Assessing HDAC Function in the Regulation of Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 5 (STAT5) Activity Using Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP)

Backgroundc-Myc has been proposed as a putative target gene of signal transducer and activator of transcription 5 (STAT5). No functional STAT5 binding site has been identified so far within the c-Myc gene locus, therefore a direct transcriptional regulation by STAT5 remains uncertain. c-Myc super-enhancer, located 1.7 Mb downstream of the c-Myc gene locus, was recently reported as essential for the regulation of c-Myc gene expression by hematopoietic transcription factors and bromodomain and extra-terminal (BET) proteins and for leukemia maintenance. c-Myc super-enhancer is composed of five regulatory regions (E1–E5) which recruit transcription and chromatin-associated factors, mediating chromatin looping and interaction with the c-Myc promoter.ResultsWe now show that STAT5 strongly binds to c-Myc super-enhancer regions E3 and E4, both in normal and transformed Ba/F3 cells. We also found that the BET protein bromodomain-containing protein 2 (BRD2), a co-factor of STAT5, co-localizes with STAT5 at E3/E4 in Ba/F3 cells transformed by the constitutively active STAT5-1*6 mutant, but not in non-transformed Ba/F3 cells. BRD2 binding at E3/E4 coincides with c-Myc transcriptional activation and is lost upon treatment with deacetylase and BET inhibitors, both of which inhibit STAT5 transcriptional activity and c-Myc gene expression.ConclusionsOur data suggest that constitutive STAT5 binding to c-Myc super-enhancer might contribute to BRD2 maintenance and thus allow sustained expression of c-Myc in Ba/F3 cells transformed by STAT5-1*6.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12867-016-0063-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Signal transducer and activator of transcription STAT5 is recruited to c-Myc super-enhancer

Pinz

Unser

Rascle

2016

BMC Molecular Biol

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Assessing HDAC Function in the Regulation of Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 5 (STAT5) Activity Using Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP)

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Signal transducer and activator of transcription STAT5 is recruited to c-Myc super-enhancer

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