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¹ Functional Genomics
² Cardiology, Jichi Medical School, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Kawachigun, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan
³ Department of Molecular Biology, Cancer Research Institute, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo 060-8556, Japan
⁴ CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama 332-0012, Japan

Although acetylation-deacetylation of histones contributes to regulation of gene expression, few methods have been available to determine the whole-genome histone acetylation profile in specific cells or tissues. We have now developed a genome-wide screening method, differential chromatin scanning (DCS), to isolate genome fragments embedded in histones subject to differential acetylation. This DCS screening was applied to a human gastric cancer cell line incubated with or without an inhibitor of histone deacetylase (HDAC) activity, resulting in the rapid identification of more than 250 genome fragments. Interestingly, a number of cancer-related genes were revealed to be the targets of HDAC in the cancer cells, including those for tumour protein 73 and cell division cycle 34. Such differential acetylation of histone was also shown to be linked to the regulation of transcriptional activity of the corresponding genes. Among the isolated genome fragments, 94% (32/34) of them were confirmed to be bound to differentially acetylated histones, and the genes corresponding to 78% (7/9) of them exhibited differential transcriptional activity consistent with the level of histone acetylation. With its high fidelity, the DCS method should open a possibility to rapidly compare the genome-wide histone acetylation profiles and to provide novel insights into molecular carcinogenesis.

^* Correspondence: E-mail: hmano{at}jichi.ac.jp

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