Association of histone deacetylase with COUP-TF in tumorigenic Ad12-transformed cells and its potential role in shut-off of MHC class I transcription.
Chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter-transcription factor (COUP-TF) is an orphan nuclear receptor that represses transcription of many genes. In adenovirus type 12 (Ad12) transformed cells, a high level of binding activity of COUP-TF to the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I enhancer correlates with the down-regulation of class I transcription, which, ... in turn, contributes to tumorigenesis. The mechanism by which COUP-TF represses transcription has yet to be elucidated. Here we show that COUP-TF represses transcription through its association with histone deacetylase. This was demonstrated using reciprocal binding assays that determined that the interaction between COUP-TF and histone deacetylase requires the COUP-TF C-terminal repression domain. Moreover, a histone deacetylase enzymatic activity was found to be associated with COUP-TF in Ad12-transformed cells. Transfection experiments further revealed that exogenous histone deacetylase facilitates transcriptional repression by COUP-TF. Also, supershift assays suggest that the transcriptional corepressor N-CoR, which is known to associate with histone deacetylases, is a part of the COUP-TF complex bound to the MHC class I enhancer R2 site. Finally, we provide evidence that inhibition of histone deacetylases relieves the repression of MHC class I expression in Ad12-transformed cells. Taken together these results support the notion that deacetylation of histones, mediated through COUP-TF, serves to down-regulate MHC class I transcription in Ad12-transformed cells.
Mesh Terms:
Adenoviruses, Human, Animals, Binding Sites, COUP Transcription Factor I, Cell Line, Transformed, Cell Transformation, Viral, DNA-Binding Proteins, Enhancer Elements, Genetic, Gene Expression Regulation, Viral, Genes, MHC Class I, Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors, Histone Deacetylases, L Cells (Cell Line), Mice, Peptide Fragments, Transcription Factors, Transcription, Genetic
Adenoviruses, Human, Animals, Binding Sites, COUP Transcription Factor I, Cell Line, Transformed, Cell Transformation, Viral, DNA-Binding Proteins, Enhancer Elements, Genetic, Gene Expression Regulation, Viral, Genes, MHC Class I, Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors, Histone Deacetylases, L Cells (Cell Line), Mice, Peptide Fragments, Transcription Factors, Transcription, Genetic
Virology
Date: Mar. 15, 2000
PubMed ID: 10704340
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