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Ets proteins have a conserved DNA-binding domain and regulate transcriptional initiation from a variety of cellular and viral gene promoter and enhancer elements. Some members of the Ets family, Ets-1 and Ets-2, cooperate in transcription with the AP-1 transcription factor, the product of the proto-oncogene families, fos and jun, while others, Elk-1 and SAP-1, form ternary complexes with the serum response factor (SRF). Certain ets gene family members possess transforming activity while others are activated by proviral integration in erythroleukaemias.
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Proteínas Oncogênicas de Retroviridae/genética , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Sítios de Ligação , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/genética , Elementos Facilitadores Genéticos , Regulação Viral da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Proteínas Tirosina Quinases/genética , Proto-Oncogene Mas , Sequências Reguladoras de Ácido Nucleico/genética , Homologia de Sequência do Ácido Nucleico , Ativação Transcricional/genéticaRESUMO
We have investigated the structure of chicken genomic DNA homologous to v-ets, the second cell-derived oncogene of avian retrovirus E26. We isolated a c-ets locus spanning ca. 30.0 kilobase pairs (kbp) in the chicken genome with homologies to 1,202 nucleotides (nt) of v-ets (total length, 1,508 nt) distributed in six clusters along 18.0 kbp of the cloned DNA. The 5'-distal part of v-ets (224 nt) was homologous to chicken cellular sequences contained upstream within a single 16.0-kbp EcoRI fragment as two typical exons but not found transcribed into the major 7.5-kb c-ets (or 4.0-kb c-myb) RNA species. Between these two v-ets-related cellular sequences we found ca 40.0 kbp of v-ets-unrelated DNA. Finally, the most 3' region of homology to v-ets in the cloned DNA was shown to consist of a truncated exon lacking the nucleotides coding for the 16 carboxy-terminal amino acids of the viral protein but colinear to one of the two human c-ets loci, c-ets-2.
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Vírus da Leucose Aviária/genética , Galinhas/genética , Oncogenes , Proto-Oncogenes , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Mapeamento Cromossômico , Clonagem Molecular , Enzimas de Restrição do DNA , RNA Mensageiro/genética , Homologia de Sequência do Ácido NucleicoRESUMO
The proto-oncogene c-ets-1, one of the two cellular sequences transduced by the avian retrovirus E26, encodes for two transcription factors that activate through a purine-rich motif. The v-ets oncogene differs from its cellular progenitor p68c-ets-1 (i) by its fusion to gag- and myb-derived sequences in the E26 P135gag-myb-ets fusion protein, (ii) by two point mutations, and (iii) by the replacement of the 13 C-terminal amino acids present in c-ets-1 by 16 unrelated residues in v-ets. A 35 kDa protein which binds to the purine-rich PEA3 motif in a sequence-specific manner has been obtained by expression in Escherichia coli of the 311 carboxy-terminal amino acids of c-ets-1. Using various v-/c-ets-1 chimeric 35 kDa proteins expressed in bacteria, we have shown that all the mutations found in v-ets, when introduced into this c-ets-1 protein, diminish or even abolish its sequence-specific DNA binding. These results demonstrate that, in addition to the previously defined 85 amino acids located near the carboxy terminus of the c-ets-1 protein (the ETS domain), other sequences are required for sequence-specific DNA binding. In addition, the c-ets-1 35 kDa polypeptide carrying the two point mutations and the viral-specific carboxy terminus, and thus similar to the v-ets-encoded domain of the E26 P135gag-myb-ets, does not bind to the PEA3 motif.
