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Perlewitz A, Nafz B, Skalweit A, Fähling M, Persson PB, Thiele BJ. Aldosterone and vasopressin affect {alpha}- and {gamma}-ENaC mRNA translation. Nucleic Acids Res 2010; 38:5746-60. [PMID: 20453031 PMCID: PMC2943617 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Vasopressin and aldosterone play key roles in the fine adjustment of sodium and water re-absorption in the nephron. The molecular target of this regulation is the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) consisting of α-, β- and γ-subunits. We investigated mRNA-specific post-transcriptional mechanisms in hormone-dependent expression of ENaC subunits in mouse kidney cortical collecting duct cells. Transcription experiments and polysome gradient analysis demonstrate that both hormones act on transcription and translation. RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) and mRNA sequence motifs involved in translational control of γ-ENaC synthesis were studied. γ-ENaC–mRNA 3′-UTR contains an AU-rich element (ARE), which was shown by RNA affinity chromatography to interact with AU-rich element binding proteins (ARE-BP) like HuR, AUF1 and TTP. Some RBPs co-localized with γ-ENaC mRNA in polysomes in a hormone-dependent manner. Reporter gene co-expression experiments with luciferase γ-ENaC 3′-UTR constructs and ARE-BP expression plasmids demonstrate the importance of RNA–protein interaction for the up-regulation of γ-ENaC synthesis. We document that aldosterone and the V2 receptor agonist dDAVP act on synthesis of α- and γ-ENaC subunits mediated by RBPs as effectors of translation but not by mRNA stabilization. Immunoprecipitation and UV-crosslinking analysis of γ-ENaC–mRNA/HuR complexes document the significance of γ-ENaC–mRNA–3′-UTR/HuR interaction for hormonal control of ENaC synthesis.
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- Andrea Perlewitz
- Institut für Vegetative Physiologie, Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Charité), D-10117 Berlin, Germany
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Schmidt I, Fähling M, Nafz B, Skalweit A, Thiele BJ. Induction of translationally controlled tumor protein (TCTP) by transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms. FEBS J 2007; 274:5416-24. [PMID: 17894822 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.06069.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Expression of the human TPT1 gene coding for translationally controlled tumor protein (TCTP) was investigated in Calu-6 and Cos-7 cells under the influence of 4beta-phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), forskolin, dioxin and the heavy metals copper, nickel and cobalt. Transcriptional and post-transcriptional aspects of the mechanism were analyzed by TCTP mRNA/protein quantification, luciferase reporter gene assays depending on TPT1 promoter sequences or TCTP mRNA 5'/3'-UTRs and investigation of the interaction of RNA-binding proteins with UTRs by UV-crosslinking. PMA, forskolin, dioxin, cobalt and nickel induced TCTP expression in 24 h in both cell lines about 2.2-3.2-fold at the mRNA level and 1.6-2.2-fold at the protein level. The highest induction rate, 4.5-5.0-fold at the mRNA level and 3.5-4.0-fold at the protein level, was observed with copper. TPT1 promoter assays showed transcriptional activation by PMA, forskolin and dioxin (2.0-3.1-fold) and a 7.0-8.0-fold increase by copper, whereas cobalt and nickel had no effect. Deletion analysis revealed that copper-dependent transcriptional control was transmitted by a metal-responsive element residing in the TPT1 promoter. Post-transcriptional activation of TCTP expression was associated with the action of dioxin, nickel, cobalt (1.8-2.3-fold) and copper (2.5-3.0-fold), whereas stimulation of TCTP synthesis by copper was mediated by the TCTP mRNA 3'-UTR (3.2-fold) but not by the 5'-UTR (0.5-fold). mRNA stabilization was found to mediate these effects of cobalt and nickel. Post-transcriptional regulation was associated with qualitative and quantitative changes in the binding of specific RNA-binding proteins to UTRs.
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- Irina Schmidt
- Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Institut für Vegetative Physiologie, Germany
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Andree H, Thiele H, Fähling M, Schmidt I, Thiele BJ. Expression of the human TPT1 gene coding for translationally controlled tumor protein (TCTP) is regulated by CREB transcription factors. Gene 2006; 380:95-103. [PMID: 16859841 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2005] [Revised: 05/11/2006] [Accepted: 05/23/2006] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Re-evaluation of genomic and cDNA data revealed that the human TPT1 gene coding for the translationally controlled tumor protein (TCTP) consists of at least 4211 base pairs. It is transcribed into two transcripts of about 0.8 and 1.2 kb, which contain the same coding region and 5'-UTR, but differ in the length of 3'-UTRs by the use of alternative polyadenylation signals. 459 bp promoter sequences were analyzed by theoretical evaluation, reporter-gene assays, gelshift and footprinting experiments to search for transcription factor binding sites. The promoter contains two highly conserved CRE sites between -50 and -89 in close vicinity to a TATA-box at -30. Supershift assays identified CREB I and Fra II of the CREB/ATF1/AP1 family as factors interacting with the CRE/AP1 site. A 3-5-fold stimulation of TCTP synthesis by forskolin and phorbolester in T24 cells and promoter-reporter experiments using CRE-deletion constructs suggested a transcriptional control by cAMP signaling via phosphorylation dependent activation of CRE/CREB interaction.
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- Holger Andree
- Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Institut für Vegetative Physiologie, Tucholskystr. 2, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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Thiele BJ, Doller A, Kähne T, Pregla R, Hetzer R, Regitz-Zagrosek V. RNA-binding proteins heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A1, E1, and K are involved in post-transcriptional control of collagen I and III synthesis. Circ Res 2004; 95:1058-66. [PMID: 15514164 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.0000149166.33833.08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Collagen types I and III, coded by COL1A1/COL1A2 and COL3A1 genes, are the major fibrillar collagens produced by fibroblasts, including cardiac fibroblasts of the adult heart. Characteristic for different cardiomyopathies is a remodeling process associated with an upregulation of collagen synthesis, which leads to fibrosis. We report identification of three mRNA-binding proteins, heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprote (hnRNP) A1, E1, and K, as positive effectors of collagen synthesis acting at the post-transcriptional level by interaction with the 3'-untranslated regions (3'-UTRs) of COL1A1, 1A2, and 3A1 mRNAs. In vitro, binding experiments (electromobility shift assay and UV cross-linking) reveal significant differences in binding to CU- and AU-rich binding motifs. Reporter gene cell transfection experiments and RNA stability assays show that hnRNPs A1, E1, and K stimulate collagen expression by stabilizing mRNAs. Collagen synthesis is activated via the angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptor. We demonstrate that transforming growth factor-beta1, a major product of stimulated AT1 receptor, does not activate solely collagen synthesis but synergistically the synthesis of hnRNP A1, E1, and K as well. Thus, post-transcriptional control of collagen synthesis at the mRNA level may substantially be caused by alteration of the expression of RNA-binding proteins. The pathophysiological impact of this finding was demonstrated by screening the expression of hnRNP E1 and K in cardiovascular diseases. In the heart muscle of patients experiencing aortic stenosis, ischemic cardiomyopathy, or dilatative cardiomyopathy, a significant increase in the expression of hnRNP E1, A1, and K was found between 1.5- and 4.5-fold relative to controls.
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The translationally controlled tumour protein (TCTP) is a highly conserved protein that is widely expressed in all eukaryotic organisms. Based on its sequence, TCTP was listed as a separate protein family in protein databases but the recent elucidation of the solution structure of the fission yeast orthologue places it close to a family of small chaperone proteins. The molecular functions determined so far, Ca(2+)- and microtubule-binding, have been mapped to an alpha-helical region of the molecule. TCTP expression is highly regulated both at the transcriptional and translational level and by a wide range of extracellular signals. TCTP has been implicated in important cellular processes, such as cell growth, cell cycle progression, malignant transformation and in the protection of cells against various stress conditions and apoptosis. In addition, an extracellular, cytokine-like function has been established for TCTP, and the protein has been implicated in various medically relevant processes.
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- Ulrich-Axel Bommer
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, St. George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, UK.
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Fähling M, Perlewitz A, Doller A, Thiele BJ. Regulation of collagen prolyl 4-hydroxylase and matrix metalloproteinases in fibrosarcoma cells by hypoxia. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2004; 139:119-26. [PMID: 15556073 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2004.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2004] [Revised: 09/28/2004] [Accepted: 09/28/2004] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The cellular response to hypoxia is characterized by an enhanced deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM) components, mainly collagens. Collagen homeostasis is determined by the rate of synthesis and degradation. In this study, we investigated the synthesis of enzymes of collagen metabolism like collagen prolyl 4-hydroxylase (P4H), matrix metalloproteinases (MMP-2 and MMP-9) and their regulatory factors MT1-MMP, TIMP-1 and TIMP-2 in HT1080 fibroblasts under the influence of hypoxia. The results indicate that hypoxia affects collagen homeostasis in a biphasic manner concerning basic mechanisms of gene expression. P4H-alpha subunits are up-regulated at the transcriptional and translational level, whereas the beta-subunit is not susceptible to hypoxia. MMP-9 is primarily regulated at the transcriptional and translational level, whereas MMP-2 is mainly controlled by proteolytic activation of the proenzyme. Our results suggest that short-term hypoxia facilitates fibrosis in HT1080 cells by activation of P4H-alpha expression and inhibition of the synthesis of MMPs. Under long-term hypoxia, however, anti-fibrotic mechanisms prevail. Although P4H-alpha expression sustains at a high level, collagenolytic activities dominate by abolishing inhibition of synthesis and activity of MMPs.
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- Michael Fähling
- Institut für Vegetative Physiologie, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Tucholskystr. 2, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) plays a pivotal role for a variety of cardiovascular functions. The diversity of renin actions is reflected by its complex control. The major stimulus for the release of renin from the vesicles in juxtaglomerular cells is determined by stretch, as induced by changes in arterial pressure. The production of renin underlies a vastly complex control network, which takes place at different levels, such as transcription and translation. With regard to transcription, important regions for binding transcription factors have been identified several years ago, but the conservation of nucleotide sequences throughout different species suggests that there might be additional binding regions of importance. At the post-transcriptional level, the modulation of renin mRNA stability is seems pivotal. The half-life of renin mRNA appears to be controlled by the interaction between several regulatory proteins, most of which are well known in other systems. Moreover, in addition to the modulation of mRNA stability, the translation efficiency seems to play a key role in determining the amount of renin to be produced.
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- P B Persson
- Johannes-Müller-Institut für Physiologie, Humboldt Universität, Berlin, Germany
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Studies published recently have considerably enhanced our understanding of the mechanisms controlling renin production. With regard to the control of renin transcription, two enhancer regions have been identified that markedly augment renin synthesis in cell lines. In the absence of this enhancer activity, the basic promoter of the renin gene increases transcription only two- to threefold. The location of one (Jones CA, Sigmund CD, McGowan RA, Kane-Haas CM, and Gross KW. Mol Endocrinol 4: 375-383, 1990) transcription enhancer in the mouse gene is at about -2.7 kb and in humans at roughly -11 kb. A second important region has been identified in a chorionic cell line to be located approximately 5 kb upstream of the transcription start site in humans. Another potentially important regulatory region may lie within approximately 3.9 kb upstream of the -11 kb enhancer, as suggested by several conserved sequences among species in this region. In addition to the control of renin transcription, it seems that renin translation and the stability of renin mRNA are also effectively regulated. This occurs via the 3'-untranslated region, to which several proteins can bind. The binding proteins were identified as hnRNP K and E1, dynamin, nucleolin, MINT homologous protein, and Y-Box 1.
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Skalweit A, Doller A, Huth A, Kähne T, Persson PB, Thiele BJ. Posttranscriptional control of renin synthesis: identification of proteins interacting with renin mRNA 3'-untranslated region. Circ Res 2003; 92:419-27. [PMID: 12600897 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.0000059300.67152.4e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Stabilization and correct localization of mRNA are important features of renin synthesis. To elucidate the molecular basis of cAMP-mediated posttranscriptional control via mRNA stabilization, we analyzed the interaction of human preprorenin (hREN) mRNA 3'-untranslated region (3'-UTR) with proteins of renin synthesizing Calu-6 cells and investigated their functional impact on messenger integrity. To identify hREN mRNA binding proteins, electrophoretic mobility shift assays, UV cross-linking and RNA-affinity chromatography with subsequent matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry were performed. The following six proteins were unambiguously identified as hREN mRNA 3'-UTR binding proteins: hnRNP E1 (synonyms alpha-CP or PCBP), hnRNP K, dynamin, nucleolin, YB-1, and MINT-homologous protein. All proteins contain various RNA binding motifs, and most have been described in the context of mRNA binding and mRNA stabilization. Four proteins for which antibodies were available were verified by immunological techniques (dynamin, nucleolin, hnRNP E1, and YB-1). Forskolin, an activator of cAMP synthesis, considerably stimulates renin synthesis via inhibition of REN mRNA decay. Functionally, this cAMP-based mRNA stabilization is accompanied by a 3- to 6-fold upregulation of REN mRNA binding proteins. RNase degradation assays confirm that 3'-UTR binding proteins are able to protect and stabilize REN mRNA in vitro.
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- Angela Skalweit
- Institut für Physiologie, Humboldt-University Berlin, Charité, Germany
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Boschan C, Borchert A, Ufer C, Thiele BJ, Kuhn H. Discovery of a functional retrotransposon of the murine phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase: chromosomal localization and tissue-specific expression pattern. Genomics 2002; 79:387-94. [PMID: 11863368 DOI: 10.1006/geno.2001.6715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase (PHGPx), a selenoprotein capable of reducing toxic hydroperoxy ester lipids, has been implicated in antioxidative defense and spermatogenesis. Screening a murine genomic library, we isolated two recombinants (pseudogenes 1 and 2) containing retrotransposons for this enzyme. On comparison with the paralogous cDNA, pseudogene 1 contained only two silent nucleotide exchanges, and the 3'-untranslated region (3'-UTR) carrying the functionally important selenocysteine insertion sequence was free of mutations. This retrotransposon was found in various mouse strains and could be mapped to the region B2-B3 of chromosome 10. In vitro studies indicated significant promoter activity in the 5'-flanking region of pseudogene 1, and we observed a tissuespecific expression of this retrotransposon. In the submandibular gland. Most PHGPx transcripts originated from pseudogene 1. In contrast, pseudogene 2, containing numerous mutations in all parts of the retrotransposon, was not expressed in any tissue. It was mapped to region E3-E4 of chromosome 17, and we did not detect any promoter activity in its 5'-flanking region. These data indicate the existence of two retrotransposed PHGPx pseudogenes, one of which encodes a functional enzyme. This retrotransposon belongs to the rare group of pseudogenes that are tissue-specifically expressed under the control of captured regulatory elements, and it constitutes an example of evolutionarily acquired redundancy in gene expression. The results are important for the design of future knockout strategies aimed at investigating the biological role of this enzyme.
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- Carolin Boschan
- Institute of Biochemistry, University Clinics Charité, Humboldt University, Monbijoustr.2, Berlin, D-10117, Germany
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Reimann I, Huth A, Thiele H, Thiele BJ. Suppression of 15-lipoxygenase synthesis by hnRNP E1 is dependent on repetitive nature of LOX mRNA 3'-UTR control element DICE. J Mol Biol 2002; 315:965-74. [PMID: 11827469 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cytidine-rich 15-lipoxygenase differentiation control element (15-LOX DICE) is a multifunctional cis-element found in the 3'-UTR of numerous eukaryotic mRNAs. It binds KH domain proteins of the type hnRNP E and K, thus mediating mRNA stabilization and translational control. Translational silencing is caused by formation of a simple binary complex between DICE and recombinant hnRNP E1 (E1). Electromobility shift assays and sucrose gradient centrifugation demonstrate that rabbit 15-LOX DICE, which is composed of ten subunits of the sequence (CCCCPuCCCUCUUCCCCAAG)10=10R, is able to bind up to ten molecules of E1. Protein/RNA interaction was studied with different subunits and submotifs of the 10R structure. Binding appears to be dependent on the degree of polymerization of the C-clusters (1R<2R<4R<10R), but not on their order. The minimal motif, which still functioned in E1 binding, contained two C-clusters (CCCCPuCCCUCUU). For efficient translational control, E1 binding is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition. Translational inhibition by E1 is only observed when at least a dimeric 2R configuration of the DICE is present in the 3'-UTR of a reporter mRNA. We conclude that binding of at least two E1 molecules activate or expose a binding site to enable the complex to interact with the 5'-end of the mRNA and the translational machinery. DICE-motifs are widely distributed in nature. The UTR database UTRnr contains 78 entries of mRNAs with 15-LOX DICEs. Most DICEs were two- to fourfold repetitive, but also highly repetitive structures were found, as in quail myelin protein mRNA (31 repeats) and hyperglycemic hormone mRNA of two crayfish species (nine and 11 repeats).
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- Iris Reimann
- Biomedizinisches Forschungszentrum (BMFZ) University Clinics Charité, Augustenburger Platz 1, Humboldt-University Berlin, D-13353, Germany
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Thiele H, Berger M, Skalweit A, Thiele BJ. Expression of the gene and processed pseudogenes encoding the human and rabbit translationally controlled tumour protein (TCTP). Eur J Biochem 2000; 267:5473-81. [PMID: 10951206 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01609.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In humans and rabbits, the TPT1 gene encoding the translationally controlled tumour protein TCTP generates two mRNAs (TCTP mRNA1 and TCTP mRNA2) which differ in the length of their 3' untranslated regions. The distribution of these mRNAs was investigated in 10 rabbit and 50 human tissues. They were transcribed in all tissues investigated, but differed considerably in their quantity and ratio of expression. This indicates an extensive transcriptional control and involvement of tissue-specific factors. In the rabbit genome numerous processed, intronless pseudogenes were detected. Four, corresponding to both types of mRNAs, were sequenced and analysed in detail; all displayed only few mutations and were either preserved completely in the original amino acid sequence of the intron containing gene, or contained only minor mutations in the coding region which did not interrupt the open reading frame. In the mRNA population of rabbit reticulocytes two additional TCTP RNAs of the TCTP mRNA2 type were detected, which have the characteristics of pseudogene transcripts. Pseudogene transcription was supported further by CAT reporter gene assays showing substantial promoter activity of 5'-flanking regions of two TPT1 pseudogenes.
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- H Thiele
- Institute of Biochemistry, University Clinics Charité, Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany
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Thiele BJ, Berger M, Thiele H, Huth A, Reimann I. Features of mammalian lipoxygenases. Adv Exp Med Biol 2000; 469:61-6. [PMID: 10667311 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-4793-8_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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- B J Thiele
- Institute of Biochemistry, University Clinics Charité, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany
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Lipoxygenases form a family of lipid peroxidising enzymes, which oxygenate free and esterified polyenoic fatty acids to the corresponding hydroperoxy derivatives. They are widely distributed in both the plant and animal kingdoms. During the last couple of years more and more lipoxygenase isoforms have been discovered but for most of them the biological significance remains unclear. This review attempts to classify the currently known mammalian lipoxygenase isoforms and critically reviews the concepts for their biological importance.
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- H Kuhn
- Institute of Biochemistry, University Clinics (Charité), Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
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Thiele BJ, Berger M, Huth A, Reimann I, Schwarz K, Thiele H. Tissue-specific translational regulation of alternative rabbit 15-lipoxygenase mRNAs differing in their 3'-untranslated regions. Nucleic Acids Res 1999; 27:1828-36. [PMID: 10101190 PMCID: PMC148390 DOI: 10.1093/nar/27.8.1828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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By screening a rabbit reticulocyte library, an alternative 15-LOX transcript of 3.6 kb (15-LOX mRNA2) was detected containing a 1019 nt longer 3'-untranslated region (UTR2) than the main 2.6 kb mRNA (15-LOX mRNA1). In anaemic animals, northern blotting showed that 15-LOX mRNA2 was predominantly expressed in non-erythroid tissues, whereas 15-LOX mRNA1 was exclusively expressed in red blood cells and bone marrow. The 15-LOX 3'-UTR2 mRNA2 contained a novel 8-fold repetitive CU-rich motif, 23 nt in length (DICE2). This motif is related but not identical to the 10-fold repetitive differentiation control element (DICE1) of 19 nt residing in the 15-LOX UTR1 mRNA1. DICE1 was shown to interact with human hnRNP proteins E1 and K, thereby inhibiting translation. From tissues expressing the long 15-LOX mRNA2, two to three unidentified polypeptides with molecular weights of 53-55 and 90-93 kDa which bound to DICE2 were isolated by RNA affinity chromatography. A 93 kDa protein from lung cytosol, which was selected by DICE2 binding, was able to suppress translational inhibition of 15-LOX mRNA2, but not of 15-LOX mRNA1, by hnRNP E1. A possible interaction between DICE1/DICE2 cis / trans factors in translational control of 15-LOX synthesis is discussed. Furthermore, the 3'-terminal part of the highly related rabbit leukocyte-type 12-LOX gene was analysed. Very similar repetitive CU-rich elements of the type DICE1 (20 repeats) and DICE2 (nine repeats) were found in the part corresponding to the 3'-UTR of the mRNA.
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- B J Thiele
- Institute of Biochemistry, University Clinics Charité, Humboldt-University Berlin, Hessische Strasse 3-4, D-10115 Berlin, Germany
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Thiele BJ, Berger M, Schwarz K, Borngräber S, Kühn H, Ostareck-Lederer A, Thiele H. Expression of leukocyte-type 12-lipoxygenase and reticulocyte-type 15-lipoxygenase in rabbits. Adv Exp Med Biol 1999; 447:45-61. [PMID: 10086182 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-4861-4_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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From a rabbit reticulocyte library a full length cDNA was isolated which predicted a novel lipoxygenase (LOX) sharing 99% identical amino acids with the rabbit 15-lipoxygenase. HPLC product analysis of the bacterially expressed protein identified it as a leukocyte-type 12-lipoxygenase (1.12-LOX). This proves the co-expression of a 15-lipoxygenase and a 1.12-lipoxygenase in one mammalian species. Among the six amino acids that are different to rabbit 15-lipoxygenase, leucine 353 is shown to be the primary determinant for 12-positional specificity. In the 3'-untranslated region of the 12-LOX-mRNA a CU-rich, 20-fold repetitive element has been found, closely related to the differentiation control element (DICE) of the rabbit 15-LOX-mRNA which is organized by ten repeats of 19 bases. By genomic PCR the 3'-terminal part of the gene for the novel 12-lipoxygenase containing the introns 10-13 has been amplified and sequenced. The introns were very similar in length to the corresponding 15-lipoxygenase introns with 89% to 95% identical nucleotide sequences. By screening a rabbit reticulocyte library an alternative 15-lipoxygenase transcript of 3.6 kb has been detected containing a 1019 nucleotides longer 3'-untranslated region (UTR2) than the main 2.6 kb mRNA. The determination of the tissue distribution by Northern blotting showed that the 3.6 kb mRNA2 was only expressed in non-erythroid tissues, whereas the 2.6 kb mRNA1 was exclusively expressed in reticulocytes. The only cell type which has been found to express the 1.12-lipoxygenase abundantly are monocytes. The results indicate that the expression of 1.12-lipoxygenase and 15-lipoxygenase is highly regulated. The UTR2 of the 15-LOX-mRNA2 contained a novel eight-fold repetitive CU-rich motif of 23 bases length which is related but not identical to the DICE of 19 bases in the UTR1. The analysis of a genomic recombinant of the complete 9.0 kb Alox15 gene confirmed that UTR1 and UTR2 are not interrupted by an additional intron.
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- B J Thiele
- Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty (Charité), Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany
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15-Lipoxygenases and phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidases (PH-GPx) are counterparts in the metabolism of hydroperoxy lipids and a balanced regulation of both enzymes appears to be important for the cellular peroxide tone regulating the expression of redox sensitive genes. In contrast to lipoxygenases the molecular biology of PH-GPx is less well investigated. In this study we cloned the PH-GPx cDNA from a mouse fibroblast cDNA library and the PH-GPx gene from a mouse genomic library. The gene spans approximately 4 kb which includes 1 kb of 5'-flanking region and consists of seven exons and six introns. The immediate promoter region does not contain a TATA box but there are binding sites for several transcription factors which also occur in the porcine gene. Our investigations provide useful tools for future targeted gene disruption studies.
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- A Borchert
- Institute of Biochemistry, University Clinics (Charité), Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
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Thiele H, Berger M, Lenzner C, Kühn H, Thiele BJ. Structure of the promoter and complete sequence of the gene coding for the rabbit translationally controlled tumor protein (TCTP) P23. Eur J Biochem 1998; 257:62-8. [PMID: 9799103 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2570062.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We have isolated genomic recombinants containing the complete gene coding for the rabbit translationally controlled tumor protein (TCTP), also known as histamine-releasing factor (HRF) P23. The gene is organized into five introns and six exons and its total length amounts to 3819 nucleotides. All intron/exon boundaries are in accordance with the GT/AG rule. Transcription of the gene generates two mRNAs of 843 and 1163 nucleotides differing in the length of their 3'-untranslated regions. They are formed by alternative polyadenylation. The transcription initiation site has been determined by comparison of sequences of the gene and several processed TCTP pseudogenes. The full-length 5'-untranslated region comprises 116 nucleotides and starts with an oligopyrimidine tract important for translational regulation. Additionally 1.2 kb of the 5'-flanking promoter region has been sequenced. The promoter contains a TATA box at -30 and potential binding sites for transcription factors such as stimulating protein 1 (Sp1), nuclear factor 1 (NF1), activator protein 1 (AP1), c-Ets1, cAMP-response element (CP2), myeloid-specific zinc finger protein 1 (MZF1) and others. For functional analysis 5'-flanking sequences up to -918 were fused to the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) gene and tested using a rabbit aortic smooth-muscle cell line by cell transfection and CAT assays. The results confirm that the analyzed gene is the actively transcribed TCTP gene.
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- H Thiele
- Institute of Biochemistry, University Clinics Charité, Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany.
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Berger M, Schwarz K, Thiele H, Reimann I, Huth A, Borngräber S, Kühn H, Thiele BJ. Simultaneous expression of leukocyte-type 12-lipoxygenase and reticulocyte-type 15-lipoxygenase in rabbits. J Mol Biol 1998; 278:935-48. [PMID: 9600854 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In rabbit reticulocytes an arachidonic acid 15-lipoxygenase (15-LOX) is expressed at high yield. Rescreening a rabbit reticulocyte cDNA library for alternative 15-LOX transcripts, a full length cDNA which encodes a novel lipoxygenase was isolated. The predicted amino acid sequence of this enzyme shared a high degree (99%) of identity with the reticulocyte-type 15-lipoxygenase. Among the six amino acid residues different in both enzymes a Phe-Leu exchange was detected at position 353. Recently, site-directed mutagenesis studies have revealed that this amino acid exchange converts a 15-lipoxygenase to a 12-lipoxygenase. In fact, when the novel enzyme was expressed in Escherichia coli, mainly 12-lipoxygenation of arachidonic acid was observed. The recombinant enzyme exhibited a rather broad substrate specificity. Various C-18 and C-20 polyenoic fatty acids and even complex substrates such as biomembranes were effectively oxygenated. Thus, the novel enzyme may be classified as leukocyte-type 12-lipoxygenase. Genomic polymerase chain reaction of the 3' region of the leukocyte-type 12-lipoxygenase gene indicated that introns 10 to 13 differed to about 10% from the corresponding sequences of the 15-lipoxygenase gene although their size and the intron-exon organization were very similar. In the 3'-untranslated region of the novel mRNA a C+U-rich, 20-fold repetitive element was found which appears to be highly related to the differentiation control element of the 15-lipoxygenase mRNA. Activity assays with a variety of cells and tissues prepared from normal rabbits suggested that only peripheral monocytes abundantly express the enzyme, suggesting a tissue-specific regulation of gene expression. These data indicate for the first time the co-expression of two separate genes for a reticulocyte-type 15-lipoxygenase and for a leukocyte-type 12-lipoxygenase in one species. This is of importance for the implication of both enzymes in red blood cell development and atherogenesis.
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- M Berger
- Institute of Biochemistry, University Clinics Charité, Hessische Str. 3-4, Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany
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Lenzner C, Nürnberg P, Jacobasch G, Thiele BJ. Complete genomic sequence of the human PK-L/R-gene includes four intragenic polymorphisms defining different haplotype backgrounds of normal and mutant PK-genes. DNA Seq 1998; 8:45-53. [PMID: 9522120 DOI: 10.3109/10425179709020884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The human pyruvate kinase L/R-gene has been completely sequenced in unrelated normal individuals and in pyruvate kinase-deficient patients by a PCR-based direct genomic sequencing approach and analyzed for polymorphisms. The total length of the gene is 8409 nucleotides. Four polymorphic sites have been detected: C/A1705 and C/T1992 in exon 12, a T-stretch in intron 1 occurring in the two polymorphic forms (T)10 and (T)19 and an (ATT)n microsatellite in intron J which has been found in the variation (ATT)11-17. Haplotype analysis using these four markers has been applied to trace the genetic background in PK-deficiencies. The results support the idea of a single origin of most of the individual PK-mutations.
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- C Lenzner
- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Humboldt-University Berlin, Charité, Germany
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Ostareck DH, Ostareck-Lederer A, Wilm M, Thiele BJ, Mann M, Hentze MW. mRNA silencing in erythroid differentiation: hnRNP K and hnRNP E1 regulate 15-lipoxygenase translation from the 3' end. Cell 1997; 89:597-606. [PMID: 9160751 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80241-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 397] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Although LOX mRNA accumulates early during differentiation, a differentiation control element in its 3' untranslated region confers translational silencing until late stage erythropoiesis. We have purified two proteins from rabbit reticulocytes that specifically mediate LOX silencing and identified them as hnRNPs K and E1. Transfection of hnRNP K and hnRNP E1 into HeLa cells specifically silenced the translation of reporter mRNAs bearing a differentiation control element in their 3' untranslated region. Silenced LOX mRNA in rabbit reticulocytes specifically coimmunoprecipitated with hnRNP K. In a reconstituted cell-free translation system, addition of recombinant hnRNP K and hnRNP E1 recapitulates this regulation via a specific inhibition of 80S ribosome assembly on LOX mRNA. Both proteins can control cap-dependent and internal ribosome entry site-mediated translation by binding to differentiation control elements. Our data suggest a specific cytoplasmic function for hnRNPs as translational regulatory proteins.
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- D H Ostareck
- Gene Expression Programme, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse, Heidelberg, Germany
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Lenzner C, Nürnberg P, Jacobasch G, Gerth C, Thiele BJ. Molecular analysis of 29 pyruvate kinase-deficient patients from central Europe with hereditary hemolytic anemia. Blood 1997; 89:1793-9. [PMID: 9057665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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We investigated the DNA of 29 unrelated pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency (PKD) patients from Central Europe with hereditary nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia for mutations in the PK-L/R gene. Among 58 potentially affected alleles, 53 mutations were identified, of which 17 were different from each other. Of these 17 mutations, 13 were single-nucleotide (nt) substitutions resulting in amino acid exchanges, G787A (Gly263-Arg), G994A (Gly332-Ser), G1006T (Ala336-Ser), G1010A (Arg337-Gln), A1081G (Asn361-Asp), G1127T (Ser376-Ile), G1174A (Ala392-Thr), G1281T (Glu427-Asp), C1454T (Ser485-Phe), C1456T (Arg486-Trp), G1493A (Arg498-His), G1529A (Arg510-Gin), and C1594T (Arg532-Trp); 1 in-frame triplet deletion, 1060delAAG (delLys354); 1 in-frame triplet insertion, 1203insAGC (insSer after Cys401); 1 splicesite mutation, 101-1G-A; and 1 frameshift deletion, 628delGT. Six mutations, 628delGT, G787A, G1010A, G1127T, G1281T, and C1454T, are described for the first time. To test the hypothesis of a single origin of the most common PK mutation in the European population, G1529A, we investigated all patients at four polymorphic sites in the PK-L/R gene: C/A at nt 1705, C/T at nt 1992, the (ATT)n microsatellite in intron J, and a polymorphism (T)10/(T)19 in intron I. Nine patients homozygous for mutation G1529A were consistent in all four markers. In the group of patients homozygous for mutation G1529A, the hematologic parameters and clinical manifestations have been studied in detail. Although having an identical mutation in the PK-L/R gene, the patients are affected differently. Their appearance ranges from a very mild compensated hemolysis to a severe anemia. Possible molecular explanations are discussed.
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- C Lenzner
- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Humboldt-University Berlin (Charité), Germany
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- H Kühn
- Institute of Biochemistry, University Clinics (Charitá), Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
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Lenzner C, Nürnberg P, Thiele BJ, Reis A, Brabec V, Sakalova A, Jacobasch G. Mutations in the pyruvate kinase L gene in patients with hereditary hemolytic anemia. Blood 1994; 83:2817-22. [PMID: 8180378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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We have completely sequenced the introns of the human L-type pyruvate kinase (PK) gene using the published cDNA sequence. Subsequently, DNA from 12 unrelated PK deficiency (PKD) patients of Central European origin was investigated for mutations in this gene by solid-phase sequencing. We detected 10 different mutations, 9 of which result in single amino acid alterations, whereas the tenth destroys a splice site. Eight of the 10 mutations have not been described before. We found 7 missense mutations: G994-->A (Gly-332-->Ser), G1006-->T (Ala-336-->Ser), A1081-->G (Asn-361-->Asp), G1174-->A (Ala-392-->Thr), G1493-->A (Arg-498-->His), G1529-->A (Arg-510-->Gln), C1594-->T (Arg-532-->Trp), one in-frame triplet deletion (del) as well as one insertion (ins): del AAG1060-62 (del Lys-354), ins AGC after C1203 (ins Ser after Cys-401), and one splice-site mutation at the border of intron A to exon 3: g/G283-->a/G. Although the enzymatic properties are substantially changed in all PK mutations, only two affected amino acid positions are in or close to the active site. Mutations C1594-->T, G994-->A, del AAG1060-62 and the splice-site mutation g/G283-->a/G have been detected in two different patients each. Mutation G1529-->A was found in five different alleles. Haplotype analysis with the A/C polymorphism at position 1705 gave evidence for a single origin of this most frequent mutation in PKD as suggested by Baronciani and Beutler (Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 90:4324, 1993). Carrier detection and prenatal diagnosis are now feasible for the affected families.
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- C Lenzner
- Institute for Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Humboldt-University Berlin (Charité), Germany
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Ostareck-Lederer A, Ostareck DH, Standart N, Thiele BJ. Translation of 15-lipoxygenase mRNA is inhibited by a protein that binds to a repeated sequence in the 3′ untranslated region. EMBO J 1994; 13:1476-81. [PMID: 8137829 PMCID: PMC394967 DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1994.tb06402.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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During red blood cell differentiation, the mRNA encoding rabbit erythroid 15-lipoxygenase (LOX) is synthesized in the early stages of erythropoiesis, but is only activated for translation in peripheral reticulocytes. Erythroid LOX, which like other lipoxygenases catalyses the degradation of lipids, is unique in its ability to attack intact phospholipids and is the main factor responsible for the degradation of mitochondria during reticulocyte maturation. Strikingly, rabbit erythroid LOX mRNA has 10 tandem repeats of a slightly varied, pyrimidine-rich 19 nt motif in its 3'-untranslated region (3'-UTR). In this study we demonstrate, using gel retardation and UV-crosslinking assays, that this 3'-UTR segment specifically binds a 48 kDa reticulocyte protein. Furthermore, the interaction between the 3'-UTR LOX repeat motif and the 48 kDa protein, purified to homogeneity by specific RNA chromatography, is shown to be necessary and sufficient for specific translational repression of LOX as well as reporter mRNAs in vitro. To our knowledge this is the first case in which translation, presumably at the initiation step, is regulated by a defined protein-RNA interaction in the 3'-UTR.
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- A Ostareck-Lederer
- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine (Charité), Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany
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Kühn H, Thiele BJ, Ostareck-Lederer A, Stender H, Suzuki H, Yoshimoto T, Yamamoto S. Bacterial expression, purification and partial characterization of recombinant rabbit reticulocyte 15-lipoxygenase. Biochim Biophys Acta 1993; 1168:73-8. [PMID: 8504145 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(93)90268-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The recombinant rabbit reticulocyte 15-lipoxygenase has been expressed in E. coli with a yield of about 50-70 micrograms pure lipoxygenase protein per 1 of liquid culture. The enzyme has been purified to apparent homogeneity from the bacteria lysis supernatant by ammonium sulfate precipitation, and two consecutive steps of anion exchange chromatography on a Mono Q column. As the native enzyme the recombinant lipoxygenase has a molecular mass of 75 kDa, an isoelectric point of 5.5 and oxygenates both linoleic acid (formation of 13S-hydroperoxy-9Z,13E-octadecadienoic acid) and arachidonic acid. With the latter substrate it exhibits a dual positional specificity (formation of 15S-hydroperoxy-5Z,8Z,11Z,13E-eicosatetranoic acid and 12S-hydroperoxy-5Z,8Z,10E,14Z-eicosatetraenoic acid in a ratio of 12:1). Furthermore, the enzyme is capable of oxygenating biomembranes, as indicated by HPLC analysis of esterified oxygenated polyenoic fatty acids.
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- H Kühn
- Institute of Biochemistry, School of Medicine Charite, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
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O'Prey J, Chester J, Thiele BJ, Janetzki S, Prehn S, Fleming J, Harrison PR. The promoter structure and complete sequence of the gene encoding the rabbit erythroid cell-specific 15-lipoxygenase. Gene X 1989; 84:493-9. [PMID: 2612916 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(89)90526-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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We report the isolation and complete sequence of the gene encoding the rabbit erythroid-cell-specific 15-lipoxygenase (RBC 15-LOX), containing 14 exons spanning 8.0 kb. The transcription start point was mapped by S1 nuclease-protection experiments and comparison with the sequence of the RBC 15-LOX mRNA, as defined previously by primer extension experiments. The promoter contains a TATA-like motif, but no CCAAT motif in the canonical position, and lies within a 'CpG-rich island'. Functional analysis of the immediate 5'-flanking DNA by transfection experiments shows that a 150 nucleotide (nt) 5' fragment linked to the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene acts as a functional promoter in both erythroid and nonerythroid cell lines and responds in an erythroid-specific manner to the enhancer from the Friend murine leukaemia virus long terminal repeat, whereas a 40-nt fragment is inactive. Intron 7 contains eight copies of a 54-nt repeat containing a region with homology to the simian virus 40/immunoglobulin gene enhancers.
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- J O'Prey
- Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow, U.K
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Fleming J, Thiele BJ, Chester J, O'Prey J, Janetzki S, Aitken A, Anton IA, Rapoport SM, Harrison PR. The complete sequence of the rabbit erythroid cell-specific 15-lipoxygenase mRNA: comparison of the predicted amino acid sequence of the erythrocyte lipoxygenase with other lipoxygenases. Gene 1989; 79:181-8. [PMID: 2777088 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(89)90103-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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We report the complete sequence of the rabbit reticulocyte (RBC) 15-lipoxygenase (LOX) mRNA as deduced from (i) sequencing cDNA recombinants isolated by screening cDNA libraries or polymerase-chain-reactions, and (ii) the sequence originating from the transcription start point obtained by primer extension-sequencing reactions. Like the human leukocyte 5-LOX mRNA, the RBC 15-LOX mRNA contains a very short 5'-untranslated region with a long 3'-untranslated region. But, unlike the human leukocyte 5-LOX mRNA, the RBC 15-LOX mRNA contains an intriguing repeated sequence (ten copies with the consensus sequence C4PuC3TCTTC4AAG) just after the translational stop codon, which may be involved in its regulation during reticulocyte maturation. Comparison of the RBC 15-LOX mRNA sequence with those of the previously published human 5-LOX mRNA and the soybean 3-LOX gene shows only a few short regions of sequence similarity. However, the predicted amino acid sequences of the encoded LOX enzymes show certain conserved regions that are presumably involved in their catalytic activity, in particular a cluster of five conserved histidines that we predict chelate the iron moiety involved in the active site.
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- J Fleming
- Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow, U.K
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Kroschwald P, Kroschwald A, Kühn H, Ludwig P, Thiele BJ, Höhne M, Schewe T, Rapoport SM. Occurrence of the erythroid cell specific arachidonate 15-lipoxygenase in human reticulocytes. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1989; 160:954-60. [PMID: 2719708 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(89)92528-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Human reticulocytes obtained from patients suffering from various haemolytic disorders convert exogenous [1-14C]-arachidonic acid to 15-hydroxy-5,8,11,13(Z,Z,Z,E)-eicosatetraenoic acid (15-HETE). Immunological studies (dot blot, Western blot) indicated that human reticulocytes contain a lipoxygenase which cross-reacts with a polyclonal antiserum against the rabbit reticulocyte lipoxygenase. Northern blotting with a cloned lipoxygenase cDNA probe shows that the specific mRNA is also present. Reaction of the lipoxygenase with submitochondrial particles caused inactivation of respiratory enzymes. The occurrence of an erythroid cell specific lipoxygenase of similar type in reticulocytes of various mammals and man suggests the general role of this enzyme in the maturational degradation of mitochondria.
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- P Kroschwald
- Institute of Biochemistry, Humboldt University, Berlin, GDR
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Minich WB, Evdokimova VM, Oleinikov AV, Höhne M, Thiele BJ, Rapoport SM. Evidence for the appearance of a reticulocyte population low in lipoxygenase mRNA during the recovery from a phenylhydrazine-induced anemia in rabbits. FEBS Lett 1989; 245:127-30. [PMID: 2924915 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(89)80205-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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It is shown that during recovery from a phenylhydrazine-induced anemia in rabbits a selective decrease in lipoxygenase mRNA takes place with a corresponding shut-off of the synthesis of the enzyme. It is suggested that a new population, 'recovery'-reticulocytes, makes its appearance in the peripheral blood. Their cells are more mature than the stress macroreticulocytes. A cell-free system prepared from the recovery-reticulocytes exhibits low endogenous synthesis of non-globin polypeptides, even without nuclease treatment, but retains full capacity to be stimulated by exogenous mRNA.
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- W B Minich
- Institute of Protein Research, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Pushchino, Moscow Region
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We report the isolation of cDNA recombinants representing part of the rabbit reticulocyte (immature red blood cell, RBC) lipoxygenase (LOX) mRNA. One cDNA predicts an amino acid (aa) sequence matching exactly the unique N-terminal 30-aa sequence of the purified enzyme. Further, the reticulocyte mRNA, hybrid-selected by this recombinant, can be translated in vitro to give a polypeptide that comigrates with the purified reticulocyte LOX and is recognized by affinity-purified anti-RBC LOX polyclonal antibodies. Southern blotting experiments hybridising the RBC LOX cDNAs available to total rabbit genomic DNA digested with various restriction enzymes gives a fairly simple hybridisation pattern under moderate stringency conditions: moreover, the same pattern is obtained with a cloned fragment of genomic DNA containing the RBC LOX gene. This indicates that the RBC LOX gene is unique in the genome and seems not to be very closely related to the genes encoding the other tissue LOXs. We also show by Northern transfer/hybridisation experiments that the RBC LOX mRNA is expressed only in the red cell lineage but not in white blood cells (bone marrow or spleen) or in other non-erythroid cells tested (e.g., brain and lung).
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- B J Thiele
- Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow, U.K
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Thiele BJ, Andree H, Höhne M, Rapoport SM. Lipoxygenase mRNA in rabbit reticulocytes. Its isolation, characterization and translational repression. Eur J Biochem 1982; 129:133-41. [PMID: 6819138 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1982.tb07031.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The synthesis of the erythroid lipoxygenase, an enzyme which is of importance for the degradation of mitochondria during the maturation of reticulocytes to erythrocytes, was studied in reticulocytes from bone marrow and in density-separated fractions from peripheral blood of anemic rabbits. Lipoxygenase mRNA was enriched to about 75% by digestion of polysomes with protease K, poly(U)-Sepharose chromatography and repeated sucrose gradient centrifugation. From sucrose gradient centrifugation, electrophoresis and electron microscopy a molecular weight of about 10(6) was calculated. Synthesis of lipoxygenase is absent in erythroblasts, in very young reticulocytes obtained from bone marrow, or in the lightest fractions of reticulocytes from the peripheral blood. More mature blood reticulocytes show a considerable synthesis of the enzyme. The induction of the synthesis of the lipoxygenase seems to be initiated when reticulocytes have reached the peripheral blood. It is shown that lipoxygenase mRNA is present in reticulocytes as a translationally inactive free cytoplasmic messenger ribonucleoprotein (mRNP) particle. After deproteinization isolated mRNA obtained from masked mRNP codes for authentic lipoxygenase in a cell-free protein-synthesizing system of reticulocytes.
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Thiele BJ, Belkner J, Andree H, Rapoport TA, Rapoport SM. Synthesis of non-globin proteins in rabbit-erythroid cells. Synthesis of a lipoxygenase in reticulocytes. Eur J Biochem 1979; 96:563-9. [PMID: 111926 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1979.tb13070.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Peripheral rabbit reticulocytes synthesize at least 30 non-globin proteins. One of them is identified as a characteristic lipoxygenase on the basis of its molecular weight, its immunological properties and its behaviour on an ion-exchange column. The enzyme is not produced in bone marrow cells. The synthesis of the lipoxygenase in peripheral blood cells commences on the 3rd day of a bleeding anaemia, increases up to the 5th day and stays constant thereafter at least up to the 14th day. It is concluded that the appearence of the lipoxygenase, which plays a key role in the degradation of mitochondria in the course of maturation of reticulocytes to erythrocytes, is regulated at the translational level.
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Total poly(A)-containing RNA from Brockmann boides of carp (Cyprinus carpio) directs the synthesis of authentic carp proinsulin in Xenopus oocytes. Neither preproinsulin nor further processing of the proinsulin to insulin can be detected in the oocytes.
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Ladhoff AM, Thiele BJ, Coutelle C. Precursor mRNA from erythroid-enriched bone-marrow cells of the rabbit. Electron microscope investigation of precursor mRNA molecules, molecular weight about 1.7 X 10(7), containing mRNA-like structures at one end. Eur J Biochem 1975; 58:431-8. [PMID: 1183445 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1975.tb02390.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Precursor mRNA (pre-mRNA) molecules, sedimenting at greater than 45 S, from erythroid-enriched bone marrow cells of the rabbit and hemoglobin mRNA molecules from rabbit reticulocytes were investigated by electron microscopy. Four of 98 measured pre-mRNA molecules had a length between 15 and 17.1 mum. In some of the pre-mRNA molecules a characteristic condensed structure was observed at one end, strikingly resembling the structure of the mRNA molecules.
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