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Histone deacetylase (HDAC) 1 and 2 complexes regulate both histone acetylation and crotonylation in vivo

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Kelly, R. D. W., Chandru, A., Watson, P. J., Song, Y., Blades, M., Robertson, N. S., Jamieson, A. G., Schwabe, J. W. R. +1 more·2018·Scientific Reports

Abstract

Proteomic analysis of histones has shown that they are subject to a superabundance of acylations, which extend far beyond acetylation, to include: crotonylation, propionylation, butyrylation, malonylation, succinylation, β-hydroxybutyrylation and 2-hydroxyisobutyrylation. To date, much of the functional data has focussed on histone crotonylation which, similar to acetylation, has been associated with positive gene regulation and is added by the acyltransferase, p300. Although Sirtuins 1–3, along with HDAC3, have been shown to possess decrotonylase activity in vitro, there is relatively little known about the regulation of histone crotonylation in vivo. Here we show that Histone Deacetylase 1 and 2 (HDAC1/2), the catalytic core of numerous co-repressor complexes, are important histone decrotonylase enzymes. A ternary complex of HDAC1/CoREST1/LSD1 is able to hydrolyse both histone H3 Lys18-acetyl (H3K18ac) and H3 Lys18-crotonyl (H3K18cr) peptide substrates. Genetic deletion of HDAC1/2 in ES cells increases global levels of histone crotonylation and causes an 85% reduction in total decrotonylase activity. Furthermore, we mapped H3K18cr in cells using ChIP-seq, with and without HDAC1/2, and observed increased levels of crotonylation, which largely overlaps with H3K18ac in the vicinity of transcriptional start sites. Collectively, our data indicate that HDAC1/2 containing complexes are critical regulators of histone crotonylation in vivo.

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HDAC1/2-containing complexes act as histone decrotonylases in vitro and in mouse ES cells; deletion of HDAC1/2 increases global H3K18ac and H3K18cr and reduces total decrotonylase activity by 85%. ChIP-seq shows H3K18cr overlaps H3K18ac near transcription start sites and increases at active/bivalent genes upon HDAC1/2 loss.

Key findings

  • A recombinant HDAC1/CoREST1/LSD1 ternary complex hydrolysed both H3K18ac and H3K18cr peptides, with a lower initial rate for decrotonylation than deacetylation; InsP6 increased the initial deacetylation rate 3.2-fold and decrotonylation rate 1.8-fold. HDAC3/SMRT/GPS2/TBL1 also showed decrotonylase activity, with an initial rate 2.4-fold lower for H3K18cr than H3K18ac.
  • In ES cells, LBH589 treatment increased H3K18cr 3.2-fold and H3K18ac 2.6-fold in a dose-dependent manner; both marks doubled within 2 hours.
  • HDAC1/2 double knockout ES cells showed 2.3-fold higher H3K18ac and 2.2-fold higher H3K18cr, plus 1.8-fold higher total H3 crotonylation and 1.7-fold higher H4 crotonylation; total decrotonylase activity was reduced by 85%, while deacetylase activity was 56% of control.
  • ChIP-seq in control and HDAC1/2 DKO ES cells showed H3K18cr peaks near TSS overlapping H3K18ac; loss of HDAC1/2 increased average H3K18ac and H3K18cr around TSS, with up to 4-fold increases in H3K18cr at loci such as Lactb and Anapc5, and increased H3K18cr correlated with upregulated genes (p < 0.0001) and GO enrichment overlap (R² = 0.929, p < 0.0001).

Methods

  • In vitro deacetylase/decrotonylase assays used Caliper EZ Reader II with 500 nM recombinant HDAC1/CoREST1/LSD1 or HDAC3/SMRT/GPS2/TBL1 complexes and fluorescein-labelled H3K18ac, H3K18cr, and H4K16ac peptides, with or without InsP6.
  • Cell assays used mouse ES cells and HEK-293T cells; conditional Hdac1/2 deletion was induced with 1 µM tamoxifen (OHT), HDAC inhibition with LBH589, and activity measured with Boc-Lys(Ac)-AMC and Boc-Lys(Cr)-AMC substrates, plus quantitative western blotting and co-immunoprecipitation with HDAC2/LSD1 antisera.
  • ChIP-seq for H3K18ac and H3K18cr was performed in control and DKO ES cells using native ChIP and Illumina HiSeq4000 75 bp sequencing; reads were mapped to mm9, peaks called with MACS, and analyses used deepTools and DAVID, with data deposited at GEO GSE116019.

