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Hsu ZS, Engel EA, Enquist LW, Koyuncu OO. Neuronal expression of herpes simplex virus-1 VP16 protein induces pseudorabies virus escape from silencing and reactivation. J Virol 2024; 98:e0056124. [PMID: 38869285 PMCID: PMC11264692 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00561-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2024] [Accepted: 05/15/2024] [Indexed: 06/14/2024] Open
Abstract
Alpha herpesvirus (α-HV) particles enter their hosts from mucosal surfaces and efficiently maintain fast transport in peripheral nervous system (PNS) axons to establish infections in the peripheral ganglia. The path from axons to distant neuronal nuclei is challenging to dissect due to the difficulty of monitoring early events in a dispersed neuron culture model. We have established well-controlled, reproducible, and reactivateable latent infections in compartmented rodent neurons by infecting physically isolated axons with a small number of viral particles. This system not only recapitulates the physiological infection route but also facilitates independent treatment of isolated cell bodies or axons. Consequently, this system enables study not only of the stimuli that promote reactivation but also the factors that regulate the initial switch from productive to latent infection. Adeno-associated virus (AAV)-mediated expression of herpes simplex-1 (HSV-1) VP16 alone in neuronal cell bodies enabled the escape from silencing of incoming pseudorabies virus (PRV) genomes. Furthermore, the expression of HSV VP16 alone reactivated a latent PRV infection in this system. Surprisingly, the expression of PRV VP16 protein supported neither PRV escape from silencing nor reactivation. We compared transcription transactivation activity of both VP16 proteins in primary neurons by RNA sequencing and found that these homolog viral proteins produce different gene expression profiles. AAV-transduced HSV VP16 specifically induced the expression of proto-oncogenes including c-Jun and Pim2. In addition, HSV VP16 induces phosphorylation of c-Jun in neurons, and when this activity is inhibited, escape of PRV silencing is dramatically reduced.IMPORTANCEDuring latency, alpha herpesvirus genomes are silenced yet retain the capacity to reactivate. Currently, host and viral protein interactions that determine the establishment of latency, induce escape from genome silencing or reactivation are not completely understood. By using a compartmented neuronal culture model of latency, we investigated the effect of the viral transcriptional activator, VP16 on pseudorabies virus (PRV) escape from genome silencing. This model recapitulates the physiological infection route and enables the study of the stimuli that regulate the initial switch from a latent to productive infection. We investigated the neuronal transcriptional activation profiles of two homolog VP16 proteins (encoded by HSV-1 or PRV) and found distinct gene activation signatures leading to diverse infection outcomes. This study contributes to understanding of how alpha herpesvirus proteins modulate neuronal gene expression leading to the initiation of a productive or a latent infection.
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- Zhi-Shan Hsu
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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- Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
- Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
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Zhao Z, Liu X, Zong Y, Shi X, Sun Y. Cellular Processes Induced by HSV-1 Infections in Vestibular Neuritis. Viruses 2023; 16:12. [PMID: 38275947 PMCID: PMC10819745 DOI: 10.3390/v16010012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2023] [Revised: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2024] Open
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Herpesvirus is a prevalent pathogen that primarily infects human epithelial cells and has the ability to reside in neurons. In the field of otolaryngology, herpesvirus infection primarily leads to hearing loss and vestibular neuritis and is considered the primary hypothesis regarding the pathogenesis of vestibular neuritis. In this review, we provide a summary of the effects of the herpes virus on cellular processes in both host cells and immune cells, with a focus on HSV-1 as illustrative examples.
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- Zhengdong Zhao
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China; (Z.Z.); (X.L.); (Y.Z.); (X.S.)
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China; (Z.Z.); (X.L.); (Y.Z.); (X.S.)
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China; (Z.Z.); (X.L.); (Y.Z.); (X.S.)
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China; (Z.Z.); (X.L.); (Y.Z.); (X.S.)
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China; (Z.Z.); (X.L.); (Y.Z.); (X.S.)
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Development and Regeneration, Wuhan 430022, China
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Romero N, Wuerzberger-Davis SM, Van Waesberghe C, Jansens RJ, Tishchenko A, Verhamme R, Miyamoto S, Favoreel HW. Pseudorabies Virus Infection Results in a Broad Inhibition of Host Gene Transcription. J Virol 2022; 96:e0071422. [PMID: 35730976 PMCID: PMC9278110 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00714-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Pseudorabies virus (PRV) is a porcine alphaherpesvirus that belongs to the Herpesviridae family. We showed earlier that infection of porcine epithelial cells with PRV triggers activation of the nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) pathway, a pivotal signaling axis in the early immune response. However, PRV-induced NF-κB activation does not lead to NF-κB-dependent gene expression. Here, using electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSAs), we show that PRV does not disrupt the ability of NF-κB to interact with its κB target sites. Assessing basal cellular transcriptional activity in PRV-infected cells by quantitation of prespliced transcripts of constitutively expressed genes uncovered a broad suppression of cellular transcription by PRV, which also affects the inducible expression of NF-κB target genes. Host cell transcription inhibition was rescued when viral genome replication was blocked using phosphonoacetic acid (PAA). Remarkably, we found that host gene expression shutoff in PRV-infected cells correlated with a substantial retention of the NF-κB subunit p65, the TATA box binding protein, and RNA polymerase II-essential factors required for (NF-κB-dependent) gene transcription-in expanding PRV replication centers in the nucleus and thereby away from the host chromatin. This study reveals a potent mechanism used by the alphaherpesvirus PRV to steer the protein production capacity of infected cells to viral proteins by preventing expression of host genes, including inducible genes involved in mounting antiviral responses. IMPORTANCE Herpesviruses are highly successful pathogens that cause lifelong persistent infections of their host. Modulation of the intracellular environment of infected cells is imperative for the success of virus infections. We reported earlier that a DNA damage response in epithelial cells infected with the alphaherpesvirus pseudorabies virus (PRV) results in activation of the hallmark proinflammatory NF-κB signaling axis but, remarkably, that this activation does not lead to NF-κB-induced (proinflammatory) gene expression. Here, we report that PRV-mediated inhibition of host gene expression stretches beyond NF-κB-dependent gene expression and in fact reflects a broad inhibition of host gene transcription, which correlates with a substantial recruitment of essential host transcription factors in viral replication compartments in the nucleus, away from the host chromatin. These data uncover a potent alphaherpesvirus mechanism to interfere with production of host proteins, including proteins involved in antiviral responses.
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- Nicolás Romero
- Department of Translational Physiology, Infectiology and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Translational Physiology, Infectiology and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Pharmacology, Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Translational Physiology, Infectiology and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Translational Physiology, Infectiology and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Translational Physiology, Infectiology and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Soffers JHM, Workman JL. The SAGA chromatin-modifying complex: the sum of its parts is greater than the whole. Genes Dev 2021; 34:1287-1303. [PMID: 33004486 PMCID: PMC7528701 DOI: 10.1101/gad.341156.120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In this review, Soffers and Workman discuss the initial discovery of the canonical SAGA complex, the subsequent studies that have shaped our view on the internal organization of its subunits into modules, and the latest structural work that visualizes the modules and provides insights into their function. There are many large protein complexes involved in transcription in a chromatin context. However, recent studies on the SAGA coactivator complex are generating new paradigms for how the components of these complexes function, both independently and in concert. This review highlights the initial discovery of the canonical SAGA complex 23 years ago, our evolving understanding of its modular structure and the relevance of its modular nature for its coactivator function in gene regulation.
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- Jelly H M Soffers
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri 64110, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri 64110, USA
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Ito T, Fukazawa J. SCARECROW-LIKE3 regulates the transcription of gibberellin-related genes by acting as a transcriptional co-repressor of GAI-ASSOCIATED FACTOR1. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2021; 105:463-482. [PMID: 33474657 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-020-01101-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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SCL3 inhibits transcriptional activity of IDD-DELLA complex by acting as a co-repressor and repression activity is enhanced in the presence of GAF1 in a TOPLESS-independent manner. GRAS [GIBBERELLIN-INSENSITIVE (GAI), REPRESSOR OF ga1-3 (RGA) and SCARECROW (SCR)] proteins are a family of plant-specific transcriptional regulators that play diverse roles in development and signaling. GRAS family DELLA proteins act as growth repressors by inhibiting gibberellin (GA) signaling in response to developmental and environmental cues. DELLAs also act as co-activators of transcription factor GAI-ASSOCIATED FACTOR1 (GAF1)/INDETERMINATE DOMAIN2 (IDD2), the GAF1-DELLA complex activating transcription of GAF1 target genes. GAF1 also interacts with TOPLESS (TPL), a transcriptional co-repressor, in the absence of DELLA, the GAF1-TPL complex repressing transcription of the target genes. SCARECROW-LIKE3 (SCL3), another member of the GRAS family, is thought to inhibit transcriptional activity of the IDD-DELLA complex through competitive interaction with IDD. Here, we also revealed that SCL3 inhibits transcriptional activation by the GAF1-DELLA complex via repression activity rather than via competitive inhibition of the GAF1-DELLA interaction. Moreover, the repression activity of SCL3 was enhanced by GAF1 in a TPL-independent manner. While the GRAS domain of DELLA has transcriptional activation activity, that of SCL3 has repression activity. SCL3 also inhibited transcriptional activity of GAF1-RGA fusion proteins. Results from the co-immunoprecipitation assays and the yeast three-hybrid assay suggested the possibility that SCL3 forms a ternary complex with GAF1 and DELLA. These findings provide important information on DELLA-regulated GA signaling and new insight into the transcriptional repression mechanism.
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- Takeshi Ito
- Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 739-8526, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 739-8526, Japan
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Liu C, Zhang W, Xing W. Diverse and conserved roles of the protein Ssu72 in eukaryotes: from yeast to higher organisms. Curr Genet 2020; 67:195-206. [PMID: 33244642 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-020-01132-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2020] [Revised: 11/04/2020] [Accepted: 11/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
Abstract
Gene transcription is a complex biological process that involves a set of factors, enzymes and nucleotides. Ssu72 plays a crucial role in every step of gene transcription. RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) occupies an important position in the synthesis of mRNAs. The largest subunit of RNAPII, Rpb1, harbors its C-terminal domain (CTD), which participates in the initiation, elongation and termination of transcription. The CTD consists of heptad repeats of the consensus motif Tyr1-Ser2-Pro3-Thr4-Ser5-Pro6-Ser7 and is highly conserved among different species. The CTD is flexible in structure and undergoes conformational changes in response to serine phosphorylation and proline isomerization, which are regulated by specific kinases/phosphatases and isomerases, respectively. Ssu72 is a CTD phosphatase with catalytic activity against phosphorylated Ser5 and Ser7. The isomerization of Pro6 affects the binding of Ssu72 to its substrate. Ssu72 can also indirectly change the phosphorylation status of Ser2. In addition, Ssu72 is a member of the 3'-end cleavage and polyadenylation factor (CPF) complex. Together with other CPF components, Ssu72 regulates the 3'-end processing of premature mRNA. Recent studies have revealed other roles of Ssu72, including its roles in balancing phosphate homeostasis and controlling chromosome behaviors, which should be further explored. In conclusion, the protein Ssu72 is an enzyme worthy of attention, not confined to its role in gene transcription.
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- Changfu Liu
- Department of Interventional Treatment, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, 300060, China
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- Department of Interventional Treatment, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, 300060, China
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- Department of Interventional Treatment, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, 300060, China.
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Key discoveries in Drosophila have shaped our understanding of cellular "enhancers." With a special focus on the fly, this chapter surveys properties of these adaptable cis-regulatory elements, whose actions are critical for the complex spatial/temporal transcriptional regulation of gene expression in metazoa. The powerful combination of genetics, molecular biology, and genomics available in Drosophila has provided an arena in which the developmental role of enhancers can be explored. Enhancers are characterized by diverse low- or high-throughput assays, which are challenging to interpret, as not all of these methods of identifying enhancers produce concordant results. As a model metazoan, the fly offers important advantages to comprehensive analysis of the central functions that enhancers play in gene expression, and their critical role in mediating the production of phenotypes from genotype and environmental inputs. A major challenge moving forward will be obtaining a quantitative understanding of how these cis-regulatory elements operate in development and disease.
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- Stephen Small
- Department of Biology, Developmental Systems Training Program, New York University, 10003 and
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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Fan D, Wang M, Cheng A, Jia R, Yang Q, Wu Y, Zhu D, Zhao X, Chen S, Liu M, Zhang S, Ou X, Mao S, Gao Q, Sun D, Wen X, Liu Y, Yu Y, Zhang L, Tian B, Pan L, Chen X. The Role of VP16 in the Life Cycle of Alphaherpesviruses. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1910. [PMID: 33013729 PMCID: PMC7461839 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
The protein encoded by the UL48 gene of alphaherpesviruses is named VP16 or alpha-gene-transactivating factor (α-TIF). In the early stage of viral replication, VP16 is an important transactivator that can activate the transcription of viral immediate-early genes, and in the late stage of viral replication, VP16, as a tegument, is involved in viral assembly. This review will explain the mechanism of VP16 acting as α-TIF to activate the transcription of viral immediate-early genes, its role in the transition from viral latency to reactivation, and its effects on viral assembly and maturation. In addition, this review also provides new insights for further research on the life cycle of alphaherpesviruses and the role of VP16 in the viral life cycle.
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- Dengjian Fan
- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Avian Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Avian Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Avian Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Avian Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Avian Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Avian Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Avian Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Avian Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Avian Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Avian Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Avian Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Avian Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Avian Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Avian Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Avian Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Avian Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Avian Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Avian Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Avian Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Avian Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Avian Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Avian Disease Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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Xie G, Yu Z, Jia D, Jiao R, Deng WM. E(y)1/TAF9 mediates the transcriptional output of Notch signaling in Drosophila. J Cell Sci 2014; 127:3830-9. [PMID: 25015288 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.154583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Transcriptional activation of Notch signaling targets requires the formation of a ternary complex that involves the intracellular domain of the Notch receptor (NICD), DNA-binding protein Suppressor of Hairless [Su(H), RPBJ in mammals] and coactivator Mastermind (Mam). Here, we report that E(y)1/TAF9, a component of the transcription factor TFIID complex, interacts specifically with the NICD-Su(H)-Mam complex to facilitate the transcriptional output of Notch signaling. We identified E(y)1/TAF9 in a large-scale in vivo RNA interference (RNAi) screen for genes that are involved in a Notch-dependent mitotic-to-endocycle transition in Drosophila follicle cells. Knockdown of e(y)1/TAF9 displayed Notch-mutant-like phenotypes and defects in target gene and activity reporter expression in both the follicle cells and wing imaginal discs. Epistatic analyses in these two tissues indicated that E(y)1/TAF9 functions downstream of Notch cleavage. Biochemical studies in S2 cells demonstrated that E(y)1/TAF9 physically interacts with the transcriptional effectors of Notch signaling Su(H) and NICD. Taken together, our data suggest that the association of the NICD-Su(H)-Mastermind complex with E(y)1/TAF9 in response to Notch activation recruits the transcription initiation complex to induce Notch target genes, coupling Notch signaling with the transcription machinery.
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- Gengqiang Xie
- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32304-4295, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science, Institute of Biophysics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Datun Road 15, Beijing 100101, China
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32304-4295, USA
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32304-4295, USA
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32304-4295, USA
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Zhong MG, Xiang YF, Qiu XX, Liu Z, Kitazato K, Wang YF. Natural products as a source of anti-herpes simplex virus agents. RSC Adv 2013. [DOI: 10.1039/c2ra21464d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Danaher RJ, Cook RK, Wang C, Triezenberg SJ, Jacob RJ, Miller CS. C-terminal trans-activation sub-region of VP16 is uniquely required for forskolin-induced herpes simplex virus type 1 reactivation from quiescently infected-PC12 cells but not for replication in neuronally differentiated-PC12 cells. J Neurovirol 2012. [PMID: 23192733 DOI: 10.1007/s13365-012-0137-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The HSV-1 tegument protein VP16 contains a trans-activation domain (TAD) that is required for induction of immediate early (IE) genes during lytic infection and induced reactivation from latency. Here we report the differential contributions of the two sub-regions of the TAD in neuronal and non-neuronal cells during activation of IE gene expression, virus replication, and reactivation from quiescently infected (QIF)-PC12 cells. Our studies show that VP16- and chemical (hexamethylenebisacetamide)-induced IE gene activation is attenuated in neuronal cells. Irrespective of neuronal or non-neuronal cell backgrounds, IE gene activation demonstrated a greater requirement for the N-terminal sub-region of VP16 TAD (VP16N) than the C-terminal sub-region (VP16C). In surprising contrast to these findings, a recombinant virus (RP4) containing the VP16N deletion was capable of modest forskolin-induced reactivation whereas a recombinant (RP3) containing a deletion of VP16C was incapable of stress-induced reactivation from QIF-PC12 cells. These unique process-dependent functions of the VP16 TAD sub-regions may be important during particular stages of the virus life cycle (lytic, entrance, and maintenance of a quiescent state and reactivation) when viral DNA would be expected to be differentially modified.
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- Robert J Danaher
- Department of Oral Health Practice, Division of Oral Medicine, Center for Oral Health Research, College of Dentistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0297, USA
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Strain background influences neurotoxicity and behavioral abnormalities in mice expressing the tetracycline transactivator. J Neurosci 2012; 32:10574-86. [PMID: 22855807 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0893-12.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The tet-off system has been widely used to create transgenic models of neurological disorders including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington's, and prion disease. The utility of this system lies in the assumption that the tetracycline transactivator (TTA) acts as an inert control element and does not contribute to phenotypes under study. Here we report that neuronal expression of TTA can affect hippocampal cytoarchitecture and behavior in a strain-dependent manner. While studying neurodegeneration in two tet-off Alzheimer's disease models, we unexpectedly discovered neuronal loss within the dentate gyrus of single transgenic TTA controls. Granule neurons appeared most sensitive to TTA exposure during postnatal development, and doxycycline treatment during this period was neuroprotective. TTA-induced degeneration could be rescued by moving the transgene onto a congenic C57BL/6J background and recurred on reintroduction of either CBA or C3H/He backgrounds. Quantitative trait analysis of B6C3 F2 TTA mice identified a region on Chromosome 14 that contains a major modifier of the neurodegenerative phenotype. Although B6 mice were resistant to degeneration, they were not ideal for cognitive testing. F1 offspring of TTA C57BL/6J and 129X1/SvJ, FVB/NJ, or DBA/1J showed improved spatial learning, but TTA expression caused subtle differences in contextual fear conditioning on two of these backgrounds, indicating that strain and genotype can interact independently under different behavioral settings. All model systems have limitations that should be recognized and mitigated where possible; our findings stress the importance of mapping the effects caused by TTA alone when working with tet-off models.
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Lehmann L, Ferrari R, Vashisht AA, Wohlschlegel JA, Kurdistani SK, Carey M. Polycomb repressive complex 1 (PRC1) disassembles RNA polymerase II preinitiation complexes. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:35784-94. [PMID: 22910904 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.397430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Despite the important role of Polycomb in genome-wide silencing, little is known of the specific biochemical mechanism by which it inactivates transcription. Here we address how recombinant Polycomb repressive complex 1 (PRC1) inhibits activated RNA polymerase II preinitiation complex (PIC) assembly using immobilized H3K27-methylated chromatin templates in vitro. Recombinant PRC1 inhibited transcription, but had little effect on binding of the activator as reported previously. In contrast, Mediator and the general transcription factors were blocked during assembly or dissociated from preassembled PICs. Importantly, among the PIC components, Tata Binding Protein (TBP) was the most resistant to eviction by PRC1. Immobilized template experiments using purified PRC1, transcription factor II D (TFIID), and Mediator indicate that PRC1 blocks the recruitment of Mediator, but not TFIID. We conclude that PRC1 functions to block or dissociate PICs by interfering with Mediator, but leaves TBP and perhaps TFIID intact, highlighting a specific mechanism for PRC1 transcriptional silencing. Analysis of published genome-wide datasets from mouse embryonic stem cells revealed that the Ring1b subunit of PRC1 and TBP co-enrich at developmental genes. Further, genes enriched for Ring1b and TBP are expressed at significantly lower levels than those enriched for Mediator, TBP, and Ring1b. Collectively, the data are consistent with a model in which PRC1 and TFIID could co-occupy genes poised for activation during development.
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- Lynn Lehmann
- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095-1737, USA
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Langlois C, Del Gatto A, Arseneault G, Lafrance-Vanasse J, De Simone M, Morse T, de Paola I, Lussier-Price M, Legault P, Pedone C, Zaccaro L, Omichinski JG. Structure-based design of a potent artificial transactivation domain based on p53. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:1715-23. [PMID: 22191432 DOI: 10.1021/ja208999e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Malfunctions in transcriptional regulation are associated with a number of critical human diseases. As a result, there is considerable interest in designing artificial transcription activators (ATAs) that specifically control genes linked to human diseases. Like native transcriptional activator proteins, an ATA must minimally contain a DNA-binding domain (DBD) and a transactivation domain (TAD) and, although there are several reliable methods for designing artificial DBDs, designing artificial TADs has proven difficult. In this manuscript, we present a structure-based strategy for designing short peptides containing natural amino acids that function as artificial TADs. Using a segment of the TAD of p53 as the scaffolding, modifications are introduced to increase the helical propensity of the peptides. The most active artificial TAD, termed E-Cap-(LL), is a 13-mer peptide that contains four key residues from p53, an N-capping motif and a dileucine hydrophobic bridge. In vitro analysis demonstrates that E-Cap-(LL) interacts with several known p53 target proteins, while in vivo studies in a yeast model system show that it is a 20-fold more potent transcriptional activator than the native p53-13 peptide. These results demonstrate that structure-based design represents a promising approach for developing artificial TADs that can be combined with artificial DBDs to create potent and specific ATAs.
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- Chantal Langlois
- Département de Biochimie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128 Succursale, Centre-Ville, Montréal, Quebec H3C 3J7, Canada
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Zhai Z, Yang X, Lohmann I. Functional dissection of the Hox protein Abdominal-B in Drosophila cell culture. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2011; 414:761-6. [PMID: 22005458 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.09.154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2011] [Accepted: 09/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hox transcription factors regulate the morphogenesis along the anterior-posterior (A/P) body axis through the interaction with small cis-regulatory modules (CRMs) of their target gene, however so far very few Hox CRMs are known and have been analyzed in detail. In this study we have identified a new Hox CRM, ct340, which guides the expression of the cell type specification gene cut (ct) in the posterior spiracle under the direct control of the Hox protein Abdominal-B (Abd-B). Using the ct340 enhancer activity as readout, an efficient cloning system to generate VP16 activation domain fusion protein was developed to unambiguously test protein-DNA interaction in Drosophila cell culture. By functionally dissecting the Abd-B protein, new features of Abd-B dependent target gene regulation were detected. Due to its easy adaptability, this system can be generally used to map functional domains within sequence-specific transcriptional factors in Drosophila cell culture, and thus provide preliminary knowledge of the protein functional domain structure for further in vivo analysis.
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- Zongzhao Zhai
- Key Laboratory of the Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beichen West Road, Chaoyang, Beijing 100101, China
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Lin JJ, Lehmann LW, Bonora G, Sridharan R, Vashisht AA, Tran N, Plath K, Wohlschlegel JA, Carey M. Mediator coordinates PIC assembly with recruitment of CHD1. Genes Dev 2011; 25:2198-209. [PMID: 21979373 DOI: 10.1101/gad.17554711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Murine Chd1 (chromodomain helicase DNA-binding protein 1), a chromodomain-containing chromatin remodeling protein, is necessary for embryonic stem (ES) cell pluripotency. Chd1 binds to nucleosomes trimethylated at histone 3 Lys 4 (H3K4me3) near the beginning of active genes but not to bivalent domains also containing H3K27me3. To address the mechanism of this specificity, we reproduced H3K4me3- and CHD1-stimulated gene activation in HeLa extracts. Multidimensional protein identification technology (MuDPIT) and immunoblot analyses of purified preinitiation complexes (PICs) revealed the recruitment of CHD1 to naive chromatin but enhancement on H3K4me3 chromatin. Studies in depleted extracts showed that the Mediator coactivator complex, which controls PIC assembly, is also necessary for CHD1 recruitment. MuDPIT analyses of CHD1-associated proteins support the recruitment data and reveal numerous components of the PIC, including Mediator. In vivo, CHD1 and Mediator are recruited to an inducible gene, and genome-wide binding of the two proteins correlates well with active gene transcription in mouse ES cells. Finally, coimmunoprecipitation of CHD1 and Mediator from cell extracts can be ablated by shRNA knockdown of a specific Mediator subunit. Our data support a model in which the Mediator coordinates PIC assembly along with the recruitment of CHD1. The combined action of the PIC and H3K4me3 provides specificity in targeting CHD1 to active genes.
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- Justin J Lin
- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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Core promoter recognition complex changes accompany liver development. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:3906-11. [PMID: 21368148 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1100640108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Recent studies of several key developmental transitions have brought into question the long held view of the basal transcriptional apparatus as ubiquitous and invariant. In an effort to better understand the role of core promoter recognition and coactivator complex switching in cellular differentiation, we have examined changes in transcription factor IID (TFIID) and cofactor required for Sp1 activation/Mediator during mouse liver development. Here we show that the differentiation of fetal liver progenitors to adult hepatocytes involves a wholesale depletion of canonical cofactor required for Sp1 activation/Mediator and TFIID complexes at both the RNA and protein level, and that this alteration likely involves silencing of transcription factor promoters as well as protein degradation. It will be intriguing for future studies to determine if a novel and as yet unknown core promoter recognition complex takes the place of TFIID in adult hepatocytes and to uncover the mechanisms that down-regulate TFIID during this critical developmental transition.
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Penkert RR, Kalejta RF. Tegument protein control of latent herpesvirus establishment and animation. HERPESVIRIDAE 2011; 2:3. [PMID: 21429246 PMCID: PMC3063196 DOI: 10.1186/2042-4280-2-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2010] [Accepted: 02/08/2011] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Herpesviruses are successful pathogens that infect most vertebrates as well as at least one invertebrate species. Six of the eight human herpesviruses are widely distributed in the population. Herpesviral infections persist for the life of the infected host due in large part to the ability of these viruses to enter a non-productive, latent state in which viral gene expression is limited and immune detection and clearance is avoided. Periodically, the virus will reactivate and enter the lytic cycle, producing progeny virus that can spread within or to new hosts. Latency has been classically divided into establishment, maintenance, and reactivation phases. Here we focus on demonstrated and postulated molecular mechanisms leading to the establishment of latency for representative members of each human herpesvirus family. Maintenance and reactivation are also briefly discussed. In particular, the roles that tegument proteins may play during latency are highlighted. Finally, we introduce the term animation to describe the initiation of lytic phase gene expression from a latent herpesvirus genome, and discuss why this step should be separated, both molecularly and theoretically, from reactivation.
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- Rhiannon R Penkert
- Institute for Molecular Virology, McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, and Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
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The last decade has seen an incredible breakthrough in technologies that allow histones, transcription factors (TFs), and RNA polymerases to be precisely mapped throughout the genome. From this research, it is clear that there is a complex interaction between the chromatin landscape and the general transcriptional machinery and that the dynamic control of this interface is central to gene regulation. However, the chromatin remodeling enzymes and general TFs cannot, on their own, recognize and stably bind to promoter or enhancer regions. Rather, they are recruited to cis regulatory regions through interaction with site-specific DNA binding TFs and/or proteins that recognize epigenetic marks such as methylated cytosines or specifically modified amino acids in histones. These "recruitment" factors are modular in structure, reflecting their ability to interact with the genome via one region of the protein and to simultaneously bind to other regulatory proteins via "effector" domains. In this chapter, we provide examples of common effector domains that can function in transcriptional regulation via their ability to (a) interact with the basal transcriptional machinery and general co-activators, (b) interact with other TFs to allow cooperative binding, and (c) directly or indirectly recruit histone and chromatin modifying enzymes.
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- Seth Frietze
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA,
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Goodrich JA, Tjian R. Unexpected roles for core promoter recognition factors in cell-type-specific transcription and gene regulation. Nat Rev Genet 2010; 11:549-58. [PMID: 20628347 DOI: 10.1038/nrg2847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The eukaryotic core promoter recognition complex was generally thought to play an essential but passive role in the regulation of gene expression. However, recent evidence now indicates that core promoter recognition complexes together with 'non-prototypical' subunits may have a vital regulatory function in driving cell-specific programmes of transcription during development. Furthermore, new roles for components of these complexes have been identified beyond development; for example, in mediating interactions with chromatin and in maintaining active gene expression across cell divisions.
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- James A Goodrich
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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Takahashi H, Martin-Brown S, Washburn MP, Florens L, Conaway JW, Conaway RC. Proteomics reveals a physical and functional link between hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha and transcription factor IID. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:32405-12. [PMID: 19805548 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.017954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Proteomic analyses have contributed substantially to our understanding of diverse cellular processes. Improvements in the sensitivity of mass spectrometry approaches are enabling more in-depth analyses of protein-protein networks and, in some cases, are providing surprising new insights into well established, longstanding problems. Here, we describe such a proteomic analysis that exploits MudPIT mass spectrometry and has led to the discovery of a physical and functional link between the orphan nuclear receptor hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha (HNF4alpha) and transcription factor IID (TFIID). A systematic characterization of the HNF4alpha-TFIID link revealed that the HNF4alpha DNA-binding domain binds directly to the TATA box-binding protein (TBP) and, through this interaction, can target TBP or TFIID to promoters containing HNF4alpha-binding sites in vitro. Supporting the functional significance of this interaction, an HNF4alpha mutation that blocks binding of TBP to HNF4alpha interferes with HNF4alpha transactivation activity in cells. These findings identify an unexpected role for the HNF4alpha DNA-binding domain in mediating key regulatory interactions and provide new insights into the roles of HNF4alpha and TFIID in RNA polymerase II transcription.
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- Hidehisa Takahashi
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri 64110, USA
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Regulation of histone deposition on the herpes simplex virus type 1 genome during lytic infection. J Virol 2009; 83:5835-45. [PMID: 19321615 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00219-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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During lytic infection by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), histones are present at relatively low levels on the viral genome. However, the mechanisms that account for such low levels--how histone deposition on the viral genome is blocked or how histones are removed from the genome--are not yet defined. In this study, we show that histone occupancy on the viral genome gradually increased with time when transcription of the viral immediate-early (IE) genes was inhibited either by deletion of the VP16 activation domain or by chemical inhibition of RNA polymerase II (RNAP II). Inhibition of IE protein synthesis by cycloheximide did not affect histone occupancy on most IE promoters and coding regions but did cause an increase at delayed-early and late gene promoters. IE gene transcription from HSV-1 genomes associated with high levels of histones was stimulated by superinfection with HSV-2 without altering histone occupancy or covalent histone modifications at IE gene promoters. Moreover, RNAP II and histones cooccupied the viral genome in this context, indicating that RNAP II does not preferentially associate with viral genomes that are devoid of histones. These results suggest that during lytic infection, VP16, RNAP II, and IE proteins may all contribute to the low levels of histones on the viral genome, and yet the dearth of histones is neither a prerequisite for nor a necessary result of VP16-dependent transcription of nucleosomal viral genomes.
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Transcriptional coactivators are not required for herpes simplex virus type 1 immediate-early gene expression in vitro. J Virol 2009; 83:3436-49. [PMID: 19176620 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02349-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Virion protein 16 (VP16) of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is a potent transcriptional activator of viral immediate-early (IE) genes. The VP16 activation domain can recruit various transcriptional coactivators to target gene promoters. However, the role of transcriptional coactivators in HSV-1 IE gene expression during lytic infection had not been fully defined. We showed previously that transcriptional coactivators such as the p300 and CBP histone acetyltransferases and the BRM and Brg-1 chromatin remodeling complexes are recruited to viral IE gene promoters in a manner dependent mostly on the presence of the activation domain of VP16. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that these transcriptional coactivators are required for viral IE gene expression during infection of cultured cells. The disrupted expression of the histone acetyltransferases p300, CBP, PCAF, and GCN5 or the BRM and Brg-1 chromatin remodeling complexes did not diminish IE gene expression. Furthermore, IE gene expression was not impaired in cell lines that lack functional p300, or BRM and Brg-1. We also tested whether these coactivators are required for the VP16-dependent induction of IE gene expression from transcriptionally inactive viral genomes associated with high levels of histones in cultured cells. We found that the disruption of coactivators also did not affect IE gene expression in this context. Thus, we conclude that the transcriptional coactivators that can be recruited by VP16 do not contribute significantly to IE gene expression during lytic infection or the induction of IE gene expression from nucleosomal templates in vitro.
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Understanding the diverse activities of the multisubunit core promoter recognition complex TFIID in vivo requires knowledge of how individual subunits contribute to overall functions of this TATA box-binding protein (TBP)/TBP-associated factor (TAF) complex. By generating altered holo-TFIID complexes in Drosophila we identify the ETO domain of TAF4 as a coactivator domain likely targeted by Pygopus, a protein that is required for Wingless-induced transcription of naked cuticle. These results establish a coactivator function of TAF4 and provide a strategy to dissect mechanisms of TFIID function in vivo.
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Langlois C, Mas C, Di Lello P, Jenkins LMM, Legault P, Omichinski JG. NMR Structure of the Complex between the Tfb1 Subunit of TFIIH and the Activation Domain of VP16: Structural Similarities between VP16 and p53. J Am Chem Soc 2008; 130:10596-604. [DOI: 10.1021/ja800975h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Chantal Langlois
- Département de Biochimie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128 Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7 Canada, and Laboratory of Cell Biology, NCI, National Institutes of Health, 37 Convent Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4256
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- Département de Biochimie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128 Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7 Canada, and Laboratory of Cell Biology, NCI, National Institutes of Health, 37 Convent Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4256
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- Département de Biochimie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128 Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7 Canada, and Laboratory of Cell Biology, NCI, National Institutes of Health, 37 Convent Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4256
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- Département de Biochimie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128 Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7 Canada, and Laboratory of Cell Biology, NCI, National Institutes of Health, 37 Convent Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4256
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- Département de Biochimie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128 Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7 Canada, and Laboratory of Cell Biology, NCI, National Institutes of Health, 37 Convent Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4256
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- Département de Biochimie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128 Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7 Canada, and Laboratory of Cell Biology, NCI, National Institutes of Health, 37 Convent Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4256
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Kutluay SB, Doroghazi J, Roemer ME, Triezenberg SJ. Curcumin inhibits herpes simplex virus immediate-early gene expression by a mechanism independent of p300/CBP histone acetyltransferase activity. Virology 2008; 373:239-47. [PMID: 18191976 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2007.11.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2007] [Revised: 05/02/2007] [Accepted: 11/28/2007] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Curcumin, a phenolic compound from the curry spice turmeric, exhibits a wide range of activities in eukaryotic cells, including antiviral effects that are at present incompletely characterized. Curcumin is known to inhibit the histone acetyltransferase activity of the transcriptional coactivator proteins p300 and CBP, which are recruited to the immediate early (IE) gene promoters of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) by the viral transactivator protein VP16. We tested the hypothesis that curcumin, by inhibiting these coactivators, would block viral infection and gene expression. In cell culture assays, curcumin significantly decreased HSV-1 infectivity and IE gene expression. Entry of viral DNA to the host cell nucleus and binding of VP16 to IE gene promoters was not affected by curcumin, but recruitment of RNA polymerase II to those promoters was significantly diminished. However, these effects were observed using lower curcumin concentrations than those required to substantially inhibit global H3 acetylation. No changes were observed in histone H3 occupancy or acetylation at viral IE gene promoters. Furthermore, p300 and CBP recruitment to IE gene promoters was not affected by the presence of curcumin. Finally, disruption of p300 expression using a short hairpin RNA did not affect viral IE gene expression. These results suggest that curcumin affects VP16-mediated recruitment of RNA polymerase II to IE gene promoters by a mechanism independent of p300/CBP histone acetyltransferase activity.
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- Sebla B Kutluay
- Graduate Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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Deng W, Roberts SGE. TFIIB and the regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Chromosoma 2007; 116:417-29. [PMID: 17593382 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-007-0113-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2007] [Revised: 05/21/2007] [Accepted: 05/21/2007] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Accurate transcription of a gene by RNA polymerase II requires the assembly of a group of general transcription factors at the promoter. The general transcription factor TFIIB plays a central role in preinitiation complex assembly, providing a bridge between promoter-bound TFIID and RNA polymerase II. TFIIB makes extensive contact with the core promoter via two independent DNA-recognition modules. In addition to interacting with other general transcription factors, TFIIB directly modulates the catalytic center of RNA polymerase II in the transcription complex. Moreover, TFIIB has been proposed as a target of transcriptional activator proteins that act to stimulate preinitiation complex assembly. In this review, we will discuss our current understanding of these activities of TFIIB.
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- Wensheng Deng
- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, The Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
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Zhu W, Wada T, Okabe S, Taneda T, Yamaguchi Y, Handa H. DSIF contributes to transcriptional activation by DNA-binding activators by preventing pausing during transcription elongation. Nucleic Acids Res 2007; 35:4064-75. [PMID: 17567605 PMCID: PMC1919491 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The transcription elongation factor 5,6-dichloro-1-β-d-ribofuranosylbenzimidazole (DRB) sensitivity-inducing factor (DSIF) regulates RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) processivity by promoting, in concert with negative elongation factor (NELF), promoter-proximal pausing of RNAPII. DSIF is also reportedly involved in transcriptional activation. However, the role of DSIF in transcriptional activation by DNA-binding activators is unclear. Here we show that DSIF acts cooperatively with a DNA-binding activator, Gal4-VP16, to promote transcriptional activation. In the absence of DSIF, Gal4-VP16-activated transcription resulted in frequent pausing of RNAPII during elongation in vitro. The presence of DSIF reduced pausing, thereby supporting Gal4-VP16-mediated activation. We found that DSIF exerts its positive effects within a short time-frame from initiation to elongation, and that NELF does not affect the positive regulatory function of DSIF. Knockdown of the gene encoding the large subunit of DSIF, human Spt5 (hSpt5), in HeLa cells reduced Gal4-VP16-mediated activation of a reporter gene, but had no effect on expression in the absence of activator. Together, these results provide evidence that higher-level transcription has a stronger requirement for DSIF, and that DSIF contributes to efficient transcriptional activation by preventing RNAPII pausing during transcription elongation.
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- Wenyan Zhu
- Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology and Integrated Research Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology and Integrated Research Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
- *To whom correspondence should be addressed. +81-45-924-5798+81-45-924-5834,
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- Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology and Integrated Research Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology and Integrated Research Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology and Integrated Research Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology and Integrated Research Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
- *To whom correspondence should be addressed. +81-45-924-5798+81-45-924-5834,
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Uhlmann T, Boeing S, Lehmbacher M, Meisterernst M. The VP16 activation domain establishes an active mediator lacking CDK8 in vivo. J Biol Chem 2006; 282:2163-73. [PMID: 17135252 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m608451200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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VP16 has been widely used to unravel the mechanisms underlying gene transcription. Much of the previous work has been conducted in reconstituted in vitro systems. Here we study the formation of transcription complexes at stable reporters under the control of an inducible Tet-VP16 activator in living cells. In this simplified model for gene activation VP16 recruits the general factors and the cofactors Mediator, GCN5, CBP, and PC4, within minutes to the promoter region. Activation is accompanied by only minor changes in histone acetylation and H3K4 methylation but induces a marked promoter-specific increase in H3K79 methylation. Mediated through contacts with VP16 several subunits of the cleavage and polyadenylation factor (CPSF/CstF) are concentrated at the promoter region. We provide in vitro and in vivo evidence that VP16 activates transcription through a specific MED25-associated Mediator, which is deficient in CDK8.
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- Thomas Uhlmann
- Gene Expression, National Research Center for Environment and Health, Marchionini-Strasse 25, D-81377 Munich, Germany
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In eukaryotes, the core promoter serves as a platform for the assembly of transcription preinitiation complex (PIC) that includes TFIIA, TFIIB, TFIID, TFIIE, TFIIF, TFIIH, and RNA polymerase II (pol II), which function collectively to specify the transcription start site. PIC formation usually begins with TFIID binding to the TATA box, initiator, and/or downstream promoter element (DPE) found in most core promoters, followed by the entry of other general transcription factors (GTFs) and pol II through either a sequential assembly or a preassembled pol II holoenzyme pathway. Formation of this promoter-bound complex is sufficient for a basal level of transcription. However, for activator-dependent (or regulated) transcription, general cofactors are often required to transmit regulatory signals between gene-specific activators and the general transcription machinery. Three classes of general cofactors, including TBP-associated factors (TAFs), Mediator, and upstream stimulatory activity (USA)-derived positive cofactors (PC1/PARP-1, PC2, PC3/DNA topoisomerase I, and PC4) and negative cofactor 1 (NC1/HMGB1), normally function independently or in combination to fine-tune the promoter activity in a gene-specific or cell-type-specific manner. In addition, other cofactors, such as TAF1, BTAF1, and negative cofactor 2 (NC2), can also modulate TBP or TFIID binding to the core promoter. In general, these cofactors are capable of repressing basal transcription when activators are absent and stimulating transcription in the presence of activators. Here we review the roles of these cofactors and GTFs, as well as TBP-related factors (TRFs), TAF-containing complexes (TFTC, SAGA, SLIK/SALSA, STAGA, and PRC1) and TAF variants, in pol II-mediated transcription, with emphasis on the events occurring after the chromatin has been remodeled but prior to the formation of the first phosphodiester bond.
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- Mary C Thomas
- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106-4935, USA
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Wright KJ, Marr MT, Tjian R. TAF4 nucleates a core subcomplex of TFIID and mediates activated transcription from a TATA-less promoter. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:12347-52. [PMID: 16895980 PMCID: PMC1567882 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0605499103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Activator-dependent recruitment of TFIID initiates formation of the transcriptional preinitiation complex. TFIID binds core promoter DNA elements and directs the assembly of other general transcription factors, leading to binding of RNA polymerase II and activation of RNA synthesis. How TATA box-binding protein (TBP) and the TBP-associated factors (TAFs) are assembled into a functional TFIID complex with promoter recognition and coactivator activities in vivo remains unknown. Here, we use RNAi to knock down specific TFIID subunits in Drosophila tissue culture cells to determine which subunits are most critical for maintaining stability of TFIID in vivo. Contrary to expectations, we find that TAF4 rather than TBP or TAF1 plays the most critical role in maintaining stability of the complex. Our analysis also indicates that TAF5, TAF6, TAF9, and TAF12 play key roles in stability of the complex, whereas TBP, TAF1, TAF2, and TAF11 contribute very little to complex stability. Based on our results, we propose that holo-TFIID comprises a stable core subcomplex containing TAF4, TAF5, TAF6, TAF9, and TAF12 decorated with peripheral subunits TAF1, TAF2, TAF11, and TBP. Our initial functional studies indicate a specific and significant role for TAF1 and TAF4 in mediating transcription from a TATA-less, downstream core promoter element (DPE)-containing promoter, whereas a TATA-containing, DPE-less promoter was far less dependent on these subunits. In contrast to both TAF1 and TAF4, RNAi knockdown of TAF5 had little effect on transcription from either class of promoter. These studies significantly alter previous models for the assembly, structure, and function of TFIID.
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- Kevin J. Wright
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, 16 Barker Hall, CA 94720
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, 16 Barker Hall, CA 94720
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, 16 Barker Hall, CA 94720
- *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Mikhaylova LM, Boutanaev AM, Nurminsky DI. Transcriptional regulation by Modulo integrates meiosis and spermatid differentiation in male germ line. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:11975-80. [PMID: 16877538 PMCID: PMC1567683 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0605087103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Transcriptional activation in early spermatocytes involves hundreds of genes, many of which are required for meiosis and spermatid differentiation. A number of the meiotic-arrest genes have been identified as general regulators of transcription; however, the gene-specific transcription factors have remained elusive. To identify such factors, we purified the protein that specifically binds to the promoter of spermatid-differentiation gene Sdic and identified it as Modulo, the Drosophila homologue of nucleolin. Analysis of gene-expression patterns in the male sterile modulo mutant indicates that Modulo supports high expression of the meiotic-arrest genes and is essential for transcription of spermatid-differentiation genes. Expression of Modulo itself is under the control of meiotic-arrest genes and requires the DAZ/DAZL homologue Boule that is involved in the control of G(2)/M transition. Thus, regulatory interactions among Modulo, Boule, and the meiotic-arrest genes integrate meiosis and spermatid differentiation in the male germ line.
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- Lyudmila M. Mikhaylova
- *Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111; and
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- *Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111; and
- Institute of Basic Problems in Biology, Puschino 142292, Russia
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- *Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111; and
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Eukaryotic transcription activation domains (ADs) are not well defined on the proteome scale. We systematicallly tested approximately 6000 yeast proteins for transcriptional activity using a yeast one-hybrid system and identified 451 transcriptional activators. We then determined their transcription activation strength using fusions to the Gal4 DNA-binding domain and a His3 reporter gene which contained a promoter with a Gal4-binding site. Among the 132 strongest activators 32 are known transcription factors while another 35 have no known function. Although zinc fingers, helix-loop-helix domains and several other domains are highly overrepresented among the activators, only few contain characterized ADs. We also found some striking correlations: the stronger the activation activity, the more acidic, glutamine-rich, proline-rich or asparagine-rich the activators were. About 29% of the activators have been found previously to specifically interact with the transcription machinery, while 10% are known to be components of transcription regulatory complexes. Based on their transcriptional activity, localization and interaction patterns, at least six previously uncharacterized proteins are suggested to be bona fide transcriptional regulators (namely YFL049W, YJR070C, YDR520C, YGL066W/Sgf73, YKR064W and YCR082W/Ahc2).
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- Department of Computational Biology, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa 277-8561, Japan
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- Department of Computational Biology, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa 277-8561, Japan
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +49 7247 82 6103; Fax: +49 7247 82 3354;
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Quadt I, Günther AK, Voss D, Schelhaas M, Knebel-Mörsdorf D. TATA-binding protein and TBP-associated factors during herpes simplex virus type 1 infection: localization at viral DNA replication sites. Virus Res 2005; 115:207-13. [PMID: 16271277 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2005.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2005] [Revised: 09/29/2005] [Accepted: 09/29/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Host RNA polymerase II (RNAP II) is responsible for viral transcription of the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) genome and is relocalized to viral DNA replication compartments. Thus, we investigated whether TATA-binding protein (TBP) and TBP-associated factors (TAFs) are recruited to sites of viral transcription and replication and whether TBP/TAF expressions are influenced upon infection. The protein levels of TBP, hsTAF1/TAF(II)250, hsTAF4/TAF(II)135, and hsTAF5/TAF(II)100 were constant during the early phase of infection and started to decrease late during infection. Only for hsTAF7/TAF(II)55 we sometimes observed a decrease already at 4-8h postinfection (p.i.). Concomitantly with the relocalization of RNAP II, TBP and hsTAFs were redistributed to sites of viral DNA replication and transcription. In the absence of viral DNA replication TBP/hsTAFs were present in distinct nuclear dots, however, enlargement of the nuclear structures did not take place. Our results show that HSV-1 infection has no influence on the protein levels of TFIID components and leads to a redistribution of TBP and hsTAFs to prereplicative sites that enlarge to viral DNA replication compartments.
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- Ilja Quadt
- Max-Planck-Institute for Neurological Research, D-50931 Köln, Germany
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Carpenter AE, Memedula S, Plutz MJ, Belmont AS. Common effects of acidic activators on large-scale chromatin structure and transcription. Mol Cell Biol 2005; 25:958-68. [PMID: 15657424 PMCID: PMC544008 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.25.3.958-968.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Large-scale chromatin decondensation has been observed after the targeting of certain acidic activators to heterochromatic chromatin domains. Acidic activators are often modular, with two or more separable transcriptional activation domains. Whether these smaller regions are sufficient for all functions of the activators has not been demonstrated. We adapted an inducible heterodimerization system to allow systematic dissection of the function of acidic activators, individual subdomains within these activators, and short acidic-hydrophobic peptide motifs within these subdomains. Here, we demonstrate that large-scale chromatin decondensation activity is a general property of acidic activators. Moreover, this activity maps to the same acidic activator subdomains and acidic-hydrophobic peptide motifs that are responsible for transcriptional activation. Two copies of a mutant peptide motif of VP16 (viral protein 16) possess large-scale chromatin decondensation activity but minimal transcriptional activity, and a synthetic acidic-hydrophobic peptide motif had large-scale chromatin decondensation activity comparable to the strongest full-length acidic activator but no transcriptional activity. Therefore, the general property of large-scale chromatin decondensation shared by most acidic activators is not simply a direct result of transcription per se but is most likely the result of the concerted action of coactivator proteins recruited by the activators' short acidic-hydrophobic peptide motifs.
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- Anne E Carpenter
- Department of Cell and Structural Biology, B107 CLSL, 601 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Stebbins JL, Triezenberg SJ. Identification, mutational analysis, and coactivator requirements of two distinct transcriptional activation domains of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Hap4 protein. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2004; 3:339-47. [PMID: 15075264 PMCID: PMC387635 DOI: 10.1128/ec.3.2.339-347.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The Hap4 protein of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae activates the transcription of genes that are required for growth on nonfermentable carbon sources. Previous reports suggested the presence of a transcriptional activation domain within the carboxyl-terminal half of Hap4 that can function in the absence of Gcn5, a transcriptional coactivator protein and histone acetyltransferase. The boundaries of this activation domain were further defined to a region encompassing amino acids 359 to 476. Within this region, several clusters of hydrophobic amino acids are critical for transcriptional activity. This activity does not require GCN5 or two other components of the SAGA coactivator complex, SPT3 and SPT8, but it does require SPT7 and SPT20. Contrary to previous reports, a Hap4 fragment comprising amino acids 1 to 330 can support the growth of yeast on lactate medium, and when tethered to lexA, can activate a reporter gene with upstream lexA binding sites, demonstrating the presence of a second transcriptional activation domain. In contrast to the C-terminal activation domain, the transcriptional activity of this N-terminal region depends on GCN5. We conclude that the yeast Hap4 protein has at least two transcriptional activation domains with strikingly different levels of dependence on specific transcriptional coactivator proteins.
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- John L Stebbins
- Graduate Program in Genetics and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1319, USA
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Niles RM. Signaling pathways in retinoid chemoprevention and treatment of cancer. Mutat Res 2004; 555:81-96. [PMID: 15476854 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2004.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2004] [Revised: 05/17/2004] [Accepted: 05/18/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The Vitamin A metabolite, retinoic acid, has been shown to have chemopreventive and therapeutic activity for certain cancers such as head and neck, cervical, neuroblastoma and promyelocytic leukemia. Retinoic acid achieves these activities by inducing differentiation and/or growth arrest. A large number of studies have investigated the mechanism(s) by which retinoic acid alters the behavior of premalignant and tumor cells. Although much important data has been obtained, the exact signaling pathways required for retinoic acid to exert its biological effects remains elusive. In this review, we outline the role and function of retinoid nuclear receptors, followed by a discussion of how major signaling pathways are affected in different tumor types by retinoids. We conclude by examining the effect of retinoic acid on G1 cell cycle regulatory proteins in various tumors.
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- Richard M Niles
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University, 1542 Spring Valley Drive, Huntington, WV 25704, USA.
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Kim J, Iyer VR. Global role of TATA box-binding protein recruitment to promoters in mediating gene expression profiles. Mol Cell Biol 2004; 24:8104-12. [PMID: 15340072 PMCID: PMC515063 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.24.18.8104-8112.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The recruitment of TATA box-binding protein (TBP) to promoters is one of the rate-limiting steps during transcription initiation. However, the global importance of TBP recruitment in determining the absolute and changing levels of transcription across the genome is not known. We used a genomic approach to explore the relationship between TBP recruitment to promoters and global gene expression profiles in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Our data indicate that first, RNA polymerase III promoters are the most prominent binding targets of TBP in vivo. Second, the steady-state transcript levels of genes throughout the genome are proportional to the occupancy of their promoters by TBP, and changes in the expression levels of these genes are closely correlated with changes in TBP recruitment to their promoters. Third, a consensus TATA element does not appear to be a major determinant of either TBP binding or gene expression throughout the genome. Our results indicate that the recruitment of TBP to promoters in vivo is of universal importance in determining gene expression levels in yeast, regardless of the nature of the core promoter or the type of activator or repressor that may mediate changes in transcription. The primary data reported here are available at http://www.iyerlab.org/tbp.
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MESH Headings
- DNA, Fungal/genetics
- DNA, Fungal/metabolism
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Genes, Fungal
- Genome, Fungal
- Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- RNA Polymerase III/genetics
- RNA, Fungal/genetics
- RNA, Fungal/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/genetics
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/metabolism
- TATA-Box Binding Protein/genetics
- TATA-Box Binding Protein/metabolism
- Transcription, Genetic
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- Jonghwan Kim
- Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology and Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Texas at Austin, 78712-0159, USA
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Herrera FJ, Triezenberg SJ. VP16-dependent association of chromatin-modifying coactivators and underrepresentation of histones at immediate-early gene promoters during herpes simplex virus infection. J Virol 2004; 78:9689-96. [PMID: 15331701 PMCID: PMC515004 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.18.9689-9696.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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During infection by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), the virion protein VP16 activates the transcription of viral immediate-early (IE) genes. Genetic and biochemical assays have shown that the potent transcriptional activation domain of VP16 can associate with general transcription factors and with chromatin-modifying coactivator proteins of several types. The latter interactions are particularly intriguing because previous reports indicate that HSV-1 DNA does not become nucleosomal during lytic infection. In the present work, chemical cross-linking and immunoprecipitation assays were used to probe the presence of activators, general transcription factors, and chromatin-modifying coactivators at IE gene promoters during infection of HeLa cells by wild-type HSV-1 and by RP5, a viral strain lacking the VP16 transcriptional activation domain. The presence of VP16 and Oct-1 at IE promoters did not depend on the activation domain. In contrast, association of RNA polymerase II, TATA-binding protein, histone acetyltransferases (p300 and CBP), and ATP-dependent remodeling proteins (BRG1 and hBRM) with IE gene promoters was observed in wild-type infections but was absent or reduced in cells infected by RP5. In contrast to the previous evidence for nonnucleosomal HSV-1 DNA, histone H3 was found associated with viral DNA at early times of infection. Interestingly, histone H3 was underrepresented on IE promoters in a manner dependent on the VP16 activation domain. Thus, the VP16 activation domain is responsible for recruiting general transcription factors and coactivators to IE promoters and also for dramatically reducing the association of histones with those promoters.
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- Francisco J Herrera
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 510 Biochemistry Building, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1319, USA
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Hori RT, Xu S, Hu X, Pyo S. TFIIB-facilitated recruitment of preinitiation complexes by a TAF-independent mechanism. Nucleic Acids Res 2004; 32:3856-63. [PMID: 15272087 PMCID: PMC506799 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Gene activators contain activation domains that are thought to recruit limiting components of the transcription machinery to a core promoter. VP16, a viral gene activator, has served as a model for studying the mechanistic aspects of transcriptional activation from yeast to human. The VP16 activation domain can be divided into two modules--an N-terminal subdomain (VPN) and a C-terminal subdomain (VPC). This study demonstrates that VPC stimulates core promoters that are either independent or dependent on TAFs (TATA-box Binding Protein-Associated Factors). In contrast, VPN only activates the TAF-independent core promoter and this activity increases in a synergistic fashion when VPN is dimerized (VPN2). Compared to one copy of VPN (VPN1), VPN2 also displays a highly cooperative increase in binding hTFIIB. The increased TFIIB binding correlates with VPN2's increased ability to recruit a complex containing TFIID, TFIIA and TFIIB. However, VPN1 and VPN2 do not increase the assembly of a complex containing only TFIID and TFIIA. The VPN subdomain also facilitates assembly of a complex containing TBP:TFIIA:TFIIB, which lacks TAFs, and provides a mechanism that could function at TAF-independent promoters. Taken together, these results suggest the interaction between VPN and TFIIB potentially initiate a network of contacts allowing the activator to indirectly tether TFIID or TBP to DNA.
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- Roderick T Hori
- Department of Molecular Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 858 Madison Avenue, Memphis, TN 38163, USA.
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Kurihara N, Reddy SV, Araki N, Ishizuka S, Ozono K, Cornish J, Cundy T, Singer FR, Roodman GD. Role of TAFII-17, a VDR binding protein, in the increased osteoclast formation in Paget's Disease. J Bone Miner Res 2004; 19:1154-64. [PMID: 15176999 DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.040312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2003] [Revised: 12/11/2003] [Accepted: 03/15/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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UNLABELLED In contrast to normal OCL precursors, pagetic OCL precursors express MVNP and form OCL at physiologic concentrations of 1,25(OH)2D3, as do normal OCL precursors transfected with the MVNP gene. Using a GST-VDR chimeric protein, we identified TAFII-17 as VDR binding protein expressed by pagetic OCL precursors and MVNP transduced normal OCL precursors. TAF(II)-17 was in part responsible for the increased 1,25(OH)2D3 responsivity of pagetic OCL precursors. INTRODUCTION Pagetic osteoclasts (OCLs) and their precursors express measles virus nucleocapsid protein (MVNP) and form large numbers of OCLs at low concentrations of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25(OH)2D3]. Similarly, normal OCL precursors transfected with MVNP also form OCLs at low concentrations of 1,25(OH)2D3. These results suggest that expression of MVNP in OCL precursors enhances vitamin D receptor (VDR)-mediated gene transcription. MATERIALS AND METHODS To determine the mechanism for the increased OCL formation capacity of pagetic OCL precursors in response to 1,25(OH)2D3, lysates from pagetic and MVNP-transduced normal OCL precursors were incubated with a GST-VDR chimeric protein. RESULTS A 17-kDa peptide that bound VDR was detected in MVNP-transduced cells and pagetic OCL precursors treated with 1,25(OH)2D3. This peptide was identified as TAFII-17, a component of the TFIID transcription complex. Expression of increased levels of TAFII-17 in cells allowed TAFII-17 to bind to VDR at low concentrations of 1,25(OH)2D3. An antisense oligonucelotide (AS-ODN) to TAFII-17 significantly decreased OCL formation in response to 1,25(OH)2D3 in pagetic but not normal marrow cultures by approximately 40%. Transfection of TAFII-17 or MVNP into NIH3T3 cells increased VDR transcriptional activity as measured by DR-3 reporter assays. CONCLUSION These data show that expression of the MVNP gene in OCL precursors results in increased levels of TAFII-17. TAFII-17 can bind VDR at low concentrations of 1,25(OH)2D3. These results suggest that MVNP expression in Paget's OCL precursors increases expression of a component(s) of the VDR transcription complex that can increase OCL formation.
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- Noriyoshi Kurihara
- Department of Medicine/Hematology and Oncology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Nedialkov YA, Triezenberg SJ. Quantitative assessment of in vitro interactions implicates TATA-binding protein as a target of the VP16C transcriptional activation region. Arch Biochem Biophys 2004; 425:77-86. [PMID: 15081896 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2004.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2004] [Revised: 03/02/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Models of mechanisms of transcriptional activation in eukaryotes frequently invoke direct interactions of transcriptional activation domains with target proteins including general transcription factors or coactivators such as chromatin modifying complexes. The potent transcriptional activation domain (AD) of the VP16 protein of herpes simplex virus has previously been shown to interact with several general transcription factors including the TATA-binding protein (TBP), TBP-associated factor 9 (TAF9), TFIIA, and TFIIB. In surface plasmon resonance assays, a module of the VP16 AD designated VP16C (residues 452-490) bound to TBP with an affinity notably stronger than to TAF9, TFIIA or TFIIB. Moreover, the interaction of VP16C with TBP correlated well with transcriptional activity for a panel of VP16C substitution variants. These results support models in which the interactions of ADs with TBP play an important role in transcriptional activation.
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- Yuri A Nedialkov
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1319, USA
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Mittler G, Stühler T, Santolin L, Uhlmann T, Kremmer E, Lottspeich F, Berti L, Meisterernst M. A novel docking site on Mediator is critical for activation by VP16 in mammalian cells. EMBO J 2004; 22:6494-504. [PMID: 14657022 PMCID: PMC291814 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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ARC92/ACID1 was identified as a novel specific target of the herpes simplex transactivator VP16 using an affinity purification procedure. Characterization of the protein revealed tight interactions with human Mediator mediated through a von Willebrand type A domain. ARC92/ACID1 further contains a novel activator-interacting domain (ACID), which it shares with at least one other human gene termed PTOV1/ACID2. The structure of ARC92/ACID1 is of ancient origin but is conserved in mammals and in selected higher eukaryotes. A subpopulation of Mediator is associated with ARC92/ACID1, which is specifically required for VP16 activation both in vitro and in mammalian cells, but is dispensable for other activators such as SP1. Despite many known targets of VP16, ARC92/ACID1 appears to impose a critical control on transcription activation by VP16 in mammalian cells.
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- Gerhard Mittler
- National Research Center for Environment and Health-GSF, Institute of Molecular Immunology, Gene Expression, Marchionini-Strasse 25, D-81377 Munich, Germany
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Qu Z, Thottassery JV, Van Ginkel S, Manuvakhova M, Westbrook L, Roland-Lazenby C, Hays S, Kern FG. Homogeneity and long-term stability of tetracycline-regulated gene expression with low basal activity by using the rtTA2S-M2 transactivator and insulator-flanked reporter vectors. Gene 2004; 327:61-73. [PMID: 14960361 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2003.10.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2003] [Revised: 10/09/2003] [Accepted: 10/15/2003] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Inducible expression of tetracycline responsive element (TRE)-regulated genes in nearly all cells in a stable clone has generally been problematic, especially in long-term culture. Heterogeneity of tet-inducible expression is generally attributed to the instability of the original tet-transactivators tTA and rtTA. These transactivators have cryptic splice sites, prokaryotic codons and full VP16 domains, all of which contribute to their instability. Moreover, they also require high concentrations of Doxycycline (Dox). The 5 amino acid substitutions in the rtTA variant rtTA2S-M2 confer exquisite sensitivity to Dox. Moreover, humanized codons, removal of cryptic splice sites and minimal VP16 domains in rtTA2S-M2 results in its being better tolerated within cells. However, the ability of this modified transactivator to maintain homogeneous inducibility in long-term culture has not been examined. We demonstrate that rtTA2S-M2 expressing clones exhibit functional transactivator activity for over 7 months in culture. Furthermore, rtTA2S-M2 expressing clones with chromosomally integrated copies of a TRE-green fluorescent protein (GFP) reporter also exhibited homogeneous inducibility in long-term culture. Importantly, the inherent reduced toxicity and improved stability of rtTA2S-M2 obviates the need to continuously select for its message, once clones with functional transactivator are isolated. The use of rtTA2S-M2 did not, however, preclude clones with stably integrated TRE-reporter from exhibiting leakiness. However, inclusion of flanking double copies of a 'minimal core element' of the chicken beta-globin gene insulator, instead of the 1.4 kb region, in the TRE-reporter was sufficient to markedly reduce the frequency of clones with high basal expression. Inclusion of the insulator core also did not affect the maximal expression levels of the inducible gene, which typically equaled or exceeded that observed with the strong constitutive CMV promoter. Finally, with this system homogeneous inducibility was observed rapidly and with low doses of Dox.
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- Zhican Qu
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Drug Discovery Division, Southern Research Institute, 2000 Ninth Ave South, Birmingham, AL 35255, USA
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Chen Z, Manley JL. Core promoter elements and TAFs contribute to the diversity of transcriptional activation in vertebrates. Mol Cell Biol 2003; 23:7350-62. [PMID: 14517303 PMCID: PMC230314 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.23.20.7350-7362.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2003] [Revised: 05/27/2003] [Accepted: 07/07/2003] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Gene-specific transcriptional activation is a multistep process that requires numerous protein factors and DNA elements, including enhancers and the core promoter. To investigate the roles of core promoter elements in transcriptional activation in vertebrates, we examined expression and factor occupancy on representative promoters in chicken DT40 cells containing a conditional TATA binding protein (TBP)-associated factor 9 allele (TAF9). Characterized core elements, including TATA box-flanking regions and the downstream promoter element, were found to play significant roles in determining promoter strength, response to activators, and factor occupancy and recruitment. The requirement for TAF9 was found to be highly promoter specific, and TAF9 dependence and promoter occupancy were not always correlated. We also describe contrasting examples of factor recruitment and activation mechanisms at different promoters, highlighted by the nearly opposite mechanisms utilized by the simian virus 40 enhancer and p53. With the core promoters analyzed, the former functions by facilitating RNA polymerase II (RNAP II) recruitment to a preassembled TBP/TFIIB-containing scaffold and p53 strongly recruits TBP and TFIIB while RNAP II levels remain modest. Taken together, our results illustrate both the important roles of core promoter elements and the remarkable diversity that characterizes transcriptional activation mechanisms in vertebrates.
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- Zheng Chen
- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Irwin Davidson
- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS/INSERM/ULP, 1 Rue Laurent Fries, 67404 Illkirch Cédex, France.
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Munz C, Psichari E, Mandilis D, Lavigne AC, Spiliotaki M, Oehler T, Davidson I, Tora L, Angel P, Pintzas A. TAF7 (TAFII55) plays a role in the transcription activation by c-Jun. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:21510-6. [PMID: 12676957 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m212764200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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c-Jun is a member of the AP-1 family of transcription factors regulating expression of specific target genes in a variety of cellular processes including proliferation, stress response, and tumorigenicity. In the present study we have analyzed the mechanism of c-Jun function as a transactivator with respect to members of the basal transcription machinery, TATA-binding protein-associated factors (TAFs). We show that one member of the family, human TAF7 (formerly TAFII55), physically interacts with c-Jun through two independent interaction domains, within the N- and C-terminal part of c-Jun. Interaction in vitro correlates with enhanced transactivation function of c-Jun in HEK293 and COS cells in the presence of increasing amounts of TAF7. TAF7 interacts preferentially with DNA-bound phosphorylated c-Jun, suggesting that TAF7 represents a novel c-Jun co-activator mediating activation of AP-1 target genes in response to extracellular signals.
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- Christine Munz
- Division of Signal Transduction and Growth Control, Deutsches Krebforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Klein J, Nolden M, Sanders SL, Kirchner J, Weil PA, Melcher K. Use of a genetically introduced cross-linker to identify interaction sites of acidic activators within native transcription factor IID and SAGA. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:6779-86. [PMID: 12501245 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m212514200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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An important goal is to identify the direct activation domain (AD)-interacting components of the transcriptional machinery within the context of native complexes. Toward this end, we first demonstrate that the multisubunit TFIID, SAGA, mediator, and Swi/Snf coactivator complexes from transcriptionally competent whole-cell yeast extracts were all capable of specifically interacting with the prototypic acidic ADs of Gal4 and VP16. We then used hexahistidine tags as genetically introduced activation domain-localized cross-linking receptors. In combination with immunological reagents against all subunits of TFIID and SAGA, we systematically identified the direct AD-interacting subunits within the AD-TFIID and AD-SAGA coactivator complexes enriched from whole-cell extracts and confirmed these results using purified TFIID and partially purified SAGA. Both ADs directly cross-linked to TBP and to a subset of TFIID and SAGA subunits that carry histone-fold motifs.
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- Joachim Klein
- Department of Microbiology, Goethe University, 60439 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Briguet A, Bleckmann D, Bettan M, Mermod N, Meier T. Transcriptional activation of the utrophin promoter B by a constitutively active Ets-transcription factor. Neuromuscul Disord 2003; 13:143-50. [PMID: 12565912 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-8966(02)00217-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy is an X-linked genetic disease caused by the absence of functional dystrophin. Pharmacological upregulation of utrophin, the autosomal homologue of dystrophin, offers a potential therapeutic approach to treat Duchenne patients. Full-length utrophin mRNA is transcribed from two alternative promoters, called A and B. In contrast to the utrophin promoter A, little is known about the factors regulating the activity of the utrophin promoter B. Computer analysis of this second promoter revealed the presence of several conserved binding motives for Ets-transcription factors. Using electrotransfer of cDNA into mouse muscles, we demonstrate that a genetically modified beta-subunit of the Ets-transcription factor GA-binding protein potently activates a utrophin promoter B reporter construct in innervated muscle fibers in vivo. These results make the GA-binding protein and the signaling cascade regulating its activity in muscle cells, potential targets for the pharmacological modulation of utrophin expression in Duchenne patients.
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Kugel JF, Goodrich JA. In Vitro Studies of the Early Steps of RNA Synthesis by Human RNA Polymerase II. Methods Enzymol 2003; 370:687-701. [PMID: 14712684 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(03)70056-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
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- Jennifer F Kugel
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80319-0215, USA
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