Abstract |
Autosomal dominant Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is characterized by muscle wasting and is caused by mutations in the LMNA gene encoding A-type lamins. Overexpression of the EDMD lamin A R453W mutation in C2C12 myoblasts impairs myogenic differentiation. We show here the influence of stable expression of the R453W and of the Dunnigan-type partial lipodystrophy R482W mutation of lamin A in C2C12 cells on transcription and epigenetic regulation of the myogenin (Myog) gene and on global chromatin organization. Expression of R453W-, but not R482W-lamin A, impairs activation of Myog and maintains a repressive chromatin state on the Myog promoter upon induction of differentiation, marked by H3 lysine (K) 9 dimethylation and failure to hypertrimethylate H3K4. Cells expressing WT-LaA also fail to hypertrimethylate H3K4. No defect occurs at the level of Myog promoter DNA methylation in any of the clones. Expression of R453W-lamin A and to a lesser extent R482W-lamin A in undifferentiated C2C12 cells redistributes H3K9me3 from pericentric heterochromatin. R453W-lamin A also elicits a redistribution of H3K27me3 from inactive X (Xi) and partial decondensation of Xi, but maintains Xist expression and coating of Xi, indicating that Xi remains inactivated. Our results argue that gene-specific and genome-wide chromatin rearrangements may constitute a molecular basis for laminopathies.
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Authors | Anne-Mari Håkelien, Erwan Delbarre, Kristine G Gaustad, Brigitte Buendia, Philippe Collas |
Journal | Experimental cell research
(Exp Cell Res)
Vol. 314
Issue 8
Pg. 1869-80
(May 01 2008)
ISSN: 0014-4827 [Print] United States |
PMID | 18396274
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Histones
- LMNA protein, human
- Lamin Type A
- Myogenin
- Tryptophan
- Arginine
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Topics |
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Animals
- Arginine
(genetics)
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Line
- Cell Nucleus
(enzymology)
- DNA Methylation
- Epigenesis, Genetic
- Histones
(chemistry, metabolism)
- Humans
- Lamin Type A
(genetics, metabolism)
- Methylation
- Mice
- Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
(genetics)
- Mutation, Missense
- Myoblasts
(cytology, metabolism)
- Myogenin
(biosynthesis, genetics)
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Tryptophan
(genetics)
- Up-Regulation
- X Chromosome
(enzymology)
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