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Siviero F, Rezende-Teixeira P, Andrade AD, Santelli RV, Machado-Santelli GM. The histone genes cluster in Rhynchosciara americana and its transcription profile in salivary glands during larval development. Genet Mol Biol 2016; 39:580-588. [PMID: 27727361 PMCID: PMC5127150 DOI: 10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2015-0306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2015] [Accepted: 02/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In this work we report the characterization of the Rhynchosciara americana histone genes cluster nucleotide sequence. It spans 5,131 bp and contains the four core histones and the linker histone H1. Putative control elements were detected. We also determined the copy number of the tandem repeat unit through quantitative PCR, as well as the unequivocal chromosome location of this unique locus in chromosome A band 13. The data were compared with histone clusters from the genus Drosophila, which are the closest known homologues.
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- Fábio Siviero
- Departamento de Biologia Celular e Desenvolvimento, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Celular e Desenvolvimento, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Celular e Desenvolvimento, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Celular e Desenvolvimento, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Welch JD, Slevin MK, Tatomer DC, Duronio RJ, Prins JF, Marzluff WF. EnD-Seq and AppEnD: sequencing 3' ends to identify nontemplated tails and degradation intermediates. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2015; 21:1375-89. [PMID: 26015596 PMCID: PMC4478355 DOI: 10.1261/rna.048785.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2014] [Accepted: 04/13/2015] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Existing methods for detecting RNA intermediates resulting from exonuclease degradation are low-throughput and laborious. In addition, mapping the 3' ends of RNA molecules to the genome after high-throughput sequencing is challenging, particularly if the 3' ends contain post-transcriptional modifications. To address these problems, we developed EnD-Seq, a high-throughput sequencing protocol that preserves the 3' end of RNA molecules, and AppEnD, a computational method for analyzing high-throughput sequencing data. Together these allow determination of the 3' ends of RNA molecules, including nontemplated additions. Applying EnD-Seq and AppEnD to histone mRNAs revealed that a significant fraction of cytoplasmic histone mRNAs end in one or two uridines, which have replaced the 1-2 nt at the 3' end of mature histone mRNA maintaining the length of the histone transcripts. Histone mRNAs in fly embryos and ovaries show the same pattern, but with different tail nucleotide compositions. We increase the sensitivity of EnD-Seq by using cDNA priming to specifically enrich low-abundance tails of known sequence composition allowing identification of degradation intermediates. In addition, we show the broad applicability of our computational approach by using AppEnD to gain insight into 3' additions from diverse types of sequencing data, including data from small capped RNA sequencing and some alternative polyadenylation protocols.
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- Joshua D Welch
- Department of Computer Science, Curriculum in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
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- Department of Biology, Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Curriculum in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology,
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- Curriculum in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Department of Biology, Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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Kafer GR, Lehnert SA, Pantaleon M, Kaye PL, Moser RJ. Expression of genes coding for histone variants and histone-associated proteins in pluripotent stem cells and mouse preimplantation embryos. Gene Expr Patterns 2010; 10:299-305. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gep.2010.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2010] [Revised: 05/20/2010] [Accepted: 06/10/2010] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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New functions for an old variant: no substitute for histone H3.3. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2010; 20:110-7. [PMID: 20153629 DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2010.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2009] [Revised: 01/15/2010] [Accepted: 01/22/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Histone proteins often come in different variants serving specialized functions in addition to their fundamental role in packaging DNA. The metazoan histone H3.3 has been most closely associated with active transcription. Its role in histone replacement at active genes and promoters is conserved to the single histone H3 in yeast. However, recent genetic studies in flies have challenged its importance as a mark of active chromatin, and revealed unexpected insights into essential functions of H3.3 in the germline. With strikingly little amino acid sequence difference to the canonical H3, H3.3 therefore accomplishes a surprising variety of cellular and developmental processes.
