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Pankratova EV, Portseva TN, Makarova AA, Lyanova BM, Georgieva SG, Stepchenko AG. POU2F1 (Oct-1) Differently Autoregulates the Alternative Promoters of Its Own Gene by Binding to Different Regulatory Sites. Mol Biol 2021. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026893321050101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Primate-specific stress-induced transcription factor POU2F1Z protects human neuronal cells from stress. Sci Rep 2021; 11:18808. [PMID: 34552146 PMCID: PMC8458439 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-98323-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The emergence of new primate-specific genes is an essential factor in human and primate brain development and functioning. POU2F1/Oct-1 is a transcription regulator in higher eukaryotes which is involved in the regulation of development, differentiation, stress response, and other processes. We have demonstrated that the Tigger2 transposon insertion into the POU2F1 gene which occurred in the primate lineage led to the formation of an additional exon (designated the Z-exon). Z-exon-containing primate-specific Oct-1Z transcript includes a short upstream ORF (uORF) located at its 5’-end and the main ORF encoding the Oct-1Z protein isoform (Pou2F1 isoform 3, P14859-3), which differs from other Oct-1 isoforms by its N-terminal peptide. The Oct-1Z-encoding transcript is expressed mainly in human brain cortex. Under normal conditions, the translation of the ORF coding for the Oct-1Z isoform is repressed by uORF. Under various stress conditions, uORF enables a strong increase in the translation of the Oct-1Z-encoding ORF. Increased Oct-1Z expression levels in differentiating human neuroblasts activate genes controlling stress response, neural cell differentiation, brain formation, and organogenesis. We have shown that the Oct-1Z isoform of the POU2F1/Oct-1 transcription factor is an example of a primate-specific genomic element contributing to brain development and cellular stress defense.
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Zhao J, Peng H, Gao J, Nong A, Hua H, Yang S, Chen L, Wu X, Zhang H, Wang J. Current insights into the expression and functions of tumor-derived immunoglobulins. Cell Death Discov 2021; 7:148. [PMID: 34226529 PMCID: PMC8257790 DOI: 10.1038/s41420-021-00550-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Revised: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 06/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Numerous studies have reported expressions of immunoglobulins (Igs) in many human tumor tissues and cells. Tumor-derived Igs have displayed multiple significant functions which are different from classical Igs produced by B lymphocytes and plasma cells. This review will concentrate on major progress in expressions, functions, and mechanisms of tumor-derived Igs, similarities and differences between tumor-derived Igs and B-cell-derived Igs. We also discuss the future research directions of tumor-derived Igs, including their structural characteristics, physicochemical properties, mechanisms for rearrangement and expression regulation, signaling pathways involved, and clinical applications.
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- Jing Zhao
- Department of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities, 533000, Baise, China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities, 533000, Baise, China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities, 533000, Baise, China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities, 533000, Baise, China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities, 533000, Baise, China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities, 533000, Baise, China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities, 533000, Baise, China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities, 533000, Baise, China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities, 533000, Baise, China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities, 533000, Baise, China.
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Stepchenko AG, Georgieva SG, Pankratova EV. Multiple Interactions of the Oct-1 (POU2F1) Transcription Factor with PORE and MORE Sites. Mol Biol 2019. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026893319030191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Pankratova EV, Stepchenko AG, Krylova ID, Portseva TN, Georgieva SG. The regulatory interplay between Oct-1 isoforms contributes to hematopoiesis and the isoforms imbalance correlates with a malignant transformation of B cells. Oncotarget 2018; 9:29892-29905. [PMID: 30042821 PMCID: PMC6057458 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.25648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2018] [Accepted: 05/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Oct-1(POU2F1) is a DNA-binding transcription regulator and its level being highly increased in many human cancers. Oct-1 is present in the human cells as a family of functionally different isoforms which are transcribed from alternative promoters. Here, we have demonstrated that expression patterns of Oct-1 isoforms change during differentiation of hematopoetic progenitor cells (CD34+) (HPCs) to the B (CD19+) and T (CD3+) cells. While Oct-1L is expressed at a high level in the CD34+ HPCs, its expression level drops dramatically during the T-cell differentiation, although remains nearly the same in B-cells. We have described the novel human Oct-1R isoform which is conserved in mammals and is B cell-specific. Oct-1R was found in B cells, but not in HPCs. Oct-1R is transcribed from the same promoter as Oct-1L, another lymphocyte-specific isoform. Overexpression of Oct-1R and Oct-1L in the Namalwa cells leads to the repression of many genes involved in B-lymphocyte differentiation and signal transduction. Thus these isoforms may regulate the particular stages of development of normal B cells and maintain their proper differentiation status. However the extremely high level of Oct-1L isoform observed in the B-lymphoblast tumor cell lines indicated that the excess of Oct-L seem likely to considerably decrease the differentiation ability of these cells. Oct-1 may serve as a therapeutic target for many tumors, but it should be noted that in a tumor the content of a certain isoform Oct-1, rather than the total Oct-1 protein, can be increased.
