GSE200580
Chromatin opening by p53 is confined by Trim24 in a histone methylation-dependent manner [ChIP-seq]
Chromatin modifications are thought to provide additional context dependence for sequence-based gene activation. Binding sites of the transcription factor (TF) and important tumor suppressor p53 are unusually diverse with regards to their chromatin accessibility and histone modifications, suggesting different modes of binding. Here, we show that the ability of p53 to open chromatin and activate its target genes upon DNA damage is locally restricted by its cofactor Trim24. The histone-binding domains of Trim24 limit the role of p53 at closed chromatin but not at accessible chromatin where Trim24 is blocked by histone 3 methylation at lysine 4. In turn p53 regulates gene expression as a function of the naïve chromatin state prior to activation.   These findings establish a set of p53 response genes in closed chromatin that are Trim24-regulated and illustrate how histone modification sensing cofactors bridge local chromatin state and TF potency. Overall design: Examination of p53 and Trim24 function in cell lines including mouse embryonic stem cells. Includes p53 ChIPseq in WT mouse ESCs in untreated/p53activated conditions (duplicates), p53 ChIPseq in DNMT-triple KO and parental line mouse ESCs (triplicates), p53 ChIPseq in Trim24-degron tagged mouse ESC lines under Trim24degraded/untreated/p53activated/p53activated;Trim24degraded conditions (duplicates), p53 ChIPseq in p53-degron tagged mouse ESC lines under p53untreated/p53-activated conditions (duplicates), p53 ChIPseq human HMEC cells in untreated/p53activated conditions. Includes Trim24 ChIPseq in WT mouse ESCs in untreated/p53activated conditions (duplicates), Trim24 ChIPseq in p53-degron tagged mouse ESC lines under p53degraded/untreated conditions (duplicates). Includes addback-FlagNLS-Tagged-mutant Trim24 ChIPseq in Trim24-KO mouse ESCs for WT-Trim24/Nterminal-Trim24/Ndeletion-Trim24/PHDmutant-Trim24/ING1-PHDmutant-Trim24/TAF3-PHDmutant-Trim24 in p53-activated conditions (duplicates). Includes H3K23ac ChIPseq in WT mouse ESCs (duplicates). Includes H3K27ac ChIPseq in p53-degron tagged mouse ESC lines under p53degraded/p53untreated/p53-activated conditions (duplicates). Also includes matched IgG ChIPseq control datasets (duplicates) in all cases.  All conditions to activate p53 or degrade degron tagged alleles performed for 4 hours.