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Lee HW, Chen SJ, Tsai KJ, Hsu KS, Chen YF, Chang CH, Lin HH, Hsueh WY, Hsieh HP, Lee YF, Chiang HC, Chang JY. Targeting cathepsin S promotes activation of OLF1-BDNF/TrkB axis to enhance cognitive function. J Biomed Sci 2024; 31:46. [PMID: 38725007 PMCID: PMC11084077 DOI: 10.1186/s12929-024-01037-2] [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: 11/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/27/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Cathepsin S (CTSS) is a cysteine protease that played diverse roles in immunity, tumor metastasis, aging and other pathological alterations. At the cellular level, increased CTSS levels have been associated with the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines and disrupted the homeostasis of Ca2+ flux. Once CTSS was suppressed, elevated levels of anti-inflammatory cytokines and changes of Ca2+ influx were observed. These findings have inspired us to explore the potential role of CTSS on cognitive functions. METHODS We conducted classic Y-maze and Barnes Maze tests to assess the spatial and working memory of Ctss-/- mice, Ctss+/+ mice and Ctss+/+ mice injected with the CTSS inhibitor (RJW-58). Ex vivo analyses including long-term potentiation (LTP), Golgi staining, immunofluorescence staining of sectioned whole brain tissues obtained from experimental animals were conducted. Furthermore, molecular studies were carried out using cultured HT-22 cell line and primary cortical neurons that treated with RJW-58 to comprehensively assess the gene and protein expressions. RESULTS Our findings reported that targeting cathepsin S (CTSS) yields improvements in cognitive function, enhancing both working and spatial memory in behavior models. Ex vivo studies showed elevated levels of long-term potentiation levels and increased synaptic complexity. Microarray analysis demonstrated that brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) was upregulated when CTSS was knocked down by using siRNA. Moreover, the pharmacological blockade of the CTSS enzymatic activity promoted BDNF expression in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Notably, the inhibition of CTSS was associated with increased neurogenesis in the murine dentate gyrus. These results suggested a promising role of CTSS modulation in cognitive enhancement and neurogenesis. CONCLUSION Our findings suggest a critical role of CTSS in the regulation of cognitive function by modulating the Ca2+ influx, leading to enhanced activation of the BDNF/TrkB axis. Our study may provide a novel strategy for improving cognitive function by targeting CTSS.
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- Hao-Wei Lee
- Institute of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Research, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
- Taipei Cancer Center, TMU Research Center of Cancer Translational Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, No. 252, Wuxing St., Xinyi Dist., Taipei, 110301, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Research, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Research Center of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Science, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Research, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Immunology Research Center, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Research, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Research, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Research, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Research, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Research, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan.
- Taipei Cancer Center, TMU Research Center of Cancer Translational Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, No. 252, Wuxing St., Xinyi Dist., Taipei, 110301, Taiwan (R.O.C.).
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Nakashima N, Nakashima K, Takaku-Nakashima A, Takano M. Olfactory receptor neurons express olfactory marker protein but not calpain 5 from the same genomic locus. Mol Brain 2019; 12:54. [PMID: 31164142 PMCID: PMC6549253 DOI: 10.1186/s13041-019-0474-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2019] [Accepted: 05/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Gene expression is highly regulated to functionally diversify cells. Genes that cooperate in the same physiological processes occasionally reside within nearby regions in a chromosome. Olfactory marker protein (OMP) is highly expressed in mature olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs), but its physiological roles are not fully understood. According to the genomic map, the OMP gene is located within an intron of the calcium-dependent protease, calpain 5 (CAPN5); in other words, the OMP gene is a nested intronic gene. Thus, we attempted to investigate the gene expression and protein distribution of CAPN5 in the olfactory epithelium compared with that in the central nervous system (CNS). By performing reverse-transcriptase PCR and in situ hybridization, we confirmed that CAPN5 mRNA was expressed in the olfactory epithelium. We then performed immunohistological investigations using sliced preparations obtained from mice expressing GFP under OMP promoter activity. The detected GFP fluorescence was restricted to the knob, soma and axon bundles of the ORNs, while CAPN5 immunoreactivity (CAPN5-IR) was ubiquitously detected in the olfactory epithelial layer and lamina propria; signals were strongly detected in the supporting cells within the epithelium. In the CNS, CAPN5 signals were widely detected and were especially strong in the hippocampal formation and the piriform cortex as previously indicated. Therefore, these data indicate that ORNs express OMP but not CAPN5 from CAPN5 gene expression even though they are localized in the same genomic locus. The mechanisms by which the OMP promoter is regulated require detailed investigations.
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- Noriyuki Nakashima
- Department of Physiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume-shi, Fukuoka, 830-0011, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Yoshida Hon-machi, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume-shi, Fukuoka, 830-0011, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume-shi, Fukuoka, 830-0011, Japan
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Kim JS, Kim BG. Neurogenesis and Regulation of Olfactory Epithelium. JOURNAL OF RHINOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.18787/jr.2019.26.1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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- Ji-Sun Kim
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Eunpyeong St. Mar's, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Eunpyeong St. Mar's, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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Sokpor G, Abbas E, Rosenbusch J, Staiger JF, Tuoc T. Transcriptional and Epigenetic Control of Mammalian Olfactory Epithelium Development. Mol Neurobiol 2018. [PMID: 29532253 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-018-0987-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The postnatal mammalian olfactory epithelium (OE) represents a major aspect of the peripheral olfactory system. It is a pseudostratified tissue that originates from the olfactory placode and is composed of diverse cells, some of which are specialized receptor neurons capable of transducing odorant stimuli to afford the perception of smell (olfaction). The OE is known to offer a tractable miniature model for studying the systematic generation of neurons and glia that typify neural tissue development. During OE development, stem/progenitor cells that will become olfactory sensory neurons and/or non-neuronal cell types display fine spatiotemporal expression of neuronal and non-neuronal genes that ensures their proper proliferation, differentiation, survival, and regeneration. Many factors, including transcription and epigenetic factors, have been identified as key regulators of the expression of such requisite genes to permit normal OE morphogenesis. Typically, specific interactive regulatory networks established between transcription and epigenetic factors/cofactors orchestrate histogenesis in the embryonic and adult OE. Hence, investigation of these regulatory networks critical for OE development promises to disclose strategies that may be employed in manipulating the stepwise transition of olfactory precursor cells to become fully differentiated and functional neuronal and non-neuronal cell types. Such strategies potentially offer formidable means of replacing injured or degenerated neural cells as therapeutics for nervous system perturbations. This review recapitulates the developmental cellular diversity of the olfactory neuroepithelium and discusses findings on how the precise and cooperative molecular control by transcriptional and epigenetic machinery is indispensable for OE ontogeny.
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- Godwin Sokpor
- Institute of Neuroanatomy, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University Goettingen, 37075, Goettingen, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroanatomy, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University Goettingen, 37075, Goettingen, Germany.,Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Institute of Neuroanatomy, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University Goettingen, 37075, Goettingen, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroanatomy, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University Goettingen, 37075, Goettingen, Germany.,DFG Center for Nanoscale Microscopy and Molecular Physiology of the Brain (CNMPB), 37075, Goettingen, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroanatomy, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University Goettingen, 37075, Goettingen, Germany. .,DFG Center for Nanoscale Microscopy and Molecular Physiology of the Brain (CNMPB), 37075, Goettingen, Germany.
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Im S, Moon C. Transcriptional regulatory network during development in the olfactory epithelium. BMB Rep 2016; 48:599-608. [PMID: 26303973 PMCID: PMC4911201 DOI: 10.5483/bmbrep.2015.48.11.177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Regeneration, a process of reconstitution of the entire tissue, occurs throughout life in the olfactory epithelium (OE). Regeneration of OE consists of several stages: proliferation of progenitors, cell fate determination between neuronal and non-neuronal lineages, their differentiation and maturation. How the differentiated cell types that comprise the OE are regenerated, is one of the central questions in olfactory developmental neurobiology. The past decade has witnessed considerable progress regarding the regulation of transcription factors (TFs) involved in the remarkable regenerative potential of OE. Here, we review current state of knowledge of the transcriptional regulatory networks that are powerful modulators of the acquisition and maintenance of developmental stages during regeneration in the OE. Advance in our understanding of regeneration will not only shed light on the basic principles of adult plasticity of cell identity, but may also lead to new approaches for using stem cells and reprogramming after injury or degenerative neurological diseases.
