TY  - JOUR
A1  - Gu, Lunda
A1  - Hitzel, Juliane
A1  - Moll, Franziska
A1  - Kruse, Christoph
A1  - Abdel Malik, Randa
A1  - Preussner, Jens
A1  - Looso, Mario
A1  - Leisegang, Matthias
A1  - Steinhilber, Dieter
A1  - Brandes, Ralf
A1  - Fork, Christian
T1  - The histone demethylase PHF8 is essential for endothelial cell migration
T2  - PLoS One
N2  - Epigenetic marks critically control gene expression and thus the cellular activity state. The functions of many epigenetic modifiers in the vascular system have not yet been studied. We screened for histone modifiers in endothelial cells and observed a fairly high expression of the histone plant homeodomain finger protein 8 (PHF8). Given its high expression, we hypothesize that this histone demethylase is important for endothelial cell function. Overexpression of PHF8 catalyzed the removal of methyl-groups from histone 3 lysine 9 (H3K9) and H4K20, whereas knockdown of the enzyme increased H3K9 methylation. Knockdown of PHF8 by RNAi also attenuated endothelial proliferation and survival. As a functional readout endothelial migration and tube formation was studied. PHF8 siRNA attenuated the capacity for migration and developing of capillary-like structures. Given the impact of PHF8 on cell cycle genes, endothelial E2F transcription factors were screened, which led to the identification of the gene repressor E2F4 to be controlled by PHF8. Importantly, PHF8 maintains E2F4 but not E2F1 expression in endothelial cells. Consistently, chromatin immunoprecipitation revealed that PHF8 reduces the H3K9me2 level at the E2F4 transcriptional start site, demonstrating a direct function of PHF8 in endothelial E2F4 gene regulation. Conclusion: PHF8 by controlling E2F4 expression maintains endothelial function.
Y1  - 2016
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/39267
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-392673
SN  - 1932-6203
N1  - Copyright: © 2016 Gu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
VL  - 11
IS  - (1): e0146645
SP  - 1
EP  - 15
PB  - PLoS
CY  - Lawrence, Kan.
ER  -