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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 290, Issue 27, Pages 16607-16618Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M115.661777
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- National Institutes of Health [R01 DK093954, F32 DK091976, K01 DK100515]
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI [23591324, 26461345]
- Suzuken Memorial Foundation
- Veterans Affairs Merit Award [I01BX001733]
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- Boehringer Ingelheim
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.
- Eli Lilly and Co.
- Kissei Pharmaceutical Co.
- Kowa Pharmaceutical Co.
- Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co.
- Merck Sharp and Dohme
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
- Novo Nordisk Pharma
- Ono Pharmaceutical Co.
- Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma
- Sanofi-Aventis
- Sanwakagaku Kenkyusho
- Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma
- Eli Lilly
- Johnson and Johnson
- Mochida Pharmaceutical Co.
- Pfizer
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23591324, 26461345] Funding Source: KAKEN
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SET7/9 is an enzyme that methylates histone 3 at lysine 4 (H3K4) to maintain euchromatin architecture. Although SET7/9 is enriched in islets and contributes to the transactivation of beta cell-specific genes, including Ins1 and Slc2a, SET7/9 has also been reported to bind the p65 subunit of nuclear factor kappa B in non-beta cells and modify its transcriptional activity. Given that inflammation is a central component of beta cell dysfunction in Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, the aim of this study was to elucidate the role of SET7/9 in proinflammatory cytokine signaling in beta cells. To induce inflammation, beta TC3 insulinoma cells were treated with IL-1 beta, TNF-alpha, and IFN-gamma. Cytokine treatment led to increased expression of inducible nitric-oxide synthase, which was attenuated by the diminution of SET7/9 using RNA interference. Consistent with previous reports, SET7/9 was co-immunoprecipitated with p65 and underwent cytosolic to nuclear translocation in response to cytokines. ChIP analysis demonstrated augmented H3K4 mono-and dimethylation of the proximal Nos2 promoter with cytokine exposure. SET7/9 was found to occupy this same region, whereas SET7/9 knockdown attenuated cytokine-induced histone methylation of the Nos2 gene. To test this relationship further, islets were isolated from SET7/9-deficient and wild-type mice and treated with IL-1 beta, TNF-alpha, and IFN-gamma. Cytokine-induced Nos2 expression was reduced in the islets from SET7/9 knock-out mice. Together, our findings suggest that SET7/9 contributes to Nos2 transcription and proinflammatory cytokine signaling in the pancreatic beta cell through activating histone modifications.
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