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Activación de los principales genes de choque térmico de las drosófilas in vitro
Cell
|September 1, 1981
Resumen
Los extractos citoplasmáticos de Drosophila con choque térmico activan genes inactivos de choque térmico en núcleos aislados. Este proceso, que involucra cambios en la cromatina, ocurre independientemente de la ARN polimerasa II y la histona H1, lo que sugiere un evento de activación génica temprana.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- Genética La genética.
- Biología del desarrollo Biología del desarrollo.
Sus antecedentes:
- Los genes de choque térmico de Drosophila inactivos pueden ser activados por transcripción.
- Los factores citoplasmáticos de las células con shock térmico están implicados en este proceso de activación.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar los mecanismos moleculares subyacentes a la activación del gen de choque térmico en Drosophila.
- Identificar y caracterizar los factores responsables de inducir la actividad transcripcional en los genes de choque térmico.
Principales métodos:
- Aislamiento de núcleos diploides de Drosophila.
- Incubación de núcleos con extractos citoplasmáticos de células con y sin choque térmico.
- Purificación parcial y caracterización del factor activo.
- Ensayos de transcripción in vitro con el uso de la ARN polimerasa de E. coli.
- Análisis de los cambios de la cromatina utilizando métodos microscópicos y bioquímicos.
- Experimentos de agotamiento de la histona H1.
Principales resultados:
- Los extractos citoplasmáticos de Drosophila con choque térmico indujeron la transcripción de genes de choque térmico (87A y 87C loci) en núcleos aislados.
- No se observó ningún efecto en la transcripción del gen de la histona.
- El factor de activación es sensible a la proteasa y térmico-lábil.
- Se produjo una alteración significativa de la cromatina 5' distal de los genes estructurales tras la activación in vitro.
- Este cambio de cromatina y la activación del gen ocurrieron independientemente de la actividad endógena de la ARN polimerasa II.
- La activación también se observó después de la depleción de la histona H1.
Conclusiones:
- Un factor citoplasmático inducible al calor juega un papel crucial en el inicio de la activación del gen de choque térmico.
- Los cambios observados en la cromatina pueden representar un evento temprano en la activación génica, que precede al reclutamiento de la ARN polimerasa II.
- La histona H1 no es esencial para este paso inicial de la activación del gen de choque térmico.
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