El silenciamiento reversible de los potenciadores por secuencias derivadas del promotor humano IFN-alfa
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Published on: June 14, 2018
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Cell
|September 25, 1987
Resumen
El elemento virus-responsivo (VRE) del promotor IFN-alfa 1, que contiene repeticiones repA y repB, puede inducir la expresión génica. Curiosamente, ciertas secuencias de ERV también silencian la transcripción en condiciones no inducidas.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- Genética La genética.
- Virología Virología.
Sus antecedentes:
- El promotor del interferón-alfa 1 (IFN-alfa 1) contiene un elemento de respuesta al virus (ERV) crucial para la activación del gen inmune.
- Este VRE se compone de dos repeticiones imperfectas de 19 bp, designadas repA y repB.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar el papel funcional de la VRE (IFN alfa) y sus repeticiones constituyentes en la inducibilidad génica.
- Explorar el impacto de las secuencias de ERV en la transcripción inducida y constitutiva.
Principales métodos:
- Se emplearon ensayos de genes reporteros para evaluar la actividad transcripcional.
- Se probaron elementos específicos de ADN, incluidos VRE ((IFN alfa), repA tetrámerico, GAAAGT y AAGTGA, para determinar su capacidad de conferir inducibilidad.
- Se examinó la influencia del potenciador SV40 y la repetición SV40 72 bp en la transcripción.
Principales resultados:
- La repA tetramérica, GAAAGT y AAGTGA conferían inducibilidad a los genes reporteros cuando se colocaban aguas arriba de los promotores.
- La transcripción inducida fue mejorada por el potenciador SV40 pero débil con un promotor mínimo.
- Sorprendentemente, estos elementos (excepto VRE ((IFN alfa)) silenciaron la transcripción constitutiva impulsada por el potenciador SV40 cuando se colocó entre el potenciador y la caja TATA, un efecto anulado tras la inducción.
Conclusiones:
- El VRE ((IFN alfa) y sus subsecuencias juegan un papel importante en la regulación de la transcripción génica en respuesta a estímulos virales.
- Estos elementos exhiben una doble función, capaz de conferir inducibilidad y mediar el silenciamiento transcripcional bajo condiciones específicas.
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