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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2024

Transcriptional elongation control of hypoxic response.

Shimaa Hassan AbdelAziz Soliman, Marta Iwanaszko, Bin Zheng, Sarah Gold, Benjamin Charles Howard, Madhurima Das, Ram Prosad Chakrabarty, Navdeep S Chandel, Ali Shilatifard

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shimaa Hassan AbdelAziz SolimanSimpson Querrey Institute for Epigenetics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611.
Marta IwanaszkoSimpson Querrey Institute for Epigenetics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611.ORCID 0000-0001-6909-5931
Bin ZhengSimpson Querrey Institute for Epigenetics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611.ORCID 0009-0009-7003-0858
Sarah GoldSimpson Querrey Institute for Epigenetics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611.ORCID 0000-0001-7390-4121
Benjamin Charles HowardSimpson Querrey Institute for Epigenetics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611.
Madhurima DasSimpson Querrey Institute for Epigenetics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611.
Ram Prosad ChakrabartySimpson Querrey Institute for Epigenetics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611.ORCID 0000-0002-5425-6306
Navdeep S ChandelSimpson Querrey Institute for Epigenetics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611.
Ali ShilatifardSimpson Querrey Institute for Epigenetics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611.
Northwestern University · US

Funding

Mutations of Chromatin and its Modifying Machineries in MalignanciesR35CA197569 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Ali Shilatifard · 2015 to 2026
$10.7M
Epigenetics, Metabolism and CancerT32CA281953 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Ali Shilatifard · 2023 to 2026
$1.2M
Computational Approaches for Studying Transcription Elongation Control in CancerR50CA265372 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Marta Iwanaszko · 2022 to 2026
$722k
Exploring Small Molecule Inhibitors of PAF1C as Novel HIV Latency Reversal AgentsR21AI174864 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI HULTQUIST, JUDD F, SHILATIFARD, ALI · 2023 to 2024
$426k
NCI NIH HHS R35 CA197569NCI NIH HHS R50 CA265372NCI NIH HHS T32 CA281953NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI174864
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The release of paused RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) from promoter-proximal regions is tightly controlled to ensure proper regulation of gene expression. The elongation factor PTEF-b is known to release paused RNAPII via phosphorylation of the RNAPII C-terminal domain by its cyclin-dependent kinase component, CDK9. However, the signal and stress-specific roles of the various RNAPII-associated macromolecular complexes containing PTEF-b/CDK9 are not yet clear. Here, we identify and characterize the CDK9 complex required for transcriptional response to hypoxia. Contrary to previous reports, our data indicate that a CDK9 complex containing BRD4 but not AFF1/4 is essential for this hypoxic stress response. We demonstrate that BRD4 bromodomains (BET) are dispensable for the release of paused RNAPII at hypoxia-activated genes and that BET inhibition by JQ1 is insufficient to impair hypoxic gene response. Mechanistically, we demonstrate that the C-terminal region of BRD4 is required for Polymerase-Associated Factor-1 Complex (PAF1C) recruitment to establish an elongation-competent RNAPII complex at hypoxia-responsive genes. PAF1C disruption using a small-molecule inhibitor (iPAF1C) impairs hypoxia-induced, BRD4-mediated RNAPII release. Together, our results provide insight into potentially targetable mechanisms that control the hypoxia-responsive transcriptional elongation.

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Nuclear ProteinsTranscription FactorsBromodomain Containing ProteinsCell Cycle ProteinsCyclin-Dependent Kinase 9Cyclin-Dependent KinasesGene Expression RegulationHumansHypoxiaPhosphorylationPositive Transcriptional Elongation Factor BRNA Polymerase IITranscription, GeneticBRD4 protein, humanBromodomain Containing ProteinsCell Cycle ProteinsCyclin-Dependent Kinase 9Cyclin-Dependent KinasesNuclear ProteinsPositive Transcriptional Elongation Factor BRNA Polymerase IITranscription Factorschromatinepigenetic mechanismsgene expressionRNA polymerase IItranscription

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PMID38564636
PMCPMC11009653
OpenAlexW4393405861

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