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- Gréen, Anna, 1943-, et al.
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Histone H1 Dephosphorylation Is Not a General Feature in Early Apoptosis
- 2008
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Ingår i: Biochemistry. - : ACS Publications. - 0006-2960 .- 1520-4995. ; 47, s. 7539-7547
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Histone H1 is a family of nucleosomal proteins that exist in a number of subtypes. These subtypes can be modified after translation in various ways, above all by phosphorylation. Increasing levels of H1 phosphorylation has been correlated with cell cycle progression, while both phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of histone H1 have been linked to the apoptotic process. Such conflicting results may depend on which various apoptosis-inducing agents cause apoptosis via different apoptotic pathways and often interfere with cell proliferation. Therefore, we investigated the relation between apoptosis and H1 phosphorylation in Jurkat cells after apoptosis induction via both the extrinsic and intrinsic pathways and by taking cell cycle effects into account. After apoptosis induction by anti-Fas, no significant dephosphorylation, as measured by capillary electrophoresis, or cell cycle-specific effects were detected. In contrast, H1 subtypes were rapidly dephosphorylated when apoptosis was induced by camptothecin. We conclude that histone H1 dephosphorylation is not connected to apoptosis in general but may be coupled to apoptosis by the intrinsic pathway or to concomitant growth inhibitory signaling.
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- Koutzamani, Elisavet, 1973-
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Chromatin, histones, and epigenetic tags
- 2006
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The fundamental building blocks of chromatin are the nucleosomes. Each such unit is composed of about 200 bp of DNA, the well-conserved core histones (H2A, H2B, H3 and H4) and a linker histone (H1). The DNA is wound around two dimers of H2A–H2B and a tetramer comprising two molecules each of H3 and H4, and there is approximately one linker histone molecule positioned on the exterior of the DNA–protein octamer complex. The nucleosome directs the various structural transitions in chromatin that are needed for proper transcriptional regulation during differentiation and development of the organism in question. The gene activity can be regulated by different histone variants, DNA–protein interactions, and protein–protein interactions, all of which are influenced by the enormous amounts of post-translational modifications that occur in the histone tails. The research underlying this thesis focused on different aspects of post-translational modifications during aging, differentiation, and progression of the cell cycle, and also on expression of linker histone variants and linker histone-chromatin interactions in a variety of cells and tissues.The present results are the first to show that H4 can be trimethylated at lysine 20 in mammalian cells. The trimethylated H4K20 was found in rat kidney and liver at levels that rose with increasing age of the nimals, and it was also detected in trace amounts in human cell lines. Furthermore, in differentiating MEL cells, trimethylated H4K20 was localized to heterochromatin, and levels of trimethylated H4K20 increased during the course of cell differentiation and were correlated with the increasing compaction of the chromatin.The chromatin of terminally differentiated chicken and frog erythrocytes is highly condensed, and the linker histone variants it contains vary between the two species. Cytofluorometric analyses revealed that the linker histones in the chicken erythrocytes exhibited higher affinity for chromatin than did those in the frog erythrocytes. Characterization of the H1° in frog erythrocytes proved it to be the H1°-2 subvariant. Other experiments demonstrated that normal human B lymphocytes expressed the linker histone variants H1.2, H1.3, H1.4, and H1.5, and that B cells from patients with B-CLL expressed the same variants although in different amounts. The most striking dissimilarity was that amounts of H1.3 in the cells were decreased or undetectable in some samples. Sequencing did not discern any defects in the H1.3 gene, and thus the absence of H1.3 is probably regulated at the post-translational level. It was also observed that the levels of linker histone phosphorylation in EBV-transformed B lymphocytes were already increased in the G1 phase of the cell cycle, which is earlier than previously thought. This increase in phosphorylation is probably responsible for the lower affinity of linker histones for chromatin in EBV-transformed cells in the G1 phase of the cell cycle.
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- Koutzamani, Elisavet, et al.
