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PARP1-dependent eviction of the linker histone H1 mediates immediate early gene expression during neuronal activation.

ABSTRACT: Neuronal stimulation leads to immediate early gene (IEG) expression through calcium-dependent mechanisms. In recent years, considerable attention has been devoted to the transcriptional responses after neuronal stimulation, but relatively little is known about the changes in chromatin dynamics that follow neuronal activation. Here, we use fluorescence recovery after photobleaching, biochemical fractionations, and chromatin immunoprecipitation to show that KCl-induced depolarization in primary cultured cortical neurons causes a rapid release of the linker histone H1 from chromatin, concomitant with IEG expression. H1 release is repressed by PARP inhibition, PARP1 deletion, a non-PARylatable H1, as well as phosphorylation inhibitions and a nonphosphorylatable H1, leading to hindered IEG expression. Further, H1 is replaced by PARP1 on IEG promoters after neuronal stimulation, and PARP inhibition blocks this reciprocal binding response. Our results demonstrate the relationship between neuronal excitation and chromatin plasticity by identifying the roles of polyadenosine diphosphate ribosylation and phosphorylation of H1 in regulating H1 chromatin eviction and IEG expression in stimulated neurons.

SUBMITTER: Azad GK

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5800798 | biostudies-other | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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PARP1-dependent eviction of the linker histone H1 mediates immediate early gene expression during neuronal activation.

Azad Gajendra Kumar GK Ito Kenji K Sailaja Badi Sri BS Biran Alva A Nissim-Rafinia Malka M Yamada Yasuhiro Y Brown David T DT Takizawa Takumi T Meshorer Eran E

The Journal of cell biology 20171228 2

Neuronal stimulation leads to immediate early gene (IEG) expression through calcium-dependent mechanisms. In recent years, considerable attention has been devoted to the transcriptional responses after neuronal stimulation, but relatively little is known about the changes in chromatin dynamics that follow neuronal activation. Here, we use fluorescence recovery after photobleaching, biochemical fractionations, and chromatin immunoprecipitation to show that KCl-induced depolarization in primary cu ...[more]

PMID: 29284668

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PARP1-dependent eviction of the linker histone H1 mediates immediate early gene expression during neuronal activation.

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PARP1-dependent eviction of the linker histone H1 mediates immediate early gene expression during neuronal activation.

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