ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2014
PHD finger protein 2 (PHF2) represses ribosomal RNA gene transcription by antagonizing PHF finger protein 8 (PHF8) and recruiting methyltransferase SUV39H1.
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- Histone demethylase PHF2 regulates inflammatory genes in Alzheimer's disease.Molecular psychiatry · 2026Article
- Discovery and structural studies of histone demethylases.Frontiers in epigenetics and epigenomics · 2025Review
- Endothelial KDM5B Regulated by Piezo1 Contributes to Disturbed Flow Induced Atherosclerotic Plaque Formation.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2024Article
- PHF2-mediated H3K9me balance orchestrates heterochromatin stability and neural progenitor proliferation.EMBO reports · 2024Article
- MYC promotes global transcription in part by controlling P-TEFb complex formation via DNA-binding independent inhibition of CDK9 SUMOylation.Science China. Life sciences · 2023Article
- Native lamin A/C proteomes and novel partners from heart and skeletal muscle in a mouse chronic inflammation model of human frailty.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2023Article
- Role of primary aging hallmarks in Alzheimer´s disease.Theranostics · 2023Review
- MKL1 Mediates TGF-β Induced RhoJ Transcription to Promote Breast Cancer Cell Migration and Invasion.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2020Article
- PHF14 Promotes Cell Proliferation and Migration through the AKT and ERK1/2 Pathways in Gastric Cancer Cells.BioMed research international · 2020Article
- Inhibited Metastasis and Amplified Chemotherapeutic Effects by Epigene-Transfection Based on a Tumor-Targeting Nanoparticle.International journal of nanomedicine · 2020Article
- SUMOylation down-regulates rDNA transcription by repressing expression of upstream-binding factor and proto-oncogene c-Myc.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2019Article
- Genome-wide by environment interaction studies of depressive symptoms and psychosocial stress in UK Biobank and Generation Scotland.Translational psychiatry · 2019Article
- The expression and biological function of the PHF2 gene in breast cancer.RSC advances · 2018Article
- SUMO suppresses and MYC amplifies transcription globally by regulating CDK9 sumoylation.Cell research · 2018Article
- Phf8 loss confers resistance to depression-like and anxiety-like behaviors in mice.Nature communications · 2017Article
- The histone demethylase PHF8 is a molecular safeguard of the IFNγ response.Nucleic acids research · 2017Article
- The Epigenetic Pathways to Ribosomal DNA Silencing.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2016Review
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Abstract
Regulation of rDNA transcription is central to cell growth and proliferation. PHF2 and PHF8 belong to a subfamily of histone demethylases that also possess a PHD domain-dependent di-/trimethylated histone 3 lysine 4 (H3K4me2/3) binding activity and are known to be enriched in the nucleolus. In this study, we show that, unlike PHF8 that activates rDNA transcription, PHF2 inhibits rDNA transcription. Depletion of PHF2 by RNA interference increases and overexpression of PHF2 decreases rDNA transcription, respectively, whereas simultaneous depletion of PHF8 and PHF2 restores the level of rDNA transcription. The inhibition of rDNA transcription by PHF2 depends on its H3K4me2/3 binding activity that is also required for PHF2 association with the promoter of rDNA genes but not its demethylase activity. We provide evidence that PHF2 is likely to repress rDNA transcription by competing with PHF8 for binding of rDNA promoter and by recruiting H3K9me2/3 methyltransferase SUV39H1. We also provide evidence that, whereas PHF8 promotes, PHF2 represses the transcriptional activity of RARα, Oct4, and KLF4 and a few PHF8 target genes tested. Taken together, our study demonstrates a repressive role for PHF2 in transcription by RNA polymerase I and II.
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