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- SeungYeong Im
- Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences, Graduate School, Daegu Gyeungbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Daegu 42988, Korea
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- Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences, Graduate School, Daegu Gyeungbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Daegu 42988, Korea
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Viruses transmit via the environmental and social interactions of their hosts. Herpesviruses have colonized mammals since their earliest origins, suggesting that they exploit ancient, common pathways. Cytomegaloviruses (CMVs) are assumed to enter new hosts orally, but no site has been identified. We show by live imaging that murine CMV (MCMV) infects nasally rather than orally, both after experimental virus uptake and during natural transmission. Replication-deficient virions revealed the primary target as olfactory neurons. Local, nasal replication by wild-type MCMV was not extensive, but there was rapid systemic spread, associated with macrophage infection. A long-term, transmissible infection was then maintained in the salivary glands. The viral m131/m129 chemokine homolog, which influences tropism, promoted salivary gland colonization after nasal entry but was not required for entry per se. The capacity of MCMV to transmit via olfaction, together with previous demonstrations of experimental olfactory infection by murid herpesvirus 4 (MuHV-4) and herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1), suggest that this is a common, conserved route of mammalian herpesvirus entry. Cytomegaloviruses (CMVs) infect most mammals. Human CMV (HCMV) harms people with poor immune function and can damage the unborn fetus. It infects approximately 1% of live births. We lack a good vaccine. One problem is that how CMVs first enter new hosts remains unclear. Oral entry is often assumed, but the evidence is indirect, and no infection site is known. The difficulty of analyzing HCMV makes related animal viruses an important source of insights. Murine CMV (MCMV) infected not orally but nasally. Specifically, it targeted olfactory neurons. Viral transmission was also a nasal infection. Like HCMV, MCMV infected cells by binding to heparan, and olfactory surfaces display heparan to incoming viruses, whereas most other mucosal surfaces do not. These data establish a new understanding of CMV infections and a basis for infection control.
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Bizzoca A, Picocci S, Corsi P, Arbia S, Croci L, Consalez GG, Gennarini G. The gene encoding the mouse contactin-1 axonal glycoprotein is regulated by the collier/Olf1/EBF family early B-Cell factor 2 transcription factor. Dev Neurobiol 2015; 75:1420-40. [DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2015] [Revised: 03/17/2015] [Accepted: 03/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Antonella Bizzoca
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sensory Organs; Medical School, University of Bari; Policlinico Bari I-70124 Italy
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sensory Organs; Medical School, University of Bari; Policlinico Bari I-70124 Italy
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sensory Organs; Medical School, University of Bari; Policlinico Bari I-70124 Italy
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sensory Organs; Medical School, University of Bari; Policlinico Bari I-70124 Italy
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- Division of Neuroscience; San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Milano I-20132 Italy
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- Division of Neuroscience; San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Milano I-20132 Italy
- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele; Milano I-20132 Italy
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sensory Organs; Medical School, University of Bari; Policlinico Bari I-70124 Italy
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McClintock TS. Odorant Receptor Gene Choice. CHEMOSENSE 2015; 16:3-13. [PMID: 27942249 PMCID: PMC5142827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Boller S, Grosschedl R. The regulatory network of B-cell differentiation: a focused view of early B-cell factor 1 function. Immunol Rev 2014; 261:102-15. [PMID: 25123279 PMCID: PMC4312928 DOI: 10.1111/imr.12206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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During the last decades, many studies have investigated the transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of lineage decision in the hematopoietic system. These efforts led to a model in which extrinsic signals and intrinsic cues establish a permissive chromatin context upon which a regulatory network of transcription factors and epigenetic modifiers act to guide the differentiation of hematopoietic lineages. These networks include lineage-specific factors that further modify the epigenetic landscape and promote the generation of specific cell types. The process of B lymphopoiesis requires a set of transcription factors, including Ikaros, PU.1, E2A, and FoxO1 to 'prime' cis-regulatory regions for subsequent activation by the B-lineage-specific transcription factors EBF1 and Pax-5. The expression of EBF1 is initiated by the combined action of E2A and FoxO1, and it is further enhanced and maintained by several positive feedback loops that include Pax-5 and IL-7 signaling. EBF1 acts in concert with Ikaros, PU.1, Runx1, E2A, FoxO1, and Pax-5 to establish the B cell-specific transcription profile. EBF1 and Pax-5 also collaborate to repress alternative cell fates and lock cells into the B-lineage fate. In addition to the functions of EBF1 in establishing and maintaining B-cell identity, EBF1 is required to coordinate differentiation with cell proliferation and survival.
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- Sören Boller
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and EpigeneticsFreiburg, Germany
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and EpigeneticsFreiburg, Germany
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Coe genes are expressed in differentiating neurons in the central nervous system of protostomes. PLoS One 2011; 6:e21213. [PMID: 21695052 PMCID: PMC3117877 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2011] [Accepted: 05/23/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Genes of the coe (collier/olfactory/early B-cell factor) family encode Helix-Loop-Helix transcription factors that are widely conserved in metazoans and involved in many developmental processes, neurogenesis in particular. Whereas their functions during vertebrate neural tube formation have been well documented, very little is known about their expression and role during central nervous system (CNS) development in protostomes. Here we characterized the CNS expression of coe genes in the insect Drosophila melanogaster and the polychaete annelid Platynereis dumerilii, which belong to different subgroups of protostomes and show strikingly different modes of development. In the Drosophila ventral nerve cord, we found that the Collier-expressing cells form a subpopulation of interneurons with diverse molecular identities and neurotransmitter phenotypes. We also demonstrate that collier is required for the proper differentiation of some interneurons belonging to the Eve-Lateral cluster. In Platynereis dumerilii, we cloned a single coe gene, Pdu-coe, and found that it is exclusively expressed in post mitotic neural cells. Using an original technique of in silico 3D registration, we show that Pdu-coe is co-expressed with many different neuronal markers and therefore that, like in Drosophila, its expression defines a heterogeneous population of neurons with diverse molecular identities. Our detailed characterization and comparison of coe gene expression in the CNS of two distantly-related protostomes suggest conserved roles of coe genes in neuronal differentiation in this clade. As similar roles have also been observed in vertebrates, this function was probably already established in the last common ancestor of all bilaterians.
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Furutama D, Morita N, Takano R, Sekine Y, Sadakata T, Shinoda Y, Hayashi K, Mishima Y, Mikoshiba K, Hawkes R, Furuichi T. Expression of the IP3R1 promoter-driven nls-lacZ transgene in Purkinje cell parasagittal arrays of developing mouse cerebellum. J Neurosci Res 2010; 88:2810-25. [PMID: 20632399 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The cerebellar Purkinje cell monolayer is organized into heterogeneous Purkinje cell compartments that have different molecular compositions. Here we describe a transgenic mouse line, 1NM13, that shows heterogeneous transgene expression in parasagittal Purkinje cell arrays. The transgene consists of a nuclear localization signal (nls) fused to the beta-galactosidase (lacZ) composite gene driven by the type 1 inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP(3)R1) gene promoter. IP(3)R1-nls-lacZ transgene expression was detected at a single Purkinje cell level over the surface of a whole-mount X-gal-stained cerebellum because of nuclear accumulation of the nls-lacZ activity. Developing cerebella of 1NM13 mice showed stripe-like X-gal staining patterns of parasagittal Purkinje cell subsets. The X-gal stripe pattern was likely determined by an intrinsic property as early as E15 and showed increasing complexity with cerebellar development. The X-gal stripe pattern was reminiscent of, but not identical to, the stripe pattern of zebrin II immunoreactivity. We designated the symmetrical X-gal-positive (transgene-positive, Tg(+)) Purkinje cell stripes about the midline as vermal Tg1(+), Tg2(a, b)(+) and Tg3(a, b)(+) stripes and hemispheric Tg4(a, b)(+), Tg5(a, b)(+), Tg6(a, b, c)(+), and Tg7(a, b)(+) stripes, where a, b, and c indicate substripes. We also assigned three parafloccular substripes Tg8(a, b, c)(+). The boundaries of X-gal stripes at P5 were consistent with raphes in the Purkinje cell layer through which granule cells migrate, suggesting a possible association of the X-gal stripes with raphe formation. Our results indicate that 1NM13 is a good mouse model with a reproducible and clear marker for the compartmentalization of Purkinje cell arrays.
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- Daisuke Furutama
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Japan
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Local insulin-like growth factor I expression is essential for Purkinje neuron survival at birth. Cell Death Differ 2010; 18:48-59. [PMID: 20596079 DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2010.78] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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IGF1, an anabolic and neuroprotective factor, promotes neuronal survival by blocking apoptosis. It is released into the bloodstream by the liver, or synthesized locally by muscles and neural cells, acting in an autocrine or paracrine fashion. Intriguingly, genetic studies conducted in invertebrate and murine models also suggest that an excess of IGF1 signaling may trigger neurodegeneration. This emphasizes the importance of gaining a better understanding of the mechanisms controlling IGF1 regulation and gene transcription. In the cerebellum, Igf1 expression is activated just before birth in a subset of Purkinje cells (PCs). Mice carrying a null mutation for HLH transcription factor EBF2 feature PC apoptosis at birth. We show that Igf1 is sharply downregulated in Ebf2 null PCs starting before the onset of PC death. In vitro, EBF2 binds a conserved distal Igf1 promoter region. The pro-survival PI3K signaling pathway is strongly inhibited in mutant cerebella. Finally, Ebf2 null organotypic cultures respond to IGF1 treatment by inhibiting PC apoptosis. Consistently, wild type slices treated with an IGF1 competitor feature a sharp increase in PC death. Our findings reveal that IGF1 is required for PC survival in the neonatal cerebellum, and identify a new mechanism regulating its local production in the CNS.
