title: Controlling hematopoiesis through sumoylation-dependent regulation of a GATA factor.
abstract: GATA factors establish transcriptional networks that control fundamental developmental processes. Whereas the regulator of hematopoiesis GATA-1 is subject to multiple posttranslational modifications, how these modifications influence GATA-1 function at endogenous loci is unknown. We demonstrate that sumoylation of GATA-1 K137 promotes transcriptional activation only at target genes requiring the coregulator Friend of GATA-1 (FOG-1). A mutation of GATA-1 V205G that disrupts FOG-1 binding and K137 mutations yielded similar phenotypes, although sumoylation was FOG-1 independent, and FOG-1 binding did not require sumoylation. Both mutations dysregulated GATA-1 chromatin occupancy at select sites, FOG-1-dependent gene expression, and were rescued by tethering SUMO-1. While FOG-1- and SUMO-1-dependent genes migrated away from the nuclear periphery upon erythroid maturation, FOG-1- and SUMO-1-independent genes persisted at the periphery. These results illustrate a mechanism that controls trans-acting factor function in a locus-specific manner, and differentially regulated members of the target gene ensemble reside in distinct subnuclear compartments.
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research, Madison, 53705, USA.
authors.forename: Hsiang-Ying
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kirby D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: Meghan E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Boyer
authors.forename: Shin-Il
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Emery H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Bresnick
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002843:Chromatin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D050982:GATA1 Transcription Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006410:Hematopoiesis / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D009154:Mutation; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D025841:Small Ubiquitin-Related Modifier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin; D050982:GATA1 Transcription Factor; C494689:Gata1 protein, mouse; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D025841:Small Ubiquitin-Related Modifier Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C107310:Zfpm1 protein, mouse