Xu Yali, Vakoc Christopher R
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, One Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA; Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, One Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA.
Trends Cell Biol. 2014 Nov;24(11):615-6. doi: 10.1016/j.tcb.2014.09.005. Epub 2014 Oct 3.
Enhancer landscapes are shaped by the integrated functions of lineage-specific and signal-dependent transcription factors. A new study by Brown et al. suggests that the signal-dependent transcription factor NF-kB can modulate global enhancer activities by altering the occupancy of Brd4, a BET bromodomain coactivator protein, across the genome. This work reveals new principles of enhancer dynamics and insights into the therapeutic modulation of enhancer function with BET bromodomain inhibitors.
增强子景观由谱系特异性和信号依赖性转录因子的综合功能塑造。布朗等人的一项新研究表明,信号依赖性转录因子NF-κB可通过改变全基因组范围内BET溴结构域共激活蛋白Brd4的占据情况来调节整体增强子活性。这项工作揭示了增强子动态变化的新原理,并为使用BET溴结构域抑制剂对增强子功能进行治疗性调节提供了见解。