Inducible deposition of the histone variant H3.3 in interferon-stimulated genes.

ABSTRACT: The H3.3 histone variant is synthesized throughout cell cycle and deposited onto chromatin in a replication-independent manner. It is enriched in transcriptionally active regions of chromatin and is implicated in epigenetic memory. The dynamics of H3.3 deposition during transcriptional activation, however, have not been fully studied so far. Here we examined H3.3 incorporation into interferon (IFN)-stimulated genes in confluent mouse NIH3T3 cells expressing H3.3 fused to the yellow fluorescent protein (YFP). Following IFN stimulation, H3.3-YFP was rapidly incorporated into all four IFN-activated genes tested, with the highest enrichment seen in the distal end of the coding region. Surprisingly, H3.3 enrichment in the coding region continued for an extended period of time, long after transc

SUBMITTER: Tamura T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2673290 | biostudies-literature | 2009 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature