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Gamma interferon-dependent transcriptional memory via relocalization of a gene locus to PML nuclear bodies.


ABSTRACT: Memory of past cellular responses is an essential adaptation to repeating environmental stimuli. We addressed the question of whether gamma interferon (IFN-gamma)-inducible transcription generates memory that sensitizes cells to a second stimulus. We have found that the major histocompatibility complex class II gene DRA is relocated to promyelocytic leukemia (PML) nuclear bodies upon induction with IFN-gamma, and this topology is maintained long after transcription shut off. Concurrent interaction of PML protein with mixed-lineage leukemia generates a prolonged permissive chromatin state on the DRA gene characterized by high promoter histone H3 K4 dimethylation that facilitates rapid expression upon restimulation. We propose that the primary signal-induced transcription generates spatial and epigenetic memory that is maintained through several cell generations and endows the cell with increased responsiveness to future activation signals.

SUBMITTER: Gialitakis M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2849471 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Gamma interferon-dependent transcriptional memory via relocalization of a gene locus to PML nuclear bodies.

Gialitakis Manolis M   Arampatzi Panagiota P   Makatounakis Takis T   Papamatheakis Joseph J  

Molecular and cellular biology 20100201 8


Memory of past cellular responses is an essential adaptation to repeating environmental stimuli. We addressed the question of whether gamma interferon (IFN-gamma)-inducible transcription generates memory that sensitizes cells to a second stimulus. We have found that the major histocompatibility complex class II gene DRA is relocated to promyelocytic leukemia (PML) nuclear bodies upon induction with IFN-gamma, and this topology is maintained long after transcription shut off. Concurrent interacti  ...[more]

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