SATB1 family protein expressed during early erythroid differentiation modifies globin gene expression

Jie Wen, Suming Huang, Heather Rogers, Liliane A. Dickinson, Terumi Kohwi-Shigematsu, Constance Tom Noguchi

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Abstract

Special AT-rich binding protein 1 (SATB1) nuclear protein, expressed predominantly in T cells, regulates genes through targeting chromatin remodeling during T-cell maturation. Here we show SATB1 family protein induction during early human adult erythroid progenitor cell differentiation concomitant with ε-globin expression. Erythroid differentiation of human erythroleukemia K562 cells by hemin simultaneously increases γ-globin and down-regulates SATB1 family protein and ε-globin gene expression. Chromatin immunoprecipitation using anti-SATB1 anti-body shows selective binding in vivo in the β-globin cluster to the hypersensitive site 2 (HS2) in the locus control region (LCR) and to the ε-globin promoter. SATB1 overexpression increases ε-globin and decreases γ-globin gene expression accompanied by histone hyperacetylation and hypomethylation in chromatin from the ε-globin promoter and HS2, and histone hypoacetylation and hypermethylation associated with the γ-globin promoter. In K562 cells SATB1 family protein forms a complex with CREB-binding protein (CBP) important in transcriptional activation. In cotransfection experiments, increase in ε-promoter activity by SATB1 was amplified by CBP and blocked by E1A, a CBP inhibitor. Our results suggest that SATB1 can up-regulate the ε-globin gene by interaction with specific sites in the β-globin cluster and imply that SATB1 family protein expressed in the erythroid progenitor cells may have a role in globin gene expression during early erythroid differentiation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3330-3339
Number of pages10
JournalBlood
Volume105
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 15 2005

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Biochemistry
  • Immunology
  • Hematology
  • Cell Biology

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