. Finally, we show that SIX1 binds to adipogenic and brown marker genes and interacts with C/EBPα, C/EBPβ and EBF2, suggesting their functional cooperation during adipogenesis.
    MeSH term(s) Adipogenesis/genetics ; Adipose Tissue, Brown/growth & development ; Adipose Tissue, Brown/metabolism ; Animals ; Autoantigens/genetics ; Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors/biosynthesis ; Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors/genetics ; CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-beta/biosynthesis ; CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-beta/genetics ; CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-beta/metabolism ; CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins/biosynthesis ; CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins/genetics ; CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins/metabolism ; Cell Differentiation/genetics ; Cell Lineage/genetics ; DNA-Binding Proteins/biosynthesis ; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics ; Energy Metabolism/genetics ; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental ; Homeodomain Proteins/genetics ; Homeodomain Proteins/metabolism ; Mesenchymal Stromal Cells ; Mice ; Obesity/genetics ; Obesity/metabolism ; Obesity/pathology ; RNA, Long Noncoding/biosynthesis ; Transcription Factors/biosynthesis ; Transcription Factors/genetics ; Transcriptome/genetics
    Chemical Substances Autoantigens ; Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors ; CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-beta ; CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins ; CEBPA protein, mouse ; Cebpb protein, mouse ; DNA-Binding Proteins ; Ebf2 protein, mouse ; Homeodomain Proteins ; RNA, Long Noncoding ; Rreb1 protein, mouse ; Six1 protein, mouse ; Sox13 protein, mouse ; Transcription Factors
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-12
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2186725-2
    ISSN 1553-7404 ; 1553-7390
    ISSN (online) 1553-7404
    ISSN 1553-7390
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006474
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  8. Article ; Online: SIRT1 Interacts with and Deacetylates ATP6V1B2 in Mature Adipocytes.

    Sun-Yee Kim / Qiongyi Zhang / Reinhard Brunmeir / Weiping Han / Feng Xu

    PLoS ONE, Vol 10, Iss 7, p e

    2015  Volume 0133448

    Abstract: SIRT1 plays a key role in maintaining metabolic homeostasis in mammals by directly modulating the activities of various transcription factors and metabolic enzymes through lysine deacetylation. White adipose tissue plays a key role in lipid storage and ... ...

    Abstract SIRT1 plays a key role in maintaining metabolic homeostasis in mammals by directly modulating the activities of various transcription factors and metabolic enzymes through lysine deacetylation. White adipose tissue plays a key role in lipid storage and metabolism. To identify novel molecular targets of SIRT1 in fat cells, we used a non-biased proteomic approach. We identified a number of proteins whose acetylation status was significantly affected by SIRT1 modulator treatment in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Among them, ATP6V1B2, a subunit of the vacuolar (H+)-ATPase, was further shown to be associated with SIRT1 by co-immunoprecipitation assay. Moreover, SIRT1 deacetylates ATP6V1B2 in vitro and in vivo. Taken together, our study demonstrates that ATP6V1B2 is a molecular target of SIRT1 in fat cells and the role of SIRT1 and ATP6V1B2 acetylation in the vacuolar (H+)-ATPase function warrants further investigation.
    Keywords Medicine ; R ; Science ; Q
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
    Document type Article ; Online
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  9. Article ; Online: Dose imbalance of DYRK1A kinase causes systemic progeroid status in Down syndrome by increasing the un-repaired DNA damage and reducing LaminB1 levels.

    Murray, Aoife / Gough, Gillian / Cindrić, Ana / Vučković, Frano / Koschut, David / Borelli, Vincenzo / Petrović, Dražen J / Bekavac, Ana / Plećaš, Ante / Hribljan, Valentina / Brunmeir, Reinhard / Jurić, Julija / Pučić-Baković, Maja / Slana, Anita / Deriš, Helena / Frkatović, Azra / Groet, Jűrgen / O'Brien, Niamh L / Chen, Hong Yu /
    Yeap, Yee Jie / Delom, Frederic / Havlicek, Steven / Gammon, Luke / Hamburg, Sarah / Startin, Carla / D'Souza, Hana / Mitrečić, Dinko / Kero, Mijana / Odak, Ljubica / Krušlin, Božo / Krsnik, Željka / Kostović, Ivica / Foo, Jia Nee / Loh, Yuin-Han / Dunn, Norris Ray / de la Luna, Susana / Spector, Tim / Barišić, Ingeborg / Thomas, Michael S C / Strydom, Andre / Franceschi, Claudio / Lauc, Gordan / Krištić, Jasminka / Alić, Ivan / Nižetić, Dean

    EBioMedicine

    2023  Volume 94, Page(s) 104692

    Abstract: Background: People with Down syndrome (DS) show clinical signs of accelerated ageing. Causative mechanisms remain unknown and hypotheses range from the (essentially untreatable) amplified-chromosomal-instability explanation, to potential actions of ... ...