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Odor discrimination requires differential expression of odor detectors. In fact, olfactory input to the brain is organized in units (glomeruli) innervated only by olfactory sensory neurons that express the same odorant receptor (OR). Therefore, discriminatory capacity is maximized if each sensory neuron expresses only one allele of a single OR gene, a postulate sometimes canonized as the "one neuron-one receptor rule." OR gene choice appears to result from a hierarchy of processes: differential availability of the alleles of each OR gene, zonal exclusion (or selection), OR gene switching during the initiation of OR gene transcription, and OR-dependent feedback to solidify the choice of one OR gene. The mechanisms underlying these processes are poorly understood, though a few elements are known or suspected. For example, the mechanism of activation of OR gene transcription appears to work in part through a few homeobox transcription factors (Emx2, and perhaps Lhx2) and the Ebf family of transcription factors. Further insights will probably come from several directions, but a promising hypothesis is that epigenetic mechanisms contribute to all levels of the hierarchical control of OR gene expression, especially the repressive events that seem to be necessary to achieve the singularity of OR gene choice.
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- Timothy S McClintock
- Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky, 800 Rose St., Lexington, KY 40536-0298, USA.
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Xing C, Wang QF, Li B, Tian H, Ni Y, Yin S, Li G. Methylation and expression analysis of tumor suppressor genes p15 and p16 in benzene poisoning. Chem Biol Interact 2010; 184:306-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2009.12.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Fuss SH, Ray A. Mechanisms of odorant receptor gene choice in Drosophila and vertebrates. Mol Cell Neurosci 2009; 41:101-12. [PMID: 19303443 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2009.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2009] [Accepted: 02/27/2009] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Odorant receptors are encoded by extremely large and divergent families of genes. Each receptor is expressed in a small proportion of neurons in the olfactory organs, and each neuron in turn expresses just one odorant receptor gene. This fundamental property of the peripheral olfactory system is widely conserved across evolution, and observed in vertebrates, like mice, and invertebrates, like Drosophila, despite their olfactory receptor gene families being evolutionarily unrelated. Here we review the progress that has been made in these two systems to understand the intriguing and elusive question: how does a single neuron choose to express just one of many possible odorant receptors and exclude expression of all others?
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- Stefan H Fuss
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Bogazici University, 34342 Istanbul, Turkey
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Hu SY, Chen MHC, Lin YC, Lin GH, Gong HY, Yang TH, Wu JL. Cloning and functional analysis of the proximal promoter region of the three GnRH genes from the silver sea bream (Sparus sarba). Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2008; 151:373-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2008.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2008] [Revised: 06/14/2008] [Accepted: 06/18/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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McIntyre JC, Bose SC, Stromberg AJ, McClintock TS. Emx2 stimulates odorant receptor gene expression. Chem Senses 2008; 33:825-37. [PMID: 18854508 DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjn061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The mechanisms selecting a single odorant receptor (OR) gene for expression in each olfactory sensory neuron (OSN) establish an OR expression pattern critical for odor discrimination. These mechanisms are largely unknown, but putative OR promoters contain homeodomain-like sites, implicating homeobox transcription factors such as Emx2. At embryonic day 18.5, expression of 49-76% of ORs was decreased in mice lacking Emx2, depending on the metric used. The decreases were due to fewer OSNs expressing each OR. Affected ORs showed changes that were disproportionately greater than the 42% reduction in mature neurons and similar decreases in unrelated olfactory neuron-enriched messenger RNAs in Emx2(-/-) mice. Both Class I and Class II ORs decreased, as did ORs expressed in both the dorsal and ventral regions of the epithelium. Conversely, 7% of Class II ORs tested were expressed more frequently, suggesting that some ORs are independent of Emx2. Emx2 helps stimulate transcription for many OR genes, which we hypothesize is through direct action at OR promoters, but Emx2 appears to have no significant role in regulating other aspects of OR gene expression, including the zonal patterns, OR gene cluster selection mechanisms, and singularity of OR gene choice.
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- Jeremy C McIntyre
- Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0298, USA
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Daburon V, Mella S, Plouhinec JL, Mazan S, Crozatier M, Vincent A. The metazoan history of the COE transcription factors. Selection of a variant HLH motif by mandatory inclusion of a duplicated exon in vertebrates. BMC Evol Biol 2008; 8:131. [PMID: 18454855 PMCID: PMC2394523 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2008] [Accepted: 05/02/2008] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background The increasing number of available genomic sequences makes it now possible to study the evolutionary history of specific genes or gene families. Transcription factors (TFs) involved in regulation of gene-specific expression are key players in the evolution of metazoan development. The low complexity COE (Collier/Olfactory-1/Early B-Cell Factor) family of transcription factors constitutes a well-suited paradigm for studying evolution of TF structure and function, including the specific question of protein modularity. Here, we compare the structure of coe genes within the metazoan kingdom and report on the mechanism behind a vertebrate-specific exon duplication. Results COE proteins display a modular organisation, with three highly conserved domains : a COE-specific DNA-binding domain (DBD), an Immunoglobulin/Plexin/transcription (IPT) domain and an atypical Helix-Loop-Helix (HLH) motif. Comparison of the splice structure of coe genes between cnidariae and bilateriae shows that the ancestral COE DBD was built from 7 separate exons, with no evidence for exon shuffling with other metazoan gene families. It also confirms the presence of an ancestral H1LH2 motif present in all COE proteins which partly overlaps the repeated H2d-H2a motif first identified in rodent EBF. Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assays show that formation of COE dimers is mediated by this ancestral motif. The H2d-H2a α-helical repetition appears to be a vertebrate characteristic that originated from a tandem exon duplication having taken place prior to the splitting between gnathostomes and cyclostomes. We put-forward a two-step model for the inclusion of this exon in the vertebrate transcripts. Conclusion Three main features in the history of the coe gene family can be inferred from these analyses: (i) each conserved domain of the ancestral coe gene was built from multiple exons and the same scattered structure has been maintained throughout metazoan evolution. (ii) There exists a single coe gene copy per metazoan genome except in vertebrates. The H2a-H2d duplication that is specific to vertebrate proteins provides an example of a novel vertebrate characteristic, which may have been fixed early in the gnathostome lineage. (iii) This duplication provides an interesting example of counter-selection of alternative splicing.
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- Virginie Daburon
- Centre de Biologie du Développement, UMR 5547 and IFR 109 CNRS/UPS, 118 route de Narbonne 31062 Toulouse cedex 4, France.
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Chung SH, Marzban H, Croci L, Consalez GG, Hawkes R. Purkinje cell subtype specification in the cerebellar cortex: early B-cell factor 2 acts to repress the zebrin II-positive Purkinje cell phenotype. Neuroscience 2008; 153:721-32. [PMID: 18403128 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.01.090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2007] [Revised: 01/23/2008] [Accepted: 01/30/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The mammalian cerebellar cortex is highly compartmentalized. First, it is subdivided into four transverse expression domains: the anterior zone (AZ), the central zone (CZ), the posterior zone (PZ), and the nodular zone (NZ). Within each zone, the cortex is further subdivided into a symmetrical array of parasagittal stripes. The most extensively studied compartmentation antigen is zebrin II/aldolase c, which is expressed by a subset of Purkinje cells forming parasagittal stripes. Stripe phenotypes are specified early in cerebellar development, in part through the action of early B-cell factor 2 (Ebf2), a member of the atypical helix-loop-helix transcription factor family Collier/Olf1/EBF. In the murine cerebellum, Ebf2 expression is restricted to the zebrin II-immunonegative (zebrin II-) Purkinje cell population. We have identified multiple cerebellar defects in the Ebf2 null mouse involving a combination of selective Purkinje cell death and ectopic expression of multiple genes normally restricted to the zebrin II- subset. The nature of the cerebellar defect in the Ebf2 null is different in each transverse zone. In contrast to the ectopic expression of genes characteristic of the zebrin II+ Purkinje cell phenotype, phospholipase Cbeta4 expression, restricted to zebrin II- Purkinje cells in control mice, is well maintained, and the normal number of stripes is present. Taken together, these data suggest that Ebf2 regulates the expression of genes associated with the zebrin II+ Purkinje cell phenotype and that the zebrin II- Purkinje cell subtype is specified independently.
