Aldosterone reprograms promoter methylation to regulate αENaC transcription in the collecting duct.

نویسندگان

  • Zhiyuan Yu
  • Qun Kong
  • Bruce C Kone
چکیده

Aldosterone increases tubular Na(+) absorption largely by increasing α-epithelial Na(+) channel (αENaC) transcription in collecting duct principal cells. How aldosterone reprograms basal αENaC transcription to high-level activity in the collecting duct is incompletely understood. Promoter methylation, a covalent but reversible epigenetic process, has been implicated in the control of gene expression in health and disease. We investigated the role of promoter methylation/demethylation in the epigenetic control of basal and aldosterone-stimulated αENaC transcription in mIMCD3 collecting duct cells. Bisulfite treatment and sequencing analysis after treatment of the cells with the DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) inhibitor 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (5-Aza-CdR) identified clusters of methylated cytosines in a CpG island near the transcription start site of the αENaC promoter. 5-Aza-CdR treatment or small interfering RNA-mediated knockdown of DNMT3b or methyl-CpG-binding domain protein (MBD)-4 derepressed basal αENaC transcription, indicating that promoter methylation suppresses basal αENaC transcription. Aldosterone triggered a time-dependent decrease in 5mC and DNMT3b and a concurrent enrichment in 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) and ten-eleven translocation (Tet)2 at the αENaC promoter, consistent with active demethylation. 5-Aza-CdR mimicked aldosterone by enhancing Sp1 binding to the αENaC promoter. We conclude that DNMT3b- and MBD4-dependent methylation of the αENaC promoter limits basal αENaC transcription, in part by limiting Sp1 binding and trans-activation. Aldosterone stimulates the dispersal of DNMT3b and recruitment of Tet2 to demethylate the αENaC promoter to induce αENaC transcription. These results disclose a novel epigenetic mechanism for the control of basal and aldosterone-induced αENaC transcription that adds to previously described epigenetic controls exerted by histone modifications.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • American journal of physiology. Renal physiology

دوره 305 7  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013