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Molecular and Cellular Biology, May 2008, p. 3114-3126, Vol. 28, No. 10
0270-7306/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.02078-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Transcription Regulation of the rRNA Gene by a Multifunctional Nucleolar Protein, B23/Nucleophosmin, through Its Histone Chaperone Activity{triangledown}

Kensaku Murano,1 Mitsuru Okuwaki,1,2 Miharu Hisaoka,1 and Kyosuke Nagata1*

Department of Infection Biology, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences and Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba 305-8575,1 PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, 322-0012, Japan2

Received 20 November 2007/ Returned for modification 27 December 2007/ Accepted 3 March 2008

It is well established that the transcription rate of the rRNA gene is closely associated with profound alterations in the cell growth rate. Regulation of rRNA gene transcription is likely to be dependent on the dynamic conversion of the chromatin structure. Previously, we identified B23/nucleophosmin, a multifunctional nucleolar phosphoprotein, as a component of template activating factor III that remodels the chromatin-like structure of the adenovirus genome complexed with viral basic proteins. It has also been shown that B23 has histone chaperone activity. Here, we examined the effect of B23 on rRNA gene transcription. B23 was found to be associated with the rRNA gene chromatin. Small-interfering-RNA-mediated down-regulation of the B23 expression level resulted in reduction of the transcription rate of the rRNA gene. We constructed a B23 mutant termed B23{Delta}C, which lacks the domain essential for the histone chaperone activity and inhibited the histone binding activity of B23 in a dominant-negative manner. Expression of B23{Delta}C decreased rRNA gene transcription and the rate of cell proliferation. These results suggest that B23 is involved in the transcription regulation of the rRNA gene as a nucleolar histone chaperone.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Infection Biology, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences and Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba 305-8575, Japan. Phone and fax: 81-29-853-3233. E-mail: knagata{at}md.tsukuba.ac.jp

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 10 March 2008.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, May 2008, p. 3114-3126, Vol. 28, No. 10
0270-7306/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.02078-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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