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Vitolo JM, Yang Z, Basavappa R, Hayes JJ. Structural features of transcription factor IIIA bound to a nucleosome in solution. Mol Cell Biol 2004; 24:697-707. [PMID: 14701742 PMCID: PMC343799 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.24.2.697-707.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Assembly of a DNA fragment containing a Xenopus borealis somatic-type 5S RNA gene into a nucleosome greatly restricts binding of the 5S gene-specific transcription factor IIIA (TFIIIA) to the 5S internal promoter. However, TFIIIA binds with high affinity to 5S nucleosomes lacking the N-terminal tail domains of the core histones or to nucleosomes in which these domains are hyperacetylated. The degree to which tail acetylation or removal improves TFIIIA binding cannot be simply explained by a commensurate change in the general accessibility of nucleosomal DNA. In order to investigate the molecular basis of how TFIIIA binds to the nucleosome and to ascertain if binding involves all nine zinc fingers and/or displacement of histone-DNA interactions, we examined the TFIIIA-nucleosome complex by hydroxyl radical footprinting and site-directed protein-DNA cross-linking. Our data reveal that the first six fingers of TFIIIA bind and displace approximately 20 bp of histone-DNA interactions at the periphery of the nucleosome, while binding of fingers 7 to 9 appears to overlap with histone-DNA interactions. Molecular modeling based on these results and the crystal structures of a nucleosome core and a TFIIIA-DNA cocomplex yields a precise picture of the ternary complex and a potentially important intermediate in the transition from naïve chromatin structure to productive polymerase III transcription complex.
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- Joseph M Vitolo
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14625, USA
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Yang Z, Hayes JJ. Xenopus transcription factor IIIA and the 5S nucleosome: development of a useful in vitro system. Biochem Cell Biol 2003; 81:177-84. [PMID: 12897852 DOI: 10.1139/o03-043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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5S RNA genes in Xenopus are regulated during development via a complex interplay between assembly of repressive chromatin structures and productive transcription complexes. Interestingly, 5S genes have been found to harbor powerful nucleosome positioning elements and therefore have become an important model system for reconstitution of eukaryotic genes into nucleosomes in vitro. Moreover, the structure of the primary factor initiating transcription of 5S DNA, transcription factor IIIA, has been extensively characterized. This has allowed for numerous studies of the effect of nucleosome assembly and histone modifications on the DNA binding activity of a transcription factor in vitro. For example, linker histones bind 5S nucleosomes and repress TFIIIA binding in vitro in a similar manner to that observed in vivo. In addition, TFIIIA binding to nucleosomes assembled with 5S DNA is stimulated by acetylation or removal of the core histone tail domains. Here we review the development of the Xenopus 5S in vitro system and discuss recent results highlighting new aspects of transcription factor - nucleosome interactions,
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- Zungyoon Yang
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester Medical Center, NY 14625, USA
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Vassetzky Y, Hair A, Méchali M. Rearrangement of chromatin domains during development in Xenopus. Genes Dev 2000. [DOI: 10.1101/gad.14.12.1541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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A dynamic change in the organization of different gene domains transcribed by RNA polymerase I, II, or III occurs during the progression from quiescent [pre-midblastula transition (pre-MBT)] to active (post-MBT) embryos during Xenopus development. In the rDNA, c-myc, and somatic 5S gene domains, a transition from random to specific anchorage to the nuclear matrix occurs when chromatin domains become active. The keratin gene domain was also randomly associated to the nuclear matrix before MBT, whereas a defined attachment site was found in keratinocytes. In agreement with this specification, ligation-mediated (LM)-PCR genomic footprinting carried out on the subpopulation of 5S domains specifically attached to the matrix reveals the hallmarks of determined chromatin after the midblastula transition. In contrast, the same analysis performed on the total 5S gene population does not reveal specific chromatin organization, validating the use of nuclear matrix fractionation to unveil active chromatin domains. These data provide a means for the determination of active chromosomal territories in the embryo and emphasize the role of nuclear architecture in regulated gene expression during development.
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Trivedi A, Young LS, Ouyang C, Johnson DL, Sprague KU. A TATA element is required for tRNA promoter activity and confers TATA-binding protein responsiveness in Drosophila Schneider-2 cells. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:11369-75. [PMID: 10196229 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.16.11369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In contrast to yeast and mammalian systems, which depend principally on internal promoter elements for tRNA gene transcription, insect systems require additional upstream sequences. To understand the function of the upstream sequences, we have asked whether the Bombyx mori tRNACAla and tRNASGAla genes, which are absolutely dependent on these sequences in vitro, also require them for transcription in vivo. We introduced wild-type and mutant versions of the Bombyx tRNAAla genes into Drosophila Schneider-2 cells and found that the tRNACAla gene is efficiently transcribed and that its transcription depends strongly on the distal segment of its upstream promoter. In contrast, the tRNASGAla gene is inefficiently transcribed, and this inefficiency results from lack of a specific sequence within the distal tRNACAla upstream promoter. This sequence, 5'-TTTATAT-3', is sufficient to increase the activity of the tRNASGAla promoter to that of the tRNACAla promoter. Moreover, promoters containing the 5'-TTTATAT-3' element are stimulated by increased levels of cellular TATA-binding protein. Together these results indicate that, in insect cells, a TATA-like element is specifically required to form functional TATA-binding protein-containing complexes that promote efficient transcription of tRNA genes.
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- A Trivedi
- Departments of Molecular Pharmacology and Biochemistry, Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
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Westmark CJ, Ghose R, Huber PW. Inhibition of RNA polymerase III transcription by a ribosome-associated kinase activity. Nucleic Acids Res 1998; 26:4758-64. [PMID: 9753746 PMCID: PMC147894 DOI: 10.1093/nar/26.20.4758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Ribosomes prepared from somatic tissue of Xenopus laevis inhibit transcription by RNA polymerase III. This observation parallels an earlier report that a high speed fraction from activated egg extract, which is enrichedin ribosomes, inhibits RNA polymerase III activityand destabilizes putative transcription complexes assembled on oocyte 5S rRNA genes. Transcription of somatic- and oocyte-type 5S rRNA genes and a tRNA gene are all repressed in the present experiments. We find that 5S rRNA genes incubated in S150 extract prepared from immature oocytes exhibit an extensive DNase I protection pattern that is nearly identical to that of the ternary complex of TFIIIA and TFIIIC bound to a somatic 5S rRNA gene. The complexes formed in this extract are stable at concentrations of ribosomes that completely repress transcription, indicating that formation of the TFIII(A+C) complex is not the target of inhibition. Ribosomes taken through a high salt treatment no longer repress transcription of class III genes, establishing that the inhibition is due to an associated factor and not the particle itself. The inhibitory activity released from ribosomes is inactivated by treatment with proteinase K, but not micrococcal nuclease. Preincubation of ribosomes with a general protein kinase inhibitor, 6-dimethylaminopurine, eliminates repression of transcription. Western blot analysis demonstrates that p34(cdc2), which is known to mediate repression of transcription by RNA polymerase III, is present in these preparations of ribosomes and can be released from the particles upon extraction with high salt. These results establish that a kinase activity, possibly p34(cdc2), is the actual agent responsible for the observed inhibition of transcription by ribosomes.
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- C J Westmark
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, 251 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame,IN 46556-5670, USA
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Wolffe AP, Kurumizaka H. The nucleosome: a powerful regulator of transcription. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1998; 61:379-422. [PMID: 9752726 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(08)60832-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Nucleosomes provide the architectural framework for transcription. Histones, DNA elements, and transcription factors are organized into precise regulatory complexes. Positioned nucleosomes can facilitate or impede the transcription process. These structures are dynamic, reflecting the capacity of chromatin to adopt different functional states. Histones are mobile with respect to DNA sequence. Individual histone domains are targeted for posttranslational modifications. Histone acetylation promotes transcription factor access to nucleosomal DNA and relieves inhibitory effects on transcriptional initiation and elongation. The nucleosomal infrastructure emerges as powerful contributor to the regulation of gene activity.
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- A P Wolffe
- Laboratory of Molecular Embryology, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Howe L, Ranalli TA, Allis CD, Ausió J. Transcriptionally active Xenopus laevis somatic 5 S ribosomal RNA genes are packaged with hyperacetylated histone H4, whereas transcriptionally silent oocyte genes are not. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:20693-6. [PMID: 9694810 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.33.20693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The relationship between histone acetylation and transcription of the Xenopus laevis oocyte and somatic 5 S ribosomal RNA genes was investigated. Chromatin fragments from a X. laevis kidney cell line were immunoprecipitated with an antibody specific for hyperacetylated histone H4. The DNA from the hyperacetylated chromatin was probed with both oocyte- and somatic gene-specific sequences, and the results showed that the upstream, nontranscribed region of the transcriptionally active somatic genes is packaged with acetylated histone H4. In contrast, the corresponding region of the transcriptionally silent oocyte genes is packaged with hypoacetylated histone H4 in this cells line. Further study also showed that this region of the oocyte genes was less sensitive to digestion with the enzyme, micrococcal nuclease. Together these results suggest that, as described for both RNA polymerase I and II transcribed genes, there is a correlation between histone acetylation and transcription of the RNA polymerase III transcribed 5 S ribosomal RNA genes in X. laevis.
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- L Howe
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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Weigmann N, Trieschmann L, Bustin M. Enhancement of the transcription potential of nascent chromatin by chromosomal proteins HMG-14/-17 is coupled to nucleosome assembly and not DNA synthesis. DNA Cell Biol 1997; 16:1207-16. [PMID: 9364931 DOI: 10.1089/dna.1997.16.1207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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We have previously demonstrated that in Xenopus egg extracts, which support DNA strand synthesis and chromatin assembly, incorporation of chromosomal proteins HMG-14/-17 into nascent nucleosomes increases the transcriptional potential of a chromatin template carrying the Xenopus 5S RNA gene. Here we use the single-stranded and double-stranded forms of a plasmid carrying a 5S RNA maxigene, to test whether the effect of HMG-14/-17 on transcription requires DNA synthesis and whether these proteins will affect transcription through a region containing nucleosomes. We find that most of the transcripts were about 350 nucleotides long, suggesting that HMG-14/-17 enhance transcription through a region that could contain nucleosomes. HMG-14/-17 enhance transcription of chromatin templates assembled onto double-stranded DNA, in the absence of DNA synthesis. Single-round transcription assays suggest that HMG-14/-17 increase transcription from templates assembled onto both single- and double-stranded DNA by increasing the specific activity, and not the number, of transcriptionally active templates. We conclude that the effect of HMG-14/-17 on the transcriptional potential of chromatin is linked to nucleosome assembly and is not linked to DNA synthesis.
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- N Weigmann
- Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Nightingale KP, Wolffe AP. The interaction of TFIIIA with specific RNA-DNA heteroduplexes. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:22665-8. [PMID: 7559384 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.39.22665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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We examine the association of transcription factor TFIIIA with RNA-DNA heteroduplexes containing sequences from the Xenopus borealis 5 S rRNA gene. Under conditions where TFIIIA selectively binds to 5 S rRNA or the internal control region of the 5 S rRNA gene, no specific association of TFIIIA with DNA-RNA heteroduplexes containing either strand of 5 S DNA could be detected. We discuss our results with respect to specific models of TFIIIA recognition of the internal control region and of DNA-RNA hybrids by zinc finger proteins.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Ribosomal/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal/metabolism
- DNA-Binding Proteins/isolation & purification
- DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Electrophoresis, Agar Gel
- Kinetics
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nucleic Acid Heteroduplexes/isolation & purification
- Nucleic Acid Heteroduplexes/metabolism
- RNA, Antisense/isolation & purification
- RNA, Antisense/metabolism
- RNA, Ribosomal, 5S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 5S/isolation & purification
- RNA, Ribosomal, 5S/metabolism
- Transcription Factor TFIIIA
- Transcription Factors/isolation & purification
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Xenopus
- Zinc Fingers
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- K P Nightingale
- Laboratory of Molecular Embryology, NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2710, USA
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Nucleosome positioning is proposed to have an essential role in facilitating the regulated transcription of eukaryotic genes. Some transcription factors can bind to DNA when it is appropriately wrapped around the histone core, others cannot bind due to the severe deformation of DNA structure. The staged assembly of nucleosomes and positioning of histone-DNA contacts away from promoter elements can facilitate the access of transcription factors to DNA. Positioned nucleosomes can also facilitate transcription through providing the appropriate scaffolding to bring regulatory factors bound at dispersed sites into juxtaposition.
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- J J Hayes
- Laboratory of Molecular Embryology, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Lobe CG, Gruss P. From Drosophila to Mouse. Development 1992. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-77043-2_27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Remarkable progress has been made in defining the functional significance of the protein-DNA interactions involved in transcription complex formation on yeast tRNA and 5S RNA genes. This new information leads to a re-evaluation of how the class III gene transcription machinery operates.
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- A P Wolffe
- Laboratory of Molecular Embryology, NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20891
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Shastry BS. Xenopus transcription factor IIIA (XTFIIIA): after a decade of research. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1991; 56:135-44. [PMID: 1947129 DOI: 10.1016/0079-6107(91)90017-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Xenopus transcription factor IIIA (XTFIIIA) is the first eukaryotic transcription factor purified to homogeneity and is specifically required for the 5S RNA gene transcription. It contains two structural domains and nine zinc finger motifs through which it recognizes the promoter region of the 5S RNA gene. It also binds to 5S RNA and serves to store 5S RNA in the form of 7S ribonucleoprotein particles in oocytes. Additionally, it forms a metastable complex with 5S DNA and promotes the formation of stable and competent transcription complexes. Its expression is developmentally controlled at the level of transcription and translation. Moreover, it participates in the assembly of active chromatin templates and at least, in part, is responsible for the developmental regulation of two kinds of 5S RNA genes in Xenopus.
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- B S Shastry
- Eye Research Institute of Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48309
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