Abstract
Post‐translational modifications of histone tails play a crucial role in gene regulation. Here, we performed chromatin profiling by quantitative targeted mass spectrometry to assess all possible modifications of the core histones. We identified a bivalent combination, a dually marked H3K9me3/H3K14ac modification in the liver, that is significantly decreased in old hepatocytes. Subsequent sequential ChIP‐Seq identified dually marked single nucleosome regions, with reduced number of sites and decreased signal in old livers, confirming mass spectrometry results. We detected H3K9me3 and H3K14ac bulk ChIP‐Seq signal in reChIP nucleosome regions, suggesting a correlation between H3K9me3/H3K14ac bulk bivalent genomic regions and dually marked single nucleosomes. Histone H3K9 deacetylase Hdac3, as well as H3K9 methyltransferase Setdb1, found in complex Kap1, occupied both bulk and single nucleosome bivalent regions in both young and old livers, correlating to presence of H3K9me3. Expression of genes associated with bivalent regions in young liver, including those regulating cholesterol secretion and triglyceride synthesis, is upregulated in old liver once the bivalency is lost. Hence, H3K9me3/H3K14ac dually marked regions define a poised inactive state that is resolved with loss of one or both of the chromatin marks, which subsequently leads to change in gene expression.
Highlights
Post-translational modifications of histone tails play a crucial role in gene regulation (Jenuwein and Allis, 2001)
H3K9me3/H3K14ac dually-marked regions define a poised inactive state that is resolved with loss of one or both of the chromatin marks, which subsequently leads to change in gene expression
We find that Setdb1/Kap1 complex binds bivalent regions that are specific to young livers and common to young and old livers but is not occupying old-specific bivalent regions (Figure 5E)
Summary
Post-translational modifications of histone tails play a crucial role in gene regulation (Jenuwein and Allis, 2001).
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