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Nucleosome and transcription activator antagonism at human beta-globin locus control region DNase I hypersensitive sites.


ABSTRACT: Locus control regions are regulatory elements that activate distant genes and typically consist of several DNase I hypersensitive sites coincident with clusters of transcription activator binding sites. To what extent nucleosomes and activators occupy these sites together or exclusively has not been extensively studied in vivo. We analyzed the chromatin structure of human beta-globin locus control region hypersensitive sites in erythroid cells expressing embryonic and fetal globin genes. Nucleosomes were variably depleted at hypersensitive sites HS1-HS4 and at HS5 which flanks the 5' of the locus. In lieu of nucleosomes, activators were differentially associated with these sites. Erythroid-specific GATA-1 resided at HS1, HS2 and HS4 but the NF-E2 hetero-dimer was limited to HS2 where nucleosomes were most severely depleted. Histones H3 and H4 were hyperacetylated and H3 was di-methylated at K4 across the LCR, however, the H3 K4 MLL methyltransferase component Ash2L and histone acetyltransferases CBP and p300 occupied essentially only HS2 and the NF-E2 motif in HS2 was required for Ash2L recruitment. Our results indicate that each hypersensitive site in the human beta-globin LCR has distinct structural features and suggest that HS2 plays a pivotal role in LCR organization at embryonic and fetal stages of globin gene expression.

SUBMITTER: Kim A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2034456 | biostudies-literature | 2007

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Nucleosome and transcription activator antagonism at human beta-globin locus control region DNase I hypersensitive sites.

Kim AeRi A   Song Sang-hyun SH   Brand Marjorie M   Dean Ann A  

Nucleic acids research 20070824 17


Locus control regions are regulatory elements that activate distant genes and typically consist of several DNase I hypersensitive sites coincident with clusters of transcription activator binding sites. To what extent nucleosomes and activators occupy these sites together or exclusively has not been extensively studied in vivo. We analyzed the chromatin structure of human beta-globin locus control region hypersensitive sites in erythroid cells expressing embryonic and fetal globin genes. Nucleos  ...[more]

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