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Loss of Elp1 perturbs histone H2A.Z and the Notch signaling pathway.

Biology open (2021-10-01)
BreAnna Cameron, Elin Lehrmann, Tien Chih, Joseph Walters, Richard Buksch, Sara Snyder, Joy Goffena, Frances Lefcort, Kevin G Becker, Lynn George
ABSTRACT

Elongator dysfunction is increasingly recognized as a contributor to multiple neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders including familial dysautonomia, intellectual disability, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and autism spectrum disorder. Although numerous cellular processes are perturbed in the context of Elongator loss, converging evidence from multiple studies has resolved Elongator's primary function in the cell to the modification of tRNA wobble uridines and the translational regulation of codon-biased genes. Here we characterize H2a.z, encoding the variant H2a histone H2A.Z, as an indirect Elongator target. We further show that canonical Notch signaling, a pathway directed by H2A.Z, is perturbed as a consequence of Elp1 loss. Finally, we demonstrate that hyperacetylation of H2A.Z and other histones via exposure to the histone deacetylase inhibitor Trichostatin A during neurogenesis corrects the expression of Notch3 and rescues the development of sensory neurons in embryos lacking the Elp1 Elongator subunit.

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Anti-acetyl Histone H2A.Z (Lys 5, 7, 11) Antibody, from rabbit, purified by affinity chromatography