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De Pittà C, Bertolucci C, Mazzotta GM, Bernante F, Rizzo G, De Nardi B, Pallavicini A, Lanfranchi G, Costa R. Systematic sequencing of mRNA from the Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) and first tissue specific transcriptional signature. BMC Genomics 2008; 9:45. [PMID: 18226200 PMCID: PMC2270838 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-9-45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2007] [Accepted: 01/28/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background Little is known about the genome sequences of Euphausiacea (krill) although these crustaceans are abundant components of the pelagic ecosystems in all oceans and used for aquaculture and pharmaceutical industry. This study reports the results of an expressed sequence tag (EST) sequencing project from different tissues of Euphausia superba (the Antarctic krill). Results We have constructed and sequenced five cDNA libraries from different Antarctic krill tissues: head, abdomen, thoracopods and photophores. We have identified 1.770 high-quality ESTs which were assembled into 216 overlapping clusters and 801 singletons resulting in a total of 1.017 non-redundant sequences. Quantitative RT-PCR analysis was performed to quantify and validate the expression levels of ten genes presenting different EST countings in krill tissues. In addition, bioinformatic screening of the non-redundant E. superba sequences identified 69 microsatellite containing ESTs. Clusters, consensuses and related similarity and gene ontology searches were organized in a dedicated E. superba database . Conclusion We defined the first tissue transcriptional signatures of E. superba based on functional categorization among the examined tissues. The analyses of annotated transcripts showed a higher similarity with genes from insects with respect to Malacostraca possibly as an effect of the limited number of Malacostraca sequences in the public databases. Our catalogue provides for the first time a genomic tool to investigate the biology of the Antarctic krill.
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- Cristiano De Pittà
- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Via U, Bassi, 58/B, 35121, Padova, Italy.
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Yee J, Tang A, Lau WL, Ritter H, Delport D, Page M, Adam RD, Müller M, Wu G. Core histone genes of Giardia intestinalis: genomic organization, promoter structure, and expression. BMC Mol Biol 2007; 8:26. [PMID: 17425802 PMCID: PMC1872034 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-8-26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2006] [Accepted: 04/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background Giardia intestinalis is a protist found in freshwaters worldwide, and is the most common cause of parasitic diarrhea in humans. The phylogenetic position of this parasite is still much debated. Histones are small, highly conserved proteins that associate tightly with DNA to form chromatin within the nucleus. There are two classes of core histone genes in higher eukaryotes: DNA replication-independent histones and DNA replication-dependent ones. Results We identified two copies each of the core histone H2a, H2b and H3 genes, and three copies of the H4 gene, at separate locations on chromosomes 3, 4 and 5 within the genome of Giardia intestinalis, but no gene encoding a H1 linker histone could be recognized. The copies of each gene share extensive DNA sequence identities throughout their coding and 5' noncoding regions, which suggests these copies have arisen from relatively recent gene duplications or gene conversions. The transcription start sites are at triplet A sequences 1–27 nucleotides upstream of the translation start codon for each gene. We determined that a 50 bp region upstream from the start of the histone H4 coding region is the minimal promoter, and a highly conserved 15 bp sequence called the histone motif (him) is essential for its activity. The Giardia core histone genes are constitutively expressed at approximately equivalent levels and their mRNAs are polyadenylated. Competition gel-shift experiments suggest that a factor within the protein complex that binds him may also be a part of the protein complexes that bind other promoter elements described previously in Giardia. Conclusion In contrast to other eukaryotes, the Giardia genome has only a single class of core histone genes that encode replication-independent histones. Our inability to locate a gene encoding the linker histone H1 leads us to speculate that the H1 protein may not be required for the compaction of Giardia's small and gene-rich genome.
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- Janet Yee
- Departments of Biology and Chemistry, Biochemistry Program, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, K9J 7B8, Canada
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- Departments of Biology and Chemistry, Biochemistry Program, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, K9J 7B8, Canada
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- Departments of Biology and Chemistry, Biochemistry Program, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, K9J 7B8, Canada
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- Departments of Biology and Chemistry, Biochemistry Program, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, K9J 7B8, Canada
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- Departments of Biology and Chemistry, Biochemistry Program, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, K9J 7B8, Canada
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- Departments of Biology and Chemistry, Biochemistry Program, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, K9J 7B8, Canada
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- Departments of Immunobiology and Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
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- The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA
- Collegium Budapest, H 1012 Budapest, Hungary
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- The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA
- Haskins Laboratories and Department of Chemistry and Physical Sciences, Pace University, 41 Park Row, New York, NY 10038, USA
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Feng R, Tang X, Becker A, Berger A, Ye J, Akhmanova A, Hennig W. Regulation of the expression of histone H3.3 by differential polyadenylation. Genome 2005; 48:503-10. [PMID: 16121246 DOI: 10.1139/g05-009] [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: 11/22/2022]
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Previously we have shown that the 3' untranslated regions (UTRs) of the replacement histone genes H3.3.A and H3.3B of Drosophila melanogaster differ in their nucleotide sequences and have different polyadenylation sites. To understand their functional relevance, which might explain the presence and evolutionary conservation of 2 different H3.3 genes, green flourescent protein (GFP) constructs with different 3' UTR sections were studied by the expression of GFP as a marker protein. Here we show that the polyadenylation signals modify the cell-specific translation of the histone replacement variants in testes and ovaries. The H3.3A gene may be required to provide postmeiotic histone H3.3 in the male germ line in transition to chromatin packaging in sperm.Key words: histone H3.3, polyadenylation, oogenesis, spermatogenesis, histone translation.