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- S-H Chung
- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Margolis FL, Kudrycki K, Stein-Izsak C, Grillo M, Akeson R. From genotype to olfactory neuron phenotype: the role of the Olf-1-binding site. CIBA FOUNDATION SYMPOSIUM 2007; 179:3-20; discussion 20-6. [PMID: 8168381 DOI: 10.1002/9780470514511.ch2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The highly organized pattern of gene expression leading to the determination of cellular phenotype derives from the interplay between genetic and epigenetic factors. This is mediated in part by distinctive DNA sequence motifs present in the regulatory regions of various genes and the transcription factors with which they interact. The phenotype of olfactory neurons is determined in part by the selective expression of novel isoforms of several genes involved in chemosensory transduction. To characterize the mechanisms determining olfactory neuron phenotype we have been studying the olfactory marker protein (OMP), the first olfactory-specific protein to be isolated and cloned. The temporal and spatial expression of OMP is regulated stringently and is highly restricted to mature olfactory neurons in all vertebrates from amphibians to humans. Identification of the specific elements responsible for regulating the expression of the OMP gene will elucidate the mechanisms leading to the determination of olfactory neuron phenotype. Using a combined in vivo (transgenic mice) and in vitro (electrophoretic mobility shift assays and DNase I footprinting) approach, we have identified and characterized a novel genomic motif that binds an olfactory tissue nuclear protein(s) that we designate Olf-1. We propose that Olf-1 is a novel olfactory-specific transacting factor responsible for directing the expression of genes containing the Olf-1 motif in olfactory neurons. Thus it may play a role in regulating the expression of genes associated with neuronal turnover and olfactory transduction.
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- F L Margolis
- Roche Research Center, Department of Neurosciences, Nutley, NJ 07110
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Kajimura D, Dragomir C, Ramirez F, Laub F. Identification of genes regulated by transcription factor KLF7 in differentiating olfactory sensory neurons. Gene 2006; 388:34-42. [PMID: 17123745 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.09.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2006] [Revised: 08/10/2006] [Accepted: 09/23/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Gene targeting in mice has recently demonstrated that transcription factor KLF7 plays a critical role in neurite outgrowth and neuronal survival. Here we extended this genetic evidence by establishing the transcriptional profile of differentiating olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) in Klf7(-/-) mice, and by identifying relevant genes that are directly regulated by KLF7. Functional clustering of DNA microarray data revealed that loss of KLF7 affects primarily the activity of genes involved in OSN differentiation, axonal growth, cytoskeletal dynamics, cell adhesion and synaptogenesis. Cell transfection experiments, on the other hand, demonstrated that the promoters of the genes encoding the OSN-specific OMP and the adhesion molecule L1 are both activated by KLF7 binding to CACCC motifs. Collectively, these results advance knowledge of transcriptional regulation of olfactory neurogenesis and KLF7 action.
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- Daisuke Kajimura
- Child Health Institute of New Jersey, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 89 French Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, United States
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Croci L, Chung SH, Masserdotti G, Gianola S, Bizzoca A, Gennarini G, Corradi A, Rossi F, Hawkes R, Consalez GG. A key role for the HLH transcription factor EBF2COE2,O/E-3 in Purkinje neuron migration and cerebellar cortical topography. Development 2006; 133:2719-29. [PMID: 16774995 DOI: 10.1242/dev.02437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Early B-cell factor 2 (EBF2) is one of four mammalian members of an atypical helix-loop-helix transcription factor family (COE). COE proteins have been implicated in various aspects of nervous and immune system development. We and others have generated and described mice carrying a null mutation of Ebf2, a gene previously characterized in the context of Xenopus laevis primary neurogenesis and neuronal differentiation. In addition to deficits in neuroendocrine and olfactory development, and peripheral nerve maturation, Ebf2 null mice feature an ataxic gait and obvious motor deficits associated with clear-cut abnormalities of cerebellar development. The number of Purkinje cells (PCs) in the Ebf2 null is markedly decreased, resulting in a small cerebellum with notable foliation defects,particularly in the anterior vermis. We show that this stems from the defective migration of a molecularly defined PC subset that subsequently dies by apoptosis. Part of the striped cerebellar topography is disrupted due to cell death and, in addition, many of the surviving PCs, that would normally adopt a zebrin II-negative phenotype, transdifferentiate to Zebrin II-positive, an unprecedented finding suggesting that Ebf2 is required for the establishment of a proper cerebellar cortical map.
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- Laura Croci
- San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 58, 20132 Milan, Italy
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Nicolay DJ, Doucette JR, Nazarali AJ. Transcriptional Regulation of Neurogenesis in the Olfactory Epithelium. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2006; 26:803-21. [PMID: 16708285 DOI: 10.1007/s10571-006-9058-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2005] [Accepted: 03/14/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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1. The olfactory epithelium (OE) is a simple structure that gives rise to olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) throughout life. 2. Numerous transcription factors (TFs) are expressed in regions of the OE which contain progenitor cells and OSNs. The function of some of these TFs in OSN development has been elucidated with the aide of transgenic knockout mice. 3. We review here the current state of knowledge on the role of TFs in OE neurogenesis and relate the expression of these TFs, where possible, to the well-documented phenotype of the cells as they progress through the OSN lineage from progenitor cells to mature neurons.
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- Danette J Nicolay
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, 116 Thorvaldson Building, 110 Science Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 5C9
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Kim K, Colosimo ME, Yeung H, Sengupta P. The UNC-3 Olf/EBF protein represses alternate neuronal programs to specify chemosensory neuron identity. Dev Biol 2005; 286:136-48. [PMID: 16143323 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.07.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2005] [Revised: 07/14/2005] [Accepted: 07/15/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Neuronal identities are specified by the combinatorial functions of activators and repressors of gene expression. Members of the well-conserved Olf/EBF (O/E) transcription factor family have been shown to play important roles in neuronal and non-neuronal development and differentiation. O/E proteins are highly expressed in the olfactory epithelium, and O/E binding sites have been identified upstream of olfactory genes. However, the roles of O/E proteins in sensory neuron development are unclear. Here we show that the O/E protein UNC-3 is required for subtype specification of the ASI chemosensory neurons in Caenorhabditis elegans. UNC-3 promotes an ASI identity by directly repressing the expression of alternate neuronal programs and by activating expression of ASI-specific genes including the daf-7 TGF-beta gene. Our results indicate that UNC-3 is a critical component of the transcription factor code that integrates cell-intrinsic developmental programs with external signals to specify sensory neuronal identity and suggest models for O/E protein functions in other systems.
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- Kyuhyung Kim
- Department of Biology and Volen Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454, USA
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Rothman A, Feinstein P, Hirota J, Mombaerts P. The promoter of the mouse odorant receptor gene M71. Mol Cell Neurosci 2005; 28:535-46. [PMID: 15737743 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2004.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2004] [Revised: 11/10/2004] [Accepted: 11/11/2004] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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From a repertoire of approximately 2000 odorant receptor (OR) alleles in the mouse genome, a mature olfactory sensory neuron (OSN) is thought to choose only one functional allele of one OR gene for expression. OSNs that express a given OR gene are scattered throughout an epithelial region that is gene specific. The DNA sequences that enable OR gene choice and specify the epithelial pattern are not known. Within the upstream regions of several mouse, rat, and human OR genes, we have previously recognized putative homeodomain and O/E-like binding sites in proximity to each other. Here, we define a minimal promoter region for expression of the mouse OR gene M71 with small transgenes. This region contains a homeodomain and an O/E-like binding site. Combined mutations in both sites abolish transgene expression. When identical mutations are introduced at the endogenous M71 locus by gene targeting, the number of M71-expressing OSNs is reduced by a factor of three and the epithelial pattern is ventralized. The stronger impact observed with the mutant transgenes compared to the targeted mutations may reflect a multiplicity of regulatory sites within the OR gene cluster. We propose that these homeodomain and O/E sites regulate the probability of M71 gene choice differentially across the olfactory epithelium.
