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A High Resolution Method to Monitor Phosphorylation-dependent Activation of IRF3
Published on: January 24, 2016
Nucleolin is involved in interferon regulatory factor-2-dependent transcriptional activation
A Masumi1, H Fukazawa, T Shimazu
1Department of Safety Research on Blood and Biological Products, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashimurayama-shi, Tokyo, Japan. amasumi@nih.go.jp
Abstract:
We have previously shown that interferon regulatory factor-2 (IRF-2) is acetylated in a cell growth-dependent manner, which enables it to contribute to the transcription of cell growth-regulated promoters. To clarify the function of acetylation of IRF-2, we investigated the proteins that associate with acetylated IRF-2. In 293T cells, the transfection of p300/CBP-associated factor (PCAF) enhanced the acetylation of IRF-2. In cells transfected with both IRF-2 and PCAF, IRF-2 associated with endogenous nucleolin, while in contrast, minimal association was observed when IRF-2 was transfected with a PCAF histone acetyl transferase (HAT) deletion mutant. In a pull-down experiment using stable transfectants, acetylation-defective mutant IRF-2 (IRF-2K75R) recruited nucleolin to a much lesser extent than wild-type IRF-2, suggesting that nucleolin preferentially associates with acetylated IRF-2. Nucleolin in the presence of PCAF enhanced IRF-2-dependent H4 promoter activity in NIH3T3 cells. Nucleolin knock-down using siRNA reduced the IRF-2/PCAF-mediated promoter activity. Chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis indicated that PCAF transfection increased nucleolin binding to IRF-2 bound to the H4 promoter. We conclude that nucleolin is recruited to acetylated IRF-2, thereby contributing to gene regulation crucial for the control of cell growth.
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