PMID- 18201839 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20080612 LR - 20211020 IS - 0306-4522 (Print) IS - 0306-4522 (Linking) VI - 151 IP - 4 DP - 2008 Feb 19 TI - Epigenetic regulation of kappa opioid receptor gene in neuronal differentiation. PG - 1034-41 LID - 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.12.015 [doi] AB - The gene of mouse kappa opioid receptor (KOR) utilizes two promoters, P1 and P2. P1 is active in various brain areas and constitutively in P19 mouse embryonal carcinoma cells. P2 is active in limited brain stem areas of adult animals and only in late differentiated cells of P19 induced for neuronal differentiation in the presence of nerve growth factor (NGF). NGF response of P2 was found to be mediated by a specific binding site for transcription factor activation protein 2 (AP2) located in P2. Electrophoretic gel shift assay showed specific binding of this AP2 site by AP2beta, but not AP2alpha. Knockdown of endogenous AP2beta with siRNA abolished the stimulating effect of NGF on the expression of transcripts driven by P2. Binding of endogenous AP2beta on the endogenous KOR P2 chromatin region was also confirmed by chromatin immunoprecipitation. The effect of NGF was inhibited by LY2942002 (phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, PI3K inhibitor), suggesting that PI3K was involved in signaling pathway mediating the effect of NGF stimulation on KOR P2. The chromatin of P2 in P19 was found to be specifically modified following NGF stimulation, which included demethylation at Lys9 and dimethylation at Lys4 of histone H3 and was consistent with the increased recruitment of RNA polymerase II to this promoter. This study presents the first evidence for epigenetic changes occurred on a specific KOR promoter triggered by NGF in cells undergoing neuronal differentiation. This epigenetic change is mediated by recruited AP2beta to this promoter and involves the PI3K system. FAU - Park, S W AU - Park SW AD - Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School, 6-120 Jackson Hall, 321 Church Street Southeast, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. FAU - He, Y AU - He Y FAU - Ha, S G AU - Ha SG FAU - Loh, H H AU - Loh HH FAU - Wei, L-N AU - Wei LN LA - eng GR - K02 DA013926-05/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DA011190-11A1/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK060521/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DA000564/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - P50 DA011806/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - R56 DA000564/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - K02 DA013926-06/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - DA11190/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - DK54733/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - K02 DA013926/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - P50 DA011806-100001/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - K02-DA13926/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - DA001583/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - DA011806/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - DA000564/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DA011190-10/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK054733-07/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DA001583/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - DK60521/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DA011190/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - K05-DA070554/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK060521-05/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK054733/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - K05 DA070554/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - DA11806/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20080116 PL - United States TA - Neuroscience JT - Neuroscience JID - 7605074 RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) RN - 0 (Receptors, Opioid, kappa) RN - 5688UTC01R (Tretinoin) RN - 9061-61-4 (Nerve Growth Factor) RN - EC 1.13.12.- (Luciferases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Differentiation/drug effects/*physiology MH - Chromatin Immunoprecipitation/methods MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Drug Interactions MH - Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel MH - Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay/methods MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Epigenesis, Genetic/drug effects/*physiology MH - Luciferases/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Models, Biological MH - Nerve Growth Factor/pharmacology MH - Neurons/drug effects/*metabolism MH - PC12 Cells/drug effects MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic/drug effects MH - RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism/pharmacology MH - Rats MH - Receptors, Opioid, kappa/*genetics/metabolism MH - Transfection MH - Tretinoin/pharmacology PMC - PMC2265776 MID - NIHMS40937 EDAT- 2008/01/19 09:00 MHDA- 2008/06/13 09:00 PMCR- 2009/02/19 CRDT- 2008/01/19 09:00 PHST- 2007/10/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2007/12/03 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2007/12/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2008/01/19 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/06/13 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/01/19 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/02/19 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0306-4522(07)01560-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.12.015 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neuroscience. 2008 Feb 19;151(4):1034-41. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.12.015. Epub 2008 Jan 16.