Limitations

  • Paper-stated: prior in vitro studies with isolated recombinant enzymes may not reflect physiological activity, and class-I HDAC activity in vivo depends on binding to complex partners; the paper also notes that in vitro decrotonylation was slower than deacetylation, whereas cellular recovery showed little difference, possibly due to isolated histone-tail peptides versus intact nucleosomes or cooperating factors.
  • Evident: the in vitro assays use peptide substrates rather than intact nucleosomes, and the genetic and ChIP-seq findings are largely in mouse ES cells, so generalizability to other cell types or tissues is not established here.
  • Evident: some in vitro data are from n = 2 technical replicates (Fig. 1), and although HDAC3 knockout showed no significant global change in H3K18ac/H3K18cr, the paper states this does not preclude locus-specific regulation.

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  • Findingown data

    Both H3K18ac and H3K18cr are hydrolysed by HDAC1/CoREST1/LSD1 at a reduced rate compared with H4K16Ac.

    “Interestingly, both H3K18 modifications were hydrolysed at a reduced rate compared to H4K16Ac (Fig. 1C), indicating that there may be a hierarchy of acylated sites among histone tails.”
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    The initial rate of H3K18cr decrotonylation by HDAC1/CoREST1/LSD1 is lower than the initial rate of H3K18ac deacetylation.

    “HDAC1 was able to deacylate both H3K18ac and H3K18cr substrates (Fig. 1A,B), although the initial rate of decrotonylation was lower than deacetylation.”
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    A purified ternary complex of HDAC1/CoREST1/LSD1 is able to hydrolyse both H3K18ac and H3K18cr peptide substrates.

    “A ternary complex of HDAC1/CoREST1/LSD1 is able to hydrolyse both histone H3 Lys18-acetyl (H3K18ac) and H3 Lys18-crotonyl (H3K18cr) peptide substrates.”
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      “HDAC1 was able to deacylate both H3K18ac and H3K18cr substrates (Fig. 1A,B), although the initial rate of decrotonylation was lower than deacetylation.”
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    H3K18cr is enriched at active genes such as Nanog and Pou5f1 in ES cells.

    “We also observed an enrichment for H3K18cr at active genes, such Nanog and Pou5f1 (Fig. 4B) consistent with a role for histone crotonylation in active gene expression9,39.”
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    • Rests on an assumption: The H3K18cr antibody used for native ChIP specifically detects H3K18cr.
  • Findingown data

    Cross-referencing 1,445 genes up-regulated in DKO cells to ChIP-seq data reveals a strong correlation between increased transcription and increased H3K18cr (p < 0.0001).

    “Cross-referencing the 1,445 genes up-regulated genes in DKO cells to our ChIP-seq dataset revealed a strong correlation between increased transcription and an increase in H3K18cr (Fig. 5A, p < 0.0001) and H3K18ac (p < 0.0001) levels.”
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    Findingown data

    At the assay endpoint, percentage conversion of H3K18cr by HDAC1/CoREST1/LSD1 is reduced compared with H3K18ac, suggesting crotonyl-lysine is turned over more slowly.

    “At the end-point of the assay we were also able to measure the percentage conversion of each substrate, which was similarly reduced for H3K18cr compared to H3K18ac, suggesting that the crotonyl-lysine is turned over more slowly than the corresponding acetyl mark.”
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    Findingown data

    Addition of InsP6 increases the initial rate of deacetylation and decrotonylation by HDAC1/CoREST/LSD1 3.2-fold and 1.8-fold respectively.

    “The initial rate of deacetylation and decrotonylation was increased 3.2-fold and 1.8-fold respectively by the addition of InsP6 to the HDAC1/CoREST/LSD1 complex (Fig. 1A,B).”
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    Findingown data

    Extracts from ES cells and HEK-293T cells display robust decrotonylase activity that correlates with protein concentration upon extended incubation (>6 hours).

