STAT6 is a critical regulator of transcription for interleukin-4 (IL-4)-induced genes. Activation of gene expression involves recruitment of coactivator proteins that function as bridging factors connecting sequence-specific transcription factors to the basal transcription machinery, and as chromatin-modifying enzymes. Coactivator proteins CBP/p300 have been implicated in regulation of transcription in all STATs. CBP is also required for STAT6-mediated gene activation, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are still elusive. In this study we investigated the mechanisms by which STAT6 recruits CBP and chromatin-modifying activities to the promoter. Our results indicate that while STAT1-interacted directly with CBP, the interaction between STAT6 and CBP was found to be mediated through p100 protein, a coactivator protein that has previously been shown to stimulate the transcription of IL-4-induced genes. The staphylococcal nuclease-like (SN)-domains of p100 directly interacted with amino acids 1099 -1758 of CBP, while p100 did not associate with SRC-1, another coactivator of STAT6. p100 was found to recruit histone acetyltransferase (HAT) activity to STAT6 in vivo. Chromatin immunoprecipitation studies demonstrated that p100 increases the STAT6-p100-CBP ternary complex formation in the human Ig⑀ promoter. p100 also increased the amount of acetylated histone H4 at the Ig⑀ promoter, and siRNAs directed against p100 effectively inhibited Ig⑀ reporter gene expression. Our results suggest that p100 has an important role in the assembly of STAT6 transcriptosome, and that p100 stimulates IL-4-dependent transcription by mediating interaction between STAT6 and CBP and recruiting chromatin modifying activities to STAT6-responsive promoters.Signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) 1 family of transcription factors convert extracellular cytokine signals into diverse biological responses through modulation of gene transcription (1). Cytokines bind to their cognate receptors at the cell surface, which leads to the activation of receptor-associated JAK kinases, which in turn activate STATs by phosphorylating them at the conserved C-terminal tyrosine residue. The activated STATs undergo dimerization through a reciprocal SH2-phosphotyrosine interaction and translocate to the nucleus, where the STAT dimers bind to symmetrical TTC(N 2-4 )GAA DNA target elements. The specificity in cytokine signaling is conveyed by selective activation of different STATs by individual cytokine receptors, specific recognition of target DNA elements by various STATs, and through selective interaction and cooperation with other transcription factors and regulatory proteins.The family of STAT proteins consists of seven members that mediate highly specific functions in cytokine signaling. STAT6 is mediating interleukin-4 (IL-4)-and IL-13-induced gene responses (2). IL-4 is an important regulator of immune and anti-inflammatory responses. In T cells IL-4 mediates induction of Th2 differentiation, while inhibiting Th1 development, and in B ...