Un modelo unificador para la regulación selectiva de la transcripción inducible por islas CpG y remodelación de nucleosomas
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Repressing Gene Transcription by Redirecting Cellular Machinery with Chemical Epigenetic Modifiers
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Vladimir R Ramirez-Carrozzi1, Daniel Braas, Dev M Bhatt
1Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Cell
|July 15, 2009
Resumen
Los receptores de tipo Toll activan los genes de respuesta primaria a través de dos clases principales de promotores: los promotores de la isla CpG independientes de SWI / SNF y los promotores de la isla CpG no dependientes de SWI / SNF. Este marco explica la inducción diferencial de genes por diversos estímulos.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- Inmunología Inmunología.
- Genética La genética.
Sus antecedentes:
- Los genes de respuesta primaria de los mamíferos son cruciales para los mecanismos de defensa celular.
- Los receptores tipo peaje (TLR) inician respuestas inmunes innatas mediante la activación de conjuntos de genes específicos.
- Los complejos de remodelación de nucleosomas, como SWI / SNF, juegan un papel en la regulación de la transcripción génica.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Establecer un marco mecanicista para la inducción transcripcional de genes de respuesta primaria por TLR y otros estímulos.
- Diferenciar los mecanismos de inducción génica basados en los tipos de promotores (isla CpG frente a la isla no CpG).
- Para explicar los sesgos específicos del estímulo en la activación génica.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis de las características del promotor (contenido de islas de CpG, ocupación del nucleosoma).
- Investigación de SWI/SNF remodelación complejos requisitos para la inducción de genes.
- Examen de la activación diferencial de genes por varios estímulos (por ejemplo, TLR, TNF-alfa, IFN-beta).
Principales resultados:
- Los promotores de la isla CpG son independientes de SWI / SNF debido a los nucleosomas inestables y la cromatina constitutiva.
- Los promotores de las islas no CpG son dependientes de SWI / SNF, lo que requiere factores de transcripción para la remodelación.
- El suero y el TNF-alfa favorecen los genes independientes de SWI/SNF, mientras que el IFN-beta favorece los genes dependientes de SWI/SNF.
- Los TLR activan ambas clases de genes para una respuesta integral a los patógenos.
Conclusiones:
- Un marco mecanicista distingue la inducción del gen de respuesta primaria en función del tipo de promotor y la dependencia de SWI / SNF.
- Las vías de señalización específicas del estímulo dictan el reclutamiento de mecanismos dependientes o independientes de SWI/SNF.
- Este modelo proporciona información sobre el control transcripcional coordinado de la inmunidad innata.
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