J Korean Cancer Assoc.  2000 Apr;32(2):407-416.

Transcriptional Regulation of H2B Histone Gene Expression by Nocodazole in HL-60 Cells

• Lim K
• Hong YG
• Lee MS
• Son MY
• Yun KA
• Park JI
• Yoon WH
• Park SK
• Hwang BD

Abstract

PURPOSE: Nocodazole, a microtubule disrupting reagent, is known to arrest cells in the M phase, To gain insight on the regulatory mechanism of H2B histone gene expression by nocodazole in HL-60 cell, the binding pattern of nuclear proteins to cis element in the human H2B histone gene promoter has been investigated with DNase I footprinting and DNA mobility shift assay.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Northern blot hybridization was performed by the method of Virca et al. A Hinc II-Sac I fragment of pSPH28 was used as probe for Northern blot analysis of H2B histone mRNA. DNase I footprinting and DNA mobility shift assay were performed by the method of Lim et al. End labeled DNA oligomer (upper strand, 5'-CTTCACCTTATTTGCATAA GCGATTC-3') for octamer binding activity was mixed with nuclear extracts in a 20 ul reaction volume containing 60 mM KC1, 12 mM HEPES, pH 7.9, 5 mM MgCl2, 0.2 mM EDTA, 0.2 mM DTT, 12% glycerol, and 2 ug of poly [dI-dC].
RESULTS
The level of H2B histone mRNA rapidly was reduced at 24 hours in nocodazole-treated HL-60 cells and the mRNA was repressed in proportion to the concentration of nocodazole. Nocodazole-dependent repression of H2B histone gene was restored by replacement with nocodazole-free media. In DNase I footprinting analysis, one nuclear factor bound at 42 bp site (octamer motif) in the absence of nocodazole. In the presence of nocodazole, the binding of nuclear factor on octamer motif partially vanished. In DNA mobility shift assay, one DNA-protein complex (Octl) was formed when octamer motif was incubated with nuclear extract of HL-60 cell. After nocodazole treatment, Octl binding activity was reduced by time dependent manner.
CONCLUSION
These results suggest that nocodazole-dependent repression of H2B histone gene is correlated with reduction of Octl binding activity in HL-60 cell.

Keyword

HL-60 cell; H2B histone; Octamer; Nocodazole

MeSH Terms

Blotting, Northern
Cell Division
Deoxyribonuclease I
DNA
Edetic Acid
Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay
Gene Expression*
Glycerol
HEPES
Histones*
HL-60 Cells*
Humans
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Magnesium Chloride
Microtubules
Nocodazole*
Nuclear Proteins
Repression, Psychology
RNA, Messenger
DNA
Deoxyribonuclease I
Edetic Acid
Glycerol
HEPES
Histones
Magnesium Chloride
Nocodazole
Nuclear Proteins
RNA, Messenger