Increased exchange rate of histone H1 on chromatin by exogenous myo-genin expression

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摘要 ToexplorethemolecularmechanismofchromatinremodelinginvolvedintheregulationoftranscriptionalactivationofspecificgenesbyamyogenicregulatoryfactorMyogenin,weusedNIH3T3fibroblastswithastablyintegratedH1.1-GFPfusionproteintomonitorhistoneH1movementdirectlybyfluorescencerecov-eryafterphotobleaching(FRAP)inlivingcells.TheobservationfromFRAPexperimentswithmyogenintransfectedfibroblastsshowedthattheexchangerateofhistoneH1inchromatinwasobviouslyincreased,indicatingthatforcedexpressionofexogenousMyogenincaninducechromatinremodeling.Thehyper-acetylationofhistonesH3andH4frommyogenintransfectedfibroblastswasdetectedbytriton-acid-urea(TAU)/SDS(2-D)electrophoresisandWesternblotwithspecificantibodiesagainstacetylatedN-terminiofhistonesH3andH4.RT-PCRanalysisindicatedthatthenAChRa-subunitgenewasexpressedinthetrans-fectedfibroblasts.TheseresultssuggestthattheexpressionofexogenousMyogenincaninducechromatinremodelingandactivatethetranscriotionofMvogenin-targetedgeneinnon-musclecells.
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出处 《细胞研究:英文版》 2002年5期
出版日期 2002年05月15日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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