El compromiso dicotómico de la actividad HDAC3 rige las respuestas inflamatorias
Hoang C B Nguyen1,2, Marine Adlanmerini1,2, Amy K Hauck1,2
1Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Nature
|August 8, 2020
Resumen
La histona deacetilasa 3 (HDAC3) juega un doble papel en la regulación de los genes. Actúa como un activador de la transcripción independiente de su actividad catalítica y un represor, crucial para la inmunidad innata.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Inmunología
- Biología molecular
- La epigenética
Sus antecedentes:
- Las histonas desacetilasas (HDAC) son modificadores cruciales de la cromatina que regulan la transcripción génica.
- HDAC3 requiere exclusivamente corepresores de receptores nucleares (NCoR1/2) para su actividad catalítica.
- El mecanismo por el cual la pérdida global de HDAC3 reprime la transcripción sigue sin estar claro.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para aclarar las funciones no canónicas de HDAC3 en la activación de los macrófagos.
- Investigar las funciones dicotómicas de HDAC3 como activador y represor de la transcripción.
- Determinar el papel de la actividad catalítica de HDAC3 en la inmunidad innata.
Principales métodos:
- La activación de los macrófagos mediante el uso de lipopolisacáridos.
- Inmunoprecipitación de la cromatina para identificar los sitios ligados al HDAC3.
- Análisis de cambios en la expresión génica en ratones de tipo salvaje y con deficiencia de HDAC3.
- Evaluación de la supervivencia de los ratones tras el desafío con lipopolisacáridos.
Principales resultados:
- El HDAC3 se recluta para activar los sitios ligados al factor de transcripción 2 (ATF2) independientemente de NCoR1/ 2 durante la activación de los macrófagos, activando los genes inflamatorios a través de un mecanismo no canónico.
- La actividad de la deacetilasa de HDAC3 se activa en los sitios unidos a ATF3 para suprimir la señalización del receptor tipo Toll.
- La pérdida de HDAC3 protege a los ratones de la exposición letal al lipopolisacárido, independientemente de su actividad catalítica.
Conclusiones:
- HDAC3 funciona como un regulador transcripcional dicotómico, actuando como activador y represor.
- HDAC3 posee una función crítica independiente de la desacetilasa vital para las respuestas inmunes innatas.
- Dirigirse a las funciones no canónicas de HDAC3 puede ofrecer estrategias terapéuticas para enfermedades inflamatorias.
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