title: Cascade of distinct histone modifications during collagenase gene activation.
abstract: Gene activation in eukaryotes requires chromatin remodeling, in part via histone modifications. To study the events at the promoter of a mitogen-inducible gene, we examined the induction of expression of the collagenase gene. It has been established that the collagenase gene can be activated by c-Jun and c-Fos and that the transcriptional coactivator p300 is involved in the activation. As expected, we found histone acetyltransferase activity at the collagenase promoter during activation. Interestingly, we also found histone methyltransferase and kinase activity. Strikingly, the first modification observed is methylation of histone H3 lysine 4, which correlates with the binding of the SET9 methyltransferase and the assembly of a complex consisting of c-Jun, c-Fos, TATA binding protein, and RNA polymerase II. The assembly of the preinitiation complex also shows an ordered binding of the acetyltransferase p300, the RSK2 kinase, and the SWI/SNF component Brg-1. Our results suggest that collagenase gene activation involves a dynamic recruitment of different factors and that in addition to acetylation, histone H3 lysine 4 di- and trimethylation and histone H3 serine 10 phosphorylation are important steps in the activation of this gene.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Joost H A
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Martens
authors.forename: Matty
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Verlaan
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kalkhoven
authors.forename: Alt
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zantema
mesh_terms: D000123:Acetyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002843:Chromatin / Q000378:metabolism; D017364:Collagenases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D004265:DNA Helicases; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D051548:Histone Acetyltransferases; D000076983:Histone Methyltransferases; D011495:Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase; D006657:Histones / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008239:Lysine / Q000378:metabolism; D008745:Methylation; D008780:Methyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D008957:Models, Genetic; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011485:Protein Binding; D011496:Protein Methyltransferases; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / Q000378:metabolism; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun / Q000378:metabolism; D012319:RNA Polymerase II / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D038744:Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 90-kDa / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin; D006657:Histones; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors; D004247:DNA; D000076983:Histone Methyltransferases; D008780:Methyltransferases; D011496:Protein Methyltransferases; D011495:Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase; C540312:SETD7 protein, human; D000123:Acetyltransferases; D051548:Histone Acetyltransferases; D038744:Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 90-kDa; C069330:ribosomal protein S6 kinase, 90kDa, polypeptide 3; D012319:RNA Polymerase II; D017364:Collagenases; C084108:SMARCA4 protein, human; D004265:DNA Helicases; D008239:Lysine