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Pankratova EV, Stepchenko AG, Portseva T, Mogila VA, Georgieva SG. Different N-terminal isoforms of Oct-1 control expression of distinct sets of genes and their high levels in Namalwa Burkitt's lymphoma cells affect a wide range of cellular processes. Nucleic Acids Res 2016; 44:9218-9230. [PMID: 27407111 PMCID: PMC5100579 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2015] [Revised: 06/28/2016] [Accepted: 07/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Oct-1 transcription factor has various functions in gene regulation. Its expression level is increased in several types of cancer and is associated with poor survival prognosis. Here we identified distinct Oct-1 protein isoforms in human cells and compared gene expression patterns and functions for Oct-1A, Oct-1L, and Oct-1X isoforms that differ by their N-terminal sequences. The longest isoform, Oct-1A, is abundantly expressed and is the main Oct-1 isoform in most of human tissues. The Oct-1L and the weakly expressed Oct-1X regulate the majority of Oct-1A targets as well as additional sets of genes. Oct-1X controls genes involved in DNA replication, DNA repair, RNA processing, and cellular response to stress. The high level of Oct-1 isoforms upregulates genes related to cell cycle progression and activates proliferation both in Namalwa Burkitt's lymphoma cells and primary human fibroblasts. It downregulates expression of genes related to antigen processing and presentation, cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction, oxidative metabolism, and cell adhesion, thus facilitating pro-oncogenic processes.
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- Elizaveta V Pankratova
- Department of Transcription Factors, Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilov Str. 32, Moscow 119991 Russia
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- Department of Transcription Factors, Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilov Str. 32, Moscow 119991 Russia
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- Department of Transcription Factors, Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilov Str. 32, Moscow 119991 Russia
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- Department of Transcription Factors, Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilov Str. 32, Moscow 119991 Russia
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- Department of Transcription Factors, Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilov Str. 32, Moscow 119991 Russia
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Dukhanina EA, Portseva TN, Pankratova EV, Soshnikova NV, Stepchenko AG, Dukhanin AS, Georgieva SG. Oct-1 modifies S100A4 exchange between intra- and extracellular compartments in Namalwa cells and increases their sensitivity to glucocorticoids. Cell Cycle 2016; 15:1471-8. [PMID: 27096393 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2016.1175260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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S100A4, a small intra- and extracellular Ca(2+)-binding protein, is involved in tumor progression and metastasis with S100A4 level shown to be correlated with tumor cells metastatic potential. Simultaneously, Octamer transcription factor 1 (Oct-1) regulates a wide range of genes and participates in tumor cell progression with high Oct-1 level associated with a poor prognosis for different tumors. In this study, following the establishment of Oct-1 binding site, we used Burkit lymphoma B cells (Namalwa cells) which express different isoforms of Oct-1 (Oct-1A, Oct-1L and Oct-1X) to investigate the role of Oct-1 in S100A4 expression and sustaining intra- and extra-cellular S100A4 levels. As antitumor agents, we used dexamethasone which effect is mediated by the activation of intracellular glucocorticoid receptors and camptothecin which molecular target is nuclear DNA topoisomerase I (TOP1). We established that, firstly, the most significant increase in S100A4 gene expression has been demonstrated in the cells transfected with Oct-1A. Secondly, we have established that high level of Oct-1 and decreased intracellular S100A4 level decline the survival of Namalwa cells under dexamethasone treatment. Thirdly, we have shown that the tumor cells transformation by different Oct-1 isoforms retained those cells' sensitivity to the antitumor effect of combined dexamethasone and camptothecin. In contrast, in the non-transformed Namalwa cells, dexamethasone decreased the camptothecin effect on the cells survivorship, thus, emphasizing Oct-1 role in the regulation of cell response to different antitumor agents. The results identify a necessity to consider Oct-1 level for combined chemotherapeutic drug treatment.