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- Rongrong Feng
- DAAD Laboratory, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Shanghai, PR China
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Eirín-López JM, Fernanda Ruiz M, González-Tizón AM, Martínez A, Sánchez L, Méndez J. Molecular evolutionary characterization of the mussel Mytilus histone multigene family: first record of a tandemly repeated unit of five histone genes containing an H1 subtype with "orphon" features. J Mol Evol 2004; 58:131-44. [PMID: 15042333 DOI: 10.1007/s00239-003-2531-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2003] [Accepted: 07/21/2003] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The present work represents the first characterization of a clustered histone repetitive unit containing an H1 gene in a bivalve mollusk. To complete the knowledge on the evolutionary history of the histone multigene family in invertebrates, we undertake its characterization in five mussel Mytilus species, as an extension of our previous work on the H1 gene family. We report the quintet H4-H2B-H2A-H3-H1 as the major organization unit in the genome of Mytilus galloprovincialis with two 5S rRNA genes with interspersed nontranscribed spacer segments linked to the unit, which is not justified by their cotranscription with histone genes. Surprisingly, 3' UTR regions of histone genes show two different mRNA termination signals, a stem-loop and a polyadenylation signal, both related to the evolution of histone gene expression patterns throughout the cell cycle. The clustered H1 histones characterized share essential features with "orphon" H1 genes, suggesting a common evolutionary origin for both histone subtypes which is supported by the reconstructed phylogeny for H1 genes. The characterization of histone genes in four additional Mytilus species revealed the presence of strong purifying selection acting among the members of the family. The chromosomal location of most of the core histone genes studied was identified by FISH close to telomeric regions in M. galloprovincialis. Further analysis on nucleotide variation would be necessary to assess if H1 proteins evolve according to the birth-and-death model of evolution and if the effect of the strong purifying selection maintaining protein homogeneity could account for the homologies detected between clustered and "orphon" variants.
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- José M Eirín-López
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Universidade da Coruña, Campus de A Zapateira s/n, E-15071-A Coruña, Spain
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Mancini P, Pulcrano G, Piscopo M, Aniello F, Branno M, Fucci L. A New Family of ?H3L-Like? Histone Genes. J Mol Evol 2004; 59:458-63. [PMID: 15638457 DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-2637-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The H3L histone variant gene in Paracentrotus lividus (sea urchin) shows almost all typical features of the replication-dependent histone genes, but it codes for the H3.3 histone protein with the S.//. A.IG amino acid motif, which is typical of the variants synthesized in a replication-independent manner. "H3L-like" histone genes have been found in several unrelated organisms. These genes are intronless and encode for the typical H3.3 histone proteins. The newly described family of H3L-like variants, nearly ubiquitous within the animal kingdom, could represent the common ancestor of H3 and H3.3 histone genes.
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- P Mancini
- Department of Genetics, General and Molecular Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Via Mezzocannone 8, 80134 Naples, Italy
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Masi T, Johnson AD. Read-through histone transcripts containing 3' adenylate tails are zygotically expressed in Xenopus embryos and undergo processing to mature transcripts when introduced into oocyte nuclei. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003; 304:612-8. [PMID: 12727197 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(03)00639-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Messages encoding replication-dependent histone genes generally terminate with a stem-loop structure and lack polyadenylate tails. Adenylated histone transcripts were identified in Xenopus oocytes, though the role of the adenylate tracts is unknown. We report isolation of cDNAs from Xenopus embryos encoding histone mRNAs with 3' adenylate tracts. They also contain targets for stem-loop binding protein and U7 snRNA, which are required for histone RNA processing. One sequence is a read-through transcript containing a complete version of the downstream gene from the anti-parallel strand, similar to the RNAs from lampbrush loops of Notophthalmus oocytes. We injected read-through transcripts into Xenopus oocyte nuclei and they were processed to mature histone RNAs. Our results suggest that addition of 3' adenylate sequences might be a normal part of histone RNA synthesis. Also, these results shed light on the enigma of the developmental regulation of adenylated histone transcripts in Xenopus oocytes.