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Linker histone subtype composition and affinity for chromatin in situ in nucleated mature erythrocytes
- 2002
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Ingår i: Journal of Biological Chemistry. - 0021-9258. ; 277:47, s. 44688-44694
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The replacement linker histones H10 and H5 are present in frog and chicken erythrocytes, respectively, and their accumulation coincides with cessation of proliferation and compaction of chromatin. These cells have been analyzed for the affinity of linker histones for chromatin with cytochemical and biochemical methods. Our results show a stronger association between linker histones and chromatin in chicken erythrocyte nuclei than in frog erythrocyte nuclei. Analyses of linker histones from chicken erythrocytes using capillary electrophoresis showed H5 to be the subtype strongest associated with chromatin. The corresponding analyses of frog erythrocyte linker histones using reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography showed that H10 dissociated from chromatin at somewhat higher ionic strength than the three additional subtypes present in frog blood but at lower ionic strength than chicken H5. Which of the two H10 variants in frog is expressed in erythrocytes has thus far been unknown. Amino acid sequencing showed that H10-2 is the only H10 subtype present in frog erythrocytes and that it is 100% acetylated at its N termini. In conclusion, our results show differences between frog and chicken linker histone affinity for chromatin probably caused by the specific subtype composition present in each cell type. Our data also indicate a lack of correlation between linker histone affinity and chromatin condensation.
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- Sarg, Bettina, et al.
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Histone H4 hyperacetylation precludes histone H4 lysine 20 trimethylation
- 2004
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Ingår i: Journal of Biological Chemistry. - 0021-9258. ; 279:51, s. 53458-53464
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Posttranslational modification of histones is a common means of regulating chromatin structure and thus diverse nuclear processes. Using a hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatographic separation method in combination with mass spectrometric analysis, the present study investigated the alterations in histone H4 methylation/acetylation status and the interplay between H4 methylation and acetylation during in vitro differentiation of mouse erythroleukemia cells and how these modifications affect the chromatin structure. Independently of the type of inducer used (dimethyl sulfoxide, hexamethylenebisacetamide, butyrate, and trichostatin A), we observed a strong increase in non- and monoacetylated H4 lysine 20 (H4-Lys20) trimethylation. An increase in H4-Lys20 trimethylation, however, to a clearly lesser extent, was also found when cells accumulated in the stationary phase. Since we show that trimethylated H4-Lys20 is localized to heterochromatin, the increase in H4-Lys20 trimethylation observed indicates an accumulation of chromatin-dense and transcriptionally silent regions during differentiation and during the accumulation of control cells in the stationary phase, respectively. When using the deacetylase inhibitors butyrate or trichostatin A, we found that H4 hyperacetylation prevents H4-Lys20 trimethylation, but not mono- or dimethylation, and that the nonacetylated unmethylated H4-Lys20 is therefore the most suitable substrate for H4-Lys20 trimethylase. Summarizing, histone H4-Lys20 hypotrimethylation correlates with H4 hyperacetylation and H4-Lys20 hypertrimethylation correlates with H4 hypoacetylation. The results provide a model for how transcriptionally active euchromatin might be converted to the compacted, transcriptionally silent heterochromatin.
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- Sarg, Bettina, et al.
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Postsynthetic trimethylation of histone H4 at lysine 20 in mammalian tissues is associated with aging
- 2002
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Ingår i: Journal of Biological Chemistry. - 0021-9258. ; 277:42, s. 39195-39201
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Methylation of the N-terminal region of histones was first described more than 35 years ago, but its biological significance has remained unclear. Proposed functions range from transcriptional regulation to the higher order packing of chromatin in progress of mitotic condensation. Primarily because of the recent discovery of the SET domain-depending H3-specific histone methyltransferases SUV39H1 and Suv39h1, which selectively methylate lysine 9 of the H3 N terminus, this posttranslational modification has regained scientific interest. In the past, investigations concerning the biological significance of histone methylation were largely limited because of a lack of simple and sensitive analytical procedures for detecting this modification. The present work investigated the methylation pattern of histone H4 both in different mammalian organs of various ages and in cell lines by applying mass spectrometric analysis and a newly developed hydrophilic-interaction liquid chromatographic method enabling the simultaneous separation of methylated and acetylated forms, which obviates the need to work with radioactive materials. In rat kidney and liver the dimethylated lysine 20 was found to be the main methylation product, whereas the monomethyl derivative was present in much smaller amounts. In addition, for the first time a trimethylated form of lysine 20 of H4 was found in mammalian tissue. A significant increase in this trimethylated histone H4 was detected in organs of animals older than 30 days, whereas the amounts of mono- and dimethylated forms did not essentially change in organs from young (10 days old) or old animals (30 and 450 days old). Trimethylated H4 was also detected in transformed cells; although it was present in only trace amounts in logarithmically growing cells, we found an increase in trimethylated lysine 20 in cells in the stationary phase.
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