Insights into the role of Bromodomain, testis-specific (Brdt) in acetylated histone H4 dependent chromatin remodeling in mammalian spermiogenesis.

Mammalian spermiogenesis is of considerable biological interest especially due to the unique chromatin remodeling events that take place during spermatid maturation. Here we have studied the expression of chromatin remodeling factors in different spermatogenic stages and narrowed down to Brdt as a key molecule participating in chromatin remodeling during rat ...
spermiogenesis. Our immunocytochemistry experiments reveal that Brdt colocalizes with acetylated H4 in elongating spermatids. Remodeling assays showed an acetylation-dependent but ATP-independent chromatin reorganization property of Brdt in haploid round spermatids. Further, Brdt interacts with Smarce1, a member of the SWI/SNF family. We have studied the genomic organization of smarce1 and identified that it has two splice variants expressed during spermatogenesis. The N-terminus of Brdt is involved in the recognition of Smarce1 as well as in the reorganization of hyperacetylated round spermatid chromatin. Interestingly, the interaction between Smarce1 and Brdt increases dramatically upon histone hyperacetylation both in vitro and in vivo. Thus our results indicate this interaction to be a vital step in the chromatin remodeling process during mammalian spermiogenesis.
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Date: Jan. 03, 2012
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