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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-6-2
pubmed:abstractText
Nestin is an intermediate filament protein expressed specifically in neural stem cells and progenitor cells of the central nervous system. DNA demethylation and histone modifications are two types of epigenetic modifications working in a coordinate or synergistic manner to regulate the expression of various genes. This study investigated and elucidated the epigenetic regulation of Nestin gene expression during embryonic differentiation along the neural cell lineage. Nestin exhibits differential DNA methylation and histone acetylation patterns in Nestin-expressing and nonexpressing cells. In P19 embryonic carcinoma cells, activation of Nestin expression is mediated by both trichostatin A and 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine treatment, concomitant with histone acetylation, but not with DNA demethylation. Nestin transcription is also mediated by treatment with retinoic acid, again in the absence of DNA demethylation. Thus, histone acetylation is sufficient to mediate the activation of Nestin transcription. This study proposed that the regulation of Nestin gene expression can be used as a model to study the epigenetic regulation of gene expression mediated by histone acetylation, but not by DNA demethylation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Azacitidine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Chromatin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Histones, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hydroxamic Acids, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Intermediate Filament Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nerve Tissue Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tretinoin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/decitabine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/nestin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/trichostatin A
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1549-4918
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1088-97
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19415779-Acetylation, pubmed-meshheading:19415779-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19415779-Azacitidine, pubmed-meshheading:19415779-Carcinoma, Embryonal, pubmed-meshheading:19415779-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:19415779-Chromatin, pubmed-meshheading:19415779-Chromatin Immunoprecipitation, pubmed-meshheading:19415779-DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:19415779-DNA Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:19415779-Embryonic Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:19415779-Enhancer Elements, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:19415779-Epigenesis, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:19415779-Histones, pubmed-meshheading:19415779-Hydroxamic Acids, pubmed-meshheading:19415779-Intermediate Filament Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19415779-Introns, pubmed-meshheading:19415779-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19415779-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19415779-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:19415779-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:19415779-Tretinoin
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Epigenetic hierarchy governing Nestin expression.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Münster, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't