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Histone-methyltransferase MLL2 (KMT2B) is required for memory formation in mice.

ABSTRACT: The consolidation of long-term memories requires differential gene expression. Recent research has suggested that dynamic changes in chromatin structure play a role in regulating the gene expression program linked to memory formation. The contribution of histone methylation, an important regulatory mechanism of chromatin plasticity that is mediated by the counteracting activity of histone-methyltransferases and histone-demethylases, is, however, not well understood. Here we show that mice lacking the histone-methyltransferase myeloid/lymphoid or mixed-lineage leukemia 2 (mll2/kmt2b) gene in adult forebrain excitatory neurons display impaired hippocampus-dependent memory function. Consistent with the role of KMT2B in gene-activation DNA microarray analysis revealed that 152 genes were downregulated in the hippocampal dentate gyrus region of mice lacking kmt2b. Downregulated plasticity genes showed a specific deficit in histone 3 lysine 4 di- and trimethylation, while histone 3 lysine 4 monomethylation was not affected. Our data demonstrates that KMT2B mediates hippocampal histone 3 lysine 4 di- and trimethylation and is a critical player for memory formation.

SUBMITTER: Kerimoglu C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6619533 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Histone-methyltransferase MLL2 (KMT2B) is required for memory formation in mice.

Kerimoglu Cemil C Agis-Balboa Roberto C RC Kranz Andrea A Stilling Roman R Bahari-Javan Sanaz S Benito-Garagorri Eva E Halder Rashi R Burkhardt Susanne S Stewart Adrian Francis AF Fischer Andre A

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 20130201 8

The consolidation of long-term memories requires differential gene expression. Recent research has suggested that dynamic changes in chromatin structure play a role in regulating the gene expression program linked to memory formation. The contribution of histone methylation, an important regulatory mechanism of chromatin plasticity that is mediated by the counteracting activity of histone-methyltransferases and histone-demethylases, is, however, not well understood. Here we show that mice lackin ...[more]

PMID: 23426673

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Histone-methyltransferase MLL2 (KMT2B) is required for memory formation in mice.

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Histone-methyltransferase MLL2 (KMT2B) is required for memory formation in mice.

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