PMID- 23579270 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130823 LR - 20211021 IS - 2041-4889 (Electronic) VI - 4 IP - 4 DP - 2013 Apr 11 TI - Menin mediates epigenetic regulation via histone H3 lysine 9 methylation. PG - e583 LID - 10.1038/cddis.2013.98 [doi] AB - Menin, encoded by the multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) gene, is a tumor suppressor that leads to multiple endocrine tumors upon loss of its function. Menin functions as a transcriptional activator by tethering MLL complex to mediate histone H3 K4 methylation. It also functions as a repressor. However, the molecular mechanism of how menin contributes to the opposite outcome in gene expression is largely unknown. Here, we investigated the role of menin in the epigenetic regulation of transcription mediated by histone covalent modification. We show that the global methylation level of histone H3 K9, as well as H3 K4, was decreased in Men1(-/-) MEF cells. Consistently, menin was able to interact with the suppressor of variegation 3-9 homolog family protein, SUV39H1, to mediate H3 K9 methylation. This interaction decreased when patient-derived MEN1 mutation was introduced into the SUV39H1-interaction domain. We show that menin mediated different chromatin changes depending on target genes. Chromatin immunoprecipitation studies showed that menin directly associated with the GBX2 promoter and menin-dependent recruitment of SUV39H1 was essential for chromatin remodeling and transcriptional regulation. These results provide a molecular basis of how menin functions as a transcriptional repressor and suggest that menin-dependent integration of H3 K9 methylation might play an important role in preventing tumors. FAU - Yang, Y-J AU - Yang YJ AD - School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Republic of Korea. FAU - Song, T-Y AU - Song TY FAU - Park, J AU - Park J FAU - Lee, J AU - Lee J FAU - Lim, J AU - Lim J FAU - Jang, H AU - Jang H FAU - Kim, Y-N AU - Kim YN FAU - Yang, J-H AU - Yang JH FAU - Song, Y AU - Song Y FAU - Choi, A AU - Choi A FAU - Lee, H Y AU - Lee HY FAU - Jo, C H AU - Jo CH FAU - Han, J W AU - Han JW FAU - Kim, S-T AU - Kim ST FAU - Youn, H-D AU - Youn HD FAU - Cho, E-J AU - Cho EJ LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130411 PL - England TA - Cell Death Dis JT - Cell death & disease JID - 101524092 RN - 0 (GBX2 protein, human) RN - 0 (Histones) RN - 0 (Homeodomain Proteins) RN - 0 (MEN1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins) RN - 0 (Repressor Proteins) RN - EC 2.1.1. (SUV39H1 protein, human) RN - EC 2.1.1.- (Methyltransferases) RN - K3Z4F929H6 (Lysine) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/genetics/*metabolism MH - *Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly MH - *Epigenesis, Genetic MH - Fibroblasts/metabolism/pathology MH - HEK293 Cells MH - Histones/genetics/*metabolism MH - Homeodomain Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Lysine/genetics/*metabolism MH - Methylation MH - Methyltransferases/genetics/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mutation MH - Protein Transport MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Repressor Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction PMC - PMC3668625 EDAT- 2013/04/13 06:00 MHDA- 2013/08/24 06:00 PMCR- 2013/04/01 CRDT- 2013/04/13 06:00 PHST- 2013/04/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/04/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/08/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - cddis201398 [pii] AID - 10.1038/cddis.2013.98 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cell Death Dis. 2013 Apr 11;4(4):e583. doi: 10.1038/cddis.2013.98.