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Chromatin domain activation via GATA-1 utilization of a small subset of dispersed GATA motifs within a broad chromosomal region.


ABSTRACT: Cis elements that mediate transcription factor binding are abundant within genomes, but the rules governing occupancy of such motifs in chromatin are not understood. The transcription factor GATA-1 that regulates red blood cell development binds with high affinity to GATA motifs, and initial studies suggest that these motifs are often unavailable for occupancy in chromatin. Whereas GATA-2 regulates the differentiation of all blood cell lineages via GATA motif binding, the specificity of GATA-2 chromatin occupancy has not been studied. We found that conditionally active GATA-1 (ER-GATA-1) and GATA-2 occupy only a small subset of the conserved GATA motifs within the murine beta-globin locus. Kinetic analyses in GATA-1-null cells indicated that ER-GATA-1 preferentially occupied GATA motifs at the locus control region (LCR), in which chromatin accessibility is largely GATA-1-independent. Subsequently, ER-GATA-1 increased promoter accessibility and occupied the betamajor promoter. ER-GATA-1 increased erythroid Krüppel-like factor and SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex occupancy at restricted LCR sites. These studies revealed three phases of beta-globin locus activation: GATA-1-independent establishment of specific chromatin structure features, GATA-1-dependent LCR complex assembly, and GATA-1-dependent promoter complex assembly. The differential utilization of dispersed GATA motifs therefore establishes spatial/temporal regulation and underlies the multistep activation mechanism.

SUBMITTER: Im H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1287986 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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