Establishment of active chromatin structure at enhancer elements by mixed-lineage leukemia 1 to initiate estrogen-dependent gene expression
- Authors
- Jeong, Kwang Won; Andreu-Vieyra, Claudia; You, Jueng Soo; Jones, Peter A.; Stallcup, Michael R.
- Issue Date
- Feb-2014
- Publisher
- OXFORD UNIV PRESS
- Citation
- NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH, v.42, no.4, pp.2245 - 2256
- Journal Title
- NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
- Volume
- 42
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 2245
- End Page
- 2256
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/12847
- DOI
- 10.1093/nar/gkt1236
- ISSN
- 0305-1048
- Abstract
- A number of genome-wide analyses have revealed that estrogen receptor alpha binding to and regulation of its target genes correlate with binding of FOXA1, a pioneer factor, to nearby DNA sites in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. The enhancer element-specific histone H3K4me1/2 mark is enriched at the specific FOXA1/ER alpha recruitment sites in chromatin, but the mechanism by which these enhancer marks are established in chromatin before hormone treatment is unclear. Here, we show that mixed-lineage leukemia 1 (MLL1) protein is a key determinant that maintains permissive chromatin structure of the TFF1 enhancer region. MLL1 occupies the TFF1 enhancer region and methylates H3K4 before hormone stimulation. In vitro, MLL1 binds directly to the CpG-rich region of the TFF1 enhancer, and its binding is dependent on hypomethylation of DNA. Furthermore, the depletion of MLL1 in MCF-7 cells results in a dramatic decrease of chromatin accessibility and recruitment of FOXA1 and ER alpha to the enhancer element. Our study defines the mechanism by which MLL1 nucleates histone H3K4 methylation marks in CpG-enriched regions to maintain permissive chromatin architecture and allow FOXA1 and estrogen receptor alpha binding to transcriptional regulatory sites in breast cancer cells.
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