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- Elena A Dukhanina
- a Department of Transcription Factors , Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences , Moscow , Russia
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- a Department of Transcription Factors , Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences , Moscow , Russia
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- a Department of Transcription Factors , Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences , Moscow , Russia
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- a Department of Transcription Factors , Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences , Moscow , Russia
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- a Department of Transcription Factors , Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences , Moscow , Russia
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- b Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Radiobiology , Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University , Moscow , Russia
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- a Department of Transcription Factors , Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences , Moscow , Russia
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Tsai SC, Chang DF, Hong CM, Xia P, Senadheera D, Trump L, Mishra S, Lutzko C. Induced overexpression of OCT4A in human embryonic stem cells increases cloning efficiency. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2014; 306:C1108-18. [PMID: 24627557 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00205.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Our knowledge of the molecular mechanisms underlying human embryonic stem cell (hESC) self-renewal and differentiation is incomplete. The level of octamer-binding transcription factor 4 (Oct4), a critical regulator of pluripotency, is precisely controlled in mouse embryonic stem cells. However, studies of human OCT4 are often confounded by the presence of three isoforms and six expressed pseudogenes, which has complicated the interpretation of results. Using an inducible lentiviral overexpression and knockdown system to manipulate OCT4A above or below physiological levels, we specifically examine the functional role of the OCT4A isoform in hESC. (We also designed and generated a comparable series of vectors, which were not functional, for the overexpression and knockdown of OCT4B.) We show that specific knockdown of OCT4A results in hESC differentiation, as indicated by morphology changes, cell surface antigen expression, and upregulation of ectodermal genes. In contrast, inducible overexpression of OCT4A in hESC leads to a transient instability of the hESC phenotype, as indicated by changes in morphology, cell surface antigen expression, and transcriptional profile, that returns to baseline within 5 days. Interestingly, sustained expression of OCT4A past 5 days enhances hESC cloning efficiency, suggesting that higher levels of OCT4A can support self-renewal. Overall, our results indicate that high levels of OCT4A increase hESC cloning efficiency and do not induce differentiation (whereas OCT4B expression cannot be induced in hESC), highlighting the importance of isoform-specific studies in a stable and inducible expression system for human OCT4. Additionally, we demonstrate the utility of an efficient method for conditional gene expression in hESC.