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DNA Viral/metabolismo , Mutação/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/metabolismo , Fatores de Transcrição/genética , Fatores de Transcrição/metabolismo , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Southern Blotting , Western Blotting , Genes Virais , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Peso Molecular , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/química , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-ets , Fatores de Transcrição/químicaRESUMO
The chicken c-ets-1 proto-oncogene encodes two transcription factors, p54c-ets-1 and p68c-ets-1, which contain the same DNA-binding domain but differ in their transactivating activities. We have investigated the spatial and temporal distribution of the transcripts encoding p54c-ets-1 and p68c-ets-1 throughout the development of the chick embryo. We report that p68c-ets-1 as well as p54c-ets-1 is expressed in a wide variety of cells of mesodermal origin, including endothelial cells and mesenchymal cells interacting with epithelium. However, whereas p54c-ets-1 transcripts are detected in most cells, p68c-ets-1 transcripts are restricted to a subset of these cells, randomly distributed. In contrast, p54c-ets-1 is expressed in the absence of p68c-ets-1 in T and B lymphocytes. We show that, during erythropoiesis, both p68c-ets-1 and p54c-ets-1 are expressed in immature erythroid cells in extraembryonic blood islands. The pattern of expression of p54c-ets-1 and p68c-ets-1 during embryonic development suggests the involvement of these transcription factors in the regulation of morphogenetic processes. In addition, we provide the first clue that p68c-ets-1, the cellular progenitor of the v-ets oncogene, is expressed in erythroid cells. This result is very important with respect to the properties of the v-ets oncogene, which confers on the retrovirus E26 the ability to transform erythroid cells.
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Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/genética , Proto-Oncogenes , Fatores de Transcrição , Processamento Alternativo , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Embrião de Galinha , Endotélio/metabolismo , Plumas/citologia , Expressão Gênica , Hematopoese , Hibridização In Situ , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Morfogênese , Oligodesoxirribonucleotídeos/química , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/imunologia , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-ets , RNA Mensageiro/genéticaRESUMO
The chicken c-ets-1 locus gives rise to two distinct transcription factors differing only in their structurally and functionally unrelated N-termini. One of these transcription factors, p54c-ets-1, contains a specific, short (27 amino acids), hydrophilic N-terminus encoded by a single exon, I54, that is widely conserved among vertebrates. The other one, p68c-ets-1, the cellular counterpart of the viral ets oncogene product, differs in the replacement of the I54 by two exons, termed alpha and beta, encoding a larger (71 amino acids), hydrophobic N-terminus which, in contrast to I54, exhibits properties of a transactivating domain. To date the alpha and beta exons have only been found in chicken. Here, we demonstrate the existence of the alpha and beta exons in other avian species (quail and duck) and the existence of the alpha exon in reptiles (turtle). However, none of them could be detected in mammals. Our results strongly suggest that, in contrast to the phylogenetically well-conserved I54 exon, the alpha exon is restricted to reptilian species (birds and 'true' reptiles), whereas the beta exon is detectable so far only in birds. Comparison of their amino acid sequences reveals that the alpha exon and to a much greater extent the beta exon have diverged faster than the I54 exon. In addition, we show that the N- and C-terminal thirds of the alpha exon and the highly hydrophobic nature of the alpha beta-encoded sequence are heavily conserved features and thus likely to be required for function as a transactivating domain in p68c-ets-1 and possibly in the viral P135gag-myb-ets transforming protein.
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Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/química , Fatores de Transcrição , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Galinhas , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/química , Éxons , Biblioteca Genômica , Humanos , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Filogenia , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-ets , Homologia de Sequência do Ácido Nucleico , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Transativadores/químicaRESUMO
The v-Myb, v-Ets containing E26 retrovirus (called in this work E26ABC) induces the proliferation of chicken neuroretina (CNR) cells in minimal medium, strongly stimulated by basic Fibroblast Growth Factor (bFGF) which confers on them the ability to form colonies in soft agar. V-Ets differs from its cellular counterpart c-Ets-1 by two point mutations and by the replacement of the 13 last C-terminal amino acids by 16 unrelated residues as a consequence of DNA segment inversion in the viral sequence. It has been documented that this different C-terminal sequence influences DNA binding activity and specificity. Replacement in E26ABC virus of the sequence encoding the 16 v-Ets last C-terminal amino acids by the sequence encoding the 13 c-Ets-1 derived C-terminus (virus E26ABO), results in the production of a P135gag-myb-ets with modified biological properties on CNR cells. E26ABO infected CNR cells proliferate in minimal medium more efficiently than E26ABC, are unresponsive to bFGF and able to grow in soft agar. In contrast, CNR cells infected by viruses encoding Myb and Ets proteins either in the E26ABO or in the E26ABC configuration are bFGF responsive. Since Myb alone is sufficient to induce bFGF responsiveness on CNR cells, these results suggest that the c-Ets-1 C-terminus interferes with the Myb activity of the E26ABO P135gag-myb-ets protein in CNR cells.
