... in the nucleus and binds to and regulatesbasal expression via HSEs of target genes [26].Deletion of the HSF gene is lethal to cells, even atphysiological temperatures. The genes targeted byHSF ... involvednot only in heat shock protein (HSP) geneexpression and stress resistance, but also in the expression ofgenes with roles in cell maintenance and differentia-tion, as well as in developmental ... basal HSP expression [38]. Although HSF1 gains DNA-binding and transactivating abilities upon stress, a little HSF1trimer is present constitutively in cells and binds to and regulates the expression...
... gene expression of a certain gene (X) normalized to the mean ofthe control gene PDI1 and the steady-state sample of thechemostat culture (Eqns 6 and 7). We have normalized tosteady state and ... substrates, products and effectors (X), and by changes in the affinities(1 ⁄ K) of enzyme e towards its substrates, products and effectors (K). As derived previously [6,7], gene expressionand metabolic ... versus geneexpression before examiningspecific metabolites.Earlier regulation analysis studies of nitrogen starva-tion in yeast revealed mixed and diverse regulation [9].Both geneexpression and...
... 5).BAT-specific gene expression We next determined geneexpression in different adi-pose depots in response to PM2.5exposure, in terms ofthe expression of BAT-specific and WAT-specific gene profiles ... inducesoxidative stress and alterations of mitochondria andgeneexpression inbrown and white adipose tissues. Particle and Fibre Toxicology 2011 8:20.Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take ... homeoboxfamily of genes, and it i s recognized as WAT-specificmarker in primary adipocyte cultures [29]. DPT servesas a good gene marker for white adipogenesis and canbe seen as a reference gene for...
... ARTICLENuclear actin and actin-binding proteins in the regulationof transcription andgene expression Bin Zheng1, Mei Han1, Michel Bernier2 and Jin-kun Wen11 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular ... activation and actin polymerization [55].Recently, MRTF-A and -B were shown to serve as alink between STARS and SRF. In NIH 3T3 cellscotransfected with expression plasmids encodingMRTFs and STARS, ... recentdevelopments in the study of transcription and transcriptional regulation bynuclear actin, and the regulation of muscle-specific gene expression, nuclearreceptor and transcription complexes by ABPs....
... set, ND4, and SMG-1 genes in human spontaneous lymphomas and normal B- and T-lymphocytes. (a) 32P-labeled PCR-fragments of the set and a-myb oncogenes, and ND4, pub and capn4 genes were ... h1) and SMG-1, the gene of ribosomal protein S8 (in case of lymphoma h2), as well as several genes of unknown function (9 and 8 in the case of lymphoma h1 and h2, respectively). The latter genes ... HIV-associated and monkey SIV-associated lymphomas and seemed to be common for virus-specific lymphomagenesis in human and monkey. Table 4. Selected human HIV-associated lymphomas h1 and h2 genes...
... critical for HOX gene regulation and embryonic developmentHomeobox genes are a group of evolutionarily con-served genes that encode transcription factors and reg-ulate geneexpression during ... FEBSMINIREVIEWMixed lineage leukemia: roles in gene expression, hormonesignaling and mRNA processingKhairul I. Ansari and Subhrangsu S. MandalDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of ... MLL3, MLL4, MLL5, Set1A and Set1B, and each possesses histone H3 lysine 4 (H3K4)-specific methyltrans-ferase activity and has critical roles in gene activation and epigenetics.Although MLLs...
... thenucleus and the cytoplasm. Genes Dev 12, 55–66.31 Gui JF, Tronche`re H, Chandler SD & Fu XD (1994)Purification and characterization of a kinase specific forthe serine- and arginine-rich ... interact-ing candidates and were treated witharsenite (1 mM for 30 min). Cells were fixed and stained with mouse anti-HA and goatanti-TIAR sera. Secondary Alexa594-coupled donkey anti-mouse (red) and FITC-coupled ... associated with TIAR and TIA-1 proteincomplexes and is a bona fide SG componentBecause ASF ⁄ SF2 and TIAR shared similar localiza-tion patterns both in normal and stressed cells, weAMinigenekDa+–+–kDaRHII/Gu/DDX21*******UBF1hnRNP...
... hsp70 and hsp90 promoters [21]. As we showed, in this study, thatSTAT3 directly bound to the region between )206 and )187 bp of the hsp70 promoter and enhanced the expression of the hsp70 gene ... for 5 h, and the expression of STAT3, Hsp70 and a-tubulin was analyzed by wes-tern blotting, using the respective antibodies. (B) The density ofbands was quantified by densitometry, and was corrected ... LatchmanDS (1999) Signal transducer and activator of transcrip-tion-1 and heat shock factor-1 interact and activate thetranscription of the Hsp-70 and Hsp-90beta gene promoters. J Biol Chem 274,...
... inducerof uPA geneexpression [16].Decma-induced uPA geneexpression isdependent on Erk activationWe and others have shown that activation of Erk playsan important role in uPA geneexpression ... E-cadherin distribution, cell scattering and uPA expression. (A) T47D cells (a and b) and MCF7 cells(c and d) were treated for 4 h with control or Decma supernatant and immunostained with anti-E-cadherin ... Basel, Switzerland) and details will be pub-lished elsewhere.Plasmids and siRNAsConstruction of expression vectors for HA-tagged full-length mouse p46shc, p52shc, and p66shc and the introduct-ion...
... Foreign ADC geneexpression in T. cruziFEBS Journal 273 (2006) 628–637 ª 2006 The Authors Journal compilation ª 2006 FEBS 633Modulation of oat arginine decarboxylase geneexpression and genome ... during the transient expression of the foreign gene. After-wards, the free plasmid disappeared almost completely for several weeks and, finally, when the expression of the ADC gene became stable, ... natural deletion mutant for ODC and ADC genes, we used these polyamine auxotrophic par-asites as recipients of foreign ODC or ADC genes tostudy their expressionand the eventual suppression ofpolyamine...
... action of EPA and DHA (Eur. J. Biochem. 271) 4473Modulation of cyclin D1 and early growth response factor-1 gene expression in interleukin-1b-treated rat smooth muscle cellsby n-6 and n-3 polyunsaturated ... promoter activity is dependentupon the R as/Raf-1/MEK/ERK and PI3-K pathways, and EPA and DHA act in opposition to AA by preventing egr-1 gene expression in IL-1b-treated cells. However, transienttransfection ... may contribute to the modu-lation of egr-1 geneexpression (Fig. 4B).Effects of n-3 and n-6 PUFAs on the synthesisof caveolin-1 and caveolin-3 and on the locationof p42/44 MAPK caveolaeCaveolins...
... downregulated c-myc geneexpression to the same extent in serum-cultured cells and dose-dependently counteracted, and ultimately abolished, the increase in c-myc gene expression elicited by ... regulatesc-myc gene expression To investigate whether NAMI-A-induced inhibition ofERK1/2 signaling could affect the expression of a cellgrowth-related gene, we assessed c-myc geneexpression ingrowing ... control (individual densities from ERK1 and 2 bands were added up to generate one single ERK1/2 value).Ó FEBS 2002 NAMI-A affects c-myc geneexpressionand MEK/ERK phosphorylation (Eur. J. Biochem....
... regions called exons and noncoding regions Gene Expressionand Signal Transduction5 Gene EDNAmRNA Gene D Gene C Gene B Gene A Gene E Gene D Gene C Gene B Gene ATryptophan operonTranslationTranscriptionmRNATranslationTranscriptionRepressor ... biosynthetic pathways in which one or Gene zDNA Gene y Gene aOperator oLactose operonCAP–cAMPcomplexRNA polymerase5′3′(A) CAPCyclic AMP(cAMP) Gene zDNA Gene y Gene aOperator oTranscriptionoccursmRNA5′3′(B)Regulatory gene ... describedabove and summarized in Figure 14.5, the expression ofmost eukaryotic genes, like their prokaryotic counterparts,appears to be regulated at the level of transcription. Gene Expressionand Signal...
... Cyr61/CCN1 geneexpressionand RhoA and/ or p38 activation. In particular, mechanical stretch and contractile agonists such as thrombin are well-knownregulators of both Cyr61/CCN1 geneexpressionand ... mRNA and protein levels. Wecompared the expression profile of the Cyr61/CCN1 gene tothat of the CTGF/CCN2 geneand showed that S1Pcoordinately regulates the expression of both Cyr61/CCN1 and ... identify cytoplasmic and nuclear events thatcould activate Cyr61/CCN1 gene expression. We havedemonstrated that S1P stimulates Cyr61/CCN1 gene expression through RhoA GTPase and that additionalsignaling,...
... this expression system is of interest forendogenous generation of siRNA and activation of theRNAi effect in human cells [45]. Studies on an inhibitionof BACE geneexpression by endogenously generatedsiRNA ... [38]. Selective inactivationof genes for BACE1 and BACE2 by siRNA was reportedrecently [39]. Up to now several expression systems havebeen designed for endogenous generation of siRNA [40–44].As ... electrophoresis and stainedwith ethidium bromide. For experiments performed in co-amplification conditions two pairs of primers P1BACE and P2BACE,forBACEmRNA(20lM), and P1GAPDH and P2GAPDH,...