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- Andrea Rothman
- The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Chen WK, Chang NCA, Chang YH, Chang KL, Wu SC, Yang TS, Wu SM, Chang AC. Characterization of the regulatory region of Adra2c, the gene encoding the murine alpha2C adrenoceptor subtype. J Biomed Sci 2005; 11:886-901. [PMID: 15591786 DOI: 10.1007/bf02254374] [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] [Received: 06/16/2004] [Accepted: 06/29/2004] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The 5' flanking sequence (3,227 base pairs, bp) of the mouse Adra2c subtype gene was determined and characterized. The transcription start site was mapped to nucleotide 'A' of two initiator motifs in tandem array, i.e. 1,159 and 1,153 bp upstream from the initiation codon of the open reading frame (ORF) of Adra2c, respectively. One structural feature salient to the 5' regulatory region of Adra2c is present in the sequence 1 kb immediately upstream from the receptor ORF, which is highly enriched in GC content (76%) and CpG island counts (i.e. CpG/GpC, 146:177), and thus rich in Sp1-binding motifs. At the 3' flanking region, the polyadenylation signal was mapped to 481 bp downstream from the termination codon. The transcript defined by sequence data thereby is consistent with a size of 3 kb (brain form) determined by Northern blot analysis. The transgene, Adra2c-NN- lacZ, which links the promoter region of Adra2c to the lacZ reporter gene, was constructed in order to evaluate the functional capacity of the promoter and the putative motifs residing within the defined regulatory region (1.9 kb upstream from the ORF) in directing the reporter gene expression in vitro in transiently transfected cells and in vivo in transgenic (Tg) mice. Permissive cell types to Adra2c-NN include those derived from neural and kidney lineages. Significant Adra2c-NN-driven reporter expression in Tg mice established suggests that alpha2C adrenoceptor expression is permissive under Adra2c-NN in central (cerebral cortex, hippocampus, subthalamus, hypothalamus, superior colliculus, cerebellum, and brain stem) and peripheral (pancreatic beta-islets) tissues.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Motifs
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Northern
- Blotting, Southern
- Brain/metabolism
- Central Nervous System/metabolism
- Cloning, Molecular
- Codon
- Computational Biology
- CpG Islands
- Gene Library
- Gene Transfer Techniques
- Genes, Reporter
- Humans
- Islets of Langerhans/metabolism
- Lac Operon
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
- Models, Genetic
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- Open Reading Frames
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2/chemistry
- Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2/metabolism
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Tissue Distribution
- Transcription Factors
- Transcription, Genetic
- Transfection
- Transgenes
- beta-Galactosidase/metabolism
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- Wen-Kwei Chen
- Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, ROC
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Youngentob SL, Pyrski MM, Margolis FL. Adenoviral vector-mediated rescue of the OMP-null behavioral phenotype: enhancement of odorant threshold sensitivity. Behav Neurosci 2004; 118:636-42. [PMID: 15174942 DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.118.3.636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Mice from which the olfactory marker protein (OMP) gene has been deleted demonstrate a number of neurophysiologic and behavioral defects that suggest OMP is an important component in olfactory signal transduction and is critically involved in odor processing. Recently, the potential pleiotropic effects of gene deletion were addressed by adenoviral vector-mediated rescue of the neurophysiologic defects, in vivo. As a complement to this study, the authors used a recombinant adenoviral vector to transiently introduce OMP into olfactory sensory neurons of adult OMP-null mice and, using psychophysical methods, demonstrated the resulting reacquisition of behavioral function subsequent to gene replacement. The rescue of the OMP-null behavioral phenotype further supports the hypothesis that OMP is an important component in olfactory signal amplification and/or transduction processing.
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- Steven L Youngentob
- Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY, USA.
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Ling G, Hauer CR, Gronostajski RM, Pentecost BT, Ding X. Transcriptional regulation of rat CYP2A3 by nuclear factor 1: identification of a novel NFI-A isoform, and evidence for tissue-selective interaction of NFI with the CYP2A3 promoter in vivo. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:27888-95. [PMID: 15123731 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m403705200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Rat CYP2A3 and its mouse and human orthologs are expressed preferentially in the olfactory mucosa. We found previously that an element in the proximal promoter region of CYP2A3 (the nasal predominant transcriptional activating (NPTA) element), which is similar to a nuclear factor 1 (NFI)-binding site, is critical for transcriptional activation of CYP2A3 in vitro. We proposed that this element might be important for tissue-selective CYP2A3 expression. The goals of the present study were to characterize NPTA-binding proteins and to obtain more definitive evidence for the role of NFI in the transcriptional activation of CYP2A3. The NPTA-binding proteins were isolated by DNA-affinity purification from rat olfactory mucosa. Mass spectral analysis indicated that isoforms corresponding to all four NFI genes were present in the purified NPTA-binding fraction. Further analysis of NPTA-binding proteins led to the identification of a novel NFI-A isoform, NFI-A-short, which was derived from alternative splicing of the NFI-A transcript. Transient transfection assay showed that NFI-A2, an NFI isoform previously identified in the olfactory mucosa, transactivated the CYP2A3 promoter, whereas NFI-A-short, which lacks the transactivation domain, counteracted the activation. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assays indicated that NFI proteins are associated with the CYP2A3 promoter in vivo, in rat olfactory mucosa, but essentially not in the liver where the CYP2A3 promoter is hypermethylated and CYP2A3 is not expressed. These data strongly support a role for NFI transcription factors in the transcriptional activation of CYP2A3.
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- Guoyu Ling
- New York State Department of Health, and School of Public Health, Wadsworth Center, State University of New York, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12201, USA
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Wang SS, Lewcock JW, Feinstein P, Mombaerts P, Reed RR. Genetic disruptions of O/E2 and O/E3 genes reveal involvement in olfactory receptor neuron projection. Development 2004; 131:1377-88. [PMID: 14993187 DOI: 10.1242/dev.01009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The mammalian Olf1/EBF (O/E) family of repeated helix-loop-helix (rHLH)transcription factors has been implicated in olfactory system gene regulation,nervous system development and B-cell differentiation. Ebf(O/E1) mutant animals showed defects in B-cell lineage and brain regions where it is the only O/E family member expressed, but the olfactory epithelium appeared unaffected and olfactory marker expression was grossly normal in these animals. In order to further study the mammalian O/E proteins,we disrupted O/E2 and O/E3 genes in mouse and placed tau-lacZ and tau-GFP reporter genes under the control of the respective endogenous O/E promoters. Mice mutant for each of these genes display reduced viability and other gene-specific phenotypes. Interestingly, both O/E2 and O/E3 knockout mice as well as O/E2/O/E3 double heterozygous animals share a common phenotype:olfactory neurons (ORN) fail to project to dorsal olfactory bulb. We suggest that a decreased dose of O/E protein may alter expression of O/E target genes and underlie the ORN projection defect.
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- Song S Wang
- The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 North Wolfe Street, PCTB 818, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Animals sense their chemical environment using multiple chemosensory neuron types, each of which exhibits characteristic response properties. The chemosensory neurons of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans provide an excellent system in which to explore the developmental mechanisms giving rise to this functional diversity. In this review, we discuss the principles underlying the patterning, generation, differentiation, and diversification of chemosensory neuron subtypes in C. elegans. Current knowledge of the molecular mechanisms underlying each of these individual steps is derived from work in different model organisms. It is essential to describe the complete developmental pathways in each organism to determine whether functional diversification in chemosensory systems is achieved via conserved or novel mechanisms. Such a complete description may be possible in C. elegans.
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- Tali Melkman
- Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454, USA
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Merluzzi S, Moretti M, Altamura S, Zwollo P, Sigvardsson M, Vitale G, Pucillo C. CD40 stimulation induces Pax5/BSAP and EBF activation through a APE/Ref-1-dependent redox mechanism. J Biol Chem 2003; 279:1777-86. [PMID: 14594818 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m305418200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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CD40 is a member of the growing tumor necrosis factor receptor family that has been shown to play important roles in T cell-mediated B lymphocyte activation. Ligation of B cell CD40 by CD154, mainly expressed on activated T cells, stimulates B cell proliferation, differentiation, isotype switching, up-regulation of surface molecules contributing to antigen presentation, development of the germinal center, and the humoral memory response. In this study we demonstrate that the redox factor APE/Ref-1 acts as a key signaling intermediate in response to CD40-mediated B cell activation. The transcription factors Pax5a or BSAP (B cell lineage-specific activator protein) and EBF (early B cell factor) are constitutively expressed in spleen B cells and CD40 cross-linking induces increases in Pax5a and EBF binding activity compared with nonstimulated B cells. We show that upon CD40 antibody-mediated cross-linking, APE/Ref-1 translocates from the cytoplasm to the nucleus of activated B cells, where it modulates the DNA binding activity of both Pax5a and EBF. Moreover, we show that the repression of APE/Ref-1 protein production is able to block CD40-mediated Pax5a activation. We also provide evidence that APE/Ref-1 can modulate the cooperative activation of the blk promoter operated by Pax5a and EBF and that APE/Ref-1 might directly regulate EBF functional activity. Finally, we show that the interaction between Pax5a and EBF enhances EBF binding activity to its consensus sequence, suggesting that Pax5a can physically interact with EBF and modulate its DNA binding activity.
