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The Transcriptional Regulator CBP Has Defined Spatial Associations within Interphase Nuclei
It is becoming increasingly clear that nuclear macromolecules and macromolecular complexes are compartmentalized through binding interactions into an apparent three-dimensionally ordered structure. This ordering, however, does not appear to be deterministic to the extent that chromatin and nonchroma...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1617132/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17054391 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.0020139 |
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author | McManus, Kirk J Stephens, David A Adams, Niall M Islam, Suhail A Freemont, Paul S Hendzel, Michael J |
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description | It is becoming increasingly clear that nuclear macromolecules and macromolecular complexes are compartmentalized through binding interactions into an apparent three-dimensionally ordered structure. This ordering, however, does not appear to be deterministic to the extent that chromatin and nonchromatin structures maintain a strict 3-D arrangement. Rather, spatial ordering within the cell nucleus appears to conform to stochastic rather than deterministic spatial relationships. The stochastic nature of organization becomes particularly problematic when any attempt is made to describe the spatial relationship between proteins involved in the regulation of the genome. The CREB–binding protein (CBP) is one such transcriptional regulator that, when visualised by confocal microscopy, reveals a highly punctate staining pattern comprising several hundred individual foci distributed within the nuclear volume. Markers for euchromatic sequences have similar patterns. Surprisingly, in most cases, the predicted one-to-one relationship between transcription factor and chromatin sequence is not observed. Consequently, to understand whether spatial relationships that are not coincident are nonrandom and potentially biologically important, it is necessary to develop statistical approaches. In this study, we report on the development of such an approach and apply it to understanding the role of CBP in mediating chromatin modification and transcriptional regulation. We have used nearest-neighbor distance measurements and probability analyses to study the spatial relationship between CBP and other nuclear subcompartments enriched in transcription factors, chromatin, and splicing factors. Our results demonstrate that CBP has an order of spatial association with other nuclear subcompartments. We observe closer associations between CBP and RNA polymerase II–enriched foci and SC35 speckles than nascent RNA or specific acetylated histones. Furthermore, we find that CBP has a significantly higher probability of being close to its known in vivo substrate histone H4 lysine 5 compared with the closely related H4 lysine 12. This study demonstrates that complex relationships not described by colocalization exist in the interphase nucleus and can be characterized and quantified. The subnuclear distribution of CBP is difficult to reconcile with a model where chromatin organization is the sole determinant of the nuclear organization of proteins that regulate transcription but is consistent with a close link between spatial associations and nuclear functions. |
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spelling | pubmed-16171322006-10-20 The Transcriptional Regulator CBP Has Defined Spatial Associations within Interphase Nuclei McManus, Kirk J Stephens, David A Adams, Niall M Islam, Suhail A Freemont, Paul S Hendzel, Michael J PLoS Comput Biol Research Article It is becoming increasingly clear that nuclear macromolecules and macromolecular complexes are compartmentalized through binding interactions into an apparent three-dimensionally ordered structure. This ordering, however, does not appear to be deterministic to the extent that chromatin and nonchromatin structures maintain a strict 3-D arrangement. Rather, spatial ordering within the cell nucleus appears to conform to stochastic rather than deterministic spatial relationships. The stochastic nature of organization becomes particularly problematic when any attempt is made to describe the spatial relationship between proteins involved in the regulation of the genome. The CREB–binding protein (CBP) is one such transcriptional regulator that, when visualised by confocal microscopy, reveals a highly punctate staining pattern comprising several hundred individual foci distributed within the nuclear volume. Markers for euchromatic sequences have similar patterns. Surprisingly, in most cases, the predicted one-to-one relationship between transcription factor and chromatin sequence is not observed. Consequently, to understand whether spatial relationships that are not coincident are nonrandom and potentially biologically important, it is necessary to develop statistical approaches. In this study, we report on the development of such an approach and apply it to understanding the role of CBP in mediating chromatin modification and transcriptional regulation. We have used nearest-neighbor distance measurements and probability analyses to study the spatial relationship between CBP and other nuclear subcompartments enriched in transcription factors, chromatin, and splicing factors. Our results demonstrate that CBP has an order of spatial association with other nuclear subcompartments. We observe closer associations between CBP and RNA polymerase II–enriched foci and SC35 speckles than nascent RNA or specific acetylated histones. Furthermore, we find that CBP has a significantly higher probability of being close to its known in vivo substrate histone H4 lysine 5 compared with the closely related H4 lysine 12. This study demonstrates that complex relationships not described by colocalization exist in the interphase nucleus and can be characterized and quantified. The subnuclear distribution of CBP is difficult to reconcile with a model where chromatin organization is the sole determinant of the nuclear organization of proteins that regulate transcription but is consistent with a close link between spatial associations and nuclear functions. Public Library of Science 2006-10 2006-10-20 /pmc/articles/PMC1617132/ /pubmed/17054391 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.0020139 Text en © 2006 McManus et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article McManus, Kirk J Stephens, David A Adams, Niall M Islam, Suhail A Freemont, Paul S Hendzel, Michael J The Transcriptional Regulator CBP Has Defined Spatial Associations within Interphase Nuclei |
title | The Transcriptional Regulator CBP Has Defined Spatial Associations within Interphase Nuclei |
title_full | The Transcriptional Regulator CBP Has Defined Spatial Associations within Interphase Nuclei |
title_fullStr | The Transcriptional Regulator CBP Has Defined Spatial Associations within Interphase Nuclei |
title_full_unstemmed | The Transcriptional Regulator CBP Has Defined Spatial Associations within Interphase Nuclei |
title_short | The Transcriptional Regulator CBP Has Defined Spatial Associations within Interphase Nuclei |
title_sort | transcriptional regulator cbp has defined spatial associations within interphase nuclei |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1617132/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17054391 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.0020139 |
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