PMID- 8855250 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19961125 LR - 20190501 IS - 0027-8424 (Print) IS - 1091-6490 (Electronic) IS - 0027-8424 (Linking) VI - 93 IP - 20 DP - 1996 Oct 1 TI - Moderate increase in histone acetylation activates the mouse mammary tumor virus promoter and remodels its nucleosome structure. PG - 10741-6 AB - The mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) promoter is regulated by steroid hormones through a hormone-responsive region that is organized in a positioned nucleosome. Hormone induction leads to a structural change of this nucleosome which makes its DNA more sensitive to cleavage by DNase I and enables simultaneous binding of all relevant transcription factors. In cells carrying either episomal or chromosomally integrated MMTV promoters, moderate acetylation of core histones, generated by treatment with low concentrations of the histone deacetylase inhibitors sodium butyrate or trichostatin A, enhances transcription from the MMTV promoter in the absence of hormone and potentiates transactivation by either glucocorticoids or progestins. At higher concentrations, histone deacetylase inhibitors reduce basal and hormone induced MMTV transcription. Inducing inhibitor concentrations lead to the same type of nucleosomal DNase I hypersensitivity as hormone treatment, suggesting that moderate acetylation of core histone activates the MMTV promoter by mechanisms involving chromatin remodeling similar to that generated by the inducing hormones. FAU - Bartsch, J AU - Bartsch J AD - Institut fur Molekularbiologie und Tumorforschung, Marburg, Germany. FAU - Truss, M AU - Truss M FAU - Bode, J AU - Bode J FAU - Beato, M AU - Beato M LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A JT - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America JID - 7505876 RN - 0 (Chromatin) RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Glucocorticoids) RN - 0 (Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Histones) RN - 0 (Hydroxamic Acids) RN - 0 (Nucleosomes) RN - 3X2S926L3Z (trichostatin A) RN - 7S5I7G3JQL (Dexamethasone) RN - EC 3.1.21.1 (Deoxyribonuclease I) SB - IM MH - Acetylation MH - Animals MH - Cell Cycle MH - Cell Line MH - Chromatin/ultrastructure MH - Deoxyribonuclease I/metabolism MH - Dexamethasone/pharmacology MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - *Gene Expression Regulation, Viral MH - Glucocorticoids/pharmacology MH - Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors MH - Histones/*physiology MH - Hydroxamic Acids/pharmacology MH - Mammary Tumor Virus, Mouse/*genetics MH - Mice MH - Nucleosomes/*physiology/ultrastructure MH - Plasmids MH - *Promoter Regions, Genetic MH - Transcription, Genetic PMC - PMC38225 EDAT- 1996/10/01 00:00 MHDA- 1996/10/01 00:01 PMCR- 1997/04/01 CRDT- 1996/10/01 00:00 PHST- 1996/10/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1996/10/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1996/10/01 00:00 [entrez] PHST- 1997/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1073/pnas.93.20.10741 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1996 Oct 1;93(20):10741-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.93.20.10741.