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Fator 2 de Crescimento de Fibroblastos/farmacologia , Mutação , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/genética , Células Ganglionares da Retina/patologia , Proteínas Oncogênicas de Retroviridae/genética , Fatores de Transcrição/genética , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Divisão Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Linhagem Celular Transformada , Galinhas , Sondas de DNA , Genes gag , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Oncogenes , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-ets , Transcrição GênicaRESUMO
The genome of the avian leukemia virus E26 is a unique example of association between two transcription factors which appear as a fused composite nuclear oncoprotein, P135gag-myb-ets. Previous studies with E26 have shown that v-myb and v-ets must cooperate to fully transform both erythrocytic and myelomonocytic precursor cells in vivo and in vitro. To analyse further the contribution of the individual domains involved in the transformation of various hematopoietic lineages, we have constructed several mutant viruses expressing a fusion protein with deletions in either v-myb or v-ets. We show here that integrity of the v-ets oncogene is necessary for transformation of the erythrocytic cells but that neither the DNA-binding domain nor the trans-activating domain of v-myb is required for this transformation. The DNA-binding domain of v-ets is necessary to transform myelomonocytic cells. Furthermore, we show that E26 onco-protein also transforms granulocytic cells. The v-ets DNA-binding domain is not necessary to transform them, whereas deleting the v-myb DNA-binding domain strongly reduces transformation of these cells. These data show that the v-myb and v-ets DNA-binding domains provide quite different contributions to the transformation of various hematopoietic lineages by E26.
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Vírus da Leucose Aviária/genética , Transformação Celular Neoplásica , Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas/patologia , Oncogenes , Proteínas Oncogênicas de Retroviridae/genética , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Células da Medula Óssea , Galinhas , Deleção de Genes , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Proteínas Oncogênicas v-mybRESUMO
The LAZ3/BCL6 gene encoding a Zinc-finger nuclear protein is altered in Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas (NHLs) by translocations, mutations and/or deletions clustered in its 5' non coding region, in a 3.3 Kbp EcoRI fragment which thus defines the Major Translocation Cluster (MTC). In the present study, we describe at the molecular level the deletions found in the MTC of two (NHL) cases using, (i) DNA obtained from a patient (GUI) with a monosomy 3 and three microdeletions of 101, 22, 25 bp in its unique untranslocated 3q27 allele; (ii) a cell line derived from a patient (VAL) carrying a t(3;4) (q27;p11) translocation and a 2.4 Kbp deletion in the untranslocated allele. As the MTC is recurrently subject to alterations, we have cloned and sequenced the murine equivalent of the human MTC and promoter region in an attempt to identify sequences well conserved in mammals that may be thus important for the LAZ3/BCL6 gene regulation. We show that the human and mouse 5' upstream regions of the LAZ3/BCL6 gene although mainly intronic share a particularly high homology of 79% on the overall sequence. Strikingly, the small sequences which are deleted in patient (GUI) are highly conserved (81%, 100% and 92% respectively). Furthermore, they may play a role in the pathogenesis since proteins prepared from B cell lines and HeLa nuclear extracts bind to these sequences in gel retardation assays. Although a large part of this region is intronic, the high conservation of its sequence and the frequency of alterations in NHLs suggest that they are likely to be significant for the regulation of the LAZ3/BCL6 gene.
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Cromossomos Humanos Par 3 , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/genética , Linfoma não Hodgkin/genética , Família Multigênica , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/genética , Fatores de Transcrição/genética , Translocação Genética , Dedos de Zinco , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Sequência Conservada , Deleção de Genes , Rearranjo Gênico , Células HeLa , Humanos , Camundongos , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-bcl-6 , Alinhamento de SequênciaRESUMO
The LAZ3/BCL6 gene was identified by its disruption in 3q27 translocations associated with diffuse large cell lymphomas. It is predicted to be a transcription factor as it contains six Krüppel-like Zinc finger motifs and a N-terminal BTB/POZ domain, a protein/protein interaction interface that is widely conserved in Metazoans. Using two antisera raised against non overlapping regions of the predicted ORF, we demonstrate that the LAZ3/BCL6 protein appears as a close ca. 79 kDa doublet in B lymphoid cell lines with either a rearranged or a non rearranged LAZ3/BCL6 locus. By immunofluorescence experiments on transiently transfected COS-1 or NIH3T3 cells, we show that the LAZ3/BCL6 protein displays a punctuated nuclear localisation. This appears to rely on LAZ3/BCL6 proper folding and/or activities as it is impaired in a hormone reversible-fashion through fusion of LAZ3/BCL6 to the ligand-binding domain of the oestrogen receptor. Moreover, deletion of its BTB/POZ domain leads to the disappearance of the nuclear dots although the protein remains nuclear. In addition, by using the yeast two-hybrid system, we show that the LAZ3/BCL6 BTB/POZ domain homomerises in vivo. Thus, the LAZ3/BCL6 BTB/POZ domain has the capability to self-interact and target the protein to discrete nuclear substructures.
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Núcleo Celular/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/fisiologia , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/fisiologia , Fatores de Transcrição/fisiologia , Dedos de Zinco , Células 3T3 , Animais , Humanos , Camundongos , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-bcl-6RESUMO
The chicken c-ets-1 locus encodes two transcription factors, p54c-ets-1 and p68c-ets-1 that differ in their N-termini, encoded respectively by the I54 and alpha beta exons. p68c-ets-1 equivalents are only found in birds and reptiles while p54c-ets-1 is widely conserved in vertebrates, from amphibians to mammals. Thus, the classical view concerning the evolution of the c-ets-1 gene has been to consider that I54 is of ancient origin whereas alpha and beta, which provide an additional activating domain in p68c-ets-1, would have been acquired much more recently. Sequencing the alpha and beta exons in various species pinpointed a highly conserved region of 13 amino acids which is rich in acidic and hydrophobic residues, a feature of some other transactivating domains. Strikingly, this subdomain is also present in the otherwise unrelated N-terminal activating region of p58c-ets-2 and was thus named BEC for Ets-1-beta/Ets-2-Conserved sequence. Moreover, the two N-termini share the BEC sequence at a homologous position in their highly similar genomic organization indicating a common origin. This structural homology underlies a functional similarity since fusion of the heterologous GAL4 DNA-binding domain with either of the two isolated domains demonstrates that BEC is essential in both cases for the transactivating activity. The function of the alpha beta domain in the context of p68c-ets-1 also strictly depends on the presence of the BEC sequence. Finally, the whole N-terminus of p58c-ets-2 can functionally substitute for its counterpart in p68c-ets-1 further demonstrating that p68c-ets-1 and p58c-ets-2 are structurally and functionally more closely related than previously thought. Besides, we also found BEC in the N-terminus of the Drosophila pointed gene which may be considered as closely related to the uncommitted 'ets1/2' common ancestor. These data demonstrate that the alpha and beta exons are not a recent and specific acquisition but stem, like the p58c-ets-2 N-terminus, from the invertebrate unduplicated 'ets 1/2' gene. This work unravels a new model for the ets-1/ets-2 gene's evolution, based for the first time on both structural and functional evidences. Accordingly, p68c-ets-1 and p58c-ets-2 are the direct descendants of the ancestral 'ets1/2' gene whereas I54 may have been acquired as a second promoter in the c-ets-1 gene after the duplication. Indeed, I54 is not found in the Drosophila pointed gene. The high degree of similarity, and hence of functional redundancy, between p68c-ets-1 and p58c-ets-2 may have led to the rapid divergence (and even loss in mammals) of alpha and beta during evolution whereas I54, which provided a novel function unique to c-ets-1, was maintained within the presently widespread p54c-ets-1 version.
