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Title
Functional elements demarcated by histone modifications in breast cancer cells
Authors
Choe, MKHong, CPPark, JSeo, SHRoh, TY
Date Issued
2012-02-17
Publisher
Elsevier
Abstract
Histone modifications are regarded as one of markers to identify regulatory elements which are DNA segments modulating gene transcription. Aberrant changes of histone modification levels are frequently observed in cancer. We have employed ChIP-Seq to identify regulatory elements in human breast cancer cell line, MCF-7 by comparing histone modification patterns of H3K4me1, H3K4me3, and H3K9/14ac to those in normal mammary epithelial cell line, MCF-10A. The genome-wide analysis shows that H3K4me3 and H3K9/14ac are highly enriched at promoter regions and H3K4me1 has a relatively broad distribution over proximity of TSSs as well as other genomic regions. We identified that many differentially expressed genes in MCF-7 have divergent histone modification patterns. To understand the functional roles of distinctively histone-modified regions, we selected 35 genomic regions marked by at least one histone modification and located from 3 to 10 kb upstream of TSS in both MCF-7 and MCF-10A and assessed their transcriptional activities. About 66% and 60% of selected regions in MCF-7 and MCF-10A, respectively, enhanced the transcriptional activity. Interestingly, most regions marked by H3K4me1 exhibited an enhancer activity. Regions with two or more kinds of histone modifications did show varying activities. In conclusion, our data reflects that comprehensive analysis of histone modification profiles under cell type-specific chromatin environment should provide a better chance for defining functional regulatory elements in the genome. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Keywords
Breast cancer; Histone modification; Epigenome; Regulatory elements; Enhancer; DNA METHYLATION; HUMAN GENOME; CHROMATIN MODIFICATIONS; ACETYLATION PATTERNS; MODIFYING ENZYMES; GENE-EXPRESSION; ENHANCERS; RESOLUTION; TRANSCRIPTION; MARKERS
URI
https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/16648
DOI
10.1016/J.BBRC.2012.01.042
ISSN
0006-291X
Article Type
Article
Citation
BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 418, no. 3, page. 475 - 482, 2012-02-17
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