Nuclear organization and chromatin dynamics--Sp1, Sp3 and histone deacetylases.

Regulation of gene expression involves the coordinated activities and interplay between chromatin remodeling factors and transcription factor recruitment. Histone acetyltransferases, histone deacetylases, histone kinases, histone phosphatases, histone methyltransferases, histone demethylases and ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling complexes mediate chromatin remodeling and are components of a complex epigenetic network regulating gene expression during development and differentiation. Transcription factors play key roles in the recruitment of histone modifying enzymes and chromatin remodeling complexes to specific gene promoters. Sp1 and Sp3 are two transcription factors that are expressed in all mammalian cells and are involved in the regulation of genes involved in most cellular processes. Remodeling of chromatin is a necessary event in preparing the gene for transcription. In this review we will cover the organization and remodeling of chromatin, with a focus on dynamic histone acetylation and the histone deacetylase enzymes. The structure and function of transcription factors Sp1 and Sp3 will be presented. The role of these factors in the regulation of the estrogen responsive trefoil factor 1 gene will be highlighted. In the analyses of the factors involved in the regulation of the expression of a specific gene, the chromatin immunoprecipitation assay in which the protein factor of interest is cross-linked to DNA with formaldehyde is an essential tool. The limitations of this assay in cancer cells in which genomic instability is rampant are discussed.

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