Project description:Elucidation of metabolic flux and switch is fundamental for understanding of CD8+ memory T (Tm) cell development. Glycogen, an intracellular carbon reservoir, has long been functionally considered as the use of energy metabolism. However, our recent study indicated that glycogen metabolism, directed by a cytosolic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (Pck1), controls the formation and maintenance of CD8+ Tm cells through regulating the redox homeostasis1. This unusual metabolic program raises the question of how Pck1 is upregulated in CD8+ Tm cells. Here, we show that mitochondrial acetyl-CoA is shunted to ketogenesis, which indirectly regulates Pck1 expression. Mechanistically, ketogenesis-derived β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) is stocked in CD8+ Tm cells, which epigenetically modifies H3K9 of FoxO1 and PGC-1α with β-hydroxybutyrylation so to upregulate these genes expression. As a result, FoxO1 and PGC-1α cooperatively upregulates Pck1 expression, thus directing the carbon flow along the gluconeogenic pathway to glycogen and the pentose phosphate pathway. These results unveil that the ketogenesis acts as an unusual metabolic pathway in CD8+ Tm cells, linking epigenetic modification required for memory development.
Project description:We have characterized two post-translational histone modifications in C. elegans on a genomic scale. Micrococcal nuclease digestion and immunoprecipitation were used to obtain distinct populations of single nucleosome cores, which were analyzed using massively parallel DNA sequencing to obtain positional and coverage maps. Two methylated histone H3 populations were chosen for comparison: H3K4 histone methylation (associated with active chromosomal regions) and H3K9 histone methylation (associated with inactivity). From analysis of the sequence data, we found nucleosome cores with these modifications to be enriched in two distinct partitions of the genome; H3K4 methylation was particularly prevalent in promoter regions of widely-expressed genes while H3K9 methylation was enriched on specific chromosomal arms. For each of the six chromosomes, the highest level of H3K9 methylation corresponds to the pairing center responsible for chromosome alignment during meiosis. H3K9 enrichment at pairing centers appears to be an early mark in meiotic chromosome sorting, occurring in the absence of components required for proper pairing of homologous chromosomes. H3K9 methylation shows an intricate pattern within the chromosome arms, with a particular anti-correlation to regions that display a strong ~10 bp periodicity of AA/TT dinucleotides that is known to associate with germline trancription. By contrast to the global features observed with H3K9 methylation, H3K4 methylation profiles were most striking in their local characteristics around promoters, providing a unique promoter-central landmark for 3903 C. elegans genes and allowing a precise analysis of nucleosome positioning in the context of transcriptional initiation. Keywords: epigenetics Examination of total nucleosome and nucleosomes with 2 different histone modifications in C. elegans. 5 samples are analyzed: 1. total mononucleosome core DNA from C. elegans wild type strain N2, 2. anti-H3K4me2/3 precipitated mononucleosome core DNA from C. elegans wild type strain N2, 3. anti-H3K9me3 precipitated mononucleosome core DNA from C. elegans wild type strain N2, 4. total mononucleosome core DNA from C. elegans mutant strain zim-2(tm-574), 5. anti-H3K9me3 precipitated mononucleosome core DNA from C. elegans mutant strain zim-2(tm-574)
Project description:By coupling the mass spectrometry, we developed the Site-Link strategy based on the GCE method for analyzing the interacting proteome of histone lysine acylations in living cells. As K* could mimic the natural lysine to be recognized by natural lysine synthase, histones bearing the site-specifically incorporated K*acyl, should also be also integrated into nucleosomes and further compacted into chromatin similar as Kacyl with cell passaging. The subsequent 365-nm light irradiation could activate the diazirine and covalently capture potential effector proteins on native chromatin in living cells. The effector proteins could be identified after gel-based proteomics and MS/MS analysis of the crosslinked histone-effector complexes.
Project description:C13, N15 isotope labelled heavy lysine bearing the modification group, such as cr and bhb, were site-sepcifically incorporated into histone H3K56 in living cells for measurement of the modification life of H3K56cr and H3K56bhb without iinterference caused by endogenous histone modification. Utilizaing mass spectrometry, we compared with H3K56cr/bhb peptide with the H3K79 peptide as internal standard at different times. The quantitation analysis of H3K56cr and H3K56bhb at different time points can be comparative.
Project description:In eukaryotic cells, environmental and developmental signals alter chromatin structure and modulate gene expression. Heterochromatin constitutes the transcriptionally inactive state of the genome and in plants and mammals is generally characterized by DNA methylation and histone modifications such as histone H3 lysine 9 (H3K9) methylation. In Arabidopsis thaliana DNA methylation and H3K9 methylation are usually colocated and set up a mutually self reinforcing and stable state. Here, in contrast, we found that SUVR5, a plant Su(var)3-9 homolog with a SET histone methyltransferase domain, mediates H3K9me2 deposition and regulates gene expression in a DNA-methylation-independent manner. SUVR5 binds DNA through its zinc fingers and represses the expression of a subset of stimulus response genes. This represents a novel mechanism for plants to regulate their chromatin and transcriptional state, which may allow for the adaptability and modulation necessary to rapidly respond to extracellular cues. Investigation of H3K9me2 levels in WT Col0 and suvr5-1 mature leaves 4 ChIP-chip experiments.
