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Histone H3 lysine 27 acetylation is altered in colon cancer
Authors:Jakub Karczmarski  Tymon Rubel  Agnieszka Paziewska  Michal Mikula  Mateusz Bujko  Paulina Kober  Michal Dadlez  Jerzy Ostrowski
Abstract:

Background

Histone post-translational modifications (PTMs) play an important role in the regulation of the expression of genes, including those involved in cancer development and progression. However, our knowledge of PTM patterns in human tumours is limited.

Methods

MS-based analyses were used to quantify global alterations of histone PTMs in colorectal cancer (CRC) samples. Histones isolated from 12 CRCs and their corresponding normal mucosa by acidic extraction were separated by SDS-PAGE and analysed by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.

Results

Among 96 modified peptides, 41 distinct PTM sites were identified, of which 7, 13, 11, and 10 were located within the H2A, H2B, H3, and H4 sequences, respectively, and distributed among the amino-terminal tails and the globular domain of the four histones. Modification intensities were quantified for 33 sites, of which 4 showed significant (p-value ≤ 0.05) differences between CRC tissues and healthy mucosa samples. We identified histone H3 lysine 27 acetylation (H3K27Ac) as a modification upregulated in CRC, which had not been shown previously.

Conclusions

The present results indicate the usefulness of a bottom-up proteomic approach for the detection of histone modifications at a global scale. The differential abundance of H3K27Ac mark in CRC, a PTM associated with active enhancers, suggests its role in regulating genes whose expression changes in CRC.
Keywords:Histone  Colorectal cancer  Acetylation  LC-MS
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