Abstract
Transcription of the lysozyme gene is rapidly induced by proinflammatory stimuli such as treatment with bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Here we show that this induction involves both the relief of repression mediated by the enhancer-blocking protein CTCF that binds to a negative regulatory element at -2.4 kb, and the activation of two flanking enhancer elements. The downstream enhancer has promoter activity, and LPS stimulation initiates the transient synthesis of a noncoding RNA (LINoCR) transcribed through the -2.4 kb element. Expression of LINoCR is correlated with IKKalpha recruitment, histone H3 phosphoacetylation in the transcribed region, the repositioning of a nucleosome over the CTCF binding site, and, eventually, CTCF eviction. Each of these events requires transcription elongation. Our data reveal a transcription-dependent mechanism of chromatin remodeling that switches a cis-regulatory region from a repressive to an active conformation.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 129-139 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Molecular Cell |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 9 Oct 2008 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 10 Oct 2008 |
Bibliographical note
Accompanying editorial in Developmental Cell by Victor Corces.Keywords
- transcriptional upregulation
- chicken lysozyme
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)