    Abstract Background: People with Down syndrome (DS) show clinical signs of accelerated ageing. Causative mechanisms remain unknown and hypotheses range from the (essentially untreatable) amplified-chromosomal-instability explanation, to potential actions of individual supernumerary chromosome-21 genes. The latter explanation could open a route to therapeutic amelioration if the specific over-acting genes could be identified and their action toned-down.
    Methods: Biological age was estimated through patterns of sugar molecules attached to plasma immunoglobulin-G (IgG-glycans, an established "biological-ageing-clock") in n = 246 individuals with DS from three European populations, clinically characterised for the presence of co-morbidities, and compared to n = 256 age-, sex- and demography-matched healthy controls. Isogenic human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSCs) models of full and partial trisomy-21 with CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing and two kinase inhibitors were studied prior and after differentiation to cerebral organoids.
    Findings: Biological age in adults with DS is (on average) 18.4-19.1 years older than in chronological-age-matched controls independent of co-morbidities, and this shift remains constant throughout lifespan. Changes are detectable from early childhood, and do not require a supernumerary chromosome, but are seen in segmental duplication of only 31 genes, along with increased DNA damage and decreased levels of LaminB1 in nucleated blood cells. We demonstrate that these cell-autonomous phenotypes can be gene-dose-modelled and pharmacologically corrected in hiPSCs and derived cerebral organoids. Using isogenic hiPSC models we show that chromosome-21 gene DYRK1A overdose is sufficient and necessary to cause excess unrepaired DNA damage.
    Interpretation: Explanation of hitherto observed accelerated ageing in DS as a developmental progeroid syndrome driven by DYRK1A overdose provides a target for early pharmacological preventative intervention strategies.
    Funding: Main funding came from the "Research Cooperability" Program of the Croatian Science Foundation funded by the European Union from the European Social Fund under the Operational Programme Efficient Human Resources 2014-2020, Project PZS-2019-02-4277, and the Wellcome Trust Grants 098330/Z/12/Z and 217199/Z/19/Z (UK). All other funding is described in details in the "Acknowledgements".
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Humans ; Aging ; Cell Differentiation ; Down Syndrome/genetics ; Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells ; Dyrk Kinases
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-07-12
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2851331-9
    ISSN 2352-3964
    ISSN (online) 2352-3964
    DOI 10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104692
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  10. Article ; Online: Dynamic and distinct histone modifications modulate the expression of key adipogenesis regulatory genes.

    Zhang, Qiongyi / Ramlee, Muhammad Khairul / Brunmeir, Reinhard / Villanueva, Claudio J / Halperin, Daniel / Xu, Feng

    Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.)

    2012  Volume 11, Issue 23, Page(s) 4310–4322

    Abstract: Histone modifications and their modifying enzymes are fundamentally involved in the epigenetic regulation of adipogenesis. This study aimed to define the roles of various histone modifications and their "division of labor" in fat cell differentiation. To ...

    Abstract Histone modifications and their modifying enzymes are fundamentally involved in the epigenetic regulation of adipogenesis. This study aimed to define the roles of various histone modifications and their "division of labor" in fat cell differentiation. To achieve these goals, we examined the distribution patterns of eight core histone modifications at five key adipogenic regulatory genes, Pref-1, C/EBPβ, C/EBPα, PPARγ2 and aP2, during the adipogenesis of C3H 10T1/2 mouse mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and 3T3-L1 preadipocytes. We found that the examined histone modifications are globally stable throughout adipogenesis but show distinct and highly dynamic distribution patterns at specific genes. For example, the Pref-1 gene has lower levels of active chromatin markers and significantly higher H3 K27 tri-methylation in MSCs compared with committed preadipocytes; the C/EBPβ gene is enriched in active chromatin markers at its 3'-UTR; the C/EBPα gene is predominantly marked by H3 K27 tri-methylation in adipogenic precursor cells, and this repressive marker decreases dramatically upon induction; the PPARγ2 and aP2 genes show increased histone acetylation on both H3 and H4 tails during adipogenesis. Further functional studies revealed that the decreased level of H3 K27 tri-methylation leads to de-repression of Pref-1 gene, while the increased level of histone acetylation activates the transcription of PPARγ2 and aP2 genes. Moreover, the active histone modification-marked 3'-UTR of C/EBPβ gene was demonstrated as a strong enhancer element by luciferase assay. Our results indicate that histone modifications are gene-specific at adipogenic regulator genes, and they play distinct roles in regulating the transcriptional network during adipogenesis.
    MeSH term(s) 3' Untranslated Regions ; 3T3-L1 Cells ; Acetylation ; Adipocytes/cytology ; Adipocytes/metabolism ; Adipogenesis/genetics ; Animals ; CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-alpha/genetics ; CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-alpha/metabolism ; CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-beta/genetics ; CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-beta/metabolism ; Calcium-Binding Proteins ; Cell Line ; Epigenesis, Genetic ; Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins/genetics ; Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins/metabolism ; Histones/metabolism ; Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/genetics ; Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism ; Mesenchymal Stem Cells/cytology ; Mesenchymal Stem Cells/metabolism ; Methylation ; Mice ; PPAR gamma/genetics ; PPAR gamma/metabolism
    Chemical Substances 3' Untranslated Regions ; CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-alpha ; CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-beta ; Calcium-Binding Proteins ; Dlk1 protein, mouse ; Fabp4 protein, mouse ; Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins ; Histones ; Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins ; PPAR gamma
    Language English
    Publishing date 2012-10-19
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2146183-1
    ISSN 1551-4005 ; 1538-4101 ; 1554-8627
    ISSN (online) 1551-4005
    ISSN 1538-4101 ; 1554-8627
    DOI 10.4161/cc.22224
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