Identification and functional characterization of an alternative splice variant within the fourth exon of human nanog
Experimental & Molecular Medicine
; : 601-607, 2005.
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ABSTRACT
Nanog, a homeodomain (HD) transcription factor, plays a critical role in the maintenance of embryonic stem (ES) cell self-renewal. Here, we report the identification of an alternatively-spliced variant of nanog. This variant lacked a stretch of amino acids (residues 168-183) located between the HD and tryptophan-repeat (WR) of the previously-reported full length sequence, suggesting that the deleted sequence functions as a linker and possibly affects the flexibility of the C-terminal transactivation domain relative to the DNA binding domain. Expression of mRNA encoding the splice variant, designated as nanog-delta 48, was much lower than that of the full length version in human ES cells. The ratio of nanog-delta 48 transcript to full length transcript increased, however, in multipotent adult progenitor cells. EMSA analysis revealed that both forms of Nanog were able to bind a nanog binding sequence with roughly the same affinity. A reporter plasmid assay also showed that both variants of nanog modestly repressed transactivation of gata-4, whose expression is proposed to be inhibited by nanog, with comparable potency. We conclude that, despite the difference in primary structure and expression pattern in various stem cells, the alternatively-spliced variant of Nanog has similar activity to that of the full length version.
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Assunto principal:
RNA Mensