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Rudnik R, Bulcha JT, Reifschneider E, Ellersiek U, Baier M. Specificity versus redundancy in the RAP2.4 transcription factor family of Arabidopsis thaliana: transcriptional regulation of genes for chloroplast peroxidases. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2017; 17:144. [PMID: 28835225 PMCID: PMC5569508 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-017-1092-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2017] [Accepted: 08/14/2017] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND The Arabidopsis ERFIb / RAP2.4 transcription factor family consists of eight members with highly conserved DNA binding domains. Selected members have been characterized individually, but a systematic comparison is pending. The redox-sensitive transcription factor RAP2.4a mediates chloroplast-to-nucleus redox signaling and controls induction of the three most prominent chloroplast peroxidases, namely 2-Cys peroxiredoxin A (2CPA) and thylakoid- and stromal ascorbate peroxidase (tAPx and sAPx). To test the specificity and redundancy of RAP2.4 transcription factors in the regulation of genes for chloroplast peroxidases, we compared the DNA-binding sites of the transcription factors in tertiary structure models, analyzed transcription factor and target gene regulation by qRT-PCR in RAP2.4, 2-Cys peroxiredoxin and ascorbate peroxidase T-DNA insertion lines and RAP2.4 overexpressing lines of Arabidopsis thaliana and performed promoter binding studies. RESULTS All RAP2.4 proteins bound the tAPx promoter, but only the four RAP2.4 proteins with identical DNA contact sites, namely RAP2.4a, RAP2.4b, RAP2.4d and RAP2.4h, interacted stably with the redox-sensitive part of the 2CPA promoter. Gene expression analysis in RAP2.4 knockout lines revealed that RAP2.4a is the only one supporting 2CPA and chloroplast APx expression. Rap2.4h binds to the same promoter region as Rap2.4a and antagonizes 2CPA expression. Like the other six RAP2.4 proteins, Rap2.4 h promotes APx mRNA accumulation. Chloroplast ROS signals induced RAP2.4b and RAP2.4d expression, but these two transcription factor genes are (in contrast to RAP2.4a) insensitive to low 2CP availability, and their expression decreased in APx knockout lines. RAP2.4e and RAP2.4f gradually responded to chloroplast APx availability and activated specifically APx expression. These transcription factors bound, like RAP2.4c and RAP2.4g, the tAPx promoter, but hardly the 2CPA promoter. CONCLUSIONS The RAP2.4 transcription factors form an environmentally and developmentally regulated transcription factor network, in which the various members affect the expression intensity of the others. Within the transcription factor family, RAP2.4a has a unique function as a general transcriptional activator of chloroplast peroxidase activity. The other RAP2.4 proteins mediate the fine-control and adjust the relative availability of 2CPA, sAPx and tAPx.
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- Radoslaw Rudnik
- Dahlem Center of Plant Sciences, Plant Physiology, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straße 12-16, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Dahlem Center of Plant Sciences, Plant Physiology, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straße 12-16, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Dahlem Center of Plant Sciences, Plant Physiology, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straße 12-16, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Plant Sciences, Universitätsstraße 25, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Dahlem Center of Plant Sciences, Plant Physiology, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straße 12-16, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
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Caraballo RH, Cersósimo RO, Amartino H, Szepetowski P, Fejerman N. Benign familial infantile seizures: further delineation of the syndrome. J Child Neurol 2002; 17:696-9. [PMID: 12503648 DOI: 10.1177/088307380201700909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Benign familial infantile seizures are an autosomal dominant epilepsy disorder that is characterized by convulsions, with onset at age 3 to 12 months and a favorable outcome. Benign familial infantile seizures have been linked to chromosome 19q whereas infantile convulsions and choreoathetosis syndrome, in which benign familial infantile seizure is associated with paroxysmal choreoathetosis, has been linked to chromosome 16p 12-q12. Many additional families from diverse ethnic backgrounds have similar syndromes that have been linked to the chromosome 16 infantile convulsions and choreoathetosis syndrome region. Moreover, in one large pedigree with paroxysmal kinesiogenic dyskinesias only, the syndrome has also been linked to the same genomic area. Families with pure benign familial infantile seizures may be linked to chromosome 16 as well. In this study, we present a series of 19 families and 24 otherwise healthy infants with benign familial infantile seizures. Two of these families include members affected with benign familial infantile seizures and paroxysmal choreoathetosis. We included patients with normal neurologic examinations, who started having simple partial seizures, complex partial seizures, or apparently generalized seizures without recognized etiology between 2 months and 2 years of age. Neurologic studies were normal, but in all patients, there was a history of similar seizures and age at onset in either the father or the mother. Twenty-four patients (14 girls and 10 boys) were evaluated at our hospital between February 1990 and February 2001. Age at onset, sex, family history of epilepsy and/or paroxysmal dyskinesias, neurologic examination, semiology, distribution, and frequency and duration of seizures were evaluated. Electroencephalographic (EEG) and neuroradiologic studies were also performed. Seizures began between 3 and 22 months of life, with a median age of 5 1/2 months. Nine patients (37.5%) had only apparently generalized seizures, 5 patients (20.8%) had only partial seizures, and 10 patients had both partial and apparently generalized seizures (41.6%). Seizures were invariably brief, occurred during the waking state (100%), and presented mainly in clusters in 12 patients (50%). Interictal EEG was normal in 23 patients (95.8%). Sixteen patients (66.6%) had a confirmed history of convulsions in family members other than parents. Twenty-two patients became seizure free after 30 months of life. Two brothers in the same family had brief paroxysmal episodes of choreoathetosis in the hemibody triggered by stress while awake at 15 and 17 years old, respectively. One of them had paroxysmal choreoathetosis only, and the other was associated with benign familial infantile seizures. One father had brief spontaneous episodes of paroxysmal choreoathetosis when awake at age 18 years. All of them had a good response to antiepilepsy drugs, and neurologic examination and EEG and neuroradiologic studies were normal. Benign familial infantile seizure is a genetic epilepsy syndrome with autosomal dominant inheritance. It may be associated with paroxysmal choreoathetosis (infantile convulsions and choreoathetosis syndrome), which has been linked to the chromosome 16 infantile convulsions and choreoathetosis syndrome region. Patients in families with infantile convulsions and choreoathetosis syndrome could display either benign familial infantile seizures or paroxysmal choreoathetosis or both. It is likely that the disease in families with pure benign familial infantile seizures may be linked to the infantile convulsions and choreoathetosis region as well. We cannot exclude the possibility that the youngest patients may develop choreoathetosis or other dyskinesias later in life.
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- Roberto Horacio Caraballo
- Servicio de Neurologia, Hospital Nacional de Pediatria Profesor Juan P. Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Caraballo R, Pavek S, Lemainque A, Gastaldi M, Echenne B, Motte J, Genton P, Cersósimo R, Humbertclaude V, Fejerman N, Monaco AP, Lathrop MG, Rochette J, Szepetowski P. Linkage of benign familial infantile convulsions to chromosome 16p12-q12 suggests allelism to the infantile convulsions and choreoathetosis syndrome. Am J Hum Genet 2001; 68:788-94. [PMID: 11179027 PMCID: PMC1274492 DOI: 10.1086/318805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2000] [Accepted: 01/17/2001] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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The syndrome of benign familial infantile convulsions (BFIC) is an autosomal dominant epileptic disorder that is characterized by convulsions, with onset at age 3-12 mo and a favorable outcome. BFIC had been linked to chromosome 19q, whereas the infantile convulsions and choreoathetosis (ICCA) syndrome, in which BFIC is associated with paroxysmal dyskinesias, had been linked to chromosome 16p12-q12. BFIC appears to be frequently associated with paroxysmal dyskinesias, because many additional families from diverse ethnic backgrounds have similar syndromes that have been linked to the chromosome 16 ICCA region. Moreover, one large pedigree with paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesias only, has also been linked to the same genomic area. This raised the possibility that families with pure BFIC may be linked to chromosome 16 as well. We identified and studied seven families with BFIC inherited as an autosomal dominant trait. Genotyping was performed with markers at chromosome 19q and 16p12-q12. Although chromosome 19q could be excluded, evidence for linkage in the ICCA region was found, with a maximum two-point LOD score of 3.32 for markers D16S3131 and SPN. This result proves that human chromosome 16p12-q12 is a major genetic locus underlying both BFIC and paroxysmal dyskinesias. The unusual phenotype displayed by one homozygous patient suggests that variability of the ICCA syndrome could be sustained by genetic modifiers.
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- Roberto Caraballo
- Hospital Nacional de Pediatría “Professor Juan P. Garrahan,” Buenos Aires; Centre National de Génotypage, Evry, France; INSERM U491 and Hôpital Henri Gastaut, Marseille; Service de Neuropédiatrie, Hôpital Saint-Eloi, Montpellier, France; American Memorial Hospital, Reims, France; Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom; and Département de Génétique Médicale, Amiens, France
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- Hospital Nacional de Pediatría “Professor Juan P. Garrahan,” Buenos Aires; Centre National de Génotypage, Evry, France; INSERM U491 and Hôpital Henri Gastaut, Marseille; Service de Neuropédiatrie, Hôpital Saint-Eloi, Montpellier, France; American Memorial Hospital, Reims, France; Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom; and Département de Génétique Médicale, Amiens, France
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- Hospital Nacional de Pediatría “Professor Juan P. Garrahan,” Buenos Aires; Centre National de Génotypage, Evry, France; INSERM U491 and Hôpital Henri Gastaut, Marseille; Service de Neuropédiatrie, Hôpital Saint-Eloi, Montpellier, France; American Memorial Hospital, Reims, France; Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom; and Département de Génétique Médicale, Amiens, France
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- Hospital Nacional de Pediatría “Professor Juan P. Garrahan,” Buenos Aires; Centre National de Génotypage, Evry, France; INSERM U491 and Hôpital Henri Gastaut, Marseille; Service de Neuropédiatrie, Hôpital Saint-Eloi, Montpellier, France; American Memorial Hospital, Reims, France; Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom; and Département de Génétique Médicale, Amiens, France
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- Hospital Nacional de Pediatría “Professor Juan P. Garrahan,” Buenos Aires; Centre National de Génotypage, Evry, France; INSERM U491 and Hôpital Henri Gastaut, Marseille; Service de Neuropédiatrie, Hôpital Saint-Eloi, Montpellier, France; American Memorial Hospital, Reims, France; Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom; and Département de Génétique Médicale, Amiens, France
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- Hospital Nacional de Pediatría “Professor Juan P. Garrahan,” Buenos Aires; Centre National de Génotypage, Evry, France; INSERM U491 and Hôpital Henri Gastaut, Marseille; Service de Neuropédiatrie, Hôpital Saint-Eloi, Montpellier, France; American Memorial Hospital, Reims, France; Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom; and Département de Génétique Médicale, Amiens, France
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- Hospital Nacional de Pediatría “Professor Juan P. Garrahan,” Buenos Aires; Centre National de Génotypage, Evry, France; INSERM U491 and Hôpital Henri Gastaut, Marseille; Service de Neuropédiatrie, Hôpital Saint-Eloi, Montpellier, France; American Memorial Hospital, Reims, France; Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom; and Département de Génétique Médicale, Amiens, France
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- Hospital Nacional de Pediatría “Professor Juan P. Garrahan,” Buenos Aires; Centre National de Génotypage, Evry, France; INSERM U491 and Hôpital Henri Gastaut, Marseille; Service de Neuropédiatrie, Hôpital Saint-Eloi, Montpellier, France; American Memorial Hospital, Reims, France; Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom; and Département de Génétique Médicale, Amiens, France
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- Hospital Nacional de Pediatría “Professor Juan P. Garrahan,” Buenos Aires; Centre National de Génotypage, Evry, France; INSERM U491 and Hôpital Henri Gastaut, Marseille; Service de Neuropédiatrie, Hôpital Saint-Eloi, Montpellier, France; American Memorial Hospital, Reims, France; Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom; and Département de Génétique Médicale, Amiens, France
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- Hospital Nacional de Pediatría “Professor Juan P. Garrahan,” Buenos Aires; Centre National de Génotypage, Evry, France; INSERM U491 and Hôpital Henri Gastaut, Marseille; Service de Neuropédiatrie, Hôpital Saint-Eloi, Montpellier, France; American Memorial Hospital, Reims, France; Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom; and Département de Génétique Médicale, Amiens, France
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- Hospital Nacional de Pediatría “Professor Juan P. Garrahan,” Buenos Aires; Centre National de Génotypage, Evry, France; INSERM U491 and Hôpital Henri Gastaut, Marseille; Service de Neuropédiatrie, Hôpital Saint-Eloi, Montpellier, France; American Memorial Hospital, Reims, France; Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom; and Département de Génétique Médicale, Amiens, France
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- Hospital Nacional de Pediatría “Professor Juan P. Garrahan,” Buenos Aires; Centre National de Génotypage, Evry, France; INSERM U491 and Hôpital Henri Gastaut, Marseille; Service de Neuropédiatrie, Hôpital Saint-Eloi, Montpellier, France; American Memorial Hospital, Reims, France; Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom; and Département de Génétique Médicale, Amiens, France
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- Hospital Nacional de Pediatría “Professor Juan P. Garrahan,” Buenos Aires; Centre National de Génotypage, Evry, France; INSERM U491 and Hôpital Henri Gastaut, Marseille; Service de Neuropédiatrie, Hôpital Saint-Eloi, Montpellier, France; American Memorial Hospital, Reims, France; Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom; and Département de Génétique Médicale, Amiens, France
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- Hospital Nacional de Pediatría “Professor Juan P. Garrahan,” Buenos Aires; Centre National de Génotypage, Evry, France; INSERM U491 and Hôpital Henri Gastaut, Marseille; Service de Neuropédiatrie, Hôpital Saint-Eloi, Montpellier, France; American Memorial Hospital, Reims, France; Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom; and Département de Génétique Médicale, Amiens, France
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