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Molecular and Cellular Biology, November 2006, p. 7942-7952, Vol. 26, No. 21
0270-7306/06/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/MCB.00700-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
BRG1 Interacts with Nrf2 To Selectively Mediate HO-1 Induction in Response to Oxidative Stress
Jianyong Zhang,1,2
Tsutomu Ohta,3
Atsushi Maruyama,1,2
Tomonori Hosoya,1,2
Keizo Nishikawa,1,2
Jonathan M. Maher,2
Shigeki Shibahara,4
Ken Itoh,1,2* and
Masayuki Yamamoto1,2*
ERATO Environmental Response Project,1
Institute of Basic Medical Sciences and Center for Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba 305-8577, Japan,2
Center for Medical Genomics, National Cancer Center Research Institute, 5-1-1 Tsukiji Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan,3
Department of Molecular Biology and Applied Physiology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575, Japan4
Received 23 April 2006/
Returned for modification 5 June 2006/
Accepted 10 August 2006
NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) regulates antioxidant-responsive element-mediated induction of cytoprotective genes in response to oxidative stress. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of BRG1, a catalytic subunit of SWI2/SNF2-like chromatin-remodeling complexes, in Nrf2-mediated gene expression. Small interfering RNA knockdown of BRG1 in SW480 cells selectively decreased inducible expression of the heme oxygenase 1 (HO-1) gene after diethylmaleate treatment but did not affect other Nrf2 target genes, such as the gene encoding NADPH:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1). Chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis revealed that Nrf2 recruits BRG1 to both HO-1 and NQO1 regulatory regions. However, BRG1 knockdown selectively decreased the recruitment of RNA polymerase II to the HO-1 promoter but not to the NQO1 promoter. HO-1, but not other Nrf2-regulated genes, harbors a sequence of TG repeats capable of forming Z-DNA with BRG1 assistance. Similarly, replacement of the TG repeats with an alternative Z-DNA-forming sequence led to BRG1-mediated activation of HO-1. These results thus demonstrate that BRG1, through the facilitation of Z-DNA formation and subsequent recruitment of RNA polymerase II, is critical in Nrf2-mediated inducible expression of HO-1.
* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Center for TARA, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba 305-8577, Japan. Phone: 81-298-53-6158. Fax: 81-298-53-7318. E-mail for Masayuki Yamamoto:
masi{at}tara.tsukuba.ac.jp. E-mail for Ken Itoh:
itohk{at}cc.hirosaki-u.ac.jp.
Published ahead of print on 21 August 2006.
Molecular and Cellular Biology, November 2006, p. 7942-7952, Vol. 26, No. 21
0270-7306/06/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/MCB.00700-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
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