Antithetic Effects of MBD2a on Gene Regulation

ABSTRACT DNA methylation is essential for epigenetic gene regulation during development. The cyclic AMP (cAMP)-responsive element (CRE) is found in the promoter of many cAMP-regulated genes and plays important roles in their gene expression. Methylation occurs on the CRE site and results in transcriptional repression via a direct mechanism, that is, prevention by the methyl group of binding of the cAMP-responsive factor CREB to this site. A recent study indicated that the nucleosome is also important in repressing transcription. In this study, we investigated the regulation of transcriptional repression on methylated CRE. We focused on methyl-CpG binding domain protein 2 (MBD2). MBD2 consists of two forms, MBD2a and MBD2b, the latter lacking the N-terminal extension of MBD2a. Unexpectedly, we found that MBD2a, but not MBD2b, promoted activation of the unmethylated cAMP-responsive genes. An in vivo binding assay revealed that MBD2a selectively interacted with RNA helicase A (RHA), a component of CREB transcriptional coactivator complexes. MBD2a and RHA cooperatively enhanced CREB-dependent gene expression. Interestingly, coimmunoprecipitation assays demonstrated that MBD2a binding to RHA was not associated with histone deacetylase 1. Our results indicate a novel role for MBD2a in gene regulation.

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