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Measurements of Physiological Stress Responses in C. Elegans
Published on: May 21, 2020
Characterization of NFE2L1-616, an isoform of nuclear factor-erythroid-2 related transcription factor-1 that
Daniel V Ho1, Kaylen G Suryajaya1, Kaitlyn Manh1
1Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of California, Irvine, D440 Medical Sciences, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.
Abstract:
The NFE2L1 transcription factor (aka Nrf1) is a basic leucine zipper protein that performs a critical role in the cellular stress response pathway. Here, we characterized a novel variant of NFE2L1 referred to as NFE2L1-616. The transcript encoding NFE2L1-616 is derived from an intronic promoter, and it has a distinct first exon than other reported full-length NFE2L1 isoforms. The NFE2L1-616 protein constitutively localizes in the nucleus as it lacks the N-terminal amino acid residues that targets other full-length NFE2L1 isoforms to the endoplasmic reticulum. The expression level of NFE2L1-616 is lower than other NFE2L1 isoforms. It is widely expressed across different cell lines and tissues that were examined. NFE2L1-616 showed strong transcriptional activity driving luciferase reporter expression from a promoter containing antioxidant response element. Together, the results suggest that NFE2L1-616 variant can function as a positive regulator in the transcriptional regulation of NFE2L1 responsive genes.
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