Similar effects of electroporational stress and treatment with the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate on vimentin expression in mouse plasmacytoma cells.
Biochim Biophys Acta
; 1493(1-2): 170-9, 2000 Sep 07.
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| ID: mdl-10978519
ABSTRACT
In mouse plasmacytoma cells (MPC-11), an activation of the normally repressed vimentin gene was observed as a response to transfectional stress. Effects of electroporation on vimentin gene expression were compared at the cellular and chromatin level to those caused by treatment with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA). At the cellular level, similar changes in vimentin gene activity and cell-cycle distribution were observed by flow cytometry, whereas at the chromatin level similar changes in patterns of hypersensitive regions were detected by DNase I mapping. Additionally, a region located 700 bp upstream of the transcriptional start became hypersensitive to DNase I digestion upon electroporation and TPA treatment. This region overlaps two adjacent AP-1-like binding elements and generates specific DNA/AP-1 complexes in bandshift experiments. Therefore, the transcription factor AP-1 seems to play a central role in the activation of vimentin gene expression induced by these 2 different forms of stress.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Vimentina
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Fator de Transcrição AP-1
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2000
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Article