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Evolução Biológica , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/genética , Proteínas Repressoras , Transativadores , Fatores de Transcrição/genética , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Células Cultivadas , Clonagem Molecular , Sequência Conservada , Primers do DNA , Humanos , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Conformação Proteica , Proteína Proto-Oncogênica c-ets-1 , Proteína Proto-Oncogênica c-ets-2 , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/química , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-ets , Homologia de Sequência de Aminoácidos , Fatores de Transcrição/química , Ativação TranscricionalRESUMO
BTB/POZ-domain C2H2 zinc(Zn)-finger proteins are encoded by a subfamily of genes related to the Drosophila gap gene krüppel. To date, two such proteins, PLZF and LAZ-3/BCL-6, have been implicated in oncogenesis. We have now identified a new member of this gene subfamily which encodes a 62 kDa Zn-finger protein, termed LRF, with a BTB/POZ domain highly similar to that of PLZF. Both human and mouse LRF genes, which localized to syntenic chromosomal regions (19p13.3 and 10B5.3, respectively), were widely expressed in adult tissues and cell lines. At approximately 9.5-10.0 days of embryonic development, the mouse LRF gene was expressed in the limb buds, pharyngeal arches, tail bud, placenta and neural tube. The LRF protein associated in vivo with LAZ-3/BCL-6, but not with PLZF to which it was more related. Although the LRF, or LAZ-3/BCL-6, BTB/POZ domain could readily homodimerize, no heterodimerization was detected in vivo between the LRF and LAZ-3/BCL-6 BTB/POZ domains and interaction between full length LRF and LAZ-3/BCL-6 required the presence of both the BTB/POZ domain and Zn-fingers in each partner protein. As expected from the above results, LRF and LAZ-3/BCL-6 also colocalized with each other in the nucleus. Taken together, our findings suggest that BTB/ POZ-domain Zn-finger proteins may function as homo and heterodimeric complexes whose formation, and hence the resultant effect on transcription of their downstream target genes, is determined by the levels and expression domains of a given partner protein.
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Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/genética , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/genética , Fatores de Transcrição/genética , Fatores de Transcrição/metabolismo , Dedos de Zinco , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Galinhas , Mapeamento Cromossômico , Cromossomos Humanos Par 19 , Primers do DNA , DNA Complementar , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/química , Humanos , Camundongos , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Oncogenes , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-bcl-6 , RNA Mensageiro/genética , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , Homologia de Sequência de Aminoácidos , Fatores de Transcrição/químicaRESUMO
HIC-1 (hypermethylated in cancer), a new candidate tumor suppressor gene located in 17p13.3, encodes a protein with five Krüppel-like C2H2 zinc finger motifs and a N-terminal protein-protein interaction domain called BTB/POZ. These two domains appeared as the only conserved regions found between human HIC-1 and its avian homologue, gammaFBP-B, isolated as a transcriptional repressor of the gammaF-Crystallin gene. We have recloned the HIC-1 gene and found four nucleotide differences within the 3' part of its published coding sequence. The corrected HIC-1 C-terminal end exhibits now significant homology (70%) to the chicken gammaFBP-B C-terminal end and appears thus as a third phylogenetically conserved domain that may serve an important, yet unknown function in HIC-1.
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Genes Supressores de Tumor , Fatores de Transcrição/genética , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Clonagem Molecular , Humanos , Fatores de Transcrição Kruppel-Like , Camundongos , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Proteínas Recombinantes/genética , Alinhamento de Sequência , Homologia de Sequência do Ácido NucleicoRESUMO
The Drosophila pointed gene encodes two ETS transcriptional activators, pointedP1 and pointedP2, sharing a common C-terminal ETS domain. In the embryonic central nervous system pointedP2 is required for midline glial cell differentiation, whereas, in the eye, pointedP2 is essential for photoreceptor cell differentiation. Both vertebrate c-ets-1 and c-ets-2 gene ETS domains are highly homologous to the one of pointed. In addition, the N-terminal region of pointedP2 and vertebrate ets products share another homologous domain, the so-called RII/pointed box which appears to mediate the ras-dependent phosphorylation/stimulation. Here, we show that the vertebrate ets genes are functionally homologous to the Drosophila pointed gene. pointedP2 efficiently binds to an optimized c-Ets-1/c-Ets-2 probe in vitro, and stimulates two distinct c-Ets-1/c-Ets-2-responsive sequences when transiently expressed in vertebrate cells. Conversely, when vertebrate ets transgenes are expressed during fly development, they are capable of rescuing the pointed mutant phenotype in both midline glia and photoreceptor development. As ectopically expressed pointedP1 can also rescue pointedP2 deficiency in photoreceptor development, it appears that the ability of ets products to phenocopy each other in vivo does not require the conserved RII/pointed box, but rather, primarily relies on the presence of the highly conserved ETS domain.
