Role of UTX in Retinoic Acid Receptor-Mediated Gene Regulation in Leukemia | Zendy

Luciana Rocha-Viegas | Zendy; Raffaella Villa | Zendy; Arantxa Gutiérrez | Zendy; Oihana Iriondo | Zendy; Ramin Shiekhattar | Zendy; Luciano Di Croce | Zendy

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Role of UTX in Retinoic Acid Receptor-Mediated Gene Regulation in Leukemia

Author(s) -

Luciana Rocha-Viegas,

Raffaella Villa,

Arantxa Gutiérrez,

Oihana Iriondo,

Ramin Shiekhattar,

Luciano Di Croce

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

molecular and cellular biology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.14

H-Index - 327

eISSN - 1067-8824

pISSN - 0270-7306

DOI - 10.1128/mcb.00839-14

Subject(s) - biology , retinoic acid , histone h3 , retinoic acid receptor , histone methyltransferase , histone , histone methylation , retinoic acid receptor alpha , cancer research , retinoic acid receptor beta , retinoic acid inducible orphan g protein coupled receptor , retinoic acid receptor gamma , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , dna methylation , gene expression , gene

Human UTX, a member of the Jumonji C family of proteins, associates with mixed-lineage leukemia 3/4 complexes. Stimulation with retinoic acid leads to the recruitment of UTX-containing complexes toHOX genes, which results in demethylation of histone H3 lysine 27 and concomitant methylation of histone H3 lysine 4. Here, we show that UTX interacts with the retinoic acid receptor α (RARα) and that this interaction is essential for proper differentiation of leukemic U937 cells in response to retinoic acid. UTX occupies the promoters of several RAR target genes and regulates their transcriptional output by modulating ASH2L complex recruitment. Overexpression of UTX in promyelocytic NB4 cells results in enhanced cellular differentiation upon retinoic acid treatment. Our results show that UTX is important for RAR-mediated transcription and provide insight into the critical role of cross talk between histone H3 lysine 4 methylation and histone H3 lysine 27 demethylation during cellular differentiation.

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