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- Sonia Merluzzi
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biomediche, M.A.T.I. Center of Excellence, Piazzale Kolbe 4, Università degli Studi di Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy
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Garcia-Dominguez M, Poquet C, Garel S, Charnay P. Ebf gene function is required for coupling neuronal differentiation and cell cycle exit. Development 2003; 130:6013-25. [PMID: 14573522 DOI: 10.1242/dev.00840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Helix-loop-helix transcription factors of the Ebf/Olf1 family have previously been implicated in the control of neurogenesis in the central nervous system in both Xenopus laevis and the mouse, but their precise roles have remained unclear. We have characterised two family members in the chick, and have performed a functional analysis by gain- and loss-of-function experiments. This study revealed several specific roles for Ebf genes in the spinal cord and hindbrain regions of higher vertebrates, and enabled their precise positioning along the neurogenic cascade. During neurogenesis, cell cycle exit appears to be tightly coupled to migration to the mantle layer and to neuronal differentiation. We show that antagonizing Ebf gene activity allows the uncoupling of these processes. Ebf gene function is necessary to initiate neuronal differentiation and migration toward the mantle layer in neuroepithelial progenitors, but it is not required for cell cycle exit. Ebf genes therefore appear to be master controllers of neuronal differentiation and migration, coupling them to cell cycle exit and earlier steps of neurogenesis. Mutual activation between proneural and Ebf genes suggests that besides their involvement in the engagement of differentiation, Ebf genes may also participate in the stabilisation of the committed state. Finally, gain-of-function data raise the possibility that, in addition to these general roles, Ebf genes may be involved in neuronal subtype specification in particular regions of the CNS.
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- Mario Garcia-Dominguez
- Unité 368 de l'Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 46 rue d'Ulm, 75230 Paris 05, France
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Corradi A, Croci L, Broccoli V, Zecchini S, Previtali S, Wurst W, Amadio S, Maggi R, Quattrini A, Consalez GG. Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and peripheral neuropathy in Ebf2-null mice. Development 2003; 130:401-10. [PMID: 12466206 DOI: 10.1242/dev.00215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Olf/Ebf transcription factors have been implicated in numerous developmental processes, ranging from B-cell development to neuronal differentiation. We describe mice that carry a targeted deletion within the Ebf2 (O/E3) gene. In Ebf2-null mutants, because of defective migration of gonadotropin releasing hormone-synthesizing neurons, formation of the neuroendocrine axis (which is essential for pubertal development) is impaired, leading to secondary hypogonadism. In addition, Ebf2(-/-) peripheral nerves feature defective axon sorting, hypomyelination, segmental dysmyelination and axonal damage, accompanied by a sharp decrease in motor nerve conduction velocity. Ebf2-null mice reveal a novel genetic cause of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and peripheral neuropathy in the mouse, disclosing an important role for Ebf2 in neuronal migration and nerve development.
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Kobayakawa K, Hayashi R, Morita K, Miyamichi K, Oka Y, Tsuboi A, Sakano H. Stomatin-related olfactory protein, SRO, specifically expressed in the murine olfactory sensory neurons. J Neurosci 2002; 22:5931-7. [PMID: 12122055 PMCID: PMC6757947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023] Open
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We identified a stomatin-related olfactory protein (SRO) that is specifically expressed in olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs). The mouse sro gene encodes a polypeptide of 287 amino acids with a calculated molecular weight of 32 kDa. SRO shares 82% sequence similarity with the murine stomatin, 78% with Caenorhabditis elegans MEC-2, and 77% with C. elegans UNC-1. Unlike other stomatin-family genes, the sro transcript was present only in OSNs of the main olfactory epithelium. No sro expression was seen in vomeronasal neurons. SRO was abundant in most apical dendrites of OSNs, including olfactory cilia. Immunoprecipitation revealed that SRO associates with adenylyl cyclase type III and caveolin-1 in the low-density membrane fraction of olfactory cilia. Furthermore, anti-SRO antibodies stimulated cAMP production in fractionated cilia membrane. SRO may play a crucial role in modulating odorant signals in the lipid rafts of olfactory cilia.
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- Ko Kobayakawa
- Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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Saur D, Seidler B, Paehge H, Schusdziarra V, Allescher HD. Complex regulation of human neuronal nitric-oxide synthase exon 1c gene transcription. Essential role of Sp and ZNF family members of transcription factors. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:25798-814. [PMID: 11960979 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109802200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Neuronal nitric-oxide synthase (nNOS) is expressed in a variety of human tissues and shows a complex transcriptional regulation with the presence of nine alternative first exons (1a-1i) resulting in nNOS transcripts with differing 5'-untranslated regions. We previously demonstrated that nNOS exon 1c, one of the predominant transcripts in the human gastrointestinal tract, is driven by a separate promoter (Saur, D., Paehge, H., Schusdziarra, V., and Allescher, H. D. (2000) Gastroenterology 118, 849-858). The present study focused on the quantitative expression of nNOS first exon variants in different human tissues and the characterization of the basal nNOS exon 1c promoter. In human brain, skeletal muscle, colon, and TGW-nu-I neuroblastoma cells, first exon expression patterns were analyzed by quantitative real-time reverse transcription-PCR. In these tissues/cells exon 1c was one of the most abundant first exons of nNOS. By transient transfections of TGW-nu-I and HeLa cells with reporter plasmids containing a series of 5' and 3' deletions in the exon 1c regulatory region, the minimal TATA-less promoter was localized within 44 base pairs. Gel mobility shift assays of this cis-regulatory region revealed a high complexity of the basal promoter with a cooperative binding of several transcription factors, like Sp and ZNF family members. When the Sp binding site of the minimal promoter construct was mutated, promoter activity was completely abolished in both cell lines, whereas mutation of the common binding site of ZNF76 and ZNF143 resulted in a decrease of 53% in TGW-nu-I and 37% in HeLa cells. In Drosophila Schneider cells expression of Sp1, the long Sp3 isoform, ZNF76 and ZNF143 potently transactivated the nNOS exon 1c promoter. These results identify the critical regulatory region for the nNOS exon 1c basal promoter and stress the functional importance of multiple protein complexes involving Sp and ZNF families of transcription factors in regulating nNOS exon 1c transcription.
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- Dieter Saur
- Department of Internal Medicine II, Technische Universität München, Germany.
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Baldisseri DM, Margolis JW, Weber DJ, Koo JH, Margolis FL. Olfactory marker protein (OMP) exhibits a beta-clam fold in solution: implications for target peptide interaction and olfactory signal transduction. J Mol Biol 2002; 319:823-37. [PMID: 12054873 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(02)00282-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Olfactory marker protein (OMP) is a ubiquitous, cytoplasmic protein found in mature olfactory receptor neurons of all vertebrates. Electrophysiological and behavioral studies demonstrate that it is a modulator of the olfactory signal transduction pathway. Here, we demonstrate that the solution structure of OMP, as determined by NMR studies, is a single globular domain protein comprised of eight beta-strands forming two beta-sheets oriented orthogonally to one another, thus exhibiting a "beta-clam" or "beta-sandwich" fold: beta-sheet 1 is comprised of beta3-beta8-beta1-beta2 and beta-sheet 2 contains beta6-beta5-beta4-beta7. Insertions include two, long alpha-helices located on opposite sides of the beta-clam and three flexible loops. The juxtaposition of beta-strands beta6-beta5-beta4-beta7-beta2-beta1-beta8-beta3 forms a continuously curved surface and encloses one side of the beta-clam. The "cleft" formed by the two beta-sheets is opposite to the closed end of the beta-clam. Using a peptide titration series, we have identified this cleft as the binding surface for a peptide derived from the Bex1 protein. The highly conserved Omega-loop structure adjacent to the Bex1 peptide-binding surface found in OMP may be the site of additional OMP-protein interactions related to its role in modulating olfactory signal transduction. Thus, the interaction between the OMP and Bex1 proteins could facilitate the interaction between OMP and other components of the olfactory signaling pathway.
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- Donna M Baldisseri
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 108 North Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201-1503, USA
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Celik A, Fuss SH, Korsching SI. Selective targeting of zebrafish olfactory receptor neurons by the endogenous OMP promoter. Eur J Neurosci 2002; 15:798-806. [PMID: 11906521 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.01913.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The olfactory nervous system of fish, in particular zebrafish, has become a valid model for that of higher vertebrates. However, no genetic markers for olfactory specific cell types, e.g. the olfactory receptor neurons, have been established in this species. Olfactory marker protein (OMP) is a reliable marker for olfactory receptor neurons in several other vertebrates. We have cloned zOMP, the zebrafish homologue of olfactory marker protein. During development, zOMP is expressed exclusively in the olfactory placode, presumably in olfactory receptor neurons, as shown by in situ hybridization. In the adult nasal epithelium zOMP is found restricted to the sensory region. zOMP appears to be a single gene, without close family members. The 5'-flanking region lacks most of the expected regulatory sequence motifs, both general and cell type-specific ones. Nevertheless, it drives reporter gene expression strongly and specifically in olfactory receptor neurons during the whole developmental period examined. Thus the zOMP promoter constitutes a powerful tool which should be useful to selectively introduce a wide variety of genetic modifications into olfactory receptor neurons.
