@article{042663b2fc7e452c836b63de5a0f1176,
title = "Histone serotonylation is a permissive modification that enhances TFIID binding to H3K4me3",
abstract = "Chemical modifications of histones can mediate diverse DNA-templated processes, including gene transcription1–3. Here we provide evidence for a class of histone post-translational modification, serotonylation of glutamine, which occurs at position 5 (Q5ser) on histone H3 in organisms that produce serotonin (also known as 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)). We demonstrate that tissue transglutaminase 2 can serotonylate histone H3 tri-methylated lysine 4 (H3K4me3)-marked nucleosomes, resulting in the presence of combinatorial H3K4me3Q5ser in vivo. H3K4me3Q5ser displays a ubiquitous pattern of tissue expression in mammals, with enrichment observed in brain and gut, two organ systems responsible for the bulk of 5-HT production. Genome-wide analyses of human serotonergic neurons, developing mouse brain and cultured serotonergic cells indicate that H3K4me3Q5ser nucleosomes are enriched in euchromatin, are sensitive to cellular differentiation and correlate with permissive gene expression, phenomena that are linked to the potentiation of TFIID4–6 interactions with H3K4me3. Cells that ectopically express a H3 mutant that cannot be serotonylated display significantly altered expression of H3K4me3Q5ser-target loci, which leads to deficits in differentiation. Taken together, these data identify a direct role for 5-HT, independent from its contributions to neurotransmission and cellular signalling, in the mediation of permissive gene expression.",
author = "Farrelly, {Lorna A.} and Thompson, {Robert E.} and Shuai Zhao and Lepack, {Ashley E.} and Yang Lyu and Bhanu, {Natarajan V.} and Baichao Zhang and Loh, {Yong Hwee E.} and Aarthi Ramakrishnan and Vadodaria, {Krishna C.} and Heard, {Kelly J.} and Galina Erikson and Tomoyoshi Nakadai and Bastle, {Ryan M.} and Lukasak, {Bradley J.} and Henry Zebroski and Natalia Alenina and Michael Bader and Olivier Berton and Roeder, {Robert G.} and Henrik Molina and Gage, {Fred H.} and Li Shen and Garcia, {Benjamin A.} and Haitao Li and Muir, {Tom W.} and Ian Maze",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgements We thank R. Cagan (ISMMS), J. Coplan (SUNY Downstate) and C. Tamminga (UTSW) for providing Drosophila, macaque and human samples, respectively, for analysis of H3K4me3Q5ser (Fig. 1e), and G. Johnson (University of Rochester Medical Center) for wild-type and catalytically dead TGM2 constructs. This work was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health: DP1 DA042078 (I.M.), R01 MH116900 (I.M.), R21 DA044767 (I.M.), P50 MH096890 (I.M.), R37 GM086868 (T.W.M.), P01 CA196539 (T.W.M. and B.A.G.), R01 GM110174 (B.A.G.), R21 DA040837 (B.A.G.), R01 CA129325 (R.G.R.), R01 CA204639 (R.G.R.), T32 DA007135 (R.M.B.), as well as awards from: MQ Mental Health Research Charity, MQ15FIP100011 (I.M.), Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Fellowship in Neuroscience (I.M.), the JPB Foundation (F.H.G.), the Bob and Mary Jane Engman Foundation (F.H.G.), the Volkswagen Foundation (N.A.) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31430020 and 31621092, H.L.). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.",
year = "2019",
month = mar,
day = "28",
doi = "10.1038/s41586-019-1024-7",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "567",
pages = "535--539",
journal = "Nature",
issn = "0028-0836",
publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",
number = "7749",
}