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Abarrategui I, Krangel MS. Regulation of T cell receptor-alpha gene recombination by transcription. Nat Immunol 2006; 7:1109-15. [PMID: 16936730 DOI: 10.1038/ni1379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2006] [Accepted: 07/21/2006] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Despite the longstanding correlation between transcription and variable-(diversity)-joining (V(D)J) recombination, it is unknown whether transcription itself can direct recombinase targeting. Here we show that blockade of transcriptional elongation through the mouse T cell receptor-alpha (Tcra) locus suppressed V(alpha)-to-J(alpha) recombination and chromatin remodeling of J(alpha) segments. Transcriptional blockade also derepressed cryptic J(alpha) promoters. Our results demonstrate two key functions for transcription in Tcra locus regulation. Transcription increases the recombination of J(alpha) segments located within several kilobases of a promoter and prevents the activation of downstream promoters through transcriptional interference. These influences promote an ordered progression of Tcra locus recombination events and selection of a robust Tcra repertoire.
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- Iratxe Abarrategui
- Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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Brugnera E, Bhandoola A, Cibotti R, Yu Q, Guinter TI, Yamashita Y, Sharrow SO, Singer A. Coreceptor reversal in the thymus: signaled CD4+8+ thymocytes initially terminate CD8 transcription even when differentiating into CD8+ T cells. Immunity 2000; 13:59-71. [PMID: 10933395 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(00)00008-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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A central paradigm of T cell development is that CD4+8+ (DP) thymocytes differentiate into CD4+ or CD8+ T cells in response to intrathymic signals that extinguish transcription of the inappropriate coreceptor molecule. Contrary to this prevailing paradigm, we now demonstrate that signaled DP thymocytes initially terminate CD8 transcription even when differentiating into CD8+ T cells. Remarkably, thymocytes that have selectively terminated CD8 transcription can be signaled by IL-7 to differentiate into CD8+ T cells by silencing CD4 transcription and reinitiating CD8 transcription, events we refer to as "coreceptor reversal." These observations significantly alter our understanding of CD8+ T cell differentiation and lead to a new perspective ("kinetic signaling") on CD4/CD8 lineage determination in the thymus. These observations also suggest a novel mechanism by which bipotential cells throughout development can determine their appropriate cell fate.
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- E Brugnera
- Experimental Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Cibotti R, Bhandoola A, Guinter TI, Sharrow SO, Singer A. CD8 coreceptor extinction in signaled CD4(+)CD8(+) thymocytes: coordinate roles for both transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulatory mechanisms in developing thymocytes. Mol Cell Biol 2000; 20:3852-9. [PMID: 10805728 PMCID: PMC85715 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.20.11.3852-3859.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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T-cell development in the thymus is characterized by changing expression patterns of CD4 and CD8 coreceptor molecules and by changes in CD4 and CD8 gene transcription. In response to T-cell receptor (TCR) signals, thymocytes progress through developmental transitions, such as conversion of CD4(+)CD8(+) (double-positive [DP]) thymocytes into intermediate CD4(+)CD8(-) thymocytes, that appear to require more-rapid changes in coreceptor expression than can be accomplished by transcriptional regulation alone. Consequently, we considered the possibility that TCR stimulation of DP thymocytes not only affects coreceptor gene transcription but also affects coreceptor RNA stability. Indeed, we found that TCR signals in DP thymocytes rapidly destabilized preexisting CD4 and CD8 coreceptor RNAs, resulting in their rapid elimination. Destabilization of coreceptor RNA was shown for CD8alpha to be dependent on target sequences in the noncoding region of the RNA. TCR signals also differentially affected coreceptor gene transcription in DP thymocytes, terminating CD8alpha gene transcription but only transiently reducing CD4 gene transcription. Thus, posttranscriptional and transcriptional regulatory mechanisms act coordinately in signaled DP thymocytes to promote the rapid conversion of these cells into intermediate CD4(+)CD8(-) thymocytes. We suggest that destabilization of preexisting coreceptor RNAs is a mechanism by which coreceptor expression in developing thymocytes is rapidly altered at critical points in the differentiation of these cells.
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- R Cibotti
- Experimental Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Ljungman M. Recovery of RNA synthesis from the DHFR gene following UV-irradiation precedes the removal of photolesions from the transcribed strand. Carcinogenesis 1999; 20:395-9. [PMID: 10190552 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/20.3.395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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It is thought that recovery of RNA synthesis following UV-irradiation is closely related to the removal of UV-induced lesions from the transcribed strand of active genes. To test this hypothesis, nascent RNA synthesis from three different locations within the DHFR gene in CHO cells was assessed following exposure to UV light (254 nm). Using both in vivo RNA labeling as well as the nuclear run-on technique, it was found that RNA synthesis from the middle and the 3'-end of the gene was inhibited within 20 min by approximately 30 and 70%, respectively, while RNA synthesis from the 5'-end of the DHFR gene was enhanced. RNA synthesis from the middle portion of the gene fully recovered within 30-45 min of post-UV incubation, while recovery was slower from the 3'-end of the gene. Compared with previously published data for the kinetics of removal of UV-induced DNA lesions from the 5'-half of the DHFR gene in these cells, it is concluded that RNA synthesis resumed significantly faster in this region than could be accounted for by the removal of photolesions from the transcribed strand. Thus, although RNA synthesis was initially inhibited by UV-induced photolesions, the results suggest that RNA polymerase II was able to bypass these lesions prior to their removal.
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- M Ljungman
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor 48109-0936, USA.
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Lin-Lee YC, Soyal SM, Surguchov A, Sanders S, Strobl W, Patsch W. Thyroid hormone influences conditional transcript elongation of the apolipoprotein A-I gene in rat liver. J Lipid Res 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)39744-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Ljungman M, Hanawalt PC. Presence of negative torsional tension in the promoter region of the transcriptionally poised dihydrofolate reductase gene in vivo. Nucleic Acids Res 1995; 23:1782-9. [PMID: 7784183 PMCID: PMC306936 DOI: 10.1093/nar/23.10.1782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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DNA topology has been suggested to play an important role in the process of transcription. Negative torsional tension has been shown to stimulate both pre-initiation complex formation and promoter clearance on plasmid DNA in vitro. We recently showed that genomic DNA in human cells contains localized torsional tension. In the present study we have further characterized and mapped torsional tension in the dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) gene in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells and investigated the effects of differential rates of transcription on the magnitude and location of this tension. Using psoralen photo-cross-linking in conjunction with X-irradiation, we found that relaxable psoralen hypersensitivity was specifically localized to the promoter region of the serum-regulated DHFR gene in serum-stimulated, but not in serum-starved, cells. Moreover, this hypersensitivity did not appear to be caused by transcription elongation, since it persisted in cells in which transcription of the DHFR gene had been reduced by the transcription inhibitor 5,6-dichloro-1-beta-D-ribofurano-sylbenzimidazole (DRB). We suggest that the generation of negative torsional tension in DNA may play an important role in gene regulation by poising genes for transcription.
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- M Ljungman
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109-0582, USA
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Tsai TF, Su TS. A nuclear post-transcriptional event responsible for overproduction of argininosuccinate synthetase in a canavanine-resistant variant of a human epithelial cell line. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1995; 229:233-8. [PMID: 7538074 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1995.tb20460.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The Canr1 cell line, a canavanine-resistant variant of the cultured human epithelial cell line, RPMI 2650, overproduces argininosuccinate synthetase more than 200-fold. Run-on transcription assays showed no significant difference in transcription initiation of the argininosuccinate synthetase gene between Canr1 and RPMI 2650 cells. Furthermore, no difference in the relative transcription rate was seen along this 63-kb gene, suggesting that neither transcription initiation nor elongation is responsible for differential expression of argininosuccinate synthetase in these two cell lines. However, when isolated nuclei were labeled for a longer period of time in the transcription assay, precursor RNA of argininosuccinate synthetase in RPMI 2650 cells was found to be very labile. Apparently, a nuclear event affecting precursor RNA stability is responsible for the dramatic difference in argininosuccinate synthetase levels in these two cell lines. Using a microsatellite polymorphic marker, it was demonstrated that argininosuccinate synthetase from both alleles of the gene in Canr1 cells was overexpressed. This suggests that a trans-acting mechanism may be responsible for regulation of overproduction in this cell line. Furthermore, when protein synthesis was blocked by cycloheximide, less precursor RNA was observed in Canr1 cells. These data suggest that a labile protein factor(s) participates in the regulation.
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- T F Tsai
- Graduate Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Strand R, Bøe R, Flatmark T. The choice of resuspension medium for isolated rat liver nuclei: effects on nuclear morphology and in vitro transcription. Mol Cell Biochem 1994; 139:149-57. [PMID: 7862105 DOI: 10.1007/bf01081738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Standard protocols for in vitro transcription assay (nuclear run-off) include 10-40% (v/v) glycerol (of various ionic strength) in the medium used for resuspension/storage of the isolated nuclei. In the present work the morphological and functional properties of nuclei isolated from rat liver have been studied as a function of the content of glycerol, sucrose and inorganic ions (K+ and Mg2+) in the resuspension medium. In contrast to earlier reports, glycerol was found not to be essential to maintain morphological integrity and RNA polymerase activity in frozen/stored nuclei. Nuclear pellets, resuspended and stored in isoosmotic sucrose media, were found to give morphologically intact and transcriptionally active nuclei. Furthermore, these nuclei displayed a higher specific hybridization signal for the differentially expressed genes encoding peroxisomal beta-oxidation enzymes, relative to the total RNA synthesis, than nuclei resuspended and stored in a hyperosmotic glycerol-containing medium. The concentrations of inorganic ions were also found to affect nuclear morphology. Flow cytometry indicated DNA leakage from nuclei at insufficient concentrations of K+ and Mg2+, and high ionic strength favoured aggregation and disintegration of nuclei. Our findings indicate that quantitative results from nuclear run-off experiments should be interpreted with caution until the process of transcription in isolated nuclei is better understood.
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- R Strand
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bergen, Norway
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Lavery DJ, Schibler U. Circadian transcription of the cholesterol 7 alpha hydroxylase gene may involve the liver-enriched bZIP protein DBP. Genes Dev 1993; 7:1871-84. [PMID: 8405996 DOI: 10.1101/gad.7.10.1871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 236] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The liver-enriched transcription factor DBP is expressed with a stringent circadian rhythm. We present evidence that DBP is a regulator of the circadian expression of the rat gene encoding cholesterol 7 alpha hydroxylase (C7 alpha H), the rate-limiting enzyme in the conversion of cholesterol to bile acids. As with DBP, C7 alpha H mRNA reaches peak levels in the evening, and its cycling is independent of daily food and light cues. As predicted for a DBP target gene, the primary level of C7 alpha H circadian expression is at the transcriptional level. DBP can activate the C7 alpha H promoter in cotransfection assays through a cognate DNA site centered around -225. In nuclear extracts prepared by a novel method that, in contrast to conventional techniques, yields near-quantitative recovery of DBP and other non-histone proteins, the DNA site required for DBP activation is the predominant site of occupancy by nuclear factors on the C7 alpha H promoter. At this site, the predominant binding activity is an evening-specific complex of which DBP is a component. These data suggest that DBP may play an important role in cholesterol homeostasis through circadian transcriptional regulation of cholesterol 7 alpha hydroxylase.
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- D J Lavery
- Département de Biologie Moléculaire, Sciences II, Université de Genève, Switzerland
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Histone H2A.X gene transcription is regulated differently than transcription of other replication-linked histone genes. Mol Cell Biol 1993. [PMID: 8423818 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.13.2.984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Histone H2A.X is a replication-independent histone H2A isoprotein species that is encoded by a transcript alternatively processed at the 3' end to yield two mRNAs: a 0.6-kb mRNA ending with the stem-loop structure characteristic of the mRNAs for replication-linked histone species, and a second, polyadenylated 1.6-kb mRNA ending about 1 kb further downstream (C. Mannironi, W. M. Bonner, and C. L. Hatch, Nucleic Acids Res. 17:9113-9126, 1989). Of the two, the 0.6-kb H2A.X stem-loop mRNA predominates in many cell lines, indicating that the presence of two types of mRNA may not completely account for the replication independence of H2A.X protein synthesis. The ambiguity is resolved by the finding that the level of the 0.6-kb H2A.X mRNA is only weakly downregulated during the inhibition of DNA replication and only weakly upregulated during the inhibition of protein synthesis, while the levels of other replication-linked mRNAs are strongly down- or upregulated under these two conditions. Analysis of the nuclear transcription rates of specific H2A genes showed that while the rates of transcription of replication-linked H2A genes decreased substantially during the inhibition of DNA synthesis and increased substantially during the inhibition of protein synthesis, the rate of H2A.X gene transcription decreased slightly under both conditions. These differences in transcriptional regulation between the H2A.X gene and other replication-linked histone genes are sufficient to account for the differences in regulation of their respective stem-loop mRNAs.
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Bonner WM, Mannironi C, Orr A, Pilch DR, Hatch CL. Histone H2A.X gene transcription is regulated differently than transcription of other replication-linked histone genes. Mol Cell Biol 1993; 13:984-92. [PMID: 8423818 PMCID: PMC358983 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.13.2.984-992.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Histone H2A.X is a replication-independent histone H2A isoprotein species that is encoded by a transcript alternatively processed at the 3' end to yield two mRNAs: a 0.6-kb mRNA ending with the stem-loop structure characteristic of the mRNAs for replication-linked histone species, and a second, polyadenylated 1.6-kb mRNA ending about 1 kb further downstream (C. Mannironi, W. M. Bonner, and C. L. Hatch, Nucleic Acids Res. 17:9113-9126, 1989). Of the two, the 0.6-kb H2A.X stem-loop mRNA predominates in many cell lines, indicating that the presence of two types of mRNA may not completely account for the replication independence of H2A.X protein synthesis. The ambiguity is resolved by the finding that the level of the 0.6-kb H2A.X mRNA is only weakly downregulated during the inhibition of DNA replication and only weakly upregulated during the inhibition of protein synthesis, while the levels of other replication-linked mRNAs are strongly down- or upregulated under these two conditions. Analysis of the nuclear transcription rates of specific H2A genes showed that while the rates of transcription of replication-linked H2A genes decreased substantially during the inhibition of DNA synthesis and increased substantially during the inhibition of protein synthesis, the rate of H2A.X gene transcription decreased slightly under both conditions. These differences in transcriptional regulation between the H2A.X gene and other replication-linked histone genes are sufficient to account for the differences in regulation of their respective stem-loop mRNAs.
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- W M Bonner
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Takahama Y, Singer A. Post-transcriptional regulation of early T cell development by T cell receptor signals. Science 1992; 258:1456-62. [PMID: 1439838 DOI: 10.1126/science.1439838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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During differentiation in the thymus, immature T cells progress through an ordered sequence of developmental stages that are best characterized by variable expression of the co-receptor molecules CD4 and CD8. Crosslinking of T cell receptor (TCR) molecules on precursor thymocytes was found to block their differentiation into CD4+CD8+ cells by eliminating messenger RNA's encoding two families of developmentally important molecules: the co-receptor molecules CD4 and CD8 and the recombination activating genes 1 and 2. TCR-induced post-transcriptional regulation in early thymocytes was specific for selective messenger RNA's, required protein synthesis, and was itself developmentally regulated. These data identify a post-transcriptional mechanism that is influenced by TCR signals and that regulates early thymocyte development.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- CD4 Antigens/genetics
- CD8 Antigens/genetics
- Cell Differentiation/physiology
- Cells, Cultured
- Fetus/cytology
- Gene Rearrangement, T-Lymphocyte/genetics
- Genes, RAG-1/genetics
- Mice
- Protein Synthesis Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/genetics
- RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional/physiology
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/physiology
- Signal Transduction/physiology
- T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- T-Lymphocytes/drug effects
- Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/pharmacology
- Thymus Gland/cytology
- Thymus Gland/embryology
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- Y Takahama
- Experimental Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Price BD, Calderwood SK. Heat-induced transcription from RNA polymerases II and III and HSF binding activity are co-ordinately regulated by the products of the heat shock genes. J Cell Physiol 1992; 153:392-401. [PMID: 1385451 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1041530219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Heat shock leads to co-ordinate increases in transcription of a family of heat shock genes, including the mouse hsp70.1 and B2 genes. Activation of the heat shock transcription factor (HSF) by heat shock stimulates transcription of the murine hsp70.1 gene (by RNA polymerase II). B2 genes are short, repetitive sequences whose transcription (by RNA polymerase III) are also increased after heat shock. We have studied whether heat-induced transcription is auto-regulated by the products of the heat shock genes. The results indicate: (1) after an initial heat shock, transcription of the heat shock genes by RNA polymerases II and III becomes desensitized to further heat shock, and the heat-induced DNA binding activity of the HSF is lost, (2) if accumulation of heat shock gene products is inhibited, the desensitizing effect of a prior heat shock is removed, and (3) transcription of the hsp70.1 and B2 genes apparently involves different mechanisms, with hsp70.1 employing the HSF and the B2 gene using a separate, heat-activated transcriptional mechanism. However, the level of transcription from the hsp70.1 and B2 genes and the stability of their respective RNAs are co-ordinately regulated by the level of heat shock protein in the cell. The data indicate that auto-regulation of the level of mouse heat shock gene products is mediated by RNA polymerase II transcripts but that the regulatory mechanism can control transcription from RNA polymerase III genes as well.
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- B D Price
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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Gow A, Friedrich VL, Lazzarini RA. Myelin basic protein gene contains separate enhancers for oligodendrocyte and Schwann cell expression. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 1992; 119:605-16. [PMID: 1383235 PMCID: PMC2289674 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.119.3.605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The DNA sequence between position +36 and -1907 of the murine myelin basic protein gene contains the enhancer and promoter elements necessary for abundant and cell specific expression in transgenic mice. Surprisingly, the pattern of expression promoted by this DNA fragment is a subset of that exhibited by the endogenous myelin basic protein (MBP) gene. Fusion genes prepared with this promoter/enhancer and a Lac Z reporter gene are expressed only in oligodendrocytes and not in Schwann cells, whereas the endogenous MBP gene is expressed in both cell types. The level of transgene expression measured by nuclear run-on experiments is very substantial and rivals that of the endogenous MBP gene. Furthermore, this 1.9-kb DNA fragment directs transcription on the same (or very similar) developmental schedule as the endogenous gene. These results indicate that the MBP promoter/enhancer sequences are at least tripartite: a core promoter, the oligodendrocyte enhancer elements, and a third component that either expands the specificity of the oligodendrocyte enhancer to include Schwann cells or acts independently to specifically stimulate transcription in Schwann cells.
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- A Gow
- Brookdale Center for Molecular Biology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York 10029-6574
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Stewart CA, Dell'Orco RT. Age related decline in the expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen in human diploid fibroblasts. Mech Ageing Dev 1992; 66:71-80. [PMID: 1364114 DOI: 10.1016/0047-6374(92)90074-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Proliferating cell nuclear antigen mRNA and protein levels were determined in human diploid fibroblasts of different in vitro ages as they progressed through the cell cycle. Cells were analyzed at G0; at various stages of G1, including the G1/S interface; and during S. At all in vitro ages, PCNA message levels were low to undetectable at G0, were evident 8 to 12 h following entrance into G1, peaked at G1/S and declined during S phase. Message levels were 2-3-fold lower in older populations at all stages of the cell cycle tested. PCNA protein increased from G0 through S phase in both age groups with 2-3-fold less being found in older cells. The decline in PCNA mRNA in older populations was not the result of changes in mRNA turnover or transcription. The results suggest that the reduction in PCNA expression is due to an age related alteration in a post-transcriptional regulatory function. The decline in the expression of the PCNA gene would contribute to the inability of older cells to initiate replicative DNA synthesis.
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- C A Stewart
- Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc., Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402
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Lavery DJ, Chen-Kiang S. Adenovirus E1A and E1B genes are regulated posttranscriptionally in human lymphoid cells. J Virol 1990; 64:5349-59. [PMID: 2145444 PMCID: PMC248584 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.64.11.5349-5359.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The interactions of adenovirus with differentiated human cells have been investigated in human myeloma cells. Relative to HeLa cells, the E1A and E1B genes, but not other viral genes, were markedly repressed by differential RNA stabilization, resulting in 20- to 50-fold less E1A and E1B mRNAs at steady state late in infection. The reduced E1A level corresponded to an approximately 200-fold-lower abundance of E1A polypeptides, which were nonetheless capable of efficient transactivation of E1A-dependent viral genes and were necessary for productive infection. The E1B gene was further regulated posttranscriptionally, yielding altered molar representation of alternatively spliced 22S and 13S mRNAs early in infection of myeloma cells. Taken together, these results suggested that repression and altered expression of E1A and E1B genes may provide a molecular basis of delayed kinetics of infection of lymphoid cells with adenovirus (D. Lavery, S. M. Fu, T. Lufkin, and S. Chen-Kiang, J. Virol. 61:1466-1472, 1987). The molecular mechanisms by which E1A and E1B are regulated and by which E1A transactivates viral genes in lymphoid cells are discussed.
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- D J Lavery
- Brookdale Center for Molecular Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029
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