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神经元限制性沉默因子对人胰岛素基因转录调控作用的研究 总被引:2,自引:1,他引:2
为了研究神经元限制性沉默因子(NRSF)调控神经元及胰岛细胞中神经特异性基因的表达,进一步寻找胰岛细胞中可能存在的其他NRSF调控基因.先用生物信息学手段对相关基因进行了分析.筛选及序列比对发现,人胰岛素核心启动子区有一段与NRSE相似的序列,提示,它可能受NRSF调控.构建了含NRSF基因的慢病毒载体,将其稳定转染于INS-1细胞.构建了3种荧光素酶报告载体:含有人胰岛素启动子-荧光素酶(hInsP-LUC)的慢病毒载体,pGL3-Basic载体和含有2拷贝NRSE样基序-荧光素酶(NRSE-LUC)的报告载体.利用稳定转染及瞬时转染实验观察NRSF对报告载体中荧光素酶活性的影响.利用电泳迁移率变动分析实验观察NRSE样基序与NRSF蛋白的结合情况,并通过竞争结合实验、引入特异性抗体实验证实探针与蛋白质结合的特异性.RT-PCR检测证实,感染空病毒的INS-1细胞不表达NRSF,感染含目的基因慢病毒的INS-1细胞能表达NRSF.将含有hInsP-LUC的慢病毒载体稳定转染于上述2种细胞,荧光素酶活性分析结果显示,NRSF的过表达能明显降低胰岛素启动子的活性.瞬时转染hInsP-LUC报告系统于上述2种细胞,结果也显示NRSF能明显抑制胰岛素启动子-荧光素酶的活性.将含有NRSE-LUC的报告载体瞬时转染于上述2种细胞,结果表明过表达NRSF的INS-1细胞组的荧光素酶相对值比对照组有明显下降.电泳迁移率变动分析实验进一步证实,此NRSE样序列可以与NRSF蛋白特异结合,这种特异结合可以被标准的NRSE序列所竞争.结果表明,人胰岛素启动子中含有NRSE样序列,该序列通过与NRSF蛋白结合从而抑制人胰岛素启动子的转录活性.这一研究工作有助于进一步了解NRSF在胰岛细胞中的调控作用. 相似文献
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Studies describing the structures of the M1, M2 and M4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChR) genes and the genetic elements that control their expression are reviewed. In particular, we focus on the role of the neuron-restrictive silencer element/restriction element-1 (NRSE/RE-1) in the regulation of the M4 mAChR gene. The NRSE/RE-1 was first identified as a genetic control element that prevents the expression of the SCG-10 and type II sodium channel (NaII) genes in non-neuronal cells in culture. The NRSE/RE-1 inhibits gene expression by binding the repressor/silencer protein NRSF/REST, which is present in many non-neuronal cell lines and tissues. Our studies show that although the expression of the M4 mAChR gene is inhibited by NRSF/REST, this inhibition is not always complete. Rather, the efficiency of silencing by NRSF/REST is different in different cells. A plausible explanation for this differential silencing is that the NRSF/RE-1 interacts with distinct sets of promoter binding proteins in different types of cells. We hypothesize that modulation of NRSF/REST silencing activity by these proteins contributes to the cell-specific pattern of expression of the M4 mAChR in neuronal and non-neuronal cells. Recent studies that suggest a more complex role for the NRSE/RE-1 in regulating gene expression are also discussed. 相似文献
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Kurschat P Bielenberg D Rossignol-Tallandier M Stahl A Klagsbrun M 《The Journal of biological chemistry》2006,281(5):2721-2729
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Brian A. Wall Janet Wangari‐Talbot Seung S. Shin Devora Schiff Jairo Sierra Lumeng J. Yu Atif Khan Bruce Haffty James S. Goydos Suzie Chen 《Pigment cell & melanoma research》2014,27(2):263-274
Gain of function of the neuronal receptor, metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 (Grm1), was sufficient to induce melanocytic transformation in vitro and spontaneous melanoma development in vivo when ectopically expressed in melanocytes. The human form of this receptor, GRM1, has been shown to be ectopically expressed in a subset of human melanomas but not benign nevi or normal melanocytes, suggesting that misregulation of GRM1 is involved in the pathogenesis of certain human melanomas. Sustained stimulation of Grm1 by the ligand, glutamate, is required for the maintenance of transformed phenotypes in vitro and tumorigenicity in vivo. In this study, we investigate the mechanism of an inhibitor of glutamate release, riluzole, on human melanoma cells that express metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 (GRM1). Various in vitro assays conducted show that inhibition of glutamate release in several human melanoma cell lines resulted in an increase of oxidative stress and DNA damage response markers. 相似文献
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Yuan Yuan Billy K.C. ChowVien H.Y. Lee Leo T.O. Lee 《Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms》2013,1829(2):231-238
In the present study, a functional neuron restrictive silencer element (NRSE) was initially identified in the 5′ flanking region (− 83 to − 67, relative to ATG) of human secretin receptor (hSCTR) gene by promoter assays coupled with scanning mutation analyses. The interaction of neuron restrictive silencer factor (NRSF) with this motif was later indicated via gel mobility shift and ChIP assays. The silencing activity of NRSF was confirmed by over-expression and also by shRNA knock-down of endogenous NRSF. These studies showed an inverse relationship between the expression levels of NRSF and hSCTR in the cells. As hSCTR gene was previously shown to be controlled by two GC-boxes which are regulated by the ratio of Sp1 to Sp3, in the present study, the functional interactions of NRSF and Sp proteins to regulate hSCTR gene was investigated. By co-immunoprecipitation assays, we found that NRSF could be co-precipitated with Sp1 as well as Sp3 in PANC-1 cells. Interestingly, co-expressions of these factors showed that NRSF could suppress Sp1-mediated, but not Sp3-mediated, transactivation of hSCTR. Taken together, we propose here that the down-regulatory effects of NRSF on hSCTR gene expression are mediated via its suppression on Sp1-mediated transactivation. 相似文献
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NRSF慢病毒干涉载体的构建及功能初步检测 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
为研究神经元限制性沉默因子(NRSF)负调控神经元及胰岛细胞中神经特异性基因的表达,拟通过RNAi的方法降低NRSF表达以进一步观察其调控的下游基因的表达情况.构建含人胰岛素启动子-荧光素酶(HIP-LUC)的pcDNA3.1报告载体.通过RNAi序列设计软件进行NRSF干涉片段及脱靶对照片段的设计,然后构建慢病毒干涉载体.包装产生慢病毒干涉毒液,用其感染HeLa细胞获得稳定干涉NRSF的细胞株,利用RT-PCR、实时定量PCR、蛋白质免疫印迹、免疫荧光染色等方法检测NRSF的干涉效果及其下游基因的表达情况,观察干涉NRSF后胰岛素启动子报告载体荧光素酶活性的变化.构建具有NRSF干涉效果的慢病毒干涉载体成功,并获得了稳定干涉NRSF及脱靶对照的HeLa细胞株,RT-PCR及实时定量PCR检测结果表明,NRSF干涉片段的干涉效率为56%(n=6,P<0.01),蛋白质免疫印迹、免疫荧光染色方法检测证实干涉后NRSF蛋白表达水平明显降低.RT-PCR实验表明干涉NRSF后下游基因开始表达,荧光素酶活性分析表明,干涉NRSF后胰岛素启动子活性增强了2.4倍(n=3,P<0.01).上述结果表明,成功构建NRSF的慢病毒干涉载体并获得稳定干涉NRSF的HeLa细胞株,干涉NRSF后,其下游基因特别是胰岛素基因开始表达.这一研究工作有助于我们进一步了解NRSF在胰岛细胞发育分化中的调控作用. 相似文献
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Patel PD Bochar DA Turner DL Meng F Mueller HM Pontrello CG 《The Journal of biological chemistry》2007,282(37):26717-26724