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Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP) to Assay Dynamic Histone Modification in Activated Gene Expression in Human Cells
Published on: July 30, 2010
La cromatina silenciada es permisiva para la unión del activador y el reclutamiento del PIC
1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA.
Cell
|May 12, 2001
Resumen
La heterocromatina represiva permite la unión del factor de transcripción pero bloquea la activación génica. Los estudios de levadura muestran que las proteínas silenciadoras no impiden el ensamblaje del complejo de preiniciación, sino que inhiben los pasos posteriores sin alterar la acetilación de histonas.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- La epigenética es la epigenética.
- Regulación genética Reglamento genético.
Sus antecedentes:
- La estructura de la cromatina es tradicionalmente vista como una barrera para la accesibilidad del ADN para los factores de transcripción.
- El papel de la heterocromatina en la regulación de la expresión génica es complejo y no se comprende completamente.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar cómo la heterocromatina generada por SIR afecta el factor de transcripción y la unión del complejo de preiniciación en levaduras.
- Determinar el mecanismo por el cual la heterocromatina reprime la transcripción.
Principales métodos:
- Utilizó un sistema de modelo de genes de choque térmico de levadura flanqueado por silenciadores de tipo de apareamiento.
- Se analizó la ocupación de los factores de transcripción (HSF) y los componentes del complejo de preiniciación (TBP, Pol II) en promotores heterocromáticos.
- Examinó las modificaciones y el desplazamiento de histonas durante la activación de la heterocromatina.
Principales resultados:
- La heterocromatina represiva permite la unión constitutiva de HSF, TBP y Pol II al promotor.
- Estos factores coexisten con las proteínas silenciadoras y las histonas desacetiladas.
- Los promotores heterocromáticos están ocupados por TBP y Pol II, lo que indica un bloqueo aguas abajo de la transcripción.
Conclusiones:
- La heterocromatina mediada por SIR reprime la transcripción aguas abajo del reclutamiento del complejo de preiniciación, no restringiendo el acceso al ADN.
- La activación de la heterocromatina puede ocurrir sin desplazamiento de histonas o cambios en el estado de acetilación.
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