KDM4C

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Lysine-specific demethylase 4C is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the KDM4C gene.

Function

This gene is a member of the Jumonji domain 2 (JMJD2) family and encodes a protein with one JmjC domain, one JmjN domain, two PHD-type zinc fingers, and two Tudor domains. This nuclear protein belongs to the alpha-ketoglutarate-dependent hydroxylase superfamily. It functions as a trimethylation-specific demethylase, converting specific trimethylated histone residues to the dimethylated form. Chromosomal aberrations and increased transcriptional expression of this gene are associated with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. A expressional decrease of KDM4C was found during cardiac differentation of murine embryonic stem cells.

Model organisms

Kdm4c knockout mouse phenotype

Characteristic	Phenotype
Homozygote viability	Normal
Fertility	Normal
Body weight	Normal
Anxiety	Normal
Neurological assessment	Normal
Grip strength	Normal
Hot plate	Normal
Dysmorphology	Normal
Indirect calorimetry	Normal
Glucose tolerance test	Normal
Auditory brainstem response	Normal
DEXA	Normal
Radiography	Normal
Body temperature	Normal
Eye morphology	Normal
Clinical chemistry	Normal
Plasma immunoglobulins	Normal
Haematology	Abnormal
Peripheral blood lymphocytes	Normal
Micronucleus test	Normal
Heart weight	Normal
Skin Histopathology	Abnormal
Eye Histopathology	Normal
Salmonella infection	Normal
Citrobacter infection	Normal
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Model organisms have been used in the study of KDM4C function. A conditional knockout mouse line, called Kdm4c^{tm1a(KOMP)Wtsi} was generated as part of the International Knockout Mouse Consortium program — a high-throughput mutagenesis project to generate and distribute animal models of disease to interested scientists.

Male and female animals underwent a standardized phenotypic screen to determine the effects of deletion. Twenty five tests were carried out on mutant mice and two significant abnormalities were observed. Homozygous mutant males had decreased haematocrit and haemoglobin levels, while animals of both sex displayed an increase in sebaceous gland size.

Further reading

• Yang ZQ, Imoto I, Fukuda Y, Pimkhaokham A, Shimada Y, Imamura M, Sugano S, Nakamura Y, Inazawa J (Sep 2000). "Identification of a novel gene, GASC1, within an amplicon at 9p23-24 frequently detected in esophageal cancer cell lines". Cancer Research. 60 (17): 4735–9. PMID 10987278.
• Kimura K, Wakamatsu A, Suzuki Y, Ota T, Nishikawa T, Yamashita R, Yamamoto J, Sekine M, Tsuritani K, Wakaguri H, Ishii S, Sugiyama T, Saito K, Isono Y, Irie R, Kushida N, Yoneyama T, Otsuka R, Kanda K, Yokoi T, Kondo H, Wagatsuma M, Murakawa K, Ishida S, Ishibashi T, Takahashi-Fujii A, Tanase T, Nagai K, Kikuchi H, Nakai K, Isogai T, Sugano S (Jan 2006). "Diversification of transcriptional modulation: large-scale identification and characterization of putative alternative promoters of human genes". Genome Research. 16 (1): 55–65. doi:10.1101/gr.4039406. PMC 1356129. PMID 16344560.
• Whetstine JR, Nottke A, Lan F, Huarte M, Smolikov S, Chen Z, Spooner E, Li E, Zhang G, Colaiacovo M, Shi Y (May 2006). "Reversal of histone lysine trimethylation by the JMJD2 family of histone demethylases". Cell. 125 (3): 467–81. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.03.028. PMID 16603238.
• Cloos PA, Christensen J, Agger K, Maiolica A, Rappsilber J, Antal T, Hansen KH, Helin K (Jul 2006). "The putative oncogene GASC1 demethylates tri- and dimethylated lysine 9 on histone H3". Nature. 442 (7100): 307–11. doi:10.1038/nature04837. PMID 16732293.
• Wissmann M, Yin N, Müller JM, Greschik H, Fodor BD, Jenuwein T, Vogler C, Schneider R, Günther T, Buettner R, Metzger E, Schüle R (Mar 2007). "Cooperative demethylation by JMJD2C and LSD1 promotes androgen receptor-dependent gene expression". Nature Cell Biology. 9 (3): 347–53. doi:10.1038/ncb1546. PMID 17277772.
• Katoh Y, Katoh M (Aug 2007). "Comparative integromics on JMJD2A, JMJD2B and JMJD2C: preferential expression of JMJD2C in undifferentiated ES cells". International Journal of Molecular Medicine. 20 (2): 269–73. doi:10.3892/ijmm.20.2.269. PMID 17611647.
• Erhu Zhao, Jane Ding,.....Hongjuan Cui, Han-Fei Ding (2016). "KDM4C and ATF4 Cooperate in Transcriptional Control of Amino Acid Metabolism". Cell Reports. 14: 506–519. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2015.12.053. PMC 4731315. PMID 26774480.CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter (link)