    “Upon using extended incubation times (>6 hours) extracts from both ES cells and HEK-293T cells displayed robust decrotonylase activity which correlated with protein concentration (Fig. 2A,B).”
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    Findingcitation

    The HDAC3/SMRT/GPS2/TBL1 complex displays significant decrotonylase activity against H3K18cr peptide, with an initial rate 2.4-fold lower than for H3K18ac.

    “Consistent with previously published data18 HDAC3 also displayed significant activity against the H3K18cr peptide (Supplementary Fig. 1B), although similar to HDAC1, with an initial rate which was 2.4-fold lower than the H3K18ac substrate.”
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    • cites [18] Madsen, A. S. & Olsen, C. A. Profiling of substrates for zinc-dependent lysine deacylase enzymes: HDAC3 exhibits decrotonylase activity in vitro. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 51, 9083–9087, https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201203754 (2012). source

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    Findingown data

    Deletion of HDAC1/2 in ES cells causes a small but significant increase in H3K18cr in the vicinity of transcriptional start sites, which is more pronounced at specific promoters such as Lactb and Anapc5.

    “In contrast, we observed a small but significant increase in H3K18cr in the vicinity of TSS upon deletion of HDAC1/2 of in ES cells (Fig. 4A), which is more pronounced at specific promoters (Lactb and Anapc5, Fig. 4D).”
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    Findingown data

    Loss of HDAC1/2 increases H3K18cr levels, which largely overlap with H3K18ac in the vicinity of transcriptional start sites.

    “Furthermore, we mapped H3K18cr in cells using ChIP-seq, with and without HDAC1/2, and observed increased levels of crotonylation, which largely overlaps with H3K18ac in the vicinity of transcriptional start sites.”
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    • Rests on an assumption: The changes in histone crotonylation levels upon HDAC1/2 deletion are due to loss of HDAC1/2 decrotonylase activity rather than indirect effects on other enzymes.
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    Findingown data

    HDAC1/2 themselves and their related complex components Sin3A and LSD1 all map within the vicinity of transcriptional start sites.

    “This is perhaps unsurprising since HDAC1/2 themselves (Fig. 4C) and their related complex components, Sin3A37 and LSD138, all map within the vicinity of TSS.”
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    • cites [37] Williams, K. et al. TET1 and hydroxymethylcytosine in transcription and DNA methylation fidelity. Nature 473, 343–348, https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10066 (2011). source

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    • cites [38] Whyte, W. A. et al. Enhancer decommissioning by LSD1 during embryonic stem cell differentiation. Nature 482, 221–225, https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10805 (2012). source

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    Findingown data

    Plotting FDR of enriched GO terms for both H3K18ac and H3K18cr shows an R2 = 0.929 correlation (p < 0.0001), indicating significant overlap in function of these two acylations in ES cells.

    “Furthermore, by plotting the false discovery rate (FDR) of enriched GO terms for both H3K18ac and H3K18cr we observed an R2 = 0.929 correlation (p < 0.0001), indicating a significant overlap in the function of these two acylations in ES cells (Fig. 5D).”
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    Findingown data

    Genetic deletion of HDAC1/2 from mouse ES cells causes an 85% reduction in total decrotonylase activity, showing HDAC1/2 to be critical enzymes in the regulation of H3K18cr levels.

    “We have shown that deletion of HDAC1/2 in ES cells caused an 85% reduction in total decrotonylase activity; this is the first genetic link between HDACs and decrotonylase activity in cells.”
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      “Furthermore, genetic deletion of HDAC1/2 from ES cells reveals them to be critical enzymes in the regulation of H3K18cr levels, in terms of total decrotonylase activity (Fig. 3) and the regulation of histone crotonylation at specific genomic loci (Fig. 4).”
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    Findingown data

    Loss of HDAC1/2 increases average levels of both H3K18ac and H3K18cr around the TSS, with a more pronounced increase for H3K18ac.