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- Thomas Masi
- Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, 2407 River Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996-4500, USA
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Matsuo Y. Evolution of the GC content of the histone 3 gene in seven Drosophila species. Genes Genet Syst 2003; 78:309-18. [PMID: 14532710 DOI: 10.1266/ggs.78.309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The molecular evolution of the histone multigene family was studied by cloning and determining the nucleotide sequences of the histone 3 genes in seven Drosophila species, D. takahashii, D. lutescens, D. ficusphila, D. persimilis, D.pseudoobscura, D. americana and D. immigrans. CT repeats, a TATA box and an AGTG motif in the 5' region, and a hairpin loop and purine-rich motifs (CAA(T/G)GAGA) in the 3' region were conserved even in distantly related species. In D. hydei and D.americana, the GC content at the third codon position in the protein coding region was relatively low (49% and 45%), while in D. takahashii and D. lutescens it was relatively high (64% and 65%). The non- significant correlation between the GC contents in the 3' region and at the third codon position as well as the evidence of less constraint in the 3' region suggested that mutational bias may not be the major mechanism responsible for the biased nucleotide change at the third codon position or for codon usage bias.
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- Yoshinori Matsuo
- Laboratory of Adaptive Evolution, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan.
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Lanzotti DJ, Kaygun H, Yang X, Duronio RJ, Marzluff WF. Developmental control of histone mRNA and dSLBP synthesis during Drosophila embryogenesis and the role of dSLBP in histone mRNA 3' end processing in vivo. Mol Cell Biol 2002; 22:2267-82. [PMID: 11884612 PMCID: PMC133687 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.22.7.2267-2282.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In metazoans, the 3' end of histone mRNA is not polyadenylated but instead ends with a stem-loop structure that is required for cell cycle-regulated expression. The sequence of the stem-loop in the Drosophila melanogaster histone H2b, H3, and H4 genes is identical to the consensus sequence of other metazoan histone mRNAs, but the sequence of the stem-loop in the D. melanogaster histone H2a and H1 genes is novel. dSLBP binds to these novel stem-loop sequences as well as the canonical stem-loop with similar affinity. Eggs derived from females containing a viable, hypomorphic mutation in dSLBP store greatly reduced amounts of all five histone mRNAs in the egg, indicating that dSLBP is required in the maternal germ line for production of each histone mRNA. Embryos deficient in zygotic dSLBP function accumulate poly(A)(+) versions of all five histone mRNAs as a result of usage of polyadenylation signals located 3' of the stem-loop in each histone gene. Since the 3' ends of adjacent histone genes are close together, these polyadenylation signals may ensure the termination of transcription in order to prevent read-through into the next gene, which could possibly disrupt transcription or produce antisense histone mRNA that might trigger RNA interference. During early wild-type embryogenesis, ubiquitous zygotic histone gene transcription is activated at the end of the syncytial nuclear cycles during S phase of cycle 14, silenced during the subsequent G(2) phase, and then reactivated near the end of that G(2) phase in the well-described mitotic domain pattern. There is little or no dSLBP protein provided maternally in wild-type embryos, and zygotic expression of dSLBP is immediately required to process newly made histone pre-mRNA.