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- Arzu Celik
- Institut für Genetik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Str. 47, 50674 Köln, Germany.
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Dubois L, Vincent A. The COE--Collier/Olf1/EBF--transcription factors: structural conservation and diversity of developmental functions. Mech Dev 2001; 108:3-12. [PMID: 11578857 DOI: 10.1016/s0925-4773(01)00486-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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One major conclusion of studies in Developmental Biology during the last two decades is that, despite profound anatomical differences, the building of vertebrate and arthropod bodies relies on the same fundamental molecular networks, including conserved cell signalling and transcription-regulatory cascades. Rodent Early B-Cell Factor/Olfactory-1 and Drosophila Collier belong to a recently defined, novel family of transcription factors, the Collier/Olf1/EBF (COE) proteins which have a unique DNA-binding domain. Early investigations revealed that, despite their high degree of sequence identity, the different vertebrate and invertebrate COE proteins play a variety of developmental roles. We review here the current evidence for this diversity of COE functions, including in the specification and differentiation of various neuronal populations. We also discuss the existence of an evolutionarily conserved pathway linking Notch signalling and COE regulatory functions in various developmental decisions.
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- L Dubois
- Centre de Biologie du Développement, UMR 5547, CNRS/Université Paul Sabatier, 118 route de Narbonne 31062 Toulouse cedex 04, France.
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Wells T, Carter DA. Genetic engineering of neural function in transgenic rodents: towards a comprehensive strategy? J Neurosci Methods 2001; 108:111-30. [PMID: 11478971 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-0270(01)00391-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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As mammalian genome projects move towards completion, the attention of molecular neuroscientists is currently moving away from gene identification towards both cell-specific gene expression patterns (neuronal transcriptions) and protein expression/interactions (neuronal proteomics). In the long term, attention will increasingly be directed towards experimental interventions which are able to question neuronal function in a sophisticated manner that is cognisant of both transcriptomic and proteomic organization. Central to this effort will be the application of a new generation of transgenic approaches which are now evolving towards an appropriate level of molecular, temporal and spatial resolution. In this review, we summarize recent developments in transgenesis, and show how they have been applied in the principal model species for neuroscience, namely rats and mice. Current concepts of transgene design are also considered together with an overview of new genetically-encoded tools including both cellular indicators such as fluorescent activity reporters, and cellular regulators such as dominant negative signalling factors. Application of these tools in a whole animal context can be used to question both basic concepts of brain function, and also current concepts of underlying dysfuction in neurological diseases.
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- T Wells
- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, PO Box 911, Museum Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3US, UK
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Pyrski M, Xu Z, Walters E, Gilbert DJ, Jenkins NA, Copeland NG, Margolis FL. The OMP-lacZ transgene mimics the unusual expression pattern of OR-Z6, a new odorant receptor gene on mouse chromosome 6: implication for locus-dependent gene expression. J Neurosci 2001; 21:4637-48. [PMID: 11425891 PMCID: PMC6762339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023] Open
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Reporter gene expression in the olfactory epithelium of H-lacZ6 transgenic mice mimics the cell-selective expression pattern known for some odorant receptor genes. The transgene construct in these mice consists of the lacZ coding region, driven by the proximal olfactory marker protein (OMP) gene promoter, and shows expression in a zonally confined subpopulation of olfactory neurons. To address mechanisms underlying the odorant receptor-like expression pattern of the lacZ construct, we analyzed the transgene-flanking region and identified OR-Z6, the first cloned odorant receptor gene that maps to mouse chromosome 6. OR-Z6 bears the highest sequence similarity (85%) to a human odorant receptor gene at the syntenic location on human chromosome 7. We analyzed the expression pattern of OR-Z6 in olfactory tissues of H-lacZ6 mice and show that it bears strong similarities to that mapped for beta-galactosidase. Expression of both genes in olfactory neurons is primarily restricted to the same medial subregion of the olfactory epithelium. Axons from both neuronal subpopulations project to the same ventromedial aspect of the anterior olfactory bulbs. Furthermore, colocalization analyses in H-lacZ6 mice demonstrate that OR-Z6-reactive glomeruli receive axonal input from lacZ-positive neurons as well. These results suggest that the expression of both genes is coordinated and that transgene expression in H-lacZ6 mice is regulated by locus-dependent mechanisms.
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- M Pyrski
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland at Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
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Pozzoli O, Bosetti A, Croci L, Consalez GG, Vetter ML. Xebf3 is a regulator of neuronal differentiation during primary neurogenesis in Xenopus. Dev Biol 2001; 233:495-512. [PMID: 11336510 DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2001.0230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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During primary neurogenesis in Xenopus, a cascade of helix--loop--helix (HLH) transcription factors regulates neuronal determination and differentiation. While XNeuroD functions at a late step in this cascade to regulate neuronal differentiation, the factors that carry out terminal differentiation are still unknown. We have isolated a new Xenopus member of the Ebf/Olf-1 family of HLH transcription factors, Xebf3, and provide evidence that, during primary neurogenesis, it regulates neuronal differentiation downstream of XNeuroD. In developing Xenopus embryos, Xebf3 is turned on in the three stripes of primary neurons at stage 15.5, after XNeuroD. In vitro, XEBF3 binds the EBF/OLF-1 binding site and functions as a transcriptional activator. When overexpressed, Xebf3 is able to induce ectopic neurons at neural plate stages and directly convert ectodermal cells into neurons in animal cap explants. Expression of Xebf3 can be activated by XNeuroD both in whole embryos and in animal caps, indicating that this new HLH factor might be regulated by XNeuroD. Furthermore, in animal caps, XNeuroD can activate Xebf3 in the absence of protein synthesis, suggesting that, in vitro, this regulation is direct. Similar to XNeuroD, but unlike Xebf2/Xcoe2, Xebf3 expression and function are insensitive to Delta/Notch-mediated lateral inhibition. In summary, we conclude that Xebf3 functions downstream of XNeuroD and is a regulator of neuronal differentiation in Xenopus.
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- O Pozzoli
- Department of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute (HSR), Milan, Italy
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During embryogenesis, transcription factor GATA2 is expressed in a variety of distinct cell types, and earlier experiments showed that GATA2 is a vital regulator of both hematopoiesis and urogenital development. Despite the fact that GATA2 is expressed early and abundantly in the nervous system, there has been no demonstration of its direct participation in neurogenesis. We show here that GATA2 is expressed in the ventral spinal cord exclusively in newly generated V2 interneurons, suggesting that GATA2 might be required for the generation of this discrete neuronal population. Proof for this hypothesis was provided by showing that the number of cells expressing V2 neuronal markers was drastically diminished in gata2 null mutant embryos. The tissue-specific enhancer that directs gata2 transcription specifically in V2 neurons was localized to a 190 bp intragenic element lying within gata2 intron 5, and this element is both necessary and sufficient to confer GATA2 spinal cord expression. The identification of a V2-specific enhancer should allow fundamental new insight into the genetic hierarchy of regulatory events that govern neurogenesis in a well-defined cell lineage.
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- Y Zhou
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3500, USA
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Hoppe R, Weimer M, Beck A, Breer H, Strotmann J. Sequence analyses of the olfactory receptor gene cluster mOR37 on mouse chromosome 4. Genomics 2000; 66:284-95. [PMID: 10873383 DOI: 10.1006/geno.2000.6205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The olfactory receptor multigene family is organized in clusters spread throughout the genome. In the present study, we have sequenced two subregions of the mOR37 gene cluster on mouse chromosome 4. The resulting 100 kb of sequence revealed seven odorant receptor coding regions and one gene fragment. Sequence analyses reveal that the mOR37 gene cluster may represent a rather ancient cluster. The mOR37 genes exhibit a complex intron/exon structure, and some appear to be differentially spliced. All genes in the cluster share conserved sequence motifs 5' of their putative initial exons, which represent potential binding sites for transcription factors. The clustered organization and conserved sequence motifs suggest common expression control mechanisms for these genes.
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- R Hoppe
- Institute of Physiology, University of Hohenheim, Garbenstrasse 30, Stuttgart, D-70593, Germany
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Cummings DM, Emge DK, Small SL, Margolis FL. Pattern of olfactory bulb innervation returns after recovery from reversible peripheral deafferentation. J Comp Neurol 2000. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(20000605)421:3<362::aid-cne5>3.0.co;2-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Behrens M, Venkatraman G, Gronostajski RM, Reed RR, Margolis FL. NFI in the development of the olfactory neuroepithelium and the regulation of olfactory marker protein gene expression. Eur J Neurosci 2000; 12:1372-84. [PMID: 10762365 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00032.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Nuclear factor I (NFI) proteins are DNA-binding transcription factors that participate in the tissue specific expression of various genes. They are encoded by four different genes (NFI-A, B, C, and X) each of which generates multiple isoforms by alternative RNA splicing. NFI-like binding sites have been identified in several genes preferentially expressed in olfactory receptor neurons. Our prior demonstration that NFI binds to these elements led to the hypothesis that NFI is involved in the regulation of these genes. To analyse the role of NFI in the regulation of olfactory neuron gene expression we have performed transient transfection experiments in HEK 293 cells using constructs that place luciferase expression under the control of an olfactory marker protein (OMP)-promoter fragment containing the NFI binding site. In vitro mutagenesis of this site revealed a negative modulation of luciferase expression by endogenous NFI proteins in HEK 293 cells. In addition, we have used in situ hybridization to analyse the tissue and cellular distribution of the four NFI gene transcripts during pre- and postnatal mouse development. We have simultaneously characterized the expression of Pax-6, and O/E-1, transcription factors known to regulate the phenotype of olfactory receptor neurons. We demonstrate that all of these transcription factors vary in specific spatio-temporal patterns during the development of the olfactory system. These data on NFI activity, and on transcription factor expression, provide a basis to understand the role of NFI in regulating gene expression in olfactory receptor neurons.
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- M Behrens
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland at Baltimore, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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Devireddy LR, Jones CJ. Olf-1, a neuron-specific transcription factor, can activate the herpes simplex virus type 1-infected cell protein 0 promoter. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:77-81. [PMID: 10617588 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.1.77] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) establishes a life-long latent infection in sensory neurons of infected individuals. Infected cell protein 0 (ICP0) is important for productive infection and reactivation from latency. Thus, activation of ICP0 expression in neurons is likely to be important for reactivation from latency. In a mouse neuroblastoma cell line, ICP0 promoter activity is high compared with other strong viral promoters. In contrast, promoter activity is low in non-neuronal cells. DNase I footprinting assays indicated that three distinct motifs in the ICP0 promoter are bound by nuclear factors. One of these motifs contains a binding site for a novel helix-loop-helix olfactory neuron-specific transcription factor (Olf-1). Gel shift assays and supershift assays using an Olf-1-specific antibody demonstrated that mouse neuroblastoma cells express Olf-1, which is bound to the Olf-1-like site in the ICP0 promoter. Deletion of the putative Olf-1 motif reduced ICP0 promoter activity more than 5-fold in mouse neuroblastoma cells and prevented trans-activation by an Olf-1 expression vector. We hypothesize that the Olf-1-binding site activates ICP0 promoter activity in neurons during reactivation from latency.
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- L R Devireddy
- Center for Biotechnology, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0905, USA
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Holtmaat AJ, Huizinga CT, Margolis FL, Gispen WH, Verhaagen J. Transgenic expression of B-50/GAP-43 in mature olfactory neurons triggers downregulation of native B-50/GAP-43 expression in immature olfactory neurons. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 1999; 74:197-207. [PMID: 10640691 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(99)00263-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The adult mammalian olfactory neuroepithelium is an unusual neural tissue, since it maintains its capacity to form new neurons throughout life. Newly formed neurons differentiate in the basal layers of the olfactory neuroepithelium and express B-50/GAP-43, a protein implicated in neurite outgrowth. During maturation these neurons migrate into the upper portion of the epithelium, upregulate expression of olfactory marker protein (OMP) and concomitantly downregulate the expression of B-50/GAP-43. Transgenic mice that exhibit OMP-promoter directed expression of B-50/GAP-43 in mature olfactory neurons display an unexpected decrease in the complement of B-50/GAP-43-positive cells in the lower region of the olfactory epithelium [A.J.G.D. Holtmaat, P.A. Dijkhuizen, A.B. Oestreicher, H. J. Romijn, N.M.T. Van der Lugt, A. Berns, F.L. Margolis, W.H. Gispen, J. Verhaagen, Directed expression of the growth-associated protein B-50/GAP-43 to olfactory neurons in transgenic mice results in changes in axon morphology and extraglomerular growth, J. Neurosci. 15 (1995) 7953-7965]. We have investigated whether the decrement in B-50/GAP-43-positive cells in this region was due to a dislocation of the immature neurons to other regions of the olfactory epithelium or to a downregulation of B-50/GAP-43 synthesis in these immature neurons. In eight of nine independent transgenic mouse lines that express the transgene in different numbers of olfactory neurons, a decline in the number of B-50/GAP-43-expressing neurons in the basal portion of the olfactory neuroepithelium was observed, both at the protein level and the mRNA level. An alternative marker for immature cells, a juvenile form of tubulin, was normally expressed in this location, indicating that the olfactory epithelium of OMP-B-50/GAP-43 transgenic mice contains a normal complement of immature olfactory neurons and that most of these neurons display a downregulation of B-50/GAP-43 expression.
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- A J Holtmaat
- Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Meibergdreef 33, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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In two previous in vitro experiments, we have shown that dopamine induced apoptosis or differentiation in an olfactory cell line while it reduced mitosis and triggered cell death in human olfactory biopsy cultures. The aims of the present study were to locate precisely D2 dopamine receptors within the olfactory epithelium and to monitor the effect of dopamine on olfactory neuronal differentiation in explant cultures. We show here that D2 dopamine receptors are expressed in supporting cells, neurons and basal cells in the olfactory epithelium. In vitro, dopamine was found to (1) trigger neuronal differentiation and maturation in a dose-dependent manner via D2 dopamine receptors, (2) be active only when not oxidised, (3) act directly on epithelial cells and not through other reactive cells in the underlying lamina propria. Altogether these data indicate that, in parallel to its action in odour processing, dopamine plays a growth factor-like role in the permanent neurogenesis observed in the olfactory epithelium.
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- F Féron
- Center for Molecular Neurobiology, School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, Griffith University, Nathan, Australia.
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Baumeister H, Gronostajski RM, Lyons GE, Margolis FL. Identification of NFI-binding sites and cloning of NFI-cDNAs suggest a regulatory role for NFI transcription factors in olfactory neuron gene expression. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 1999; 72:65-79. [PMID: 10521600 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(99)00210-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Olfactory receptor neurons are responsible for the detection and signal transduction of odor ligands. Several genes associated with this activity are preferentially or exclusively expressed in these neurons. Among these genes are those coding for olfactory receptors, adenylyl cyclase type III, the cyclic nucleotide gated olfactory channel 1 (OcNC-1), Galpha(olf) and the olfactory marker protein (OMP). Promoter analyses of these genes identified a binding site for the new transcription factor family O/E whose initial member, Olf-1, is abundantly expressed in olfactory neurons. We report here that the proximal promoters of three of these genes, that are selectively expressed in olfactory neurons, each contains a functional NFI binding site and that the sites have different affinities for NFI proteins indicating a regulatory role for NFI proteins in olfactory gene expression. We further demonstrate, by cloning, that all four NFI genes are expressed in the olfactory nasal mucosa. Analysis by in situ hybridization illustrates that at least three of these gene products are expressed in the neuroepithelium in which the olfactory neurons reside. NFI proteins are capable of functioning as positive or negative regulators of transcription depending on the tissue, cell-type, age, and gene in question. These multivalent functions of NFI could be achieved by temporally and spatially regulated expression of distinct subsets of NFI isoforms. It now remains to characterize the tissue and cell specific patterns of expression of distinct NFI transcription factors during ontogeny and their roles in regulating gene expression.
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- H Baumeister
- Deutsches Institut fur Ernährungsforschung, Bergholz-Rehbrücke, 14558, Germany
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Staines DM, Thomas JO. A sequence with homology to human HPFH-linked enhancer elements and to a family of G-protein linked membrane receptor genes is located downstream of the chicken beta-globin locus. Gene 1999; 234:345-52. [PMID: 10395908 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(99)00186-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We report 5805bp of novel sequence (GenBank/EMBL Accession No. AJ012570) from a region starting approx. 11.5kb downstream of the chicken beta-globin locus (map position approx. +30.8 to +36.6kb), which contains a 945bp open reading frame (map position approx. +33 to +33.9kb). This is predicted to encode a 315-residue protein containing seven hydrophobic helical regions and a 17 amino acid motif characteristic of the R7G family of G-protein coupled membrane-bound receptors. The open reading frame and some surrounding sequence also have significant homology with the breakpoint enhancer elements, which also contain open reading frames, implicated in the HPFH-1/2 and HPFH-6 deletional forms of the human syndrome, hereditary persistence of foetal haemoglobin (HPFH). The existence of similar sequences at similar distances downstream of the beta-globin genes in chickens and HPFH patients is intriguing.
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- D M Staines
- Cambridge Centre for Molecular Recognition and Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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