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- Steven C Tsai
- Division of Research Immunology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Department of Pediatrics, The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Research Immunology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Department of Pediatrics, The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Research Immunology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Department of Pediatrics, The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Research Immunology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Department of Pediatrics, The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Research Immunology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Department of Pediatrics, The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; and
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- Division of Research Immunology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Department of Pediatrics, The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Research Immunology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Department of Pediatrics, The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California; Division of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; and Division of Regenerative Medicine and Cellular Therapies, Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Krylova ID, Portseva TN, Georgieva SG, Stepchenko AG, Pankratova EV. New mRNA isoform of Oct-1 transcription factor is transcribed from alternative promoter. Mol Biol 2013. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026893313040080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The importance of the lectin-like oxidized LDL receptor (LOX-1) gene in cardiovascular and other diseases is slowly being revealed. LOX-1 gene expression appears to be a "canary in a coal mine" for atherogenesis, being strongly up-regulated early on in a number of cell types when they are activated, and predicting the sites of future disease. From this early time point the LOX-1 protein often participates in the disease process itself. While gene/protein expression can be regulated on a multiplicity of levels, the most basic and important mode of regulation is usually transcriptional. There are very few studies on the transcriptional regulation of the human LOX-1 promoter; fewer still on definitive mapping of the transcription factors involved. It is known that a wide variety of stimuli up-regulate LOX-1, usually/probably on the transcriptional level. Angiotensin II (Ang II) is one important regulator of renin-angiotensin system and stimulator LOX-1. Ang II is known to up-regulate LOX-1 transcription through an NF-kB motif located at nt -2158. Oxidized low density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) is another important cardiovascular regulator, particularly of atherosclerotic disease, and a strong stimulator of LOX-1. Ox-LDL is known to up-regulate LOX-1 transcription through an Oct-1 motif located at nt -1556. The subsequent enhanced LOX-1 receptor numbers and their binding by ox-LDL ligand triggers a positive feedback loop, increasing further LOX-1 expression, with a presently unknown regulatory governor. The Oct-1 gene also has its own Oct-1-driven positive feedback loop, which likely also contributes to LOX-1 up-regulation. There is also data which suggests the involvement of the transcription factor AP-1 during stimulation with Phorbol 12-myristate acetate. While the importance of NF-κB as a transcriptional regulator of cardiovascular-relevant genes is well known, the importance of Oct-1 is not. Data suggests that Oct-1-mediated up-regulation of transcription is an early event in the stimulation of LOX-1 by ox-LDL. Yet Oct-1 also down-regulates cardiovascular-relevant genes by suppressing NF-κB transactivation. Thus, Oct-1 is presently somewhat of an enigma, up-regulating and down-regulating genes seemingly at random without an overall theme (with the exception of cell cycle). Yet the up-regulation of LOX-1 by ox-LDL is a very important event in atherogenesis (both early and late) and Oct-1 is, therefore, an important transcriptional gatekeeper of this important atherogenic trigger.
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Papamichos SI, Lambropoulos AF, Kotoula V. OCT4B expression in PBMNCs suggests the existence of an alternativeOCT4promoter. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2009; 48:1112-4. [DOI: 10.1002/gcc.20707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Sánchez E, Palomino-Morales RJ, Ortego-Centeno N, Jiménez-Alonso J, González-Gay MA, López-Nevot MA, Sánchez-Román J, de Ramón E, González-Escribano MF, Pons-Estel BA, D'Alfonso S, Sebastiani GD, Alarcón-Riquelme ME, Martín J. Identification of a new putative functional IL18 gene variant through an association study in systemic lupus erythematosus. Hum Mol Genet 2009; 18:3739-48. [DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddp301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Pankratova E, Sytina E, Polanovsky O. Autoregulation of Oct-1 gene expression is mediated by two octa-sites in alternative promoter. Biochimie 2006; 88:1323-9. [PMID: 16716485 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2006.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2006] [Accepted: 04/19/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Transcription of the oct-1 gene is regulated by two alternative promoters: U promoter and L promoter located upstream of the exons 1U and 1L, respectively. The L promoter contains two octamer sequences of opposite orientation: proximal (ATTTGCAT) and distal (ATGCAAAT), showing high affinity toward the Oct proteins. Binding of the Oct-1 protein to the octa-sites located in the L promoter region has been confirmed in footprinting experiments. Dual luciferase assay using wild-type and mutated promoters have indicated that mutations in the proximal octa-site resulted in significant transcription enhancement both in myeloma cell line NS/0 and in fibroblast cell line 3T3 (about twofold and fivefold, respectively), whereas mutations in the distal site decreased the promoter activity (about 10% and 40%, respectively). Mutations in both octa-sites enhanced the effect and increased transcription to about fourfold in myeloma cell line NS/0 and about sixfold in fibroblast cell line 3T3. These results demonstrate that transcription of the oct-1 gene may be autoregulated by two octa-sites within the L promoter. Different function and interactive tissue-specific effect of distal and proximal octamer sequences can be suggested.
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- E Pankratova
- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, ul Vavilova 32, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia.
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