A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Histone H3K4me3 breadth in hypoxia reveals endometrial core functions and stress adaptation linked to endometriosis
Authors: Rytkönen Kalle T, Faux Thomas, Mahmoudian Mehrad, Heinosalo Taija, Nnamani Maurice C, Perheentupa Antti, Poutanen Matti, Elo Laura L, Wagner Günter P
Publisher: CELL PRESS
Publication year: 2022
Journal: iScience
Journal name in source: ISCIENCE
Journal acronym: ISCIENCE
Article number: 104235
Volume: 25
Number of pages: 14
eISSN: 2589-0042
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.104235(external)
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.104235(external)
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/175632966(external)
Trimethylation of histone H3 at lysine 4 (H3K4me3) is a marker of active promoters. Broad H3K4me3 promoter domains have been associated with cell type identity, but H3K4me3 dynamics upon cellular stress have not been well characterized. We assessed this by exposing endometrial stromal cells to hypoxia, which is a major cellular stress condition. We observed that hypoxia modifies the existing H3K4me3 marks and that promoter H3K4me3 breadth rather than height correlates with transcription. Broad H3K4me3 domains mark genes for endometrial core functions and are maintained or selectively extended upon hypoxia. Hypoxic extension of H3K4me3 breadth associates with stress adaptation genes relevant for the survival of endometrial cells including transcription factor KLF4, for which we found increased protein expression in the stroma of endometriosis lesions. These results substantiate the view on broad H3K4me3 as a marker of cell identity genes and reveal participation of H3K4me3 extension in cellular stress adaptation.
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