Formation of a large, complex domain of histone hyperacetylation at human 14q32.1 requires the serpin locus control region

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Baxter, EW [1 ]
Cummings, WJ [1 ]
Fournier, REK [1 ]
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[1] Fred Hutchinson Canc Res Ctr, Div Basic Sci, Seattle, WA 98109 USA
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10.1093/nar/gki645
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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The human serine protease inhibitor (serpin) gene cluster at 14q32.1 is a useful model system to study cell-type-specific gene expression and chromatin structure. Activation of the serpin locus can be induced in vitro by transferring human chromosome 14 from non-expressing to expressing cells. Serpin gene activation in expressing cells is correlated with locus-wide alterations in chromatin structure, including the de novo formation of 17 expression-associated DNase I-hypersensitive sites (DHSs). In this study, we investigated histone acetylation throughout the proximal serpin subcluster. We report that gene activation is correlated with high levels of histone H3 and H4 acetylation at serpin gene promoters and other regulatory regions. However, the locus is not uniformly hyperacetylated, as there are regions of hypoacetylation between genes. Furthermore, genetic tests indicate that locus-wide controls regulate both gene expression and chromatin structure. For example, deletion of a previously identified serpin locus control region (LCR) upstream of the proximal subcluster reduces both gene expression and histone acetylation throughout the similar to 130 kb region. A similar down regulation phenotype is displayed by transactivator-deficient cell variants, but this phenotype can be rescued by transfecting the cells with expression cassettes encoding hepatocyte nuclear factor-1 alpha (HNF-1 alpha) or HNF-4. Taken together, these results suggest that histone acetylation depends on interactions between the HNF-1 alpha/HNF-4 signaling cascade and the serpin LCR.
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