Marco Ciccarelli1,2, Viviana Vastolo1,2, Luigi Albano1,2, Manuela Lecce1,2, Serena Cabaro1,2, Antonietta Liotti1,2, Michele Longo1,2, Francesco Oriente1,2, Gian Luigi Russo3, Paolo Emidio Macchia4, Pietro Formisano1,2, Francesco Beguinot1,2, Paola Ungaro5,6. 1. Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Traslazionali, Università degli Studi di Napoli, 'Federico II', Naples, Italy. 2. URT 'Genomica Funzionale' Istituto di Endocrinologia ed Oncologia Sperimentale, 'G. Salvatore', Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Sergio Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy. 3. Istituto di Scienze dell'Alimentazione, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Avellino, Italy. 4. Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Napoli, 'Federico II', Naples, Italy. 5. Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Traslazionali, Università degli Studi di Napoli, 'Federico II', Naples, Italy. pungaro@ieos.cnr.it. 6. URT 'Genomica Funzionale' Istituto di Endocrinologia ed Oncologia Sperimentale, 'G. Salvatore', Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Sergio Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy. pungaro@ieos.cnr.it.
Abstract
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Chronic hyperglycaemia worsens insulin resistance in individuals with type 2 diabetes. Whether this effect is contributed by epigenetic dysregulation and which genes are involved remain unclear. Prep1 (also known as Pknox1) is a gene exerting major effects on the sensitivity of the glucose transport machinery to insulin. Here, we show that dysregulation of Prep1 expression by high glucose levels is associated with histone modifications at its 5' regulatory region. METHODS: We used mouse and cell models to investigate Prep1 transcriptional regulation by glucose. RESULTS: Differentiated L6 skeletal muscle cells were grown in the presence of either 5.5 or 25 mmol/l glucose (normal [NG] and high glucose [HG], respectively). The HG exposure increased nuclear factor κ light chain enhancer of activated B cells (NF-κB) p65 binding and recruitment of the su(var)3-9, enhancer-of-zeste, trithorax domain-containing lysine methyltransferase 7 (SET7) histone methyltransferase and p300 acetyltransferase to the 5' region of Prep1, leading to enhanced transcription. In addition, chromatin immunoprecipitation assays revealed concomitantly increased histone H3 mono- and dimethylation and acetylation at Lys4 and Lys9/14, respectively. Skeletal muscle tissue from streptozotocin-treated diabetic mice also showed Prep1 overexpression accompanied by similarly increased recruitment of NF-κB p65 and histone modifications at the 5' region of Prep1. In these same mice, as well as in Prep1-overexpressing L6 cells, Prep1-induced recruitment of the repressor complex myocyte enhancer factor 2 (MEF2)/histone deacetylase 5 (HDAC5) at the Glut4 promoter was also increased, leading to reduced Glut4 expression. CONCLUSIONS/ INTERPRETATION: These studies indicate that HG exposure induces NF-κB recruitment and histone modification at the Prep1 5' region, thereby enhancing the transcription of Prep1 and repressing that of Glut4. Histone changes at the Prep1 gene may contribute to insulin resistance in individuals with type 2 diabetes.
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Chronic hyperglycaemia worsens insulin resistance in individuals with type 2 diabetes. Whether this effect is contributed by epigenetic dysregulation and which genes are involved remain unclear. Prep1 (also known as Pknox1) is a gene exerting major effects on the sensitivity of the glucose transport machinery to insulin. Here, we show that dysregulation of Prep1 expression by high glucose levels is associated with histone modifications at its 5' regulatory region. METHODS: We used mouse and cell models to investigate Prep1 transcriptional regulation by glucose. RESULTS: Differentiated L6 skeletal muscle cells were grown in the presence of either 5.5 or 25 mmol/l glucose (normal [NG] and high glucose [HG], respectively). The HG exposure increased nuclear factor κ light chain enhancer of activated B cells (NF-κB) p65 binding and recruitment of the su(var)3-9, enhancer-of-zeste, trithorax domain-containing lysine methyltransferase 7 (SET7) histone methyltransferase and p300 acetyltransferase to the 5' region of Prep1, leading to enhanced transcription. In addition, chromatin immunoprecipitation assays revealed concomitantly increased histone H3 mono- and dimethylation and acetylation at Lys4 and Lys9/14, respectively. Skeletal muscle tissue from streptozotocin-treated diabeticmice also showed Prep1 overexpression accompanied by similarly increased recruitment of NF-κB p65 and histone modifications at the 5' region of Prep1. In these same mice, as well as in Prep1-overexpressing L6 cells, Prep1-induced recruitment of the repressor complex myocyte enhancer factor 2 (MEF2)/histone deacetylase 5 (HDAC5) at the Glut4 promoter was also increased, leading to reduced Glut4 expression. CONCLUSIONS/ INTERPRETATION: These studies indicate that HG exposure induces NF-κB recruitment and histone modification at the Prep1 5' region, thereby enhancing the transcription of Prep1 and repressing that of Glut4. Histone changes at the Prep1 gene may contribute to insulin resistance in individuals with type 2 diabetes.
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