KDM2B promotes IL-6 production and inflammatory responses through Brg1-mediated chromatin remodeling
KDM2B promotes IL-6 production and inflammatory responses through Brg1-mediated chromatin remodeling
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KDM2B 通过 Brg1 介导的染色质重塑促进 IL-6 的产生和炎症反应。
DOI:
10.1038/s41423-019-0251-z
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发表时间:
2020-08-01
影响因子:
24.1
通讯作者:
Zhan, Zhenzhen
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作者:
Zhou, Qingqing;Zhang, Yunkai;Zhan, Zhenzhen
IL-6 plays important and pleiotropic roles in infection and inflammatory diseases, and its production needs to be tightly regulated. However, the epigenetic mechanism underlyingIl6gene transcription remains to be fully elucidated. Here, we report that lysine-specific demethylase 2b (KDM2B), which demethylates H3K4me3 and H3K36me2, is required in macrophages and dendritic cells for the induction of IL-6 but not TNF-α, IL-1, and IFN-β. Compared to wild-type mice, KDM2B-deficient mice were more resistant to endotoxin shock and colitis, with a less severe inflammatory pathogenesis phenotype and decreased IL-6 production in sera. KDM2B selectively bound theIl6promoter but did not alter histone demethylation; instead, KDM2B interacted with Brahma-related gene 1 (Brg1), the core ATPase subunit of SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes, to facilitate chromatin accessibility of theIl6promoter. Furthermore, KDM2B directly recruited RNA Polymerase II to further initiate and promoteIl6transcription. Thus, our finding identifies a novel nonclassical function of KDM2B in gene-specific transcription initiation and enhancement ofIl6independent of its demethylase activity and adds new insight into the specific epigenetic modification mechanism of inflammatory immune responses.