Project description:By coupling the mass spectrometry, we developed the Site-Link strategy based on the GCE method for analyzing the interacting proteome of histone lysine acylations in living cells. As K* could mimic the natural lysine to be recognized by natural lysine synthase, histones bearing the site-specifically incorporated K*acyl, should also be also integrated into nucleosomes and further compacted into chromatin similar as Kacyl with cell passaging. The subsequent 365-nm light irradiation could activate the diazirine and covalently capture potential effector proteins on native chromatin in living cells. The effector proteins could be identified after gel-based proteomics and MS/MS analysis of the crosslinked histone-effector complexes.
Project description:SAGA member Ada2 is required for the majority of H3K9 acetylation in C. neoformans. To identify specific genomic loci that exhibit Ada2-dependent H3K9 acetylation, we performed ChIP-Seq against H3K9ac in wildtype and ada2Δ cells. ChIP-Seq was performed using antibodies for H3K9ac in KN99 wildtype cells and ada2Δ cells. Input and IPed DNA was collected in triplicate from each strain and sequenced on an Illumnina HiSeq 2000 flow cell producing 84 million reads. Due to the lack of quality scores, raw reads are omitted from the submission.
Project description:Histone H3 lysine 9 dimethylation (H3K9me2) is a highly conserved silencing epigenetic mark. Chromatin marked with H3K9me2 forms large domains in mammalian cells and overlaps well with lamina-associated domains and the B compartment defined by Hi-C. However, the role of H3K9me2 in 3-dimensional (3D) genome organization remains unclear. We investigated genome-wide H3K9me2 distribution, transcriptome, and 3D genome organization in mouse embryonic stem cells following the inhibition or depletion of five H3K9 methyltransferases (MTases): G9a, GLP, SETDB1, SUV39H1, and SUV39H2. H3K9me2 was regulated by all five MTases; however, H3K9me2 and transcription in the A and B compartments were regulated by different MTases. H3K9me2 in A compartments was primarily regulated by G9a/GLP and SETDB1, while H3K9me2 in the B compartments was regulated by all five MTases. Furthermore, decreased H3K9me2 correlated with changes to the more active compartmental state that accompanied transcriptional activation.
Project description:Memory T cells (TM) play a prominent role in protection and auto-immunity due to their ability to mount a more effective response than naïve T cells (TN). However, the molecular mechanisms underlying enhanced functionality of TM are not well defined, particularly in human TM. We examined the global gene expression profiles of human CD8+ TN and TM before and after stimulation. There were 1,284, 1,373 and 1,629 differentially expressed genes between TN and TM at 0 hr, 4 hr and 24 hr after stimulation, respectively, with more genes expressed to higher levels in TM. Genes rapidly up-regulated in TN cells were largely involved in nitrogen, nucleoside and amino acid metabolisms. In contrast, those in CD8+ TM were significantly enriched for immune-response-associated processes, including cytokine production, lymphocyte activation and chemotaxis. Multiple cytokines were rapidly up-regulated in TM cells, including effector cytokines known to be produced by CD8+ T cells and important for their functions, as well as regulatory cytokines, both pro- and anti-inflammatory, that are not typically produced by CD8+ T cells. These results provide new insights into molecular mechanisms that contribute to the enhanced functionality of human CD8+ TM and their prominent role in protection and auto-immunity. Naïve and memory phenotype CD8 T cells were purified by FACS from healthy individuals and cultured in vitro with the stimulation of anti-CD3/CD28 mAbs for 0 hr, 4 hr and 24 hr. Total RNA was purified from un-stimulated and stimulated naive and memory CD8 T cells and hybridized to individual single-color arrays.The purification and stimulation protocol was performed two independent times.
Project description:Histone H3 lysine 9 (H3K9) methylation is a central epigenetic modification that defines heterochromatin from unicellular to multicellular organisms. In mammalian cells, H3K9 methylation can be catalyzed by at least six distinct SET domain enzymes: Suv39h1/Suv39h2, Eset1/Eset2 and G9a/Glp. We used mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) with a conditional mutation for Eset1 and introduced progressive deletions for the other SET domain genes by CRISPR/Cas9 technology. Compound mutant MEFs for all 6 SET domain methyltransferase (KMT) genes lack all H3K9 methylation states, derepress nearly all families of repeat elements and display genomic instabilities. Strikingly, the 6KO H3K9 KMT MEFs no longer maintain heterochromatin organization and have lost electron-dense heterochromatin. This is the first analysis of H3K9 methylation deficient mammalian chromatin and reveals a crucial function for H3K9 methylation in protecting heterochromatin organization and genome integrity.