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- David J Lanzotti
- Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599, USA
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Sullivan E, Santiago C, Parker ED, Dominski Z, Yang X, Lanzotti DJ, Ingledue TC, Marzluff WF, Duronio RJ. Drosophila stem loop binding protein coordinates accumulation of mature histone mRNA with cell cycle progression. Genes Dev 2001; 15:173-87. [PMID: 11157774 PMCID: PMC312608 DOI: 10.1101/gad.862801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Replication-associated histone genes encode the only metazoan mRNAs that lack polyA tails, ending instead in a conserved 26-nt sequence that forms a stem-loop. Most of the regulation of mammalian histone mRNA is posttranscriptional and mediated by this unique 3' end. Stem-loop-binding protein (SLBP) binds to the histone mRNA 3' end and is thought to participate in all aspects of histone mRNA metabolism, including cell cycle regulation. To examine SLBP function genetically, we have cloned the gene encoding Drosophila SLBP (dSLBP) by a yeast three-hybrid method and have isolated mutations in dSLBP. dSLBP function is required both zygotically and maternally. Strong dSLBP alleles cause zygotic lethality late in development and result in production of stable histone mRNA that accumulates in nonreplicating cells. These histone mRNAs are cytoplasmic and have polyadenylated 3' ends like other polymerase II transcripts. Hypomorphic dSLBP alleles support zygotic development but cause female sterility. Eggs from these females contain dramatically reduced levels of histone mRNA, and mutant embryos are not able to complete the syncytial embryonic cycles. This is in part because of a failure of chromosome condensation at mitosis that blocks normal anaphase. These data demonstrate that dSLBP is required in vivo for 3' end processing of histone pre-mRNA, and that this is an essential function for development. Moreover, dSLBP-dependent processing plays an important role in coupling histone mRNA production with the cell cycle.
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- E Sullivan
- Program in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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Barzotti R, Pelliccia F, Bucciarelli E, Rocchi A. Organization, nucleotide sequence, and chromosomal mapping of a tandemly repeated unit containing the four core histone genes and a 5S rRNA gene in an isopod crustacean species. Genome 2000; 43:341-5. [PMID: 10791823 DOI: 10.1139/g99-142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A tandemly repeated unit of 6553 bp containing a copy of the four core histone genes H2B, H2A, H3, and H4, and also a 5S rRNA gene, was amplified by PCR from genomic DNA of the isopod crustacean Asellus aquaticus. The linkage between 5S rRNA genes and histone genes has been so far observed in only one other organism, the anostrac crustacean Artemia salina. The gene cluster was cloned and sequenced. The histone genes, in their 3' flanking region, have the interesting feature of possessing two different mRNA termination signals, the stem-loop structure and the AATAAA sequence. A part of the PCR product was used as a probe in FISH experiments to locate the gene cluster on an inter-individually variable number of chromosomes from 6 to 12 per diploid cell, always in a terminal position and never associated with the heterochromatic areas. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) was also performed on preparations of released chromatin and the reiteration level of the gene cluster was determined as approximately 200-300 copies per haploid genome.
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- R Barzotti
- Dipartimento di Genetica e Biologia Molecolare, Università La Sapienza, Roma, Italia
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Akhmanova A, Hennig W. Drosophila melanogaster histone H2B retropseudogene is inserted into a region rich in transposable elements. Genome 1998; 41:396-401. [PMID: 9729774 DOI: 10.1139/g98-035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We have isolated and characterized the genomic sequence of a Drosophila melanogaster histone H2B pseudogene that is localized outside of the cluster of the replication-dependent histone genes and has all the properties of a retropseudogene. It is highly homologous to the transcribed region of the D. melanogaster histone H2B gene, but not to its flanking regions, and is surrounded by short direct repeats. The pseudogene contains several point mutations that preclude its translation. The sequence of the 3' region of this pseudogene is compatible with the hypothesis that the 3' terminal stem-loop structure of the histone H2B mRNA has served as a primer for the reverse transcription event from which this pseudogene originated. Analysis of the regions flanking the histone H2B pseudogene revealed the presence of three different types of transposable elements, suggesting that this chromosomal locus represents a hotspot for transposition.
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- A Akhmanova
- Department of Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
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While analysing the transcription of the cluster of cell-cycle regulated histone genes in Drosophila hydei, we have found transcripts spanned both histone H3 and H4 genes and were antisense for histone H3. As the two histone genes are in opposite orientation, these transcripts contained the sense strand of the histone H4 gene. Such transcripts were present in both poly(A)+ and poly(A)- RNA fractions. The polyadenylated molecules contained a poly(A) tail at the 3' end of the stem-loop structure, which is characteristic for cell-cycle regulated histone mRNAs. The antisense RNA of histone H3 is synthesized exclusively in testes. By developing an improved protocol of in situ hybridization to Drosophila testis squashes, we could demonstrate that the antisense transcripts are localized in the nuclei of primary spermatocytes. Possible functions of this RNA are discussed.
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- A Akhmanova
- Department of Molecular and Developmental Genetics, Faculty of Sciences, Catholic University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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