Hypoxia and hypoxia mimetics differentially modulate histone post-translational modifications
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Kuo-Feng Hsu Sarah E Wilkins Richard J Hopkinson Rok Sekirnik Emily Flashman Akane Kawamura James SO McCullagh Louise Walport Christopher J SchofieldAbstract
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) to the tails of the core histone proteins are critically involved in epigenetic regulation. Hypoxia affects histone modifications by altering the activities of histone-modifying enzymes and the levels of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) isoforms. Synthetic hypoxia mimetics promote a similar response, but how accurately the hypoxia mimetics replicate the effects of limited oxygen availability on the levels of histone PTMs is uncertain. Here we report studies on the profiling of the global changes to PTMs on intact histones in response to hypoxia/hypoxia-related stresses using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). We demonstrate that intact protein LC-MS profiling is a relatively simple and robust method for investigating potential effects of drugs on histone modifications. The results provide insights into the profiles of PTMs associated with hypoxia and inform on the extent to which hypoxia and hypoxia mimetics cause similar changes to histones. These findings imply chemically-induced hypoxia does not completely replicate the substantial effects of physiological hypoxia on histone PTMs, highlighting that caution should be used in interpreting data from their use.
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Journal Epigenetics
Volume 16
Issue number 1
Pages 14-27
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Publisher website (DOI) 10.1080/15592294.2020.1786305
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