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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-9-17
pubmed:abstractText
Ethanol induced liver injury is associated with a global change in gene expression but its mechanisms are not known. We studied whether alcohol-induced gene expression is associated with post-translational methylations of histone H3. Primary culture of rat hepatocytes was treated with ethanol (50 or 100 mM) for 24 h and the status of methylation of H3 at lys 4 (H3dimeK4) or lys 9 (H3dimeK9) was monitored by Western blotting using antibodies to dimethylated histone H3 at lys 4 or lys 9. The cells exposed to ethanol showed strikingly opposing behaviors in methylation patterns; H3dimeK9 methylation was decreased whereas H3dimeK4 increased. Similar results were obtained in the interphase nuclei. Their binding on the metaphase chromosomes exhibits distinct site specific pattern of accumulation. Next, chromatin immunoprecipitation of the ethanol treated samples with antibodies for methylated lys 4 or lys 9 histone H3 followed by amplification of the immunoprecipitated DNA, was used to determine their association with the promoters of genes up- or downregulated by ethanol. Lys4 methylation was associated with ethanol upregulated genes (Adh, GST-yc2) whereas lys 9 methylation with downregulated genes (Lsdh, cytP4502c11) demonstrating a difference between these two methylations. These results suggest that exposure of hepatocytes to ethanol changes the expression of several susceptible genes which are associated with site specific modification of dimethylated forms of histone H3 amino termini at their regulatory regions.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0024-3205
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
81
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
979-87
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-2-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Distinct methylation patterns in histone H3 at Lys-4 and Lys-9 correlate with up- & down-regulation of genes by ethanol in hepatocytes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemical Biology, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad-500007, India.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural