235 results on '"Montecino M"'
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152. An architectural perspective of cell-cycle control at the G1/S phase cell-cycle transition.
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Stein GS, van Wijnen AJ, Stein JL, Lian JB, Montecino M, Zaidi SK, and Braastad C
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- Cell Nucleus metabolism, Cell Nucleus ultrastructure, Gene Expression Regulation, Histones genetics, Histones metabolism, Humans, Transcription, Genetic, Cell Cycle physiology, G1 Phase physiology, S Phase physiology
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A prominent role for the execution of cell cycle and growth regulatory mechanisms within the three-dimensional context of nuclear architecture is becoming increasingly evident. Signaling pathways and regulatory networks that govern activation and suppression of genes controlling proliferation are functionally integrated for the organization and assembly of transcriptional machinery in nuclear microenvironments. The transcriptional activation of histone genes at the G1/S phase transition (S-point) is temporarily, functionally, and spatially distinct from transcriptional mechanisms at the restriction point (R-point). The spatial distinction in R-point versus S-point control is the localization of clustered histone gene loci at cajal bodies, which is modulated during the cell cycle. Histone nuclear factor P (HiNF-P), the principal factor mediating H4 histone gene transcription, is the final link in the signaling cascade that is initiated with growth factor dependent induction of cyclin E/CDK2 kinase activity at the R-point and culminates in the NPAT-mediated activation of histone H4 genes through HiNF-P at the G1/S phase cell-cycle transition., ((c) 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc.)
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- 2006
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153. The classic receptor for 1alpha,25-dihydroxy vitamin D3 is required for non-genomic actions of 1alpha,25-dihydroxy vitamin D3 in osteosarcoma cells.
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Bravo S, Paredes R, Izaurieta P, Lian JB, Stein JL, Stein GS, Hinrichs MV, Olate J, Aguayo LG, and Montecino M
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- Animals, RNA, Small Interfering, Rats, Vitamin D metabolism, Genome genetics, Osteosarcoma pathology, Receptors, Calcitriol metabolism, Vitamin D analogs & derivatives
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1alpha,25-dihydroxy vitamin D3 has a major role in the regulation of the bone metabolism as it promotes the expression of key bone-related proteins in osteoblastic cells. In recent years it has become increasingly evident that in addition to its well-established genomic actions, 1alpha,25-dihydroxy vitamin D3 induces non-genomic responses by acting through a specific plasma membrane-associated receptor. Results from several groups suggest that the classical nuclear 1alpha,25-dihydroxy vitamin D3 receptor (VDR) is also responsible for these non-genomic actions of 1alpha,25-dihydroxy vitamin D3. Here, we have used siRNA to suppress the expression of VDR in osteoblastic cells and assessed the role of VDR in the non-genomic response to 1alpha,25-dihydroxy vitamin D3. We report that expression of the classic VDR in osteoblasts is required to generate a rapid 1alpha,25-dihydroxy vitamin D3-mediated increase in the intracellular Ca(2+) concentration, a hallmark of the non-genomic actions of 1alpha,25-dihydroxy vitamin D3 in these cells.
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- 2006
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154. Plasma membrane destination of the classical Xenopus laevis progesterone receptor accelerates progesterone-induced oocyte maturation.
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Martinez S, Grandy R, Pasten P, Montecinos H, Montecino M, Olate J, and Hinrichs MV
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- Animals, COS Cells, Cell Cycle physiology, Chlorocebus aethiops, Female, Oocytes cytology, Oocytes drug effects, Progesterone metabolism, Protein Processing, Post-Translational, Receptors, Progesterone genetics, Xenopus Proteins genetics, Xenopus laevis, Cell Membrane metabolism, Oocytes physiology, Progesterone pharmacology, Receptors, Progesterone metabolism, Xenopus Proteins metabolism
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Xenopus laevis oocyte maturation is induced by the steroid hormone progesterone through a non-genomic mechanism initiated at the cell membrane. Recently, two Xenopus oocyte progesterone receptors have been cloned; one is the classical progesterone receptor (xPR-1) involved in genomic actions and the other a putative seven-transmembrane-G-protein-couple receptor. Both receptors are postulated to be mediating the steroid-induced maturation process in the frog oocyte. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that the classical progesterone receptor, associated to the oocyte plasma membrane, is participating in the reinitiation of the cell cycle. Addition of a myristoilation and palmytoilation signal at the amino terminus of xPR-1 (mp xPR-1), increased the amount of receptor associated to the oocyte plasma membrane and most importantly, significantly potentiated progesterone-induced oocyte maturation sensitivity. These findings suggest that the classical xPR-1, located at the plasma membrane, is mediating through a non-genomic mechanism, the reinitiation of the meiotic cell cycle in the X. laevis oocyte., (2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc.)
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- 2006
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155. Chromatin remodeling and transcriptional activity of the bone-specific osteocalcin gene require CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein beta-dependent recruitment of SWI/SNF activity.
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Villagra A, Cruzat F, Carvallo L, Paredes R, Olate J, van Wijnen AJ, Stein GS, Lian JB, Stein JL, Imbalzano AN, and Montecino M
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- Animals, Catalytic Domain, Cholecalciferol metabolism, Chromatin metabolism, Models, Biological, Models, Genetic, Osteoblasts metabolism, Osteocalcin metabolism, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Rats, Transcription, Genetic, CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-beta metabolism, Chromatin chemistry, Gene Expression Regulation, Osteocalcin genetics
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Tissue-specific activation of the osteocalcin (OC) gene is associated with changes in chromatin structure at the promoter region. Two nuclease-hypersensitive sites span the key regulatory elements that control basal tissue-specific and vitamin D3-enhanced OC gene transcription. To gain understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in chromatin remodeling of the OC gene, we have examined the requirement for SWI/SNF activity. We inducibly expressed an ATPase-defective BRG1 catalytic subunit that forms inactive SWI/SNF complexes that bind to the OC promoter. This interaction results in inhibition of both basal and vitamin D3-enhanced OC gene transcription and a marked decrease in nuclease hypersensitivity. We find that SWI/SNF is recruited to the OC promoter via the transcription factor CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein beta, which together with Runx2 forms a stable complex to facilitate RNA polymerase II binding and activation of OC gene transcription. Together, our results indicate that the SWI/SNF complex is a key regulator of the chromatin-remodeling events that promote tissue-specific transcription in osteoblasts.
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- 2006
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156. Networks and hubs for the transcriptional control of osteoblastogenesis.
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Lian JB, Stein GS, Javed A, van Wijnen AJ, Stein JL, Montecino M, Hassan MQ, Gaur T, Lengner CJ, and Young DW
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- Animals, Bone Morphogenetic Proteins physiology, Bone Neoplasms genetics, Bone Neoplasms pathology, Carcinoma genetics, Carcinoma pathology, Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit metabolism, Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit physiology, Humans, Models, Biological, Neoplasm Metastasis genetics, Osteogenesis genetics, Signal Transduction, Smad Proteins metabolism, Smad Proteins physiology, Wnt Proteins physiology, Cell Differentiation genetics, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental physiology, Gene Regulatory Networks, Osteoblasts cytology
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We present an overview of the concepts of tissue-specific transcriptional control mechanisms essential for development of the bone cell phenotype. BMP2 induced transcription factors constitute a network of activities and molecular switches for bone development and osteoblast differentiation. Among these regulators are Runx2 (Cbfa1/AML3), the principal osteogenic master gene for bone formation, as well as homeodomain proteins and osterix. Runx2 has multiple regulatory activities, including activation or repression of gene expression, and integration of biological signals from developmental cues, such as BMP/TGFbeta, Wnt and Src signaling pathways. Runx2 provides a new paradigm for transcriptional control by functioning as a principal scaffolding protein in nuclear microenvironments to control gene expression in response to physiologic signals (growth factors, cytokines and hormones). The protein serves as a hub for the coordination of activities essential for the expansion and differentiation of osteogenic lineage cells through the formation of co-regulatory protein complexes organized in subnuclear domains. Mechanisms by which Runx2 supports commitment to osteogenesis and determines cell fate involve its retention on mitotic chromosomes. Disruption of a unique protein module, the subnuclear targeting signal of Runx2, has profound effects on osteoblast differentiation and metastasis of cancer cells in the bone microenvironment. Runx2 target genes include regulators of cell growth control, components of the bone extracellular matrix, angiogenesis, and signaling proteins for development of the osteoblast phenotype and bone turnover. The specificity of Runx2 regulatory activities provides a basis for novel therapeutic strategies to correct bone disorders.
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157. Brg1, the ATPase subunit of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex, is required for myeloid differentiation to granulocytes.
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Vradii D, Wagner S, Doan DN, Nickerson JA, Montecino M, Lian JB, Stein JL, van Wijnen AJ, Imbalzano AN, and Stein GS
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- Adenosine Triphosphatases genetics, Animals, Biomarkers metabolism, Cell Line, Cell Lineage, DNA Helicases, Granulocytes cytology, Macromolecular Substances, Mice, Myeloid Cells cytology, Nuclear Proteins genetics, Protein Subunits genetics, Stem Cells cytology, Stem Cells physiology, Transcription Factors genetics, Adenosine Triphosphatases metabolism, Cell Differentiation physiology, Granulocytes physiology, Myeloid Cells physiology, Nuclear Proteins metabolism, Protein Subunits metabolism, Transcription Factors metabolism
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Many mammalian SWI/SNF complexes use Brahma-related gene 1 (Brg1) as a catalytic subunit to remodel nucleosomes for transcription regulation. In several mesenchymal cells and tissues, expression of a defective Brg1 protein negates the normal activity of the SWI/SNF complex and delays or blocks differentiation. To investigate the role of SWI/SNF complexes during myelopoiesis, we stably expressed a dominant negative (dn) Brg1 mutant in the myeloid lineage. Forced expression of dnBrg1 in IL-3-dependent murine 32Dcl3 myeloid progenitor cells results in a profound delay in the granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) induced granulocytic maturation. These cells also exhibit a significant decrease in the expression of both CD11b and Gr-1 surface receptors, which are normally upregulated during granulopoiesis, and show sustained expression of myeloperoxidase, which is synthesized primarily during the promyelocytic (blast) stage of myeloid development. Thus, dnBrg1 expression causes a developmental block at the promyelocytic/metamyelocytic stage of myeloid differentiation. Our findings indicate that the normal chromatin remodeling function of Brg1 is necessary for the G-CSF dependent differentiation of myeloid cells towards the granulocytic lineage. This dependency on Brg1 may reflect a stringent requirement for chromatin remodeling at a critical stage of hematopoietic cell maturation., (Copyright 2005 Wiley-Liss, Inc.)
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158. SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex is obligatory for BMP2-induced, Runx2-dependent skeletal gene expression that controls osteoblast differentiation.
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Young DW, Pratap J, Javed A, Weiner B, Ohkawa Y, van Wijnen A, Montecino M, Stein GS, Stein JL, Imbalzano AN, and Lian JB
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- Alkaline Phosphatase metabolism, Animals, Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2, Cell Line, Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit, Cytoskeletal Proteins genetics, DNA-Binding Proteins deficiency, DNA-Binding Proteins genetics, Gene Expression, Humans, Mice, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Osteoblasts metabolism, Protein Binding, Protein Subunits metabolism, Rats, Transcription Factor AP-2, Transcription Factors deficiency, Transcription Factors genetics, Bone Morphogenetic Proteins pharmacology, Cell Differentiation, Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly, Cytoskeletal Proteins metabolism, DNA-Binding Proteins metabolism, Osteoblasts cytology, Transcription Factors metabolism, Transforming Growth Factor beta pharmacology
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Development of bone tissue requires maturation of osteoblasts from mesenchymal precursors. BMP2, a member of the TGFbeta superfamily, and the Runx2 (AML3/Cbfa1) transcription factor, a downstream BMP2 effector, are regulatory signals required for osteoblast differentiation. While Runx2 responsive osteogenic gene expression has been functionally linked to alterations in chromatin structure, the factors that govern this chromatin remodeling remain to be identified. Here, we address the role of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling enzymes in BMP2-induced, Runx2-dependent development of the osteoblast phenotype. For these studies, we have examined calvarial cells from wild-type (WT) mice and mice that are homozygous for the Runx2 null allele, as well as the C2C12 model of BMP2-induced osteogenesis. By the analysis of microarray data, we find that several components of the SWI/SNF complex are regulated during BMP2-mediated osteoblast differentiation. Brg1 is an essential DNA dependent ATPase subunit of the SWI/SNF complex. Thus, functional studies were carried out using a fibroblast cell line that conditionally expresses a mutant Brg1 protein, which exerts a dominant negative effect on SWI/SNF function. Our findings demonstrate that SWI/SNF is required for BMP2-induced expression of alkaline phosphatase (APase), an early marker reflecting Runx2 control of osteoblast differentiation. In addition, Brg1 is expressed in cells within the developing skeleton of the mouse embryo as well as in osteoblasts ex vivo. Taken together these results support the concept that BMP2-mediated osteogenesis requires Runx2, and demonstrates that initiation of BMP2-induced, Runx2-dependent skeletal gene expression requires SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes.
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159. The dynamic organization of gene-regulatory machinery in nuclear microenvironments.
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Zaidi SK, Young DW, Choi JY, Pratap J, Javed A, Montecino M, Stein JL, van Wijnen AJ, Lian JB, and Stein GS
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- Animals, Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit, DNA-Binding Proteins genetics, DNA-Binding Proteins physiology, Humans, Nuclear Matrix physiology, Protein Transport physiology, Proto-Oncogene Proteins genetics, Proto-Oncogene Proteins physiology, Transcription Factors genetics, Transcription Factors physiology, Transcription, Genetic physiology, Cell Nucleus physiology, Gene Expression Regulation physiology
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Nuclear components are functionally linked with the dynamic temporal and spatial compartmentalization, sorting and integration of regulatory information to facilitate its selective use. For example, the subnuclear targeting of transcription factors to punctate sites in the interphase nucleus mechanistically couples chromatin remodelling and the execution of signalling cascades that mediate gene expression with the combinatorial assembly of the regulatory machinery for biological control. In addition, a mitotic cycle of selective partitioning and sequential restoration of the transcriptional machinery provides a basis for the reassembly of regulatory complexes to render progeny cells competent for phenotypic gene expression. When this intranuclear targeting and localization of regulatory proteins is compromised, diseases, such as cancer, can occur. A detailed understanding of this process will provide further options for diagnosis and treatment.
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160. A Gbetagamma stimulated adenylyl cyclase is involved in Xenopus laevis oocyte maturation.
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Guzmán L, Romo X, Grandy R, Soto X, Montecino M, Hinrichs M, and Olate J
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- Adenylyl Cyclases genetics, Adenylyl Cyclases isolation & purification, Animals, Cell Differentiation genetics, Cell Membrane genetics, Cell Membrane metabolism, Female, GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits genetics, GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits metabolism, GTP-Binding Protein beta Subunits genetics, GTP-Binding Protein gamma Subunits genetics, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental genetics, Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate) genetics, Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate) metabolism, Molecular Sequence Data, Oocytes cytology, Peptide Fragments genetics, Peptide Fragments isolation & purification, Peptide Fragments pharmacology, Progesterone metabolism, Progesterone pharmacology, Protein Isoforms genetics, Protein Isoforms isolation & purification, Protein Isoforms metabolism, Xenopus Proteins genetics, Xenopus Proteins isolation & purification, Xenopus Proteins metabolism, Xenopus laevis genetics, Adenylyl Cyclases metabolism, Cell Differentiation physiology, GTP-Binding Protein beta Subunits metabolism, GTP-Binding Protein gamma Subunits metabolism, Oocytes growth & development, Oocytes metabolism, Xenopus laevis metabolism
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Xenopus laevis oocyte maturation is induced by the steroid hormone progesterone through a nongenomic mechanism that implicates the inhibition of the effector system adenylyl cyclase (AC). Recently, it has been shown that the G protein betagamma heterodimer is involved in oocyte maturation arrest. Since AC is the proposed target for Gbetagamma action, we considered of importance to identify and characterize the Gbetagamma regulated AC isoform(s) that are expressed in the Xenopus oocyte. Through biochemical studies, we found that stage VI plasma membrane oocyte AC activity showed attributes of an AC2 isoform. Furthermore, exogenous Gbetagamma was capable to activate oocyte AC only in the presence of the activated form of Galphas (Galphas-GTPgammaS), which is in agreement with the Ggammabeta conditional activation reported for the mammalian AC2 and AC4 isotypes. In order to study the functional role of AC in oocyte maturation we cloned from a Xenopus oocyte cDNA library a gene encoding an AC with high identity to AC7 (xAC7). Based on this sequence, we constructed a minigene encoding the AC-Gbetagamma interacting region (xAC7pep) to block, within the oocyte, this interaction. We found that microinjection of the xAC7pep potentiated progesterone-induced maturation, as did the AC2 minigene. From these results we can conclude that a Gbetagamma-activated AC is playing an important role in Xenopus oocyte meiotic arrest in a Galphas-GTP dependent manner., (2005 Wiley-Liss, Inc.)
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161. Combinatorial organization of the transcriptional regulatory machinery in biological control and cancer.
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Stein GS, Lian JB, Stein JL, van Wijnen AJ, Javed A, Montecino M, Zaidi SK, Young DW, Choi JY, and Pratap J
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- Animals, Cell Compartmentation physiology, Cell Nucleus physiology, Core Binding Factor alpha Subunits physiology, Humans, Nuclear Proteins physiology, Transcription Factors physiology, Gene Expression Regulation physiology, Nuclear Matrix physiology, Transcription, Genetic physiology
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The architecturally associated subnuclear organization of nucleic acids and cognate regulatory factors suggests functional interrelationships between nuclear structure and gene expression. Mechanisms that contribute to the spatial distribution of transcription factors within the three dimensional context of nuclear architecture control the sorting and integration of regulatory information as well as the combinatorial assembly, organization and activities of transcriptional machinery at scaffold-associated subnuclear sites that support gene expression. During the past several years our laboratory has been addressing intranuclear trafficking mechanisms that direct transcription factors to transcriptionally active nuclear microenvironments. We are pursuing these studies using the AML/Runx/Cbfa transcription factors that govern hematopoietic and bone-specific transcription as a paradigm. Our objective is to gain insight into linkage of intranuclear organization of genes, transcripts, and regulatory proteins with fidelity of biological control and contributions of aberrant nuclear structure/function relationships to the onset and progression of tumorigenesis.
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162. Intranuclear trafficking: organization and assembly of regulatory machinery for combinatorial biological control.
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Zaidi SK, Young DW, Choi JY, Pratap J, Javed A, Montecino M, Stein JL, Lian JB, van Wijnen AJ, and Stein GS
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- Cell Nucleus genetics, Cell Nucleus physiology, Cell Physiological Phenomena, DNA chemistry, Gene Expression, Homeostasis, Models, Biological, Proteins chemistry, Signal Transduction, DNA genetics, DNA metabolism, Proteins genetics, Proteins metabolism
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The molecular logistics of nuclear regulatory processes necessitate temporal and spatial regulation of protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions in response to physiological cues. Biochemical, in situ, and in vivo genetic evidence demonstrates the requirement for intranuclear localization of regulatory complexes that functionally couple cellular responses to signals that mediate combinatorial control of gene expression. We have summarized evidence that subnuclear targeting of transcription factors mechanistically links gene expression with architectural organization and assembly of nuclear regulatory machinery for biological control. The compromised intranuclear targeting of regulatory proteins under pathological conditions provides options for the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
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163. The vitamin D response element in the distal osteocalcin promoter contributes to chromatin organization of the proximal regulatory domain.
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Gutierrez S, Liu J, Javed A, Montecino M, Stein GS, Lian JB, and Stein JL
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- Animals, Base Sequence, Cell Line, Chromatin genetics, Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit, Core Binding Factor alpha Subunits, DNA Primers, Genes, Regulator, Neoplasm Proteins metabolism, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Retinoid X Receptors metabolism, Rod Cell Outer Segment, Transcription Factors metabolism, Transcription, Genetic, Transcriptional Activation, Chromatin ultrastructure, Gene Expression Regulation genetics, Osteocalcin genetics, Promoter Regions, Genetic genetics, Vitamin D Response Element genetics
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Vitamin D receptor (VDR) and Runx2 are key regulators of tissue-specific gene transcription. Using the bone-related osteocalcin (OC) gene, we have previously shown that Runx2 is required for the extensive chromatin remodeling that accompanies gene activation. Here, we have addressed the direct contribution of the VDR to chromatin remodeling events necessary for regulation of OC transcription using mutational analysis. Our studies demonstrate that both the distal and proximal DNase I-hypersensitive sites characteristic of the transcriptionally active OC promoter are not enhanced in the absence of a functional vitamin D response element (VDRE). Furthermore, restriction enzyme accessibility studies reveal that nucleosomal reorganization of the proximal promoter occurs in response to vitamin D and this reorganization is abrogated by mutation of the VDRE. These findings indicate that binding of liganded VDR in the distal promoter directly impacts the chromatin structure of the proximal promoter. We find that, in the absence of functional Runx sites, the VDR cannot be recruited to the OC promoter and, therefore, the VDRE is not competent to mediate vitamin D responsiveness. On the other hand, chromatin immunoprecipitation assays show that Runx2 association with the OC promoter is not significantly impaired when the VDRE is mutated. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assays also demonstrate that basal levels of histone acetylation occur in the absence of Runx2 binding but that the VDRE and vitamin D are required for enhanced acetylation of histones H3 and H4 downstream of the VDRE. Together our results support a stepwise model for chromatin remodeling of the OC promoter and show that binding of the liganded VDR.retinoid X receptor directly impacts both the distal and proximal regulatory domains.
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164. Bone-specific transcription factor Runx2 interacts with the 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 receptor to up-regulate rat osteocalcin gene expression in osteoblastic cells.
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Paredes R, Arriagada G, Cruzat F, Villagra A, Olate J, Zaidi K, van Wijnen A, Lian JB, Stein GS, Stein JL, and Montecino M
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- Animals, Binding Sites, Cell Line, Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit, DNA-Binding Proteins genetics, Genes, Reporter, Macromolecular Substances, Osteoblasts cytology, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Rats, Recombinant Fusion Proteins genetics, Recombinant Fusion Proteins metabolism, Transcription Factor AP-2, Transcription Factors genetics, Transcription, Genetic, Up-Regulation, DNA-Binding Proteins metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation, Osteoblasts physiology, Osteocalcin genetics, Osteocalcin metabolism, Receptors, Calcitriol metabolism, Transcription Factors metabolism, Vitamin D Response Element
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Bone-specific transcription of the osteocalcin (OC) gene is regulated principally by the Runx2 transcription factor and is further stimulated in response to 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 via its specific receptor (VDR). The rat OC gene promoter contains three recognition sites for Runx2 (sites A, B, and C). Mutation of sites A and B, which flank the 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3-responsive element (VDRE), abolishes 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3-dependent enhancement of OC transcription, indicating a tight functional relationship between the VDR and Runx2 factors. In contrast to most of the members of the nuclear receptor family, VDR possesses a very short N-terminal A/B domain, which has led to the suggestion that its N-terminal region does not contribute to transcriptional enhancement. Here, we have combined transient-overexpression, coimmunoprecipitation, in situ colocalization, chromatin immunoprecipitation, and glutathione S-transferase pull-down analyses to demonstrate that in osteoblastic cells expressing OC, VDR interacts directly with Runx2 bound to site B, which is located immediately adjacent to the VDRE. This interaction contributes significantly to 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3-dependent enhancement of the OC promoter and requires a region located C terminal to the runt homology DNA binding domain of Runx2 and the N-terminal region of VDR. Together, our results indicate that Runx2 plays a key role in the 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3-dependent stimulation of the OC promoter in osteoblastic cells by further stabilizing the interaction of the VDR with the VDRE. These studies demonstrate a novel mechanism for combinatorial control of bone tissue-specific gene expression. This mechanism involves the intersection of two major pathways: Runx2, a "master" transcriptional regulator of osteoblast differentiation, and 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, a hormone that promotes expression of genes associated with these terminally differentiated bone cells.
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165. Mutation of the highly conserved Arg165 and Glu168 residues of human Gsalpha disrupts the alphaD-alphaE loop and enhances basal GDP/GTP exchange rate.
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Hinrichs MV, Montecino M, Bunster M, and Olate J
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- Adenylyl Cyclases metabolism, Arginine genetics, Crystallography, X-Ray, GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gs chemistry, GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gs genetics, Glutamic Acid genetics, Humans, Hydrogen Bonding, Kinetics, Models, Molecular, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Arginine metabolism, Conserved Sequence genetics, GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gs metabolism, Glutamic Acid metabolism, Guanosine Diphosphate metabolism, Guanosine Triphosphate metabolism, Mutation genetics
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G protein signalling regulates a wide range of cellular processes such as motility, differentiation, secretion, neurotransmission, and cell division. G proteins consist of three subunits organized as a Galpha monomer associated with a Gbetagamma heterodimer. Structural studies have shown that Galpha subunits are constituted by two domains: a Ras-like domain, also called the GTPase domain (GTPaseD), and an helical domain (HD), which is unique to heterotrimeric G-proteins. The HD display significantly higher primary structure diversity than the GTPaseD. Regardless of this diversity, there are small regions of the HD which show high degree of identity with residues that are 100% conserved. One of such regions is the alpha helixD-alpha helixE loop (alphaD-alphaE) in the HD, which contains the consensus aminoacid sequence R*-[RSA]-[RSAN]-E*-[YF]-[QH]-L in all mammalian Galpha subunits. Interestingly, the highly conserved arginine (R*) and glutamic acid (E*) residues form a salt bridge that stabilizes the alphaD-alphaE loop, that is localized in the top of the cleft formed between the GTPaseD and HD. Because the guanine nucleotide binding site is deeply buried in this cleft and those interdomain interactions are playing an important role in regulating the basal GDP/GTP nucleotide exchange rate of Galpha subunits, we studied the role of these highly conserved R and E residues in Galpha function. In the present study, we mutated the human Gsalpha R165 and E168 residues to alanine (A), thus generating the R165--> A, E168--> A, and R165/E168--> A mutants. We expressed these human Gsalpha (hGsalpha) mutants in bacteria as histidine tagged proteins, purified them by niquel-agarose chromatography and studied their nucleotide exchange properties. We show that the double R165/E168--> A mutant exhibited a fivefold increased GTP binding kinetics, a higher GDP dissociation rate, and an augmented capacity to activate adenylyl cyclase. Structure analysis showed that disruption of the salt bridge between R165 and E168 by the introduced mutations, caused important structural changes in the HD at the alphaD-alphaE loop (residues 160-175) and in the GTPaseD at a region required for Gsalpha activation by the receptor (residues 308-315). In addition, other two GTPaseD regions that surround the GTP binding site were also affected., (Copyright 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.)
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166. Dlx3 transcriptional regulation of osteoblast differentiation: temporal recruitment of Msx2, Dlx3, and Dlx5 homeodomain proteins to chromatin of the osteocalcin gene.
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Hassan MQ, Javed A, Morasso MI, Karlin J, Montecino M, van Wijnen AJ, Stein GS, Stein JL, and Lian JB
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- Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Bone Development genetics, Bone Development physiology, Cell Line, Chromatin metabolism, Embryo, Mammalian physiology, Humans, Mice, Molecular Sequence Data, Osteoblasts cytology, Osteocalcin metabolism, Promoter Regions, Genetic, RNA Interference, Rats, Sequence Alignment, Stem Cells physiology, Cell Differentiation physiology, DNA-Binding Proteins metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Homeodomain Proteins metabolism, Osteoblasts physiology, Osteocalcin genetics, Transcription Factors metabolism, Transcription, Genetic
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Genetic studies show that Msx2 and Dlx5 homeodomain (HD) proteins support skeletal development, but null mutation of the closely related Dlx3 gene results in early embryonic lethality. Here we find that expression of Dlx3 in the mouse embryo is associated with new bone formation and regulation of osteoblast differentiation. Dlx3 is expressed in osteoblasts, and overexpression of Dlx3 in osteoprogenitor cells promotes, while specific knock-down of Dlx3 by RNA interference inhibits, induction of osteogenic markers. We characterized gene regulation by Dlx3 in relation to that of Msx2 and Dlx5 during osteoblast differentiation. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assays revealed a molecular switch in HD protein association with the bone-specific osteocalcin (OC) gene. The transcriptionally repressed OC gene was occupied by Msx2 in proliferating osteoblasts, while Dlx3, Dlx5, and Runx2 were recruited postproliferatively to initiate transcription. Dlx5 occupancy increased over Dlx3 in mature osteoblasts at the mineralization stage of differentiation, coincident with increased RNA polymerase II occupancy. Dlx3 protein-DNA interactions stimulated OC promoter activity, while Dlx3-Runx2 protein-protein interaction reduced Runx2-mediated transcription. Deletion analysis showed that the Dlx3 interacting domain of Runx2 is from amino acids 376 to 432, which also include the transcriptionally active subnuclear targeting sequence (376 to 432). Thus, we provide cellular and molecular evidence for Dlx3 in regulating osteoprogenitor cell differentiation and for both positive and negative regulation of gene transcription. We propose that multiple HD proteins in osteoblasts constitute a regulatory network that mediates development of the bone phenotype through the sequential association of distinct HD proteins with promoter regulatory elements.
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167. Runx2 control of organization, assembly and activity of the regulatory machinery for skeletal gene expression.
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Stein GS, Lian JB, van Wijnen AJ, Stein JL, Montecino M, Javed A, Zaidi SK, Young DW, Choi JY, and Pockwinse SM
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- Cell Division physiology, Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit, Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit, Core Binding Factor Alpha 3 Subunit, Core Binding Factor alpha Subunits, DNA-Binding Proteins genetics, DNA-Binding Proteins metabolism, Neoplasm Proteins genetics, Proto-Oncogene Proteins genetics, Proto-Oncogene Proteins metabolism, Transcription Factors genetics, Bone and Bones metabolism, Cell Differentiation physiology, Gene Expression Regulation physiology, Neoplasm Proteins metabolism, Transcription Factors metabolism
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We present an overview of Runx involvement in regulatory mechanisms that are requisite for fidelity of bone cell growth and differentiation, as well as for skeletal homeostasis and the structural and functional integrity of skeletal tissue. Runx-mediated control is addressed from the perspective of support for biological parameters of skeletal gene expression. We review recent findings that are consistent with an active role for Runx proteins as scaffolds for integration, organization and combinatorial assembly of nucleic acids and regulatory factors within the three-dimensional context of nuclear architecture.
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168. The Runx2 transcription factor plays a key role in the 1alpha,25-dihydroxy Vitamin D3-dependent upregulation of the rat osteocalcin (OC) gene expression in osteoblastic cells.
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Paredes R, Arriagada G, Cruzat F, Olate J, Van Wijnen A, Lian J, Stein G, Stein J, and Montecino M
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- Animals, Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit, Osteoblasts metabolism, Rats, Up-Regulation physiology, Calcitriol pharmacology, Neoplasm Proteins physiology, Osteoblasts drug effects, Osteocalcin genetics, Transcription Factors physiology, Up-Regulation drug effects
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Bone-specific transcription of the osteocalcin (OC) gene is principally regulated by the Runx2 transcription factor and further stimulated in response to 1alpha,25-dihydroxy Vitamin D3 via its specific receptor (VDR). The rat OC gene promoter contains three recognition sites for Runx2 (sites A-C). Mutation of sites A and B, which flank the 1alpha,25-dihydroxy Vitamin D3-responsive element (VDRE), abolishes 1alpha,25-dihydroxy Vitamin D3-dependent enhancement of OC transcription, indicating a tight functional relationship between VDR and Runx2 factors. Additionally, the transcriptional co-activator p300 is recruited to the OC promoter by Runx2 where it up-regulates both basal and 1alpha,25-dihydroxy Vitamin D3-enhanced OC expression. Here, we present an overview of how in osteoblastic cells expressing OC, Runx2 modulates the 1alpha,25-dihydroxy Vitamin D3-dependent stimulation of the OC promoter by first recruiting transcriptional co-activators and then by further stabilizing the interaction of the VDR with the VDRE.
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169. Nuclear microenvironments support assembly and organization of the transcriptional regulatory machinery for cell proliferation and differentiation.
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Stein GS, Lian JB, van Wijnen AJ, Stein JL, Javed A, Montecino M, Zaidi SK, Young D, Choi JY, Gutierrez S, and Pockwinse S
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- Cell Cycle, Cell Nucleus metabolism, Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit, DNA-Binding Proteins metabolism, Models, Molecular, Nuclear Matrix genetics, Nuclear Proteins metabolism, Osteocalcin metabolism, Proto-Oncogene Proteins metabolism, Signal Transduction, Trans-Activators metabolism, Transcription Factors metabolism, Cell Differentiation, Cell Division, Cell Nucleus genetics, Gene Expression Regulation, Transcription, Genetic
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The temporal and spatial organization of transcriptional regulatory machinery provides microenvironments within the nucleus where threshold concentrations of genes and cognate factors facilitate functional interactions. Conventional biochemical, molecular, and in vivo genetic approaches, together with high throughput genomic and proteomic analysis are rapidly expanding our database of regulatory macromolecules and signaling pathways that are requisite for control of genes that govern proliferation and differentiation. There is accruing insight into the architectural organization of regulatory machinery for gene expression that suggests signatures for biological control. Localized scaffolding of regulatory macromolecules at strategic promoter sites and focal compartmentalization of genes, transcripts, and regulatory factors within intranuclear microenvironments provides an infrastructure for combinatorial control of transcription that is operative within the three dimensional context of nuclear architecture., (Copyright 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc.)
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170. Nuclear microenvironments: an architectural platform for the convergence and integration of transcriptional regulatory signals.
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Stein GS, Stein JL, Lian JB, Van Wijnen AJ, Montecino M, Javed A, Zaidi SK, Young D, Choi JY, and Pockwinse S
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- Active Transport, Cell Nucleus physiology, Animals, Core Binding Factor Alpha 3 Subunit, Core Binding Factor alpha Subunits, DNA-Binding Proteins genetics, DNA-Binding Proteins metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Neoplasm Proteins genetics, Neoplasm Proteins metabolism, Neoplasms genetics, Nuclear Matrix genetics, Nuclear Matrix metabolism, Transcription, Genetic physiology, Cell Nucleus genetics, Cell Nucleus metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation, Signal Transduction, Transcription Factors genetics, Transcription Factors metabolism
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Functional interrelationships between the intranuclear organization of nucleic acids and regulatory proteins are obligatory for fidelity of transcriptional activation and repression. In this article, using the Runx/AML/Cbfa transcription factors as a paradigm for linkage between nuclear structure and gene expression we present an overview of growing insight into the dynamic organization and assembly of regulatory machinery for gene expression at microenvironments within the nucleus. We address contributions of nuclear microenvironments to the convergence and integration of regulatory signals that mediate transcription by supporting the combinatorial assembly of regulatory complexes.
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171. Analysis of in vivo gene expression using epitope-tagged proteins.
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Javed A, Zaidi SK, Gutierrez SE, Lengner CJ, Harrington KS, Hovhannisyan H, Cho BC, Pratap J, Pockwinse SM, Montecino M, van Wijnen AJ, Lian JB, Stein JL, and Stein GS
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- Animals, Genes, Reporter, Mice embryology, Epitopes, Gene Expression, Proteins immunology
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172. Protein-deoxyribonucleic acid interactions linked to gene expression: ligation-mediated polymerase chain reaction.
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Javed A, Zaidi SK, Gutierrez SE, Lengner CJ, Harrington KS, Hovhannisyan H, Cho BC, Pratap J, Pockwinse SM, Montecino M, van Wijnen AJ, Lian JB, Stein JL, and Stein GS
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- DNA Footprinting, Genomics methods, Transcription, Genetic, DNA metabolism, DNA-Binding Proteins metabolism, Gene Expression, Polymerase Chain Reaction methods, Proteins metabolism
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173. Protein-deoxyribonucleic acid interactions linked to gene expression: DNase I digestion.
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Javed A, Zaidi SK, Gutierrez SE, Lengner CJ, Harrington KS, Hovhannisyan H, Cho BC, Pratap J, Pockwinse SM, Montecino M, van Wijnen AJ, Lian JB, Stein JL, and Stein GS
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- Animals, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Nucleus drug effects, Rats, Cell Nucleus metabolism, DNA metabolism, DNA-Binding Proteins metabolism, Deoxyribonuclease I pharmacology, Gene Expression, Proteins metabolism
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174. Protein-deoxyribonucleic acid interactions linked to gene expression: electrophoretic mobility shift assay.
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Javed A, Zaidi SK, Gutierrez SE, Lengner CJ, Harrington KS, Hovhannisyan H, Cho BC, Pratap J, Pockwinse SM, Montecino M, van Wijnen AJ, Lian JB, Stein JL, and Stein GS
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- DNA metabolism, DNA-Binding Proteins metabolism, Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay, Gene Expression, Proteins metabolism
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175. Immunofluorescence analysis using epitope-tagged proteins: in vitro system.
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Javed A, Zaidi SK, Gutierrez SE, Lengner CJ, Harrington KS, Hovhannisyan H, Cho BC, Pratap J, Pockwinse SM, Montecino M, van Wijnen AJ, Lian JB, Stein JL, and Stein GS
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- Antibodies, Monoclonal metabolism, Antibody Specificity, Diagnostic Imaging, Immunoblotting, In Vitro Techniques, Epitopes, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Proteins immunology
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176. Regulatory controls for osteoblast growth and differentiation: role of Runx/Cbfa/AML factors.
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Lian JB, Javed A, Zaidi SK, Lengner C, Montecino M, van Wijnen AJ, Stein JL, and Stein GS
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- Cell Differentiation, Cell Lineage, Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly, Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit, Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit, Core Binding Factor Alpha 3 Subunit, Core Binding Factor alpha Subunits, DNA-Binding Proteins metabolism, Neoplasm Proteins metabolism, Osteoblasts cytology, Promoter Regions, Genetic genetics, Proto-Oncogene Proteins metabolism, Signal Transduction, Transcription Factors metabolism, Transcriptional Activation, Gene Expression Regulation genetics, Osteoblasts metabolism, Osteogenesis, Transcription Factors physiology
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Formation of skeletal elements during embryogenesis and the dynamic remodeling of bone in the adult involve an exquisite interplay of developmental cues, signaling proteins, transcription factors, and their coregulatory proteins that support differentiation of osteogenic lineage cells from the initial mesenchymal progenitor cell to the mature osteocyte in mineralized connective tissue. As regulatory factors continue to be identified, the complexity of the molecular mechanisms that control gene expression in osteoblast lineage cells and drive the osteoblast maturation process are being further appreciated. A central regulator of bone formation is the Runx2 (Cbfa1/AML3) transcription factor which fulfills its role as a master regulatory switch through unique properties for mediating the temporal activation and/or repression of cell growth and phenotypic genes as osteoblasts progress through stages of differentiation. This review examines the multifunctional roles of Runx2 during osteogenesis. Runx2 functions as a "platform protein" that interacts with a spectrum of coregulatory proteins to provide a combinatorial mechanism for integrating cell signaling pathways required for osteoblast differentiation and the tissue-specific regulation of gene expression. In a broader context, it has recently been appreciated that the Runx1 hematopoietic factor and the Runx3 gene associated with neural and gut development are also expressed in the skeleton, although at present our knowledge of their roles in bone formation is limited. Here we discuss the biological functions of Runx factors in promoting cell fate determination and lineage progression, which include (1) regulating gene activation and repression through coregulatory protein interactions and by supporting chromatin remodeling; (2) integrating ECM signaling and cues from developmental, hormonal, and signal transduction pathways by formation of complexes organized in subnuclear domains; and (3) mediating cell growth control. Last, a comprehensive understanding of Runx functions in the skeleton must consider the regulatory mechanisms that control Runx2 transcription and its functional activity through posttranslational modifications.
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177. In situ immunofluorescence analysis: immunofluorescence microscopy.
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Javed A, Zaidi SK, Gutierrez SE, Lengner CJ, Harrington KS, Hovhannisyan H, Cho BC, Pratap J, Pockwinse SM, Montecino M, van Wijnen AJ, Lian JB, Stein JL, and Stein GS
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- Cell Fractionation, Cell Nucleus immunology, HeLa Cells, Humans, Immunohistochemistry methods, Transcription Factors immunology, Microscopy, Fluorescence methods
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178. In situ immunofluorescence analysis: analyzing RNA synthesis by 5-bromouridine-5'-triphosphate labeling.
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Javed A, Zaidi SK, Gutierrez SE, Lengner CJ, Harrington KS, Hovhannisyan H, Cho BC, Pratap J, Pockwinse SM, Montecino M, van Wijnen AJ, Lian JB, Stein JL, and Stein GS
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- Antibodies immunology, Cell Membrane Permeability, Cell Nucleus chemistry, Cells, Cultured, Cytoskeleton metabolism, Specimen Handling, Transcription, Genetic, Microscopy, Fluorescence methods, RNA biosynthesis, Staining and Labeling methods, Uridine Triphosphate analogs & derivatives, Uridine Triphosphate metabolism
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179. Chromatin immunoprecipitation.
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Javed A, Zaidi SK, Gutierrez SE, Lengner CJ, Harrington KS, Hovhannisyan H, Cho BC, Pratap J, Pockwinse SM, Montecino M, van Wijnen AJ, Lian JB, Stein JL, and Stein GS
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- Cell Fractionation, Cells, Cultured, Cross-Linking Reagents metabolism, DNA analysis, DNA chemistry, DNA metabolism, Nucleosomes chemistry, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Chromatin metabolism, Precipitin Tests methods
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180. Chromatin remodeling during sea urchin early development: molecular determinants for pronuclei formation and transcriptional activation.
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Imschenetzky M, Puchi M, Morín V, Medina R, and Montecino M
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- Animals, Cell Nucleus genetics, Chromatin genetics, DNA Methylation, Embryo, Nonmammalian metabolism, Embryonic Development, Female, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Male, Models, Biological, Sea Urchins embryology, Cell Nucleus metabolism, Chromatin metabolism, Sea Urchins genetics, Transcriptional Activation
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Transcriptional activation of specific genes is initiated after fertilization by the interaction of specific transcription factors with its cognate sequences in the chromatin context, thereby leading to a concerted and coordinated program which determines early development. Remodeling of the sperm chromatin after fertilization is a fundamental event for transcriptional activation and expression of the paternally inherited genome. The transitions in chromosomal proteins, as well as the mechanisms that participate in these transitions, have been investigated only to a limited extent as compared to the signal transduction patterns that govern egg activation or the dynamics and structural changes accompanying sperm nuclear membrane dissociation-association following insemination. In this review, we will discuss the remodeling of sperm chromatin that follows fertilization. We will emphasize the transitions of chromosomal proteins, as well as the post-translational modifications associated with these transitions. The molecular mechanisms that may be participating in these events will also be analyzed. We will further discuss the mechanisms that govern chromatin remodeling and the role of specific transcription factors in the control of the transcriptional program during sea urchin early development.
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181. Functional architecture of the nucleus: organizing the regulatory machinery for gene expression, replication and repair.
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Stein GS, Zaidi SK, Braastad CD, Montecino M, van Wijnen AJ, Choi JY, Stein JL, Lian JB, and Javed A
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- Animals, Apoptosis physiology, Cell Nucleus genetics, Cell Nucleus ultrastructure, DNA Methylation, Humans, Models, Genetic, Nuclear Matrix genetics, Nuclear Matrix physiology, Cell Nucleus physiology, DNA Repair, DNA Replication, Gene Expression Regulation
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The organization and sorting of regulatory information for transcription, replication and repair depends on components of nuclear architecture. It is necessary, therefore, to understand cellular processes within the context of intranuclear microenvironments that mediate the focal assembly of the machinery for transcription, replication and repair and which facilitate the orchestration of these essential processes. Here, we discuss how nuclear anatomy supports the temporal and spatial coordination of regulatory protein recruitment for combinatorial control.
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182. Human brain synembryn interacts with Gsalpha and Gqalpha and is translocated to the plasma membrane in response to isoproterenol and carbachol.
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Klattenhoff C, Montecino M, Soto X, Guzmán L, Romo X, García MA, Mellstrom B, Naranjo JR, Hinrichs MV, and Olate J
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- Adrenergic alpha-Agonists pharmacology, Animals, Brain drug effects, Carbachol pharmacology, Cell Membrane drug effects, Cholinergic Agonists pharmacology, Cytosol drug effects, Cytosol metabolism, GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gq-G11, Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins metabolism, Humans, Isoproterenol pharmacology, Molecular Sequence Data, Neurons drug effects, PC12 Cells, Protein Transport drug effects, Rats, Two-Hybrid System Techniques, Brain metabolism, Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins metabolism, Cell Membrane metabolism, GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gs metabolism, GTP-Binding Proteins metabolism, Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors, Neurons metabolism, Nuclear Proteins metabolism, Protein Transport physiology
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Heterotrimeric G-proteins transduce signals from heptahelical transmembrane receptors to different effector systems, regulating diverse complex intracellular pathways and functions. In brain, facilitation of depolarization-induced neurotransmitter release for synaptic transmission is mediated by Gsalpha and Gqalpha. To identify effectors for Galpha-proteins, we performed a yeast two-hybrid screening of a human brain cDNA library, using the human Galphas protein as a bait. We identified a protein member of the synembryn family as one of the interacting proteins. Extending the study to other Galpha subunits, we found that Gqalpha also interacts with synembryn, and these interactions were confirmed by in vitro pull down studies and by in vivo confocal laser microscopy analysis. Furthermore, synembryn was shown to translocate to the plasma membrane in response to carbachol and isoproterenol. This study supports recent findings in C. elegans where, through genetic studies, synembryn was shown to act together with Gqalpha regulating neuronal transmitter release. Based on these observations, we propose that synembryn is playing a similar role in human neuronal cells., (Copyright 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc.)
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183. Regulation of the bone-specific osteocalcin gene by p300 requires Runx2/Cbfa1 and the vitamin D3 receptor but not p300 intrinsic histone acetyltransferase activity.
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Sierra J, Villagra A, Paredes R, Cruzat F, Gutierrez S, Javed A, Arriagada G, Olate J, Imschenetzky M, Van Wijnen AJ, Lian JB, Stein GS, Stein JL, and Montecino M
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- Acetyltransferases genetics, Animals, Binding Sites, Bone and Bones physiology, Cell Cycle Proteins genetics, Cells, Cultured, Chromatin immunology, Chromatin metabolism, Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit, Histone Acetyltransferases, Mutation, Osteoblasts cytology, Osteoblasts metabolism, Osteocalcin metabolism, Precipitin Tests, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Rats, Receptors, Calcitriol genetics, Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins metabolism, Species Specificity, Transcription Factors genetics, Up-Regulation, Vitamin D Response Element, p300-CBP Transcription Factors, Acetyltransferases metabolism, Cell Cycle Proteins metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation physiology, Neoplasm Proteins, Osteocalcin genetics, Receptors, Calcitriol metabolism, Transcription Factors metabolism
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p300 is a multifunctional transcriptional coactivator that serves as an adapter for several transcription factors including nuclear steroid hormone receptors. p300 possesses an intrinsic histone acetyltransferase (HAT) activity that may be critical for promoting steroid-dependent transcriptional activation. In osteoblastic cells, transcription of the bone-specific osteocalcin (OC) gene is principally regulated by the Runx2/Cbfa1 transcription factor and is stimulated in response to vitamin D(3) via the vitamin D(3) receptor complex. Therefore, we addressed p300 control of basal and vitamin D(3)-enhanced activity of the OC promoter. We find that transient overexpression of p300 results in a significant dose-dependent increase of both basal and vitamin D(3)-stimulated OC gene activity. This stimulatory effect requires intact Runx2/Cbfa1 binding sites and the vitamin D-responsive element. In addition, by coimmunoprecipitation, we show that the endogenous Runx2/Cbfa1 and p300 proteins are components of the same complexes within osteoblastic cells under physiological concentrations. We also demonstrate by chromatin immunoprecipitation assays that p300, Runx2/Cbfa1, and 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) receptor interact with the OC promoter in intact osteoblastic cells expressing this gene. The effect of p300 on the OC promoter is independent of its intrinsic HAT activity, as a HAT-deficient p300 mutant protein up-regulates expression and cooperates with P/CAF to the same extent as the wild-type p300. On the basis of these results, we propose that p300 interacts with key transcriptional regulators of the OC gene and bridges distal and proximal OC promoter sequences to facilitate responsiveness to vitamin D(3).
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184. Conservative segregation of maternally inherited CS histone variants in larval stages of sea urchin development.
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Oliver MI, Rodríguez C, Bustos P, Morín V, Gutierrez S, Montecino M, Genevière AM, Puchi M, and Imschenetzky M
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- Animals, Blastula metabolism, Blotting, Western, Bromodeoxyuridine, DNA analysis, DNA biosynthesis, Fertilization, Genetic Variation, Histones analysis, Histones genetics, Larva growth & development, Larva physiology, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Time Factors, Histones biosynthesis, Sea Urchins physiology
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Three sets of histone variants are coexisting in the embryo at larval stages of sea urchin's development: the maternally inherited cleavage stage variants (CS) expressed during the two initial cleavage divisions, the early histone variants, which are recruited into embryonic chromatin from middle cleavage stages until hatching and the late variants, that are fundamentally expressed from blastula stage onward. Since the expression of the CS histones is confined to the initial cleavage stages, these variants represent a very minor proportion of the histones present in the plutei larvae, whereas the late histone variants are predominant. To determine the position of these CS in the embryonic territories, we have immunolocalized the CS histone variants in plutei larvas harvested 72 h post-fertilization. In parallel, we have pulse labeled the DNA replicated during the initial cleavage cycle with bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) and its position was further determined in the plutei larvas by immunofluorescence. We have found that the CS histone variants were segregated to specific territories in the plutei. The position in which the CS histone variants were found to be segregated was consistent with the position in which the DNA molecules that were replicated during the initial cleavage divisions were localized. These results strongly suggest that a specification of embryonic nuclei occurs at the initial cleavage divisions which is determined by a chromatin organized by CS histone variants., (Copyright 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.)
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185. Intranuclear organization of RUNX transcriptional regulatory machinery in biological control of skeletogenesis and cancer.
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Stein GS, Lian JB, Stein JL, van Wijnen AJ, Montecino M, Pratap J, Choi J, Zaidi SK, Javed A, Gutierrez S, Harrington K, Shen J, and Young D
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- Animals, Chromatin genetics, Core Binding Factor Alpha 3 Subunit, Core Binding Factor alpha Subunits, Gene Expression Regulation, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Humans, Promoter Regions, Genetic genetics, Transcription, Genetic genetics, Bone Development genetics, DNA-Binding Proteins genetics, Neoplasm Proteins genetics, Neoplasms genetics, Transcription Factors genetics
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RUNX (AML/CBFA/PEBP2) transcription factors serve as paradigms for obligatory relationships between nuclear structure and physiological control of phenotypic gene expression. The RUNX proteins contribute to tissue restricted transcription by sequence-specific binding to promoter elements of target genes and serving as scaffolds for the assembly of coregulatory complexes that mediate biochemical and architectural control of activity. We will present an overview of approaches we are pursuing to address: (1) the involvement of RUNX proteins in governing competency for protein/DNA and protein/protein interactions at promoter regulatory sequences; (2) the recruitment of RUNX factors to subnuclear sites where the machinery for expression or repression of target genes is organized; and (3) the trafficking and integration of regulatory signals that control RUNX-mediated transcription.
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186. Maintenance of open chromatin and selective genomic occupancy at the cell cycle-regulated histone H4 promoter during differentiation of HL-60 promyelocytic leukemia cells.
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Hovhannisyan H, Cho B, Mitra P, Montecino M, Stein GS, Van Wijnen AJ, and Stein JL
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- Acetylation, Cell Lineage, Chromatin ultrastructure, Deoxyribonuclease I metabolism, Down-Regulation, Gene Expression Regulation, HL-60 Cells, Histones metabolism, Humans, Micrococcal Nuclease metabolism, Nucleosomes metabolism, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Proteins genetics, Proteins metabolism, Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid, Repressor Proteins, Restriction Mapping methods, Transcription Factors genetics, Transcription Factors metabolism, Cell Cycle genetics, Cell Differentiation genetics, Chromatin metabolism, Histones genetics, Macrophages cytology, Monocytes cytology
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During the shutdown of proliferation and onset of differentiation of HL-60 promyelocytic leukemia cells, expression of the cell cycle-dependent histone genes is downregulated at the level of transcription. To address the mechanism by which this regulation occurs, we examined the chromatin structure of the histone H4/n (FO108, H4FN) gene locus. Micrococcal nuclease, DNase I, and restriction enzymes show similar cleavage sites and levels of sensitivity at the H4/n locus in both proliferating and differentiated HL-60 cells. In contrast, differentiation-related activation of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21(cip1/WAF1) gene is accompanied by increased nuclease hypersensitivity. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assays of the H4/n gene reveal that acetylated histones H3 and H4 are maintained at the same levels in proliferating and postproliferative cells. Thus, the chromatin of the H4/n locus remains in an open state even after transcription ceases. Using ligation-mediated PCR to visualize genomic DNase I footprints at single-nucleotide resolution, we find that protein occupancy at the site II cell cycle element is selectively diminished in differentiated cells while the site I element remains occupied. Decreased occupancy of site II is reflected by loss of the site II binding protein HiNF-P. We conclude that H4 gene transcription during differentiation is downregulated by modulating protein interaction at the site II cell cycle element and that retention of an open chromatin conformation may be associated with site I occupancy.
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187. Intranuclear trafficking of transcription factors: Requirements for vitamin D-mediated biological control of gene expression.
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Stein GS, Lian JB, Stein JL, Wijnen AJ, Montecino M, Javed A, Pratap J, Choi J, Zaidi SK, Gutierrez S, Harrington K, Shen J, and Young D
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- Animals, Bone and Bones physiology, Gene Expression Regulation, Humans, Protein Transport physiology, Transcription Factors genetics, Transcription Factors metabolism, Vitamin D metabolism, Cell Nucleus physiology, Cell Nucleus ultrastructure, Protein Transport genetics, Transcription, Genetic, Vitamin D genetics
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The architecturally associated subnuclear organization of nucleic acids and cognate regulatory factors suggest functional interrelationships between nuclear structure and gene expression. Mechanisms that contribute to the spatial distribution of transcription factors within the three-dimensional context of nuclear architecture control the sorting of regulatory information as well as the assembly and activities of sites within the nucleus that support gene expression. Vitamin D control of gene expression serves as a paradigm for experimentally addressing mechanisms that govern the intranuclear targeting of regulatory factors to nuclear domains where transcription of developmental and tissue-specific genes occur. We will present an overview of molecular, cellular, genetic, and biochemical approaches that provide insight into the trafficking of regulatory factors that mediate vitamin D control of gene expression to transcriptionally active subnuclear sites. Examples will be presented that suggest modifications in the intranuclear targeting of transcription factors abrogate competency for vitamin D control of skeletal gene expression during development and fidelity of gene expression in tumor cells., (Copyright 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.)
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188. Nuclear microenvironments support physiological control of gene expression.
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Stein GS, Lian JB, Montecino M, Stein JL, van Wijnen AJ, Javed A, Pratap J, Choi J, Zaidi SK, Gutierrez S, Harrington K, Shen J, Young D, and Pockwinse S
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- Chromatin genetics, Osteocalcin genetics, Osteocalcin metabolism, Transcription Factors metabolism, Cell Nucleus, Gene Expression Regulation, Nuclear Matrix, Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid genetics, Transcription Factors genetics
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There is growing recognition that the organization of nucleic acids and regulatory proteins is functionally linked to the assembly, localization and activity of gene regulatory machinery. Cellular, molecular, biochemical and in-vivo genetic evidence support an obligatory relationship between nuclear microenvironments where regulatory complexes reside and fidelity of transcriptional control. Perturbations in mechanisms governing the intranuclear trafficking of transcription factors and the temporal/spatial organization of regulatory proteins within the nucleus occur with compromised gene expression that abrogates skeletal development and mediates leukemogenesis.
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189. Runx2/Cbfa1 functions: diverse regulation of gene transcription by chromatin remodeling and co-regulatory protein interactions.
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Lian JB, Stein JL, Stein GS, van Wijnen AJ, Montecino M, Javed A, Gutierrez S, Shen J, Zaidi SK, and Drissi H
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- Animals, Calcification, Physiologic physiology, Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone metabolism, Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit, Core Binding Factor alpha Subunits, Humans, Osteoblasts metabolism, Osteocalcin genetics, Osteocalcin metabolism, Transcription Factors metabolism, Transcriptional Activation, Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly genetics, Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone genetics, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplasm Proteins, Transcription Factors genetics, Transcription, Genetic
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Development of the osteoblast phenotype requires transcriptional mechanisms that regulate induction of a program of temporally expressed genes. Key components of gene activation, repression, and responsiveness to physiologic mediators require remodeling of the chromatin structure of a gene that renders promoter elements competent for the assembly of macromolecular transcriptional complexes. Here we review evidence that the Runx transcription factors support tissue-specific gene expression and bone formation by contributing to promoter structure, chromatin remodeling, and the integration of independent signaling pathways. In addition, we discuss the role of Runx2 in both activation and negative regulation of gene promoters (osteocalcin, bone sialoprotein, and Runx2/Cbfa1) in relation to the interaction of Runx with co-regulatory proteins in distinct subnuclear foci. The modifications in chromatin organization and transcription of the osteocalcin gene that are influenced by the activities of Runx2/Cbfa1 mediated by interacting proteins (YAP, TLE, SMAD, C/EBP) are emphasized. These functional properties of Runx2 provide novel insights into the requirements for multiple levels of transcriptional control within the context of nuclear architecture to support the convergence of regulatory signals that control tissue-specific gene expression.
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190. Histone acetylation in vivo at the osteocalcin locus is functionally linked to vitamin D-dependent, bone tissue-specific transcription.
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Shen J, Montecino M, Lian JB, Stein GS, Van Wijnen AJ, and Stein JL
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- Acetylation, Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Base Sequence, DNA Primers, Molecular Sequence Data, Osteocalcin metabolism, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Rats, Tumor Cells, Cultured, Bone and Bones metabolism, Histones metabolism, Osteocalcin genetics, Transcription, Genetic drug effects, Vitamin D pharmacology
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The accessibility of regulatory elements in chromatin represents a principal rate-limiting parameter of gene transcription and is modulated by enzymatic transcriptional co-factors that alter the topology of chromatin or covalently modify histones (e.g. by acetylation). The bone-specific activation and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) enhancement of osteocalcin (OC) gene transcription are both functionally linked to modifications in nucleosomal organization. The initiation of tissue-specific basal transcription is accompanied by the induction of two DNase I hypersensitive sites, and this chromatin remodeling event requires binding of the key osteogenic factor RUNX2/CBFA1 to the OC promoter. Here, we analyzed the acetylation status of histones H3 and H4 when the OC gene is active (in osteoblastic ROS17/2.8 cells) or inactive (in fibroblastic ROS24/1 cells) using chromatin immunoprecipitation assays. We find that acetylated histone H3 and H4 proteins are associated with the OC promoter only when the gene is transcriptionally active and that the acetylation status is relatively uniform across the OC locus under basal conditions. Acetylation of H4 at the OC gene is selectively increased following vitamin D(3) enhancement of OC transcription, with the most prominent changes occurring in the region between the vitamin D(3) enhancer and basal promoter. Thus, our results suggest functional linkage of H3 and H4 acetylation in specific regions of the OC promoter to chromatin remodeling that accompanies tissue-specific transcriptional activation and vitamin D enhancement of OC gene expression. These findings provide mechanistic insights into bone-specific gene activation within a native genomic context in response to steroid hormone-related regulatory cues.
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191. Interaction of the 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 receptor at the distal promoter region of the bone-specific osteocalcin gene requires nucleosomal remodelling.
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Paredes R, Gutiérrez J, Gutierrez S, Allison L, Puchi M, Imschenetzky M, van Wijnen A, Lian J, Stein G, Stein J, and Montecino M
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- Animals, Base Sequence, Binding Sites, Molecular Sequence Data, Rats, Receptors, Retinoic Acid metabolism, Retinoid X Receptors, Transcription Factors metabolism, Transcription, Genetic, Nucleosomes genetics, Osteocalcin genetics, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Receptors, Calcitriol metabolism
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1alpha,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3-mediated transcriptional control of the bone-specific osteocalcin (OC) gene requires the integration of regulatory signals at the vitamin D-responsive element (VDRE) and flanking tissue-specific sequences. The 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 receptor (VDR) is a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily and forms a heterodimeric complex with the receptor for 9-cis retinoic acid (RXR) that binds to the VDRE sequence. We have demonstrated previously that changes in chromatin structure at the VDRE region of the rat OC gene promoter accompany transcriptional enhancement in vivo, suggesting a requirement for chromatin remodelling. Here we show that the VDRE in the distal region of the OC gene promoter is refractory to binding of the VDR-RXR complex when organized in a nucleosomal context. Addition of the ligand 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 or the presence of other transcription factors, such as YY1 and Runx/Cbfa (core-binding factor alpha), which also bind to sequences partially overlapping or near the VDRE, is not sufficient to render the VDRE accessible. Thus the VDR-RXR, unlike other steroid receptors, such as glucocorticoid receptor, progesterone receptor and thyroid receptor, is unable to bind its target sequence within a nucleosomal context. Taken together these results demonstrate that nucleosomal remodelling is required for in vivo occupancy of binding sites in the distal region of the OC gene promoter by the regulatory factors responsible for 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3-dependent enhancement of transcription.
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192. CCAAT/enhancer-binding proteins (C/EBP) beta and delta activate osteocalcin gene transcription and synergize with Runx2 at the C/EBP element to regulate bone-specific expression.
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Gutierrez S, Javed A, Tennant DK, van Rees M, Montecino M, Stein GS, Stein JL, and Lian JB
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- Animals, CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-delta, Cell Differentiation physiology, Cells, Cultured, Cholecalciferol pharmacology, Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit, Genes, Reporter, Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, Osteoblasts drug effects, Osteocalcin metabolism, Rats, CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-alpha metabolism, CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Neoplasm Proteins, Osteoblasts physiology, Osteocalcin genetics, Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid genetics, Transcription Factors metabolism
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CCAAT/enhancer-binding proteins (C/EBP) are critical determinants for cellular differentiation and cell type-specific gene expression. Their functional roles in osteoblast development have not been determined. We addressed a key component of the mechanisms by which C/EBP factors regulate transcription of a tissue-specific gene during osteoblast differentiation. Expression of both C/EBPbeta and C/EBPdelta increases from the growth to maturation developmental stages and, like the bone-specific osteocalcin (OC) gene, is also stimulated 3-6-fold by vitamin D(3), a regulator of osteoblast differentiation. We characterized a C/EBP enhancer element in the proximal promoter of the rat osteocalcin gene, which resides in close proximity to a Runx2 (Cbfa1) element, essential for tissue-specific activation. We find that C/EBP and Runx2 factors interact together in a synergistic manner to enhance OC transcription (35-40-fold) in cell culture systems. We show by mutational analysis that this synergism is mediated through the C/EBP-responsive element in the OC promoter and by a direct interaction between Runx2 and C/EBPbeta. Furthermore, we have mapped a domain in Runx2 necessary for this interaction by immunoprecipitation. A Runx2 mutant lacking this interaction domain does not exhibit functional synergism. We conclude that, in addition to Runx2 DNA binding functions, Runx2 can also form a protein complex at C/EBP sites to regulate transcription. Taken together, our findings indicate that C/EBP is a principal transactivator of the OC gene and the synergism with Runx2 suggests that a combinatorial interaction of these factors is a principal mechanism for regulating tissue-specific expression during osteoblast differentiation.
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193. Remodeling of sperm chromatin after fertilization involves nucleosomes formed by sperm histones H2A and H2B and two CS histone variants.
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Oliver MI, Concha C, Gutiérrez S, Bustos A, Montecino M, Puchi M, and Imschenetzky M
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- Animals, Cleavage Stage, Ovum metabolism, Female, Genetic Variation, Histones genetics, Histones metabolism, Male, Nucleosomes metabolism, Ovum metabolism, Sea Urchins, Chromatin metabolism, Fertilization physiology, Spermatozoa metabolism
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The composition of nucleosomes at an intermediate stage of male pronucleus formation was determined in sea urchins. Nucleosomes were isolated from zygotes harvested 10 min post-insemination, whole nucleoprotein particles were obtained from nucleus by nuclease digestion, and nucleosomes were subsequently purified by a sucrose gradient fractionation. The nucleosomes derived from male pronucleus were separated from those derived from female pronucleus by immunoadsorption to antibodies against sperm specific histones (anti-SpH) covalently bound to Sepharose 4B (anti-SpH-Sepharose). The immunoadsorbed nucleosomes were eluted, and the histones were analyzed by Western blots. Sperm histones (SpH) or alternatively, the histones from unfertilized eggs (CS histone variants), were identified with antibodies directed against each set of histones. It was found that these nucleosomes are organized by a core formed by sperm histones H2A and H2B combined with two major CS histone variants. Such a hybrid histone core interacts with DNA fragments of approximately 100 bp. It was also found that these atypical nucleosome cores are subsequently organized in a chromatin fiber that exhibits periodic nuclease hypersensitive sites determined by DNA fragments of 500 bp of DNA. It was found that these nucleoprotein particles were organized primarily by the hybrid nucleosomes described above. We postulate that this unique chromatin organization defines an intermediate stage of male chromatin remodeling after fertilization., (Copyright 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.)
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- 2002
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194. Reduced CpG methylation is associated with transcriptional activation of the bone-specific rat osteocalcin gene in osteoblasts.
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Villagra A, Gutiérrez J, Paredes R, Sierra J, Puchi M, Imschenetzky M, Wijnen Av Av, Lian J, Stein G, Stein J, and Montecino M
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- Animals, Binding Sites, Cattle, Cell Differentiation physiology, Osteoblasts cytology, Osteocalcin biosynthesis, Promoter Regions, Genetic drug effects, Rats, Transcription Factors physiology, Tumor Cells, Cultured, Vitamin D pharmacology, CpG Islands physiology, DNA Methylation, Gene Expression Regulation, Osteoblasts physiology, Osteocalcin genetics, Promoter Regions, Genetic genetics, Transcriptional Activation
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Chromatin remodeling of the bone-specific rat osteocalcin (OC) gene accompanies the onset and increase in OC expression during osteoblast differentiation. In osseous cells expressing OC, the promoter region contains two nuclease hypersensitive sites that encompass the elements that regulate basal tissue-specific and vitamin D-enhanced OC transcription. Multiple lines of evidence indicate that DNA methylation is involved in maintaining a stable and condensed chromatin organization that represses eukaryotic transcription. Here we report that DNA methylation at the OC gene locus is associated with the condensed chromatin structure found in cells not expressing OC. In addition, we find that reduced CpG methylation of the OC gene accompanies active transcription in ROS 17/2.8 rat osteosarcoma cells. Interestingly, during differentiation of primary diploid rat osteoblasts in culture, as the OC gene becomes increasingly expressed, CpG methylation of the OC promoter is significantly reduced. Inhibition of OC transcription does not occur by a direct mechanism because in vitro methylated OC promoter DNA is still recognized by the key regulators Runx/Cbfa and the vitamin D receptor complex. Furthermore, CpG methylation affects neither basal nor vitamin D-enhanced OC promoter activity in transient expression experiments. Together, our results indicate that DNA methylation may contribute indirectly to OC transcriptional control in osteoblasts by maintaining a highly condensed and repressed chromatin structure.
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195. Developmentally-regulated interaction of a transcription factor complex containing CDP/cut with the early histone H3 gene promoter of the sea urchin Tetrapygus niger is associated with changes in chromatin structure and gene expression.
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Medina R, Paredes R, Puchi M, Imschenetzky M, and Montecino M
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- Animals, Base Sequence, Chromatin metabolism, Cloning, Molecular, DNA chemistry, DNA genetics, DNA metabolism, Embryo, Nonmammalian metabolism, Embryonic Development, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Molecular Sequence Data, Nuclear Proteins genetics, Protein Binding, RNA, Messenger genetics, RNA, Messenger metabolism, Repressor Proteins genetics, Sea Urchins metabolism, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, Transcription Factors genetics, Transcription Factors metabolism, Chromatin genetics, Histones genetics, Nuclear Proteins metabolism, Promoter Regions, Genetic genetics, Repressor Proteins metabolism, Sea Urchins genetics
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During sea urchin embryogenesis the early histone genes are temporally expressed to accommodate the high demand for histone proteins during DNA replication at early cleavage stages of development. The early histone genes are transcriptionally active from the 16-cell stage, reaching a peak in expression at the 128-cell stage that gradually decreases until expression is completely inhibited at the late blastula stage. We are studying the gene regulatory mechanisms that control early histone gene expression in sea urchins to understand the interrelationships between chromatin remodeling and transcriptional activation during development. Here, we have investigated chromatin organization and transcription factor interactions by analyzing nuclease hypersensitivity and protein binding in the promoter region of the early histone H3 gene from the sea urchin Tetrapygus niger. We have found a DNase I hypersensitive domain centered at -90 in the early histone H3 gene promoter which is only detected in embryos at the 128-cell stage expressing high levels of early histone H3 mRNA. This hypersensitive site (-110 to -70) encompasses two regulatory elements (TnH3NFH3.1 and TnH3CCAAT). The -94 to -77 region of the histone H3 promoter is recognized by a transcription factor complex in nuclear extracts from 128-cell embryos. Methylation interference analysis and competition studies demonstrated a specific interaction at the CCAAT sequence. Using specific antibodies we find that the homeodomain transcription factor CDP/cut is the DNA-binding component of the complex interacting with the early histone H3 gene promoter in T. niger. Our results provide further evidence for the functional role of CDP/cut in developmental regulation of histone gene expression in phylogenetically diverse eukaryotic species.
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196. Contributions of nuclear architecture and chromatin to vitamin D-dependent transcriptional control of the rat osteocalcin gene.
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Lian JB, Stein JL, Stein GS, Montecino M, van Wijnen AJ, Javed A, and Gutierrez S
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- Animals, Cell Nucleus genetics, Chromatin genetics, Chromatin ultrastructure, Rats, Cell Nucleus ultrastructure, Osteocalcin genetics, Transcription, Genetic drug effects, Vitamin D pharmacology
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The vitamin D response element in the bone tissue-specific osteocalcin gene has served as a prototype for understanding molecular mechanisms regulating physiologic responsiveness of vitamin D-dependent genes in bone cells. We briefly review factors which contribute to vitamin D transcriptional control. The organization of the vitamin D response element (VDRE), the multiple activities of the vitamin D receptor transactivation complex, and the necessity for protein-protein interactions between the VDR-RXR heterodimer activation complex and DNA binding proteins at other regulatory elements, including AP-1 sites and TATA boxes, provide for precise regulation of gene activity in concert with basal levels of transcription. We present evidence for molecular mechanisms regulating vitamin D-dependent mediated transcription of the osteocalcin gene that involve chromatin structure of the gene and nuclear architecture. Modifications in nucleosomal organization, DNase I hypersensitivity and localization of vitamin D receptor interacting proteins in subnuclear domains are regulatory components of vitamin D-dependent gene transcription. A model is proposed to account for the inability of vitamin D induction of the osteocalcin gene in the absence of ongoing basal transcription by competition of the YY1 nuclear matrix-associated transcription factor for TFIIB-VDR interactions. Activation of the VDR-RXR complex at the OC VDRE occurs through modifications in chromatin mediated in part by interaction of OC gene regulatory sequences with the nuclear matrix-associated Cbfa1 (Runx2) transcription factor which is required for osteogenesis.
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197. Cytoplasm of sea urchin unfertilized eggs contains a nucleosome remodeling activity.
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Medina R, Gutiérrez J, Puchi M, Imschenetzky M, and Montecino M
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- Adenosine Triphosphatases metabolism, Animals, Catalytic Domain, Chromatin enzymology, Chromatin metabolism, Cytoplasm enzymology, Embryo, Nonmammalian enzymology, Embryo, Nonmammalian metabolism, Female, Male, Nucleosomes enzymology, Ovum enzymology, Sea Urchins enzymology, Cytoplasm metabolism, Nuclear Proteins metabolism, Nucleosomes metabolism, Ovum metabolism, Sea Urchins metabolism, Transcription Factors metabolism
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After fertilization the sea urchin sperm nucleus transforms into the male pronucleus which later fuses with the female pronucleus re-establishing the diploid genome of the embryo. This process requires remodeling of the sperm chromatin structure including the replacement of the sperm histones by maternally derived cleavage stage histone variants. In recent years, a group of protein complexes that promote chromatin-remodeling in an ATP-dependent manner have been described. To gain understanding into the molecular mechanisms operating during sea urchin male pronuclei formation, we analyzed whether chromatin-remodeling activity was present in unfertilized eggs as well as during early embryogenesis. We report that in the sea urchin Tetrapygus niger, protein extracts from the cytoplasm but not from the nucleus, of unfertilized eggs exhibit ATP-dependent nucleosome remodeling activity. This cytosolic activity was not found at early stages of sea urchin embryogenesis. In addition, by using polyclonal antibodies in Western blot analyses, we found that an ISWI-related protein is primarily localized in the cytoplasm of the sea urchin eggs. Interestingly, SWI2/SNF2-related proteins were not detected neither in the nucleus nor in the cytoplasm of unfertilized eggs. During embryogenesis, as transcriptional activity is increased an ISWI-related protein is found principally in the nuclear fraction. Together, our results indicate that the cytoplasm in sea urchin eggs contains an ATP-dependent chromatin-remodeling activity, which may include ISWI as a catalytic subunit., (Copyright 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc.)
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198. Interaction of CBF alpha/AML/PEBP2 alpha transcription factors with nucleosomes containing promoter sequences requires flexibility in the translational positioning of the histone octamer and exposure of the CBF alpha site.
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Gutiérrez J, Sierra J, Medina R, Puchi M, Imschenetzky M, van Wijnen A, Lian J, Stein G, Stein J, and Montecino M
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- Animals, Base Composition, Binding Sites genetics, Chickens, Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit, Core Binding Factor alpha Subunits, Core Binding Factors, DNA metabolism, DNA-Binding Proteins genetics, Histones genetics, Nucleosomes genetics, Osteocalcin genetics, Osteocalcin metabolism, Rats, Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, Transcription Factor AP-2, Transcription Factors genetics, DNA-Binding Proteins metabolism, Histones metabolism, Neoplasm Proteins, Nucleosomes metabolism, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Protein Biosynthesis, Transcription Factors metabolism
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Chromatin remodeling at eukaryotic gene promoter sequences accompanies transcriptional activation. Both molecular events rely on specific protein-DNA interactions that occur within these promoter sequences. Binding of CBFalpha/AML/PEBP2alpha (core binding factor alpha/acute myelogenous leukemia/polyoma enhancer binding protein 2alpha) proteins is a key event in both tissue-specific and developmentally regulated osteocalcin (OC) promoter activity. To address linkage between chromatin organization and transcription factor binding, we reconstituted segments of the rat OC gene proximal promoter into mononucleosomes and studied binding of CBFalpha proteins. We analyzed binding of bacterially produced Cbfalpha2Alpha and Cbfalpha2B, two splice variants of the human CBFalpha2 gene, and determined the effect of heterodimerization with the Cbfbeta subunit on binding activity. Our results indicate that binding of the truncated Cbfalpha2A protein to naked DNA is independent of Cbfbeta whereas Cbfalpha2A binding to nucleosomal DNA was enhanced by Cbfbeta. In contrast, the Cbfalpha2B interaction with either naked or nucleosomal DNA was strongly dependent on heterodimerization with the Cbfbeta subunit. Additionally, our results demonstrate that both Cbfalpha2A alone and Cbfalpha2B complexed with Cbfbeta can interact with nucleosomal DNA only if there is a degree of flexibility in the positioning of the histone octamer on the DNA fragment and exposure of the CBFalpha site. This situation was achieved with a DNA segment of 182 bp from the rat OC promoter that preferentially positions mononucleosomes upstream of the CBFalpha binding site and leaves this element partially exposed. Taken together, these results suggest that nucleosomal translational positioning is a major determinant of the binding of CBFalpha factors to nucleosomal DNA.
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199. Intranuclear trafficking of transcription factors: implications for biological control.
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Stein GS, van Wijnen AJ, Stein JL, Lian JB, Montecino M, Choi J, Zaidi K, and Javed A
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- Biological Transport genetics, Cell Nucleus metabolism, Cell Nucleus ultrastructure, Chromatin metabolism, Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit, DNA-Binding Proteins genetics, DNA-Binding Proteins metabolism, Humans, Macromolecular Substances, Models, Biological, Mutation genetics, Mutation physiology, Neoplasms genetics, Neoplasms metabolism, Nuclear Envelope metabolism, Nuclear Matrix metabolism, Nuclear Matrix ultrastructure, Nuclear Proteins metabolism, Nuclear Proteins physiology, Protein Structure, Tertiary genetics, Protein Structure, Tertiary physiology, Transcription Factors chemistry, Transcription Factors genetics, Transcription Factors metabolism, Cell Nucleus physiology, Gene Expression Regulation genetics, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, Transcription Factors physiology
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The subnuclear organization of nucleic acids and cognate regulatory factors suggests that there are functional interrelationships between nuclear structure and gene expression. Nuclear proteins that are localized in discrete domains within the nucleus include the leukemia-associated acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) and promyelocytic leukemia (PML) factors, the SC-35 RNA-processing factors, nucleolar proteins and components of both transcriptional and DNA replication complexes. Mechanisms that control the spatial distribution of transcription factors within the three-dimensional context of the nucleus may involve the sorting of regulatory information, as well as contribute to the assembly and activity of sites that support gene expression. Molecular, cellular, genetic and biochemical approaches have identified distinct protein segments, termed intranuclear-targeting signals, that are responsible for directing regulatory factors to specific subnuclear sites. Gene rearrangements that remove or alter intranuclear-targeting signals are prevalent in leukemias and have been linked to altered localization of regulatory factors within the nucleus. These modifications in the intranuclear targeting of transcription factors might abrogate fidelity of gene expression in tumor cells by influencing the spatial organization and/or assembly of machineries involved in the synthesis and processing of gene transcripts.
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200. Nuclear structure-gene expression interrelationships: implications for aberrant gene expression in cancer.
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Stein GS, Montecino M, van Wijnen AJ, Stein JL, and Lian JB
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- Animals, Cell Nucleus chemistry, Cell Nucleus metabolism, Chromatin chemistry, Chromatin genetics, Chromatin metabolism, Chromatin ultrastructure, Genome, Humans, Nuclear Matrix chemistry, Nuclear Matrix genetics, Nuclear Matrix metabolism, Nuclear Matrix ultrastructure, Structure-Activity Relationship, Transcription, Genetic genetics, Cell Nucleus genetics, Cell Nucleus ultrastructure, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic genetics, Neoplasms genetics, Neoplasms pathology
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There is long-standing recognition that transformed and tumor cells exhibit striking alterations in nuclear morphology as well as in the representation and intranuclear distribution of nucleic acids and regulatory factors. Parameters of nuclear structure support cell growth and phenotypic properties of cells by facilitating the organization of genes, replication and transcription sites, chromatin remodeling complexes, transcripts, and regulatory factors in structurally and functionally definable subnuclear domains within the three-dimensional context of nuclear architecture. The emerging evidence for functional interrelationships of nuclear structure and gene expression is consistent with linkage of tumor-related modifications in nuclear organization to compromised gene regulation during the onset and progression of cancer.
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