title: Transcription and replication result in distinct epigenetic marks following repression of early gene expression.
abstract: Simian virus 40 (SV40) early transcription is repressed when the product of early transcription, T-antigen, binds to its cognate regulatory sequence, Site I, in the promoter of the SV40 minichromosome. Because SV40 minichromosomes undergo replication and transcription potentially repression could occur during active transcription or during DNA replication. Since repression is frequently epigenetically marked by the introduction of specific forms of methylated histone H3, we characterized the methylation of H3 tails during transcription and replication in wild-type SV40 minichromosomes and mutant minichromosomes which did not repress T-antigen expression. While repressed minichromosomes following replication were clearly marked with H3K9me1 and H3K4me1, minichromosomes repressed during early transcription were not similarly marked. Instead repression of early transcription was marked by a significant reduction in the level of H3K9me2. The replication dependent introduction of H3K9me1 and H3K4me1 into wild-type SV40 minichromosomes was also observed when replication was inhibited with aphidicolin. The results indicate that the histone modifications associated with repression can differ significantly depending upon whether the chromatin being repressed is undergoing transcription or replication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences Grand Forks, ND, USA.
authors.forename: Les
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kallestad
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Woods
authors.forename: Kendra
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gefroh
authors.forename: Lata
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Balakrishnan
authors.forename: Barry
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Milavetz
keywords: H3K4; H3K9; replication; simian virus 40; transcription; viral epigenetics
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