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Proteínas de Ligação a DNA , Drosophila/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/genética , Proteínas Repressoras , Transativadores/genética , Fatores de Transcrição/genética , Animais , Sequência Conservada , Proteínas de Drosophila , Evolução Molecular , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso , Proteína Proto-Oncogênica c-ets-2 , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-ets , Análise de Sequência , VertebradosRESUMO
Hypermethylated in cancer, a new candidate tumor suppressor gene located in 17p13.3, encodes a protein with five Krüppel-like C2H2 zinc finger motifs and a N-terminal protein/protein interaction domain called broad complex, tramtrack and bric à brac/poxviruses and zinc finger domain. Hypermethylated in cancer appears unique in the broad complex, tramtrack and bric à brac/poxviruses and zinc finger family since it contains a 13 amino acid insertion located in a loop between the conserved beta-strand beta5 and helix alpha5 which are involved in dimerization and scaffolding of the broad complex, tramtrack and bric à brac/poxviruses and zinc finger domain. Cloning and sequencing of a murine hypermethylated in cancer gene suggests that this insertion has been acquired late in the evolution since it is present in two mammalian hypermethylated in cancer genes but absent in its zebrafish and avian counterparts. This is a unique example of a high divergence of the same broad complex, tramtrack and bric à brac/poxviruses and zinc finger domain in different species.
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Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/genética , Proteínas de Drosophila , Genes Supressores de Tumor , Proteínas de Neoplasias/genética , Proteínas Repressoras/genética , Fatores de Transcrição/genética , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Metilação de DNA , Evolução Molecular , Humanos , Fatores de Transcrição Kruppel-Like , Camundongos , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Alinhamento de Sequência , Análise de Sequência , Dedos de Zinco/genéticaRESUMO
The ETS family includes a growing number of transcription factors with a highly conserved DNA-binding domain, the ETS domain. We have used PCR amplification with degenerated oligonucleotides to isolate two putative ETS DNA-binding coding domains in a primitive form of coelomate, the polychaete annelid Nereis diversicolor. These sequences are highly related to the ETS and ERG groups of the ets gene family. For the erg sequence an adjacent region encoding for 91 amino acids has been characterized after library screening, and we show an expression in cells isolated from the coelomic cavity of the animal. A phylogenic analysis confirms that the ets-1/ets-2 and the erg/fli dichotomy arose specifically in the vertebrate lineage.
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Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/genética , Genes/genética , Proteínas Oncogênicas , Filogenia , Poliquetos/genética , Fatores de Transcrição/genética , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Clonagem Molecular , Sequência Conservada , Biblioteca Genômica , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-ets , RNA Mensageiro/análise , Alinhamento de Sequência , Análise de Sequência de DNARESUMO
We have studied molecular and chromosomal details of cytogenetic status in a human tumor cell line COLO 205 that shows a stable, approximately tenfold amplification of the c-myb oncogene. The amplified copies of c-myb reside in two marker chromosomes that may have evolved from chromosome #6 by complex chromosomal rearrangements. No homogeneously staining regions can be discerned at the site of c-myb amplification. We suggest that c-myb was amplified in situ in a chromosomal segment (6q22-24) that became a part of the marker chromosome, possibly through isochromosome formation followed by duplication, and without the extrachromosomal intermediate form of double minute chromosomes. There is an enhanced frequency of sister chromatid exchanges at the site of amplified c-myb. These results are discussed in the context of models for gene amplification and oncogene activation.
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Mapeamento Cromossômico , Neoplasias do Colo/genética , Amplificação de Genes , Oncogenes , Troca de Cromátide Irmã , Adenocarcinoma/genética , Linhagem Celular , Bandeamento Cromossômico , Cromossomos Humanos 1-3 , Cromossomos Humanos 6-12 e X , Marcadores Genéticos , Humanos , Cariotipagem , Hibridização de Ácido NucleicoRESUMO
The chicken c-ets-1 locus gives rise to two distinct transcription factors differing by structurally and functionally unrelated N-termini. p54c-ets-1 shows a striking phylogenetic conservation from Xenopus to humans, while p68c-ets-1, the cellular counterpart of the E26-derived v-ets oncogene, is apparently restricted to avian and reptilian species. In the chick embryo, both mRNAs are expressed in a wide array of tissues of mesodermal origin; however, in the embryo and after hatching, p68c-ets-1 is excluded from lymphoid cells where p54c-ets-1 accumulates. In this report, we define the basis of the differential expression of the chicken c-ets-1 products to assess their different potentials as transcription factors. We demonstrate that the two distinct N-termini arise from alternative promoter usage within the chicken c-ets-1 locus. Examination of both promoters reveals that transcription initiates from multiple sites, consistent with the absence of TATA and CAAT elements. Of these two regulatory regions, only the one that initiates the p54c-ets-1 mRNA synthesis is of the G + C-rich type, and its organization is conserved in humans. The avian-specific p68c-ets-1 promoter activity was enhanced by its own product. In addition, we identify numerous potential binding sites for lymphoid-specific transcription factors that might contribute to a tight repressor effect in lymphoid tissues.
