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La ARN helicasa A media la asociación de la CBP con la ARN polimerasa II, también conocida como ARN polimerasa II
T Nakajima1, C Uchida, S F Anderson
1Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Cell
|October 10, 1997
Resumen
La ARN helicasa A (RHA) es esencial para que el coactivador CBP active la expresión génica dependiente de la señal. RHA RHA RHA es el nombre de la canción.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- Regulación genética Reglamento genético.
- Estructura de la cromatina La estructura de la cromatina
Sus antecedentes:
- El coactivador CBP juega un papel en la expresión génica dependiente de la señal a través de su asociación con la ARN polimerasa II.
- La ARN helicasa A (RHA) es una helicasa de ADN / ARN nuclear con homología con el factor de compensación de dosis masculino de Drosophila, mle.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar el papel de la ARN helicasa A (RHA) en el mecanismo por el cual la CBP estimula la expresión génica.
- Para determinar si se requiere RHA para la asociación de CBP con complejos de ARN polimerasa II.
Principales métodos:
- Se utilizaron ensayos de transfección transitoria para examinar la activación génica.
- Se evaluó la función de RHA en la mediación de la activación del gen diana a través de CREB.
- Se evaluó el impacto de una mutación en RHA que afecta su actividad de helicasa en la transcripción dependiente de CREB.
Principales resultados:
- Se demostró que la formación de complejos entre CBP y ARN polimerasa II requiere RHA.
- Se encontró que el RHA cooperaba con el CBP en la activación de la expresión génica diana mediada por CREB.
- Una mutación en RHA que deterioró su actividad de helicasa redujo significativamente la transcripción dependiente de CREB.
Conclusiones:
- La RHA es un componente crítico para la activación transcripcional mediada por CBP de los genes sensibles a la señal.
- La actividad de la helicasa de RHA es necesaria para su función en la expresión génica dependiente de CREB.
- El RHA probablemente facilita la activación génica al inducir cambios estructurales en la cromatina que mejoran el ensamblaje de la maquinaria transcripcional en los promotores.
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