CBP/p300 inhibitor C646 prevents high glucose exposure induced neuroepithelial cell proliferation
Baoling Bai1, Qin Zhang1, Chunlei Wan1
1Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Child Development and Nutriomics, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, 100020, China.
Background:
Maternal diabetes related neural tube defects (NTDs) are a result of oxidative stress and apoptosis. However, the molecular mechanism behind the pathogenesis is not fully understood. Here, we report that high glucose exposure-induced epigenetic changes influence histone H4 acetylation and neuroepithelial cell proliferation. We also show that the acetyltransferase inhibitor C646 can prevent high glucose induced changes in histone H4 acetylation and neuroepithelial cell proliferation.
Methods:
By using LC-MS/MS as an unbiased approach, we screened the histone acetylation profile in an E9 neuroepithelial cell line (NE-4C) under high glucose exposure. We further explored the mechanism in cells in vitro and in maternal diabetes-induced mouse embryos in vivo.
Results:
We identified 35 core histone acetylation marks in normal E9 neuroepithelial cells, whereas high glucose exposure resulted in novel acetylation sites on H4K31 and H4K44. Acetylation levels of embryonic development associated H4K5/K8/K12/K16 increased in neuroepithelial cells exposed to high glucose in vitro and in brain tissue from maternal diabetes induced exencephalic embryos in vivo. Further, mRNA level of histone acetyltransferase CBP encoded gene Crebbp was significantly increased both in vitro and in vivo. The addition of C646, a selective inhibitor for CBP/p300, significantly rescued increase of H4K5/K8/K12/K16 acetylation levels and H3S10pi-labeled neuroepithelial cell proliferation induced by high glucose exposure.
Conclusion:
Our data provide complementary insights for potential mechanisms of maternal diabetes induced NTDs.
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