Retinoic acid modulates chromatin to potentiate tumor necrosis factor alpha signaling on the DIF2 promoter.
Transcriptional activation by nuclear hormone receptors is well characterized, but their cooperation with other signaling pathways to activate transcription remains poorly understood. Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) and all-trans retinoic acid (RA) induce monocytic differentiation of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) cells in a synergistic manner. We used the promoter of DIF2, a gene involved in monocytic differentiation, to model the mechanism underlying the cooperative induction of target genes by RA and TNFalpha. We show a functional RA response element in the DIF2 promoter, which is constitutively bound by PML/RARalpha in APL cells. RA stimulates release of corepressors and recruitment of chromatin modifying proteins and additional transcription factors to the promoter, but these changes cause only a modest induction of DIF2 mRNA. Co-stimulation with RA plus TNFalpha facilitates binding of NF-kappaB to the promoter, which is crucial for full induction of transcription. Furthermore, RA plus TNFalpha greatly enhanced the level of RNA Pol II phosphorylation on the DIF2 promoter, via synergistic recruitment of TFIIH. We propose that RA mediates remodeling of chromatin to facilitate binding of transcription factors, which cooperate to enhance Pol II phosphorylation, providing a mechanism whereby nuclear receptors interact with other signaling pathways on the level of transcription.
Witcher
Michael
M
Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Segal Cancer Centre of the SMBD Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal H3T1E2, Quebec, Canada.
Pettersson
Filippa
F
Dupéré-Richer
Daphne
D
Padovani
Alessandra
A
Summers-Deluca
Leslie
L
Baldwin
Albert S
AS
Miller
Wilson H
WH
D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002460:Cell Line; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D002843:Chromatin / Q000187:drug effects; D042002:Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly; D004357:Drug Synergism; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012319:RNA Polymerase II / Q000378:metabolism; D020218:Response Elements; D015398:Signal Transduction; D051996:Transcription Factor RelA / Q000378:metabolism; D051758:Transcription Factor TFIIH / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020298:U937 Cells
D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D002843:Chromatin; C099815:IER3 protein, human; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D016328:NF-kappa B; D051996:Transcription Factor RelA; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D051758:Transcription Factor TFIIH; D014212:Tretinoin; D012319:RNA Polymerase II