Retinoic acid activates HOXB1 chromatin

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R-HSA-5617452
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Reaction [omitted]
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Homo sapiens
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nucleoplasm
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Retinoic acid activates HOXB1 chromatin
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As inferred from mouse embryos and cell lines, retinoic acid binds receptors (RARA or RARG) at retinoic acid response elements (RAREs) located 3' to the HOXB1 gene, causing recruitment of coactivators such as NCOA3 and alteration of chromatin at the HOXB1 gene to an active conformation. Similar activation of the HOXB cluster by retinoic acid is observed in human embryonal carcinoma cells (Simeone et al. 1990). In human carcinoma cells and primary fibroblasts, KDM6A (UTX) binds the HOXB1 gene upon retinoic acid treatment (Agger et al. 2007, Lee et al. 2007) and may demethylate trimethylated lysine-27 of histone H3 (H3K27me3). Reduced H3K27me3 is also observed at HOXB1 in lung fibroblasts (Lan et al. 2007). Other demethylases may be redundant with KDM6A. Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2), which binds H3K27me3, is also lost during activation (Lee et al. 2007). KDM6A forms complexes with the histone methyltransferase KMT2C,D (MLL2,3) which may participate in methylating histone H3 at lysine-4 (H3K4me3), an activating chromatin modification (Lee et al. 2007). After activation by retinoic acid HOXB1 maintains its own expression by binding elements in its own promoter and activating expression (Di Rocco et al. 1997).
In mouse embryos, Hoxb1 is expressed in mesoderm and neurectoderm of primitive streak stage embryos and then becomes restricted to rhombomeres of the hindbrain. Before rhombomere formation Hoxb1 is initially expressed in the region that becomes r3-7. After rhombomere formation Hoxb1 becomes restricted to r4 and is also observed in caudal mesoderm. Hoxb1 activates expression of Egr2 (Krox20), a transcription factor that subsequently activates Hoxa2, Hoxb2, and Hoxb3 and represses Hoxb1. As inferred from mouse embryos, HOXA1 acts synergistically with retinoic acid to activate HOXB1 (Studer et al. 1998).
Literature References
PubMed ID Title Journal Year
17851529 A histone H3 lysine 27 demethylase regulates animal posterior development

Rinn, JL, Wang, JK, Lan, F, Shi, Y, Issaeva, I, Chang, HY, Whetstine, JR, Alpatov, R, Iwase, S, Chen, S, Bayliss, PE, Roberts, TM, Canaani, E

Nature 2007
9218805 Functional dissection of a transcriptionally active, target-specific Hox-Pbx complex

Di Rocco, G, Mavilio, F, Zappavigna, V

EMBO J. 1997
1975088 Sequential activation of HOX2 homeobox genes by retinoic acid in human embryonal carcinoma cells

Acampora, D, Mavilio, F, Boncinelli, E, Arcioni, L, Andrews, PW, Simeone, A

Nature 1990
17713478 UTX and JMJD3 are histone H3K27 demethylases involved in HOX gene regulation and development

Helin, K, Canaani, E, Salcini, AE, Issaeva, I, Christensen, J, Rose, S, Agger, K, Rappsilber, J, Pasini, D, Cloos, PA

Nature 2007
17761849 Demethylation of H3K27 regulates polycomb recruitment and H2A ubiquitination

Di Croce, L, Trojer, P, Reinberg, D, Lee, MG, Villa, R, Yan, KP, Shiekhattar, R, Norman, J

Science 2007
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HOXA1 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
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Retinoic acid activates Hoxb1 chromatin (Mus musculus)
Authored
Rezsohazy, R  (2015-11-15)
May, B  (2014-08-08)
Reviewed
Blasi, F  (2015-05-13)
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May, B  (2014-08-09)
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