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Acetylation of histone H3 at lysine 9 by ethanol in rat hepatocytes.

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  • 1. Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri at Columbia, One Hospital Drive, Rm. M517B Med. Sci. Bldg., Columbia, MO 65212, USA.
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    • Park PH 1
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Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 01 Jun 2003, 306(2):501-504
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0006-291x(03)01040-4 PMID: 12804592 

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Histone acetylation plays an important role in transcriptional activation. We have investigated the effect of ethanol on nuclear histone H3 acetylation in rat hepatocytes. Hepatocytes were incubated with ethanol (5-200 mM) for 24h and then acetylation states of nuclear histone H3 at specific lysine residues (Lys(9) and Lys(14)) were measured by immunoblot analysis using site-specific antibodies. Ethanol increased acetylation of histone H3 at Lys(9) in a dose-dependent manner; 3-fold at 5mM and maximum of 8-fold at 100mM. Sensitivity to low dose of ethanol was remarkable. This ethanol-induced acetylation was also time-dependent, showing a maximal response at 24h. Ethanol did not alter the level of histone H3 expression. Trichostatin A, a histone deacetylase inhibitor, was used as a positive control and it also increased acetylation. However, acetylation at Lys(14) was not affected by ethanol. Treatment of cells with ethanol metabolizing enzyme inhibitors (4-methylpyrazole and cyanamide) decreased ethanol-induced histone H3 acetylation at Lys(9). This is the first report of ethanol-induced selective, post-translational acetylation of histone H3 at Lys(9). This is not due to increased histone expression or a direct physical effect of ethanol but is dependent on ethanol metabolism.

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