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Mol Cell Biol ; 19(9): 5847-60, 1999 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10454532

ABSTRACT

We investigated the protein associations and enzymatic requirements for the Xenopus histone deacetylase catalytic subunit RPD3 to direct transcriptional repression in Xenopus oocytes. Endogenous Xenopus RPD3 is present in nuclear and cytoplasmic pools, whereas RbAp48 and SIN3 are predominantly nuclear. We cloned Xenopus RbAp48 and SIN3 and show that expression of RPD3, but not RbAp48 or SIN3, leads to an increase in nuclear and cytoplasmic histone deacetylase activity and transcriptional repression of the TRbetaA promoter. This repression requires deacetylase activity and nuclear import of RPD3 mediated by a carboxy-terminal nuclear localization signal. Exogenous RPD3 is not incorporated into previously described oocyte deacetylase and ATPase complexes but cofractionates with a component of the endogenous RbAp48 in the oocyte nucleus. We show that RPD3 associates with RbAp48 through N- and C-terminal contacts and that RbAp48 also interacts with SIN3. Xenopus RbAp48 selectively binds to the segment of the N-terminal tail immediately proximal to the histone fold domain of histone H4 in vivo. Exogenous RPD3 may be targeted to histones through interaction with endogenous RbAp48 to direct transcriptional repression of the Xenopus TRbetaA promoter in the oocyte nucleus. However, the exogenous RPD3 deacetylase functions to repress transcription in the absence of a requirement for association with SIN3 or other targeted corepressors.


Subject(s)
Carrier Proteins/metabolism , Histone Deacetylases/metabolism , Histones/metabolism , Nuclear Proteins/metabolism , Repressor Proteins , Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins , Transcription Factors/metabolism , Amino Acid Sequence , Animals , Base Sequence , Carrier Proteins/genetics , Cell Nucleus/metabolism , Cloning, Molecular , Cytoplasm/metabolism , DNA Primers/genetics , Female , Histone Deacetylases/genetics , Histones/chemistry , Humans , In Vitro Techniques , Macromolecular Substances , Molecular Sequence Data , Nuclear Proteins/genetics , Oocytes/metabolism , Retinoblastoma-Binding Protein 4 , Sequence Homology, Amino Acid , Transcription Factors/genetics , Transcription, Genetic , Xenopus
4.
Mol Cell Biol ; 19(6): 3958-68, 1999 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10330136

ABSTRACT

The Polycomb group (Pc-G) genes encode proteins that assemble into complexes implicated in the epigenetic maintenance of heritable patterns of expression of developmental genes, a function largely conserved from Drosophila to mammals and plants. The Pc-G is thought to act at the chromatin level to silence expression of target genes; however, little is known about the molecular basis of this repression. In keeping with the evidence that Pc-G homologs in higher vertebrates exist in related pairs, we report here the isolation of XPc1, a second Polycomb homolog in Xenopus laevis. We show that XPc1 message is maternally deposited in a translationally masked form in Xenopus oocytes, with XPc1 protein first appearing in embryonic nuclei shortly after the blastula stage. XPc1 acts as a transcriptional repressor in vivo when tethered to a promoter in Xenopus embryos. We find that XPc1-mediated repression can be only partially alleviated by an increase in transcription factor dosage and that inhibition of deacetylase activity by trichostatin A treatment has no effect on XPc1 repression, suggesting that histone deacetylation does not form the basis for Pc-G-mediated repression in our assay.


Subject(s)
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental , Histone Deacetylases/physiology , Repressor Proteins/genetics , Transcription Factors , Transcription, Genetic , Xenopus Proteins , Xenopus laevis/embryology , Amino Acid Sequence , Animals , Blotting, Northern , Blotting, Western , Cell Nucleus/metabolism , Centrifugation, Density Gradient , Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology , Genes, Reporter , Hydroxamic Acids/pharmacology , Molecular Sequence Data , Phosphorylation , Sequence Homology, Amino Acid , Time Factors , Tissue Distribution
5.
Curr Biol ; 8(14): 843-6, 1998 Jul 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9663395

ABSTRACT

Chromatin structure plays a crucial regulatory role in the control of gene expression. In eukaryotic nuclei, enzymatic complexes can alter this structure by both targeted covalent modification and ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling. Modification of histone amino termini by acetyltransferases and deacetylases correlates with transcriptional activation and repression [1-3], cell growth [4], and tumorigenesis [5]. Chromatin-remodeling enzymes of the Snf2 superfamily use ATP hydrolysis to restructure nucleosomes and chromatin, events which correlate with activation of transcription [6,7]. We purified a multi-subunit complex from Xenopus laevis eggs which contains six putative subunits including the known deacetylase subunits Rpd3 and RbAp48/p46 [8] as well as substoichiometric quantities of the deacetylase-associated protein Sin3 [9-13]. In addition, we identified one of the other components of the complex to be Mi-2, a Snf2 superfamily member previously identified as an autoantigen in the human connective tissue disease dermatomyositis [14,15]. We found that nucleosome-stimulated ATPase activity precisely copurified with both histone deacetylase activity and the deacetylase enzyme complex. This association of a histone deacetylase with a Snf2 superfamily ATPase suggests a functional link between these two disparate classes of chromatin regulators.