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Regiões Promotoras Genéticas , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/genética , Fatores de Transcrição/genética , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Galinhas , Sequência Conservada , DNA , Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-ets , Mapeamento por Restrição , Fatores de Transcrição/metabolismoRESUMO
The dusky-footed woodrat, Neotoma fuscipes Baird is a natural reservoir of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi Johnson, Schmid, Hyde, Steigerwalt & Brenner, in California. To investigate the potential of host-targeted insecticide to control the tick vectors of B. burgdorferi, permethrin-impregnated or untreated cotton balls were distributed in metal cylinders as potential nesting material adjacent to 95 woodrat houses in chaparral-covered rangeland. Laboratory experiments demonstrated that adult woodrats would enter the cylinders and construct nests from permethrin-treated or untreated cotton. The residual concentration of permethrin did not vary significantly during an 11-mo period and remained > 60% of the registered insecticidal formulation (7.5% [AI] by cotton weight). The abundance of 4 species of ticks (Ixodes neotomae Cooley; the western blacklegged tick I. pacificus Cooley & Kohls; I. woodi Bishopp; and the Pacific Coast tick, Dermacentor occidentalis Marx) infesting woodrats was similar in the treatment and control areas. Although > 90% of the cotton disappeared from the metal cylinders in both areas, examination of 8 active woodrat houses revealed that small amounts of cotton had been incorporated into the nest cups of only 25%. In contrast, the abundance of the flea Orchopeas sexdentatus (Baker) decreased significantly in the treatment area only. Spirochetes were not detected in 168 adult O. sexdentatus fleas that had fed on spirochetemic woodrats, which demonstrates that this flea is an inefficient host of B. burgdorferi. We conclude that the use of permethrin-impregnated cotton as potential nesting material is ineffective for controlling ticks associated with the dusky-footed woodrat in brushlands, but this methodology may be useful for reducing populations of sylvatic fleas.
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Dermacentor , Ixodes , Piretrinas , Sigmodontinae/parasitologia , Controle de Ácaros e Carrapatos/métodos , Animais , Grupo Borrelia Burgdorferi , California , Dermacentor/microbiologia , Feminino , Gossypium , Abrigo para Animais , Ixodes/microbiologia , Masculino , Permetrina , Resíduos de Praguicidas , Sifonápteros/microbiologia , Infestações por Carrapato/prevenção & controle , Infestações por Carrapato/veterináriaRESUMO
Number of ovarioles, egg production, and weight of unfed and bloodfed Tabanus fuscicostatus Hine females were related linearly to wing length. Wing length did not change whether flies were freshly thawed, preserved in formalin solution, or oven dried. Left and right wings were similar in length. The length from the costa to the anterior cross vein or to the intersection of R4 and R5 veins was associated linearly to wing length. The number of eggs produced by flies bloodfed on one or two bovine hosts was similar when adjusted by wing length. The average number of ovarioles per female was 277 +/- 50 (+/- SD), and eggs developed in only 63% of the ovarioles after a bloodmeal. An estimated 3.1 eggs were produced for each milligram of blood ingested by a fly, and the average bloodmeal size was 110% of the unfed weight of the flies (49.7 mg). Egg volume was unrelated to body size, but was associated inversely with the number of eggs produced per female.
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Sangue , Dípteros/fisiologia , Oviposição , Óvulo , Animais , Constituição Corporal , Bovinos , Dípteros/anatomia & histologia , Comportamento Alimentar , Feminino , Óvulo/fisiologia , Asas de Animais/anatomia & histologiaRESUMO
Ammonia and carbon dioxide were evaluated as attractants in canopy traps for Hybomitra lasiophthalma (Macquart). Ammonia-baited traps collected 2.5 times as many flies as did unbaited traps (33.27 versus 12.93 per trap per day). Over 45 times as many flies were captured in carbon dioxide-baited traps as in unbaited traps (1,630.64 versus 35.82 per trap per day). Both ammonia and carbon dioxide are effective attractants for H. lasiophthalma.