    “Loss of HDAC1/2 increases the average levels of both H3K18ac and H3K18cr around the TSS (Ctrl vs DKO), with a more pronounced increase observed for H3K18ac.”
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    Findingown data

    In contrast to previously published data, increased histone crotonylation upon loss of HDAC1/2 activity largely overlaps with H3K18ac at TSS and correlates with gene activity.

    “In contrast to previously published data22, we observed increased levels of histone crotonylation upon loss of HDAC1/2 activity which largely overlaps with H3K18ac at TSS and correlates with gene activity.”
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    • cites [22] Fellows, R. et al. Microbiota derived short chain fatty acids promote histone crotonylation in the colon through histone deacetylases. Nat Commun 9, 105, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02651-5 (2018). source

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    • Rests on an assumption: The changes in histone crotonylation levels upon HDAC1/2 deletion are due to loss of HDAC1/2 decrotonylase activity rather than indirect effects on other enzymes.
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    Findingcitation

    H3K18cr levels peak in the vicinity of transcription start sites and significantly overlap with H3K18ac.

    “In line with previous findings9, we observed that H3K18cr levels peak in the vicinity of transcription start sites (TSS) with a significant overlap with H3K18ac (Fig. 4A).”
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    • cites [9] Sabari, B. R. et al. Intracellular crotonyl-CoA stimulates transcription through p300-catalyzed histone crotonylation. Molecular cell 58, 203–215, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2015.02.029 (2015). source

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    Findingown data

    In ES cells, H3K18ac and H3K18cr show a significant overlap in loci, with the increase in abundance upon HDAC1/2 deletion occurring at pre-existing sites.

    “A comparison of H3K18ac and H3K18cr in ES cells revealed a significant overlap in loci, with the increase in abundance upon HDAC1/2 deletion occurring at pre-existing sites.”
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    • Rests on an assumption: The H3K18cr antibody used for native ChIP specifically detects H3K18cr.
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    Findingown data

    HDAC1-KO; HDAC2-Het ES cells show increased H3K18ac (1.5-fold) and histone H3 crotonylation (1.5-fold; Pan-Cr), smaller than in DKO cells.

    “HDAC1-KO; HDAC2-Het cells showed increased levels of H3K18ac (1.5-fold) and histone H3 crotonylation (1.5-fold; Pan-Cr; Supplementary Fig. S2B), although these increases are smaller than those observed in DKO cells (Fig. 3B).”
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    Findingown data

    After LBH589 treatment for 24 hours and washout, there is little or no difference in recovery time between H3K18ac and H3K18cr, suggesting the rate of decrotonylation is similar to deacetylation in cells.

    “Surprisingly, given the difference in initial rates measured using the caliper assay in vitro (Fig. 1), we detect little or no difference in the recovery time, suggesting that the rate of decrotonylation is similar to deacetylation in cells (Supplementary Fig. S2C).”
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    Premisecitation

    HDAC inhibitor treatment reduces the average level of H3K18cr at transcriptional start sites.

    “siRNA knockdown of HDAC1/221 or treatment with HDAC inhibitors22 caused increased levels of histone crotonylation; although counterintuitively, the average level of H3K18cr at transcriptional start sites (TSS) was reduced following HDAC inhibitor treatment22.”
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    • cites [22] Fellows, R. et al. Microbiota derived short chain fatty acids promote histone crotonylation in the colon through histone deacetylases. Nat Commun 9, 105, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02651-5 (2018). source

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    siRNA knockdown of HDAC1/2 or HDAC inhibitor treatment causes increased levels of histone crotonylation.

    “siRNA knockdown of HDAC1/221 or treatment with HDAC inhibitors22 caused increased levels of histone crotonylation; although counterintuitively, the average level of H3K18cr at transcriptional start sites (TSS) was reduced following HDAC inhibitor treatment22.”
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    • cites [21] Wei, W. et al. Class I histone deacetylases are major histone decrotonylases: evidence for critical and broad function of histone crotonylation in transcription. Cell Res 27, 898–915, https://doi.org/10.1038/cr.2017.68 (2017). source

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    • cites [22] Fellows, R. et al. Microbiota derived short chain fatty acids promote histone crotonylation in the colon through histone deacetylases. Nat Commun 9, 105, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02651-5 (2018). source

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    Premisecitation

    Lysine acetylation and lysine crotonylation are recognized by distinct readers, in bromodomains and Yeats domains respectively.

    “However, Lys-ac and Lys-cr may be interpreted differently, since they are recognized by distinct readers, in the bromodomain10 and Yeats domain11 respectively.”
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    • cites [10] Dhalluin, C. et al. Structure and ligand of a histone acetyltransferase bromodomain. Nature 399, 491–496, https://doi.org/10.1038/20974 (1999). source

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    • cites [11] Li, Y. et al. Molecular Coupling of Histone Crotonylation and Active Transcription by AF9 YEATS Domain. Molecular cell 62, 181–193, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2016.03.028 (2016). source

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    Premisecitation

    A study profiling substrate preferences of HDAC1-11 identified HDAC3 as a potential decrotonylase.

    “A study profiling substrate preferences of HDAC1–11 identified HDAC3 as a potential decrotonylase18.”
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    • cites [18] Madsen, A. S. & Olsen, C. A. Profiling of substrates for zinc-dependent lysine deacylase enzymes: HDAC3 exhibits decrotonylase activity in vitro. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 51, 9083–9087, https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201203754 (2012). source

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    Sirtuins 1, 2 and 3 have been shown to be decrotonylases in vitro.

    “Unsurprisingly, given the range of their potential substrates, sirtuins 1, 216 and 317 were shown to be decrotonylases in vitro.”
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    • cites [16] Feldman, J. L., Baeza, J. & Denu, J. M. Activation of the protein deacetylase SIRT6 by long-chain fatty acids and widespread deacylation by mammalian sirtuins. The Journal of biological chemistry 288, 31350–31356, https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.C113.511261 (2013). source

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    • cites [17] Bao, X. et al. Identification of ‘erasers’ for lysine crotonylated histone marks using a chemical proteomics approach. Elife 3, https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.02999 (2014). source

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    HDAC1 and HDAC2 form the catalytic core of multiple co-repressor complexes, including Sin3, NuRD, CoREST and MiDAC.

    “HDAC1 and HDAC2 (HDAC1/2) are highly related deacetylases that form the catalytic core of multiple co-repressor complexes, including, Sin3, NuRD, CoREST and MiDAC19,20.”
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    • cites [19] Kelly, R. D. & Cowley, S. M. The physiological roles of histone deacetylase (HDAC) 1 and 2: complex co-stars with multiple leading parts. Biochemical Society transactions 41, 741–749, https://doi.org/10.1042/BST20130010 (2013). source

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    Histone lysine crotonylation is associated with active chromatin and overlaps with known sites of lysine acetylation.

    “A number of functional studies have concentrated on histone lysine-crotonylation (Lys-cr) which is associated with active chromatin and overlaps with known sites of lysine-acetylation (Lys-ac)3,9.”
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    • cites [3] Tan, M. et al. Identification of 67 histone marks and histone lysine crotonylation as a new type of histone modification. Cell 146, 1016–1028, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2011.08.008 (2011). source

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    • cites [9] Sabari, B. R. et al. Intracellular crotonyl-CoA stimulates transcription through p300-catalyzed histone crotonylation. Molecular cell 58, 203–215, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2015.02.029 (2015). source

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    Treatment of HCT-116 cells with MS-275 increases global H3K18cr levels but reduces H3K18cr levels around transcriptional start sites.

    “Although treatment of HCT-116 cells with MS-275 increased the global levels of H3K18cr, ChIP-seq showed a reduction in H3K18cr levels around transcriptional start sites22.”
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    • cites [22] Fellows, R. et al. Microbiota derived short chain fatty acids promote histone crotonylation in the colon through histone deacetylases. Nat Commun 9, 105, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02651-5 (2018). source

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    Class-I HDACs regulate levels of histone decrotonylation in the intestine in response to short chain fatty acids generated by the gut microbiota.

    “More recently, Fellows et. al. (2018) provided evidence that class-I HDACs regulate levels of histone decrotonylation in the intestine in response to short chain fatty acids generated by the microbiota of the gut22.”
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    • cites [22] Fellows, R. et al. Microbiota derived short chain fatty acids promote histone crotonylation in the colon through histone deacetylases. Nat Commun 9, 105, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02651-5 (2018). source

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    Increases in histone crotonylation at specific sites appear correlated with corresponding changes in H3K18ac, suggesting HDAC1/2 co-ordinately regulate both modifications at specific sites.

    “These increases in histone crotonylation appear to be correlated with corresponding changes in H3K18ac, suggesting that HDAC1/2 co-ordinately regulate both histone modifications at specific sites.”
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    Premisecitation

    Overexpression of class I HDACs (HDAC1, 2, 3 and 8) in HeLa cells decreases global histone crotonylation levels, whereas knockdown or HDAC inhibitor treatment produces the opposite effect.

    “Wei et al.21 demonstrated that overexpression of class I HDACs (HDAC1, 2, 3 and 8) in HeLa cells were able to decrease global histone crotonylation levels, while knock-down or HDAC inhibitor treatment produced the opposite effect21.”
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    • cites [21] Wei, W. et al. Class I histone deacetylases are major histone decrotonylases: evidence for critical and broad function of histone crotonylation in transcription. Cell Res 27, 898–915, https://doi.org/10.1038/cr.2017.68 (2017). source

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    HDAC1/2 map predominantly to transcription start sites with a positive correlation between binding and gene activity.

    “This is not surprising, since HDAC1/2 map predominantly to TSS (Fig. 4C) with a positive correlation between binding and gene activity33,34.”
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    • cites [33] Wang, Z. et al. Genome-wide mapping of HATs and HDACs reveals distinct functions in active and inactive genes. Cell 138, 1019–1031, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2009.06.049 (2009). source

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    • cites [34] Kurdistani, S. K., Robyr, D., Tavazoie, S. & Grunstein, M. Genome-wide binding map of the histone deacetylase Rpd3 in yeast. Nature genetics 31, 248–254, https://doi.org/10.1038/ng907 (2002). source

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    Premisecitation

    The HDAC3/NCoR complex hydrolyses Lys-cr at a lower rate than Lys-ac, though still comparable to the deacetylase activities of HDAC8 and HDAC11.

    “This is consistent with data from Madsen and Olson18, who showed that the HDAC3/NCoR complex also hydrolysed Lys-cr at a lower rate than Lys-ac, although still comparable to the deacetylase activities of HDAC8 and HDAC11.”
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    • cites [18] Madsen, A. S. & Olsen, C. A. Profiling of substrates for zinc-dependent lysine deacylase enzymes: HDAC3 exhibits decrotonylase activity in vitro. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 51, 9083–9087, https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201203754 (2012). source

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    Purified HDAC1, 2 and 3 are able to reduce the levels of H3K18 butyrylation in vitro.

    “Indeed, data from Fellows et al., showed that purified HDAC1, 2 and 3 are able to reduce the levels of H3K18 butyrlation in vitro22.”
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    • cites [22] Fellows, R. et al. Microbiota derived short chain fatty acids promote histone crotonylation in the colon through histone deacetylases. Nat Commun 9, 105, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02651-5 (2018). source

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    Decrotonylase activity has been described for HDAC1-3 and Sirtuins 1-3.

    “To date, decrotonylase activity has been described for HDAC1-3 and Sirtuins 1-316–18,21,22.”
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    • cites [16] Feldman, J. L., Baeza, J. & Denu, J. M. Activation of the protein deacetylase SIRT6 by long-chain fatty acids and widespread deacylation by mammalian sirtuins. The Journal of biological chemistry 288, 31350–31356, https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.C113.511261 (2013). source

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    • cites [17] Bao, X. et al. Identification of ‘erasers’ for lysine crotonylated histone marks using a chemical proteomics approach. Elife 3, https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.02999 (2014). source

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    • cites [18] Madsen, A. S. & Olsen, C. A. Profiling of substrates for zinc-dependent lysine deacylase enzymes: HDAC3 exhibits decrotonylase activity in vitro. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 51, 9083–9087, https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201203754 (2012). source

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    • cites [21] Wei, W. et al. Class I histone deacetylases are major histone decrotonylases: evidence for critical and broad function of histone crotonylation in transcription. Cell Res 27, 898–915, https://doi.org/10.1038/cr.2017.68 (2017). source

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    • cites [22] Fellows, R. et al. Microbiota derived short chain fatty acids promote histone crotonylation in the colon through histone deacetylases. Nat Commun 9, 105, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02651-5 (2018). source

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    All in vitro HDAC and HDCR reactions were carried out in duplicate.

    “All reactions were carried out in duplicate in 30 µl reaction volumes, performed at room temperature in 50 mM Tris pH 7.5, 50 mM NaCl, 5% glycerol.”
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    Mass-spectrometry data show an abundance of histone crotonylation sites in all four core histones.

    “Mass-spectrometry data has shown that there are an abundance of histone crotonylation sites in all four core histones22,40.”
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    • cites [22] Fellows, R. et al. Microbiota derived short chain fatty acids promote histone crotonylation in the colon through histone deacetylases. Nat Commun 9, 105, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02651-5 (2018). source

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    • cites [40] Tan, M. et al. Lysine glutarylation is a protein posttranslational modification regulated by SIRT5. Cell Metab 19, 605–617, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2014.03.014 (2014). source

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    The HDAC1/CoREST1/LSD1 ternary complex is representative of HDAC1/2-containing co-repressor complexes for decrotonylase activity.

    “For this study we utilized the CoREST complex because we are able to generate a recombinant HDAC1/CoREST1/LSD1 ternary complex23, using full-length proteins, in a 1:1:1 ratio at milligram quantities.”
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    ES cells are a valid model for in vivo regulation of histone crotonylation.

    “Collectively, our data indicate that HDAC1/2 containing complexes are critical regulators of histone crotonylation in vivo.”
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    The changes in histone crotonylation levels upon HDAC1/2 deletion are due to loss of HDAC1/2 decrotonylase activity rather than indirect effects on other enzymes.

    “Since these observations imply HDAC1/2 are active decrontonylases, we assayed the remaining deacetylase and decrotonylase activity following HDAC1/2 deletion.”
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    The H3K18cr antibody used for native ChIP specifically detects H3K18cr.

    “Chromatin was immunoprecipitated using 8 μg H3K18ac (Catalog No: 39755; Active Motif) or 8 μg H3K18cr (PTM-Biolabs 517) conjugated to 50 μL Dynabeads Protein G overnight at 4 °C.”
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  • Histone modifications are dynamically regulated by coordinated enzyme systems referred to as writers, erasers, and readers, which deposit, remove, or recognize specific epigenetic marks.

    “Histone modifications are dynamically regulated by coordinated enzyme systems commonly referred to as “writers,” “erasers,” and “readers,” which respectively deposit, remove, or recognize specific epigenetic marks (Kelly et al., 2018; Brancolini et al., 2022).”

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Authors
Kelly, R. D. W., Chandru, A., Watson, P. J., Song, Y., Blades, M., Robertson, N. S., Jamieson, A. G., Schwabe, J. W. R., & Cowley, S. M.
Affiliations
  • University of Leicester (GB)
  • University of Cambridge (GB)
  • University of Glasgow (GB)
Corresponding author
Cowley, S. M.
Venue
Scientific Reports
Published
2018-10-02
Volume
8
Issue
1
Pages
14690-14690
ISSN
2045-2322 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2892763111
Cited by
138
References
49
Citations by year
2026: 13 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 11
FWCI
3.91
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Scientific Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Leicester Research Archive (University of Leicester) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Apollo (University of Cambridge) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Apollo (cc-by)
Funders
  • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/N034260/1)
  • Wellcome Trust (100237)
  • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/N002954/1, BB/P021689/1)
  • Medical Research Council (MR/J009202/1)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
Keywords
HDAC1, HDAC2, histone crotonylation, histone acetylation, LSD1, H3K18, histone acylation, corepressor complex, epigenetic regulation, embryonic stem cells
MeSH terms
Cell Line, Histones, Humans, Multienzyme Complexes, Protein Processing, Post-Translational, Histone Deacetylase 1, Histone Deacetylase 2

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