Subject(s)
Adenosine Triphosphatases/metabolism , Autoantigens/chemistry , DNA Helicases , Histone Deacetylases/chemistry , Histone Deacetylases/metabolism , Oocytes/enzymology , Adenosine Triphosphatases/isolation & purification , Animals , Autoantigens/immunology , Autoantigens/isolation & purification , Dermatomyositis/enzymology , Dermatomyositis/immunology , Female , Histone Deacetylases/isolation & purification , Humans , Macromolecular Substances , Mi-2 Nucleosome Remodeling and Deacetylase Complex , Oocytes/chemistry , Xenopus laevis
6.
Nat Genet ; 19(2): 187-91, 1998 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9620779

ABSTRACT

CpG methylation in vertebrates correlates with alterations in chromatin structure and gene silencing. Differences in DNA-methylation status are associated with imprinting phenomena and carcinogenesis. In Xenopus laevis oocytes, DNA methylation dominantly silences transcription through the assembly of a repressive nucleosomal array. Methylated DNA assembled into chromatin binds the transcriptional repressor MeCP2 which cofractionates with Sin3 and histone deacetylase. Silencing conferred by MeCP2 and methylated DNA can be relieved by inhibition of histone deacetylase, facilitating the remodelling of chromatin and transcriptional activation. These results establish a direct causal relationship between DNA methylation-dependent transcriptional silencing and the modification of chromatin.


Subject(s)
Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone , DNA Methylation , DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism , Histone Deacetylases/metabolism , Repressor Proteins/metabolism , Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins , Transcription, Genetic , Amino Acid Sequence , Animals , Binding Sites , Methyl-CpG-Binding Protein 2 , Molecular Sequence Data , Transcription Factors/metabolism , Xenopus Proteins , Xenopus laevis
7.
Curr Biol ; 8(9): 533-6, 1998 Apr 23.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9560345

ABSTRACT

One molecule of a linker histone such as histone H1 is incorporated into every metazoan nucleosome [1]. Histone H1 has three distinct structural domains: the positively charged amino-terminal and carboxy-terminal tails are separated by a globular domain that is similar to the winged-helix motif found in sequence-specific DNA-binding proteins [2]. The globular domain interacts with DNA immediately contiguous to that wrapped around the core histones [3,4], whereas the tail domains are important for the compaction of nucleosomal arrays [5]. Experiments in vivo indicate that histone H1 does not function as a global transcriptional repressor, but instead has more specific regulatory roles [6-9]. In Xenopus, maternal stores of the B4 linker histone that are assembled into chromatin during the early cleavage divisions are replaced by somatic histone H1 during gastrulation [10]. This transition in chromatin composition causes the repression of genes encoding oocyte-type 5S rRNAs, and restricts the competence of ectodermal cells to differentiate into mesoderm [6,9-11]. Here, we demonstrate that the globular domain of histone H1 is sufficient for directing gene-specific transcriptional repression and for restricting the mesodermal competence of embryonic ectoderm. We discuss our results in the context of specific structural roles for this domain in the nucleosome.


Subject(s)
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/physiology , Histones/physiology , Protein Structure, Tertiary , Xenopus/genetics , Animals , Xenopus/embryology
8.
Dev Genet ; 22(1): 1-6, 1998.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9499575

ABSTRACT

Chromatin and chromosomes have major regulatory roles in development. Nucleosome positioning and modification, chromatin structural transitions and domain organization all contribute to the regulation of individual genes and gene families. Chromosomal position and nuclear compartmentalization represent important contributory factors in determining cell fate. These controls may explain many interesting and unexplored features of developmental systems.


Subject(s)
Chromatin/physiology , Chromosomes , Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/physiology , Acetylation , Animals , Cell Nucleus/metabolism , Histones/metabolism , Nucleosomes/physiology , Protein Binding
10.
Onderstepoort J Vet Res ; 53(4): 217-23, 1986 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-3796948

ABSTRACT

Trichostrongylus angistris n. sp. was found in the abomasa of 13 red duiker Cephalophus natalensis A. Smith, 1834, culled in the Charter's Creek Nature Reserve, Natal. The species is closely related to Trichostrongylus minor Mönnig, 1932 and can be differentiated from it by the shorter dorsal ray and the different shape of the gubernaculum and spicules. The shoes of the spicules of T. minor are set at an angle to the long axis, while those of T. angistris are curved. Upon re-examination, the Trichostrongylus spp., tentatively identified as Trichostrongylus capricola Ransom, 1907 and Trichostrongylus vitrinus Looss, 1905, proved to be T. angistris. In this paper, T. angistris is compared with T. capricola and T. vitrinus and T. minor is redescribed.


Subject(s)
Antelopes/parasitology , Artiodactyla/parasitology , Trichostrongylus/anatomy & histology , Animals , Female , Male , Trichostrongylus/classification
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