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Bulanenkova SS, Filyukova OB, Snezhkov EV, Akopov SB, Nikolaev LG. Suppression of the Testis-Specific Transcription of the ZBTB32 and ZNF473 Genes in Germ Cell Tumors. Acta Naturae 2022; 14:85-94. [PMID: 36348719 PMCID: PMC9611863 DOI: 10.32607/actanaturae.11620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2021] [Accepted: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The family of genes containing C2H2 zinc finger domains, which has more than 700 members, is one of the largest in the genome. Of particular interest are C2H2 genes with potential tissue-specific transcription, which determine the functional properties of individual cell types, including those associated with pathological processes. The aim of this work was to identify C2H2 family genes with tissue-specific transcription and analyze changes in their activity during tumor progression. To search for these genes, we used four databases containing data on gene transcription in human tissues obtained by RNA-Seq analysis. The analysis showed that, although the major part of the C2H2 family genes is transcribed in virtually all tissues, a group of genes has tissue-specific transcription, with most of the transcripts being found in the testis. After having compared all four databases, we identified nine such genes. The testis-specific transcription was confirmed for two of them, namely ZBTB32 and ZNF473, using quantitative PCR of cDNA samples from different organs. A decrease in ZBTB32 and ZNF473 transcription levels was demonstrated in germ cell tumors. The studied genes can serve as candidate markers in germ cell tumors.
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- S. S. Bulanenkova
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997 Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997 Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997 Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997 Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997 Russia
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Bulanenkova SS, Snezhkov EV, Akopov SB. SOX9 as One of the Central Units of Regulation Axis of Pancreas Embryogenesis and Cancer Progression. Mol Genet Microbiol Virol 2020. [DOI: 10.3103/s0891416819030030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Uspenskaya NY, Akopov SB, Snezhkov EV, Sverdlov ED. The Rate of Human Germline Mutations—Variable Factor of Evolution and Diseases. RUSS J GENET+ 2019. [DOI: 10.1134/s1022795419050144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Smirnov NA, Akopov SB, Didych DA, Nikolaev LG. In trans promoter activation by enhancers in transient transfection. Gene 2017; 603:15-20. [PMID: 27956170 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2016.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2016] [Revised: 11/15/2016] [Accepted: 12/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Earlier, it was reported that the strong cytomegalovirus enhancer can activate the cytomegalovirus promoter in trans, i.e. as a separate plasmid co-transfected with a promoter-reporter gene construct. Here we demonstrate that the ability of enhancers to activate promoters in trans in transient transfection experiments is a property of not only viral regulatory elements but also of various genomic enhancers and promoters. Enhancer-promoter activation in trans is promoter- and cell type-specific, and accompanied by physical interaction between promoter and enhancer as revealed by chromosome conformation capture assays. Thus, promoter activation in transient co-transfection of promoters and enhancers shares a number of important traits with long-distance promoter activation by enhancers in living cells and may therefore serve as a model of this fundamental cellular process.
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- N A Smirnov
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117997 Moscow, Russia.
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Kotova ES, Akopov SB, Didych DA, Petrova NV, Iarovaia OV, Razin SV, Nikolaev LG. Binding of Protein Factor CTCF within Chicken Genome Alpha-Globin Locus. Acta Naturae 2016. [DOI: 10.32607/20758251-2016-8-1-90-97] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A systematic search for DNA fragments containing potential CTCF transcription factor binding sites in the chicken alpha-globin domain and its flanking regions was performed by means of the two-dimension electrophoretic mobility shift assay. For the alpha-globin domain fragments selected, the occupancy by the CTCF in erythroid and lymphoid chicken cells was tested by chromatin immunoprecipitation. Only one of 13 DNA fragments capable of CTCF binding in vitro was efficiently bound to this protein in vivo in erythroid cells, and somewhat less efficiently - in lymphoid cells. So, binding of CTCF to the DNA fragment in vitro in most cases does not mean that this fragment will be occupied by CTCF in the cell nucleus. Yet, CTCF binding in vivo, as a rule, is accompanied by the binding of the protein to this DNA region in vitro. During the erythroid differentiation, no significant changes in CTCF binding to the DNA fragments studied were detected.
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Kotova ES, Akopov SB, Didych DA, Petrova NV, Iarovaia OV, Razin SV, Nikolaev LG. Binding of Protein Factor CTCF within Chicken Genome Alpha-Globin Locus. Acta Naturae 2016; 8:90-7. [PMID: 27099788 PMCID: PMC4837575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A systematic search for DNA fragments containing potential CTCF transcription factor binding sites in the chicken alpha-globin domain and its flanking regions was performed by means of the two-dimension electrophoretic mobility shift assay. For the alpha-globin domain fragments selected, the occupancy by the CTCF in erythroid and lymphoid chicken cells was tested by chromatin immunoprecipitation. Only one of 13 DNA fragments capable of CTCF binding in vitro was efficiently bound to this protein in vivo in erythroid cells, and somewhat less efficiently - in lymphoid cells. So, binding of CTCF to the DNA fragment in vitro in most cases does not mean that this fragment will be occupied by CTCF in the cell nucleus. Yet, CTCF binding in vivo, as a rule, is accompanied by the binding of the protein to this DNA region in vitro. During the erythroid differentiation, no significant changes in CTCF binding to the DNA fragments studied were detected.
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- E. S. Kotova
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 16/10 Miklukho-Maklaya St., Moscow 117997, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 16/10 Miklukho-Maklaya St., Moscow 117997, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 16/10 Miklukho-Maklaya St., Moscow 117997, Russia
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- Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 34/5 Vavilov St., Moscow 119334, Russia
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- Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 34/5 Vavilov St., Moscow 119334, Russia
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- Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 34/5 Vavilov St., Moscow 119334, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 16/10 Miklukho-Maklaya St., Moscow 117997, Russia
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Kotova ES, Sorokina IV, Akopov SB, Nikolaev LG, Sverdlov ED. Expression of chicken CTCF gene in COS-1 cells and partial purification of CTCF protein. Biochemistry (Mosc) 2014; 78:879-83. [PMID: 24228875 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297913080038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The chicken gene for transcription factor CTCF was expressed in COS-1 mammalian cells. The CTCF protein containing polyhistidine tag was partially purified using metallo-affinity and ion-exchange chromatography. The expressed protein localized in the cell nucleus and was shown to be functionally active in the electrophoretic mobility shift assay and specifically interacted with anti-CTCF antibodies.
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- E S Kotova
- Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997, Russia.
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Smirnov NA, Didych DA, Akopov SB, Nikolaev LG, Sverdlov ED. Assay of insulator enhancer-blocking activity with the use of transient transfection. Biochemistry (Mosc) 2013; 78:895-903. [PMID: 24228877 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297913080051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We used a transient transfection of cultured cells with linearized plasmids to analyze the enhancer-blocking activity of potential insulators including the standard cHS4 chicken beta-globin insulator and several DNA fragments selected from the human genome sequence. About 60-80% of the potential insulators do reveal the enhancer-blocking activity when probed by the transient transfection assay. The activity of different sequences is characterized by certain tissue specificity and by dependence on the orientation of the fragments relative to the promoter. Thus, the transfection model may be used for quantitative analysis of the enhancer-blocking activity of the potential insulators.
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- N A Smirnov
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997, Russia.
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Mikhaĭlov VS, Potapov VK, Amirkhanov RN, Amirkhanov NV, Bulanenkova SS, Akopov SB, Zarytova VF, Nikolaev LG, Sverdlov ED. [Affinity capture of specific DNA fragments with the use of short synthetic sequences]. Bioorg Khim 2013; 39:81-6. [PMID: 23844509 DOI: 10.1134/s106816201301007x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The ability of short peptide nucleic acid (PNA) oligomers and oligonucleotides containing modified residues of 5-methylcitidine, 2-aminoadenosine and 5-propynyl-2'-deoxyuridine (strong binding oligonucleotides, SBO) to affinity capture the target double-stranded DNA fragment from mixture by means of the end invasion was compared. Both types of probes were highly effective at the conditions used. The SBO-based probes may represent a handy and easily prepared alternative to PNA for selection of target DNA fragments from mixtures.
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Didych DA, Shamsutdinov MF, Smirnov NA, Akopov SB, Monastyrskaya GS, Uspenskaya NY, Nikolaev LG, Sverdlov ED. Human PSENEN and U2AF1L4 genes are concertedly regulated by a genuine bidirectional promoter. Gene 2012; 515:34-41. [PMID: 23246698 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.11.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2012] [Revised: 10/31/2012] [Accepted: 11/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Head-to-head genes with a short distance between their transcription start sites may constitute up to 10% of all genes in the genomes of various species. It was hypothesized that this intergenic space may represent bidirectional promoters which are able to initiate transcription of both genes, but the true bidirectionality was proved only for a few of them. We present experimental evidence that, according to several criteria, a 269 bp region located between the PSENEN and U2AF1L4 human genes is a genuine bidirectional promoter regulating a concerted divergent transcription of these genes. Concerted transcription of PSENEN and U2AF1L4 can be necessary for regulation of T-cell activity.
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- D A Didych
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117997, Moscow, Russia
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Didych DA, Smirnov NA, Kotova ES, Akopov SB, Nikolaev LG, Sverdlov ED. Functional dissection of an enhancer-like element located within the second intron of the human U2AF1L4 gene. Biochemistry (Mosc) 2011; 76:951-7. [PMID: 22022969 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297911080116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A detailed functional and evolutionary analysis of an enhancer element of the human genome (enhancer 12) located in the second intron of the U2AF1L4 gene, which we identified earlier, is presented. Overlapping fragments of the studied genome region were analyzed for enhancer activity, and the site responsible for the activity of this element was identified using transient transfections of HeLa cells. Comparison of the enhancer 12 sequence with orthologous sequences from seven primate species revealed the existence of evolutionarily conserved sequences within this element. One of the identified conservative regions is likely responsible for the enhancer activity and is able to specifically interact in vitro with proteins of HeLa cell nuclear extract. The ability of orthologous primate sequences to compete with enhancer 12 for binding with HeLa cell nuclear extract proteins and to enhance the activity of the reporter gene in transient transfection of HeLa cells is demonstrated.
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- D A Didych
- Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997, Russia
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Nikolaev LG, Akopov SB, Didych DA, Sverdlov ED. Vertebrate Protein CTCF and its Multiple Roles in a Large-Scale Regulation of Genome Activity. Curr Genomics 2011; 10:294-302. [PMID: 20119526 PMCID: PMC2729993 DOI: 10.2174/138920209788921038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2009] [Revised: 06/15/2009] [Accepted: 06/18/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The CTCF transcription factor is an 11 zinc fingers multifunctional protein that uses different zinc finger combinations to recognize and bind different sites within DNA. CTCF is thought to participate in various gene regulatory networks including transcription activation and repression, formation of independently functioning chromatin domains and regulation of imprinting. Sequencing of human and other genomes opened up a possibility to ascertain the genomic distribution of CTCF binding sites and to identify CTCF-dependent cis-regulatory elements, including insulators. In the review, we summarized recent data on genomic distribution of CTCF binding sites in the human and other genomes within a framework of the loop domain hypothesis of large-scale regulation of the genome activity. We also tried to formulate possible lines of studies on a variety of CTCF functions which probably depend on its ability to specifically bind DNA, interact with other proteins and form di- and multimers. These three fundamental properties allow CTCF to serve as a transcription factor, an insulator and a constitutive dispersed genome-wide demarcation tool able to recruit various factors that emerge in response to diverse external and internal signals, and thus to exert its signal-specific function(s).
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- L G Nikolaev
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 16/10 Miklukho-Maklaya, 117997, Moscow, Russia
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Didych DA, Akopov SB, Snezhkov EV, Skaptsova NV, Nikolaev LG, Sverdlov ED. Identification and mapping of ten new potential insulators in the FXYD5-COX7A1 region of human chromosome 19q13.12. Biochemistry (Mosc) 2009; 74:728-33. [PMID: 19747092 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297909070049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A positive-negative selection system revealed 10 potential insulators able to block enhancer interaction with promoter in the 10(6) bp human chromosome 19 region between genes FXYD5 and COX7A1. Relative positions of insulators and genes are in accord with the hypothesis that insulators subdivide genomic DNA into independently regulated loop domains.
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- D A Didych
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997, Russia
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Akopov SB, Chernov IP, Wahlström T, Kostina MB, Klein G, Henriksson M, Nikolaev LG. Identification of recognition sites for myc/max/mxd network proteins by a whole human chromosome 19 selection strategy. Biochemistry (Mosc) 2009; 73:1260-8. [PMID: 19120031 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297908110138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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In this study, we have identified 20 human sequences containing Myc network binding sites in a library from the whole human chromosome 19. We demonstrated binding of the Max protein to these sequences both in vitro and in vivo. The majority of the identified sequences contained one or several CACGTG or CATGTG E-boxes. Several of these sites were located within introns or in their vicinity and the corresponding genes were found to be up- or down-regulated in differentiating HL-60 cells. Our data show the proof of principle for using this strategy in identification of Max target genes, and this method can also be applied for other transcription factors.
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- S B Akopov
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997, Russia
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Akopov SB, Chernov IP, Vetchinova AS, Bulanenkova SS, Nikolaev LG. Identification and mapping of cis-regulatory elements within long genomic sequences. Mol Biol 2007. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026893307050056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Akopov SB, Chernov IP, Vetchinova AS, Bulanenkova SS, Nikolaev LG. [Identification and mapping of cis-regulatory elements within long genomic sequences]. Mol Biol (Mosk) 2007; 41:787-792. [PMID: 18240562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The publication of the human and other metazoan genome sequences opened up the possibility for mapping and analysis of genomic regulatory elements. Unfortunately, experimental data on genomic positions of such sequences as enhancers, silencers, insulators, transcription terminators, and replication origins are very limited, especially at the whole genome level. As most genomic regulatory elements (e.g., enhancers) are generally gene-, tissue-, or cell-specific, the prediction of these elements in silico is often ambiguous. Therefore, the development of high-throughput experimental approaches for identification and mapping of genomic functional elements is highly desirable. In this review we discuss novel approaches to high-throughput experimental identification of mammalian genomes cis-regulatory elements which is a necessary step toward the complete genome annotation.
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Akopov SB, Chernov IP, Bulanenkova SS, Skvortsova YV, Vetchinova AS, Nikolaev LG. Methods for identification of epigenetic elements in mammalian long multigenic genome sequences. Biochemistry Moscow 2007; 72:589-94. [PMID: 17630903 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297907060016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Epigenetic elements of the genome, i.e. elements that determine stably inherited changes in gene expression without changes in the genomic DNA sequence, are essential tools of genetic regulation in higher eukaryotes. The complete sequencing of the human and other genomes allowed studies to be started on positioning of these elements within long multigenic regions of the genome, which is a prerequisite for a comprehensive functional annotation of genomes. This mini-review considers some recent experimental approaches to the high-throughput identification and mapping of epigenetic elements of mammalian genomes, including the mapping of methylated CpG sites, open and closed chromatin regions, and DNase I hypersensitivity sites.
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- S B Akopov
- Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117997, Russia
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Chalaya TV, Akopov SB, Nikolaev LG, Sverdlov ED. Tissue specificity of methylation of cytosines in regulatory regions of four genes located in the locus FXYD5-COX7A1 of human chromosome 19: correlation with their expression level. Biochemistry (Mosc) 2006; 71:294-9. [PMID: 16545066 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297906030096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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In this study, we compared degree of methylation of selected CpG sites in CCGG sequences located in promoter regions of four human genes with expression level of these genes in several human cell lines and tissues. These genes were subdivided into two groups according to the dependence of their expression on CpG methylation in the 5 -regions. The first group, characterized by clear correlation of methylation with the transcription level, includes housekeeping gene COX6B (the absence of methylation unambiguously correlates with expression) and urothelium-specific uroplakin gene (the methylation coincides with absence of expression). The second group includes genes that are expressed in many, but not all tissues and cells. For these genes (LEAP-1 and ATP4A), there was no correlation between methylation and expression. It is possible that methylation provides some basal level of gene repression, which is overcome by binding of tissue-specific transcription factors, whereas lack of methylation gives the opportunity for gene expression in various cells and tissues.
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- T V Chalaya
- Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
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Sass AV, Ruda VM, Akopov SB, Snezhkov EV, Nikolaev LG, Sverdlov ED. [Regulatory potential of S/MAR elements in transient expression]. Bioorg Khim 2005; 31:77-81. [PMID: 15787217 DOI: 10.1007/s11171-005-0009-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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S/MARs (scaffold/matrix attachment regions) are the DNA regions that are involved in the interaction with the nuclear matrix and are identified by in vitro methods. According to the available information, S/MARs possess an insulating activity, i.e., the ability to block the interaction between the enhancer and promoter in vivo, and are, probably, intact insulators or their fragments. Nevertheless, there is still no direct proof for this correspondence. To obtain additional information on the insulator activity of S/MARs, we selected five DNA fragments of different lengths and affinities for the nuclear matrix from the previously constructed library of S/MARs and tested their ability to serve as insulators. Two of five elements exhibited an insulator (enhancer-blocking) activity upon the transient transfection of CHO cells. None of the S/MARs displayed either promoter or enhancer/silencer activities in these cells.
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Ruda VM, Akopov SB, Trubetskoy DO, Manuylov NL, Vetchinova AS, Zavalova LL, Nikolaev LG, Sverdlov ED. Tissue specificity of enhancer and promoter activities of a HERV-K(HML-2) LTR. Virus Res 2004; 104:11-6. [PMID: 15177887 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2004.02.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2003] [Revised: 02/18/2004] [Accepted: 02/18/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Transient expression of a luciferase reporter gene was used to evaluate tissue-specific promoter and enhancer activities of a solitary extraviral long terminal repeat (LTR) of the human endogenous retrovirus K (HERV-K) in several human and CHO cell lines. The promoter activity of the LTR varied from virtually not detectable (GS and Jurkat cells) to as high as that of the SV40 early promoter (Tera-1 human testicular embryonal carcinoma cells). The negative regulatory element (NRE) of the LTR retained its activity in all cell lines where the LTR could act as a promoter, and was also capable of binding host cell nuclear proteins. The enhancer activity of the LTR towards the SV40 early promoter was detected only in Tera-1 cells and was not observed in a closely related human testicular embryonal carcinoma cell line of different origin, NT2/D1. A comparison of proteins bound to central part of the LTR in nuclear extracts from Tera-1 and NT2/D1 by electrophoretic mobility shift assay revealed striking differences that could be determined by different LTR enhancer activities in these cells. Tissue specificity of the SV40 early promoter activity was also revealed.
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- V M Ruda
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117871 Moscow, Russia
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Zavalova LL, Baskova IP, Barsova EV, Snezhkov EV, Akopov SB, Lopatin SA. Recombinant Destabilase-Lysozyme: Synthesis de novo in E. coli and Action Mechanism of the Enzyme Expressed in Spodoptera frugiperda. Biochemistry (Moscow) 2004; 69:776-81. [PMID: 15310278 DOI: 10.1023/b:biry.0000040203.37624.ef] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Destabilase-lysozyme (DL) from salivary gland secretion of the medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis) is as a member of the invertebrate lysozyme family, which sharply differs from other lysozyme families. In this study, DL lysozyme function was confirmed during expression of a gene encoding DL in Escherichia coli. Several constructs of the expression vectors pKK OmpA and pET-3A with or without bacterial, leech, or yeast signal peptides (SP) were used. The use of a construct without signal peptide genes resulted in normal growth of the transformed cells. Transformation of E. coli cells with the constructs containing SP was accompanied by the disruption of the forming cells. The use of the expression vector pET-32 LTC-System for production of DL as a fusion protein with thioredoxin also resulted in normal cell growth. However, specific activity of DL isolated from such cells was significantly lower than that of enzyme purified from extracts of Spodoptera frugiperda cells, which were infected with the baculovirus vector carrying DL cDNA. It is shown that the action mechanism of invertebrate lysozyme does not differ from that of other families: recombinant DL from S. frugiperda extracts catalyzed cleavage of synthetic substrate, hexamer of N-acetylglucosamine, to di- and tetramers, which is typical for enzymatic function of other lysozyme families.
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- L L Zavalova
- Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119997, Russia.
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Modern concepts on the chromatin loop-domain organization and the role of the DNA regions specifically binding the nuclear matrix (nuclear scaffold, or S/MARs) in its formation, maintenance, and regulation are discussed. Some S/MAR structural features, properties of binding the nuclear matrix, and probable mechanisms of their involvement in regulation of gene activity are considered. The English version of the paper: Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry, 2004, vol. 30, no. 1; see also http://www.maik.ru.
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- I P Chernov
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, GSP Moscow, 117997 Russia
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Trubetskoy DO, Zavalova LL, Akopov SB, Nikolaev LG. Purification of proteins specifically binding human endogenous retrovirus K long terminal repeat by affinity elution chromatography. J Chromatogr A 2002; 976:95-101. [PMID: 12462600 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(02)01236-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A novel affinity elution procedure for purification of DNA-binding proteins was developed and employed to purify to near homogeneity the proteins recognizing a 21 base pair sequence within the long terminal repeat of human endogenous retroviruses K. The approach involves loading the initial protein mixture on a heparin-agarose column and elution of protein(s) of interest with a solution of double-stranded oligonucleotide containing binding sites of the protein(s). The affinity elution has several advantages over conventional DNA-affinity chromatography: (i) it is easier and faster, permitting to isolate proteins in a 1 day-one stage procedure; (ii) yield of a target protein is severalfold higher than that in DNA-affinity chromatography; (iii) it is not necessary to prepare a special affinity support for each factor to be isolated. Theaffinity elution could be a useful alternative to conventional DNA-affinity chromatography.
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- D O Trubetskoy
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Milklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997 Moscow, Russia.
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Domanskiĭ AN, Akopov SB, Lebedev IB, Nikolaev LG, Sverdlov ED. [Enhancer activity of solitary long terminal repeat of the human endogenous retrovirus of the HERV-K family]. Bioorg Khim 2002; 28:341-5. [PMID: 12197391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
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The transient expression of the luciferase reporter gene helped us to detect a tissue-specific enhancer activity of the solitary extraviral long terminal repeat (LTR) of the human endogenous retrovirus K (HERV-K). The LTR was previously mapped to the 19q13.2 locus. It contains a number of potential regulatory elements including TATA box, binding sites for some nuclear factors, and a polyadenylation signal. However, an analysis of the genomic sequences close to the LTR did not reveal any known genes or the expressing marker sequences (EST), whose functioning could be regulated by this LTR. The enhancer activity can be preserved in the solitary LTR due to its involvement in a long-range control of genome functioning or by the absence of functional disruptive mutations within the human-specific LTR, because it is of a relatively young evolutionary age. The English version of the paper: Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry, 2002, vol. 28, no. 4; see also http://www.maik.ru.
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- A N Domanskiĭ
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, GSP Moscow, 117997 Russia
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Chernov IP, Akopov SB, Nikolaev LG, Sverdlov ED. Identification and mapping of nuclear matrix-attachment regions in a one megabase locus of human chromosome 19q13.12: long-range correlation of S/MARs and gene positions. J Cell Biochem 2002; 84:590-600. [PMID: 11813264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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The first draft human genome sequence now available allowed the identification of an enormous number of gene coding areas of the genomic DNA. However, a great number of regulatory elements such as enhancers, promoters, transcription terminators, or replication origins can not be identified unequivocally by their nucleotide sequences in complex eukaryotic genomes. One important subclass of these type of sequences is scaffold/matrix attachment regions (S/MARs) that were hypothesized to anchor chromatin loops or domains to the nuclear matrix and/or chromosome scaffold. We developed an experimental selection procedure to identify S/MARs within a completely sequenced one megabase (1 Mb) long gene-rich D19S208-COX7A1 locus of human chromosome 19. A library of S/MAR elements from the locus was prepared and shown to contain -20 independent S/MARs. Sixteen of them were isolated, sequenced, and assigned to certain positions within the locus. A majority of the S/MARs identified (11 out of 16) lie in intergenic regions, suggesting their structural role, i.e., delimitation of chromatin domains. These 11 S/MARs subdivide the locus into 10 domains ranging from 6 to 272 kb with an average domain size of 88 kb. The remaining five S/MARs were found within intronic sequences of APLP1, HSPOX1, MAG, and NPHS1 genes, and can be tentatively characterized as regulatory S/MARs. The correspondence of the chromatin domains defined by the S/MARs to functional characteristics of the genes therein is discussed. The approach described can be a prototype of a similar search of long sequenced genomic stretches and/or whole chromosomes for various regulatory elements.
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- Igor P Chernov
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow 117871, Russia.
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Vinogradova TV, Leppik LP, Nikolaev LG, Akopov SB, Kleiman AM, Senyuta NB, Sverdlov ED. Solitary human endogenous retroviruses-K LTRs retain transcriptional activity in vivo, the mode of which is different in different cell types. Virology 2001; 290:83-90. [PMID: 11883008 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2001.1134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Solitary long terminal repeats (LTRs) of human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs), tens of thousands of which are spread all over the genome, contain a variety of potential transcription regulatory elements. Information on transcriptional behavior of individual solitary LTRs, however, is limited. We studied the transcriptional activity of several individual HERV-K LTRs in a variety of tissues and cell lines. The RT-PCR technique targeted at specific amplification of the U3 or U5 regions of individual LTRs together with their unique genomic flanks was used to estimate the content of each region in the transcripts. An unequal abundance of the U3 and U5 regions of the transcripts of the same LTR in different cells and tumors was observed. Each LTR is transcribed differently in different cells or tissues, and transcriptional behavior of different LTRs was different in the same cell line or tissue. The transcriptional status of LTRs varies in response to mitogenic and stress factors and in tumor tissues compared to normal counterparts. The LTRs thus seem to be the subjects of specific transcription regulation. The data obtained indicate that an appreciable fraction of the LTRs retained regulatory potential throughout millions of years of evolution and thus may contribute to the overall transcription regulatory network.
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- T V Vinogradova
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow 117871, Russia.
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Zavalova LL, Baskova IP, Lukyanov SA, Sass AV, Snezhkov EV, Akopov SB, Artamonova II, Archipova VS, Nesmeyanov VA, Kozlov DG, Benevolensky SV, Kiseleva VI, Poverenny AM, Sverdlov ED. Destabilase from the medicinal leech is a representative of a novel family of lysozymes. Biochim Biophys Acta 2000; 1478:69-77. [PMID: 10719176 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4838(00)00006-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Intrinsic lysozyme-like activity was demonstrated for destabilase from the medicinal leech supported by (1) high specific lysozyme activity of the highly purified destabilase, (2) specific inhibition of the lysozyme-like activity by anti-destabilase antibodies, and (3) appreciable lysozyme-like activity in insect cells infected with recombinant baculoviruses carrying cDNAs encoding different isoforms of destabilase. Several isoforms of destabilase constitute a protein family at least two members of which are characterized by lysozyme activity. The corresponding gene family implies an ancient evolutionary history of the genes although the function(s) of various lysozymes in the leech remains unclear. Differences in primary structures of the destabilase family members and members of known lysozyme families allow one to assign the former to a new family of lysozymes. New proteins homologous to destabilase were recently described for Caenorhabditis elegans and bivalve mollusks suggesting that the new lysozyme family can be widely distributed among invertebrates. It remains to be investigated whether the two enzymatic activities (isopeptidase and lysozyme-like) are attributes of one and the same protein.
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- L L Zavalova
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117871, Moscow, Russia.
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Chernov IP, Poliakov AS, Akopov SB, Nikolaev LG, Azhikina TL, Kostina MB, Sverdlov ED. [Identification and mapping on human chromosome 19 of chromosome-specific repeated element preferentially binding with nuclear matrix]. Bioorg Khim 1999; 25:275-81. [PMID: 10422594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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From a library of sequences binding preferentially to nuclear matrix (matrix attachment regions, MARs), a fragment of about 300 bp in length (CEA (carcinoembryonic antigen)-MAR) was isolated and characterized. The CEA-MAR sequence was found in more than ten loci of chromosome 19 containing elements similar to genes of the CEA family. No sequences of this group were found on other human chromosomes. Two CEA-MAR-containing loci were sequenced, and sequences for another seven loci were found in GenBank. A comparative analysis of CEA-MARs and the flanking sequences is reported. Based on the sequence of the CEA-containing chromosome 19 loci, a hypothetical model of the domain structure of a 2-Mb chromosome region was constructed and the mutual arrangement of CEA-MARs and genes of CEA family was elucidated. The CEA-MARs were located 5-20 kb downstream of the CEA genes. These results suggest that the duplication unit of the CEA family may coincide with chromatin domains containing these genes.
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- I P Chernov
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Bazarnova TM, Buldyaeva TV, Filatova LS, Akopov SB, Zbarsky IB. Phosphorylation and biosynthesis of high molecular weight proteins of tumor nuclear matrix. Cell Res 1998; 8:195-207. [PMID: 9791733 DOI: 10.1038/cr.1998.20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Our previous studies showed a predominance of high molecular weight protein group in tumor nuclear matrices. Contrary to normal cells, proteins of this group are preferentially phosphorylated. Phosphoproteins of hepatoma nuclear matrix are selectively subjected to rapid proteolysis. By alkali treatment and a monoclonal antibody against phosphotyrosyl residue the presence of two high molecular weight bands of phosphotyrosyl-containing proteins was detected in nuclear matrices of tumor but not of normal liver cells. High molecular weight protein group of tumor nuclear matrices revealed also a rapid turnover and preferential incorporation of labeled amino acids selectively inhibited by chloramphenicol.
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- T M Bazarnova
- NK Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Nikalaev LG, Akopov SB, Chernov IP, Glotov BO, Ashworth LK, Sverdlov ED. [Position of 19 regions of DNA binding to nuclear matrix (MAR) on human chromosome 19]. Dokl Akad Nauk 1998; 361:409-11. [PMID: 9785014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Akopov SB, Nikolaev LG, Khil PP, Lebedev YB, Sverdlov ED. Long terminal repeats of human endogenous retrovirus K family (HERV-K) specifically bind host cell nuclear proteins. FEBS Lett 1998; 421:229-33. [PMID: 9468312 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(97)01569-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Solitary long terminal repeats (LTRs) of the human endogenous retroviruses, scattered in several thousand copies throughout the human genome, are potentially capable of affecting the expression of closely located genes. To assess their regulatory potential, the LTR sequences of one of the most abundant HERV families (HERV-K) were screened for the presence of binding sites for the host cell nuclear factors using mobility shift and UV-crosslinking assays. It was shown that the LTR sequences of two subfamilies harbor a specific binding site for a complex consisting of at least three proteins, ERF1, ERF2 and ERF3 of 98, 91 and 88 kDa apparent molecular mass, respectively. This binding site is located in the 5' region of the LTR U3 element. The preservation of the specific protein binding site in different HERV-K LTR sequences suggests their possible role in regulation of nearby located genes.
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- S B Akopov
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
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Akopov SB, Nikolaev LG, Ruzov AS, Sverdlov ED. [14 sequences from Chinese hamster genome preferentially binding to the nuclear matrix]. Bioorg Khim 1997; 23:727-31. [PMID: 9441595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Fifteen sequences belonging to the Chinese hamster genome were isolated from a library of sequences preferentially binding to the nuclear matrix (matrix attachment regions, MAR), sequenced, and characterized. Fourteen of the 15 sequences (> 90%) bound to the nuclear matrix with affinities 2.5-60 times higher than those of control DNA fragments containing no MARs. One clone displayed a considerable homology to the ORF1 region of the mouse LINE repeat. Such MARs within LINE repeats may considerably alter the activities of some genes and the transcription status of chromatin domains upon the LINE repeat propagation in the genome over the course of evolution.
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Nikolaev LG, Tsevegiyn T, Akopov SB, Ashworth LK, Sverdlov ED. Construction of a chromosome specific library of human MARs and mapping of matrix attachment regions on human chromosome 19. Nucleic Acids Res 1996; 24:1330-6. [PMID: 8614638 PMCID: PMC145782 DOI: 10.1093/nar/24.7.1330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Using a novel procedure a representative human chromosome 19-specific library was constructed of short sequences, which bind preferentially to the nuclear matrix (matrix attachment regions, or MARs). Judging by 20 clones sequenced so far, the library contains > 50% of human inserts, about 90% of which are matrix-binding by the in vitro test. Computer analysis of sequences of eight human MARs did not reveal any significant homologies with the EMBL Nucleotide Data Base entries as well as between MARs themselves. Eight MARs were assigned to individual positions on the chromosome 19 physical map. The library constructed can serve as a good source of MAR sequences for comparative analysis and classification and for further chromosome mapping of MARs as well.
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- L G Nikolaev
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Nikolaev LG, Tsogtkhishig T, Akopov SB, Sverdlov ED. [Mapping the sequences, preferentially bound with the nuclear matrix, on human chromosome 19]. Bioorg Khim 1995; 21:954-8. [PMID: 8602892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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A plasmid library (400 clones) of the human chromosome 19 sequences selectively binding to nuclear matrix was obtained and characterized. Approximately 50% clones contained DNA sequences specific for human chromosome 19. Over 90% of these sequences represented matrix attachment regions (MARs). Eight MARs were localized to the chromosome 19 physical map.
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Palćhun BT, Kriukov AI, Zbarskiĭ IB, Bazarnova TM, Akopov SB, Buldiaeva TV, Fedorova OV. [Characteristics of protein metabolism in labyrinthine tissue]. Vestn Otorinolaringol 1992:50-5. [PMID: 1307667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The synthesis of total protein in organic culture of the internal ear was studied in 16-day embryo of CBA mice exposed to altering factors. The experiments showed feasibility of partial recovery for impaired metabolic processes in the labyrinth following phonophoretic introduction of mitochondrial coenzymes and inhibitors of lysosomal activity. Formation of systemic structural trace by modelling of acoustic stress and verification of protein stress agents was tested making it possible to identify an important component in dysadaption mechanism in mature CBA mice labyrinth.
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Ul'masov KA, Akopov SB, Khudaĭberdyev MD. [Induction of protein synthesis in mammalian lymphocytes during hyperthermia]. Biokhimiia 1990; 55:801-7. [PMID: 2393671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Induction of heat shock proteins (HSP's) synthesis in human lymphocytes in vitro was studied using 1D- and 2D-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. High resolution of the O'Farrell's procedure revealed the existence of several isoforms of HSP70. The same major HSP's (70 kDa and 88 kDa) were found in rabbit lymphocytes in vivo under whole body hyperthermia. Freshly isolated lymphocytes seem to offer a new approach to the investigation of HSP synthesis induction in mammals under whole body hyperthermia.
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Kuz'mina SN, Akopov SB, Bul'diaeva TV, Zbarskiĭ IB. [Effect of actinomycin D, cycloheximide, puromycin and mitomycin C on the biosynthesis of heat shock proteins in the nuclear matrix of Chinese hamster fibroblasts]. Vopr Med Khim 1987; 33:79-82. [PMID: 3128010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The thermal shock proteins with molecular mass of 86 kD and pI 5.5 as well as of 70 kD and pI 5.2-5.4 were isolated by means of two-dimensional electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gel from nuclear matrix of chinese hamster fibroblasts after heating of the animals. Incorporation of 35S-methionine into the thermal shock proteins was completely inhibited by actinomycin D (2 micrograms/ml), if the antibiotic was added into the cell incubation medium before heating, while the incorporation of methionine was decreased only slightly when the antibiotic was added after heating of the cells. Thus, biosynthesis of mRNA of the thermal shock proteins of 86 and 70 kD in nuclear matrix was induced by means of an increase in temperature during the incubation of the cells. Biosynthesis of the thermal shock proteins in nuclear matrix was distinctly inhibited by cycloheximide (1 microgram/ml) and was not practically inhibited by puromycin (60 micrograms/ml).
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Akopov SB, Bul'diaeva TV, Kuz'mina SN, Zbarskiĭ IB. [Effect of hyperthermia on the polypeptide composition of the nuclear matrix of the rat liver]. Biokhimiia 1985; 50:1127-31. [PMID: 4041492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The increase in rat body temperature by 2-3 degrees as a result of overheating (45 degrees C, 22% humidity) over 90 and 120 min is accompanied by changes in the rate of labeled precursors incorporation into rat liver protein fractions. The incorporation of labeled amino acids into liver nuclear matrix proteins within the first 90 min of overheating is somewhat decreased, whereas 120 min thereafter it exceeds by 30% the corresponding values in control animals kept at room temperature. The polypeptide pattern of the nuclear matrix in hyperthermia is characterized by an increased relative content of polypeptide components around Mr 100, 55, 40 and 30 kDa against a decreased level of several polypeptides as compared to the control.
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Kuzmina SN, Buldyaeva TV, Akopov SB, Zbarsky IB. Protein patterns of the nuclear matrix in differently proliferating and malignant cells. Mol Cell Biochem 1984; 58:183-6. [PMID: 6708939 DOI: 10.1007/bf00240618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the nuclear matrix proteins showed a predominance of high molecular weight and low molecular weight polypeptides in the nuclear matrices of hepatomas and cultured Chinese hamster fibroblasts as compared to quiescent and regenerating rat liver. These features were more prominent in solid hepatoma 27 than in Zajdela ascites hepatoma or in cultured cells. In proliferating cells (tumors, regenerating liver, log phase cell culture) a polypeptide band of 150 kD and lamin B were conspicuous at the expense of lamins A and C.
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