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Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP) to Assay Dynamic Histone Modification in Activated Gene Expression in Human Cells
Published on: July 30, 2010
Selective potentiation of Stat-dependent gene expression by collaborator of Stat6 (CoaSt6), a transcriptional
Shreevrat Goenka1, Mark Boothby
1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232-2363, USA.
Abstract:
The molecular mechanisms by which transcription is selectively activated and precisely controlled by signal transducer and activator of transcription (Stat) factors represent a central issue in cytokine-mediated cellular responses. Stat6 mediates responses to IL-4 and antagonizes Stat1 activated by IFN-gamma. We have discovered that Stat6 binds to collaborator of Stat6 (CoaSt6), a protein that lacks conventional coactivator motifs but contains three iterations of a domain found in the variant histone macroH2A. Although macroH2A participates in transcriptional silencing, the macro domains of CoaSt6 increased IL-4-induced gene expression. Moreover, CoaSt6 amplified Stat6-mediated but not IFN-gamma-induced gene expression, providing evidence of a selective coregulator of Stat-mediated gene transcription.
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