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A specific CpG site demethylation in the human interleukin 2 gene promoter is an epigenetic memory.

ABSTRACT: DNA demethylation plays a critical role in transcriptional regulation in differentiated somatic cells. However, there is no experimental evidence that CpG methylation in a small region of a genome restricts gene expression. Here, we show that the anti-CD3repsilon/CD28 antibody stimulation of human CD4+ T cells induces IL2 expression following epigenetic changes, including active demethylation of a specific CpG site, recruitment of Oct-1, and changes in histone modifications. When the stimulatory signal is withdrawn, Oct-1 remains on the enhancer region as a stable marker of the stimulation, causing the second induction to be faster and stronger. Our observations indicate that Oct-1-binding followed by CpG demethylation are key events in the epigenetic regulation of IL2 expression and may act as a memory of the regulatory event.

SUBMITTER: Murayama A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1409718 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A specific CpG site demethylation in the human interleukin 2 gene promoter is an epigenetic memory.

Murayama Akiko A Sakura Kazuhisa K Nakama Mina M Yasuzawa-Tanaka Kayoko K Fujita Etsuko E Tateishi Yukiyo Y Wang Yinan Y Ushijima Toshikazu T Baba Tadashi T Shibuya Kazuko K Shibuya Akira A Kawabe Yoh-ichi Y Yanagisawa Junn J

The EMBO journal 20060223 5

DNA demethylation plays a critical role in transcriptional regulation in differentiated somatic cells. However, there is no experimental evidence that CpG methylation in a small region of a genome restricts gene expression. Here, we show that the anti-CD3repsilon/CD28 antibody stimulation of human CD4+ T cells induces IL2 expression following epigenetic changes, including active demethylation of a specific CpG site, recruitment of Oct-1, and changes in histone modifications. When the stimulatory ...[more]

PMID: 16498406

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A specific CpG site demethylation in the human interleukin 2 gene promoter is an epigenetic memory.

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A specific CpG site demethylation in the human interleukin 2 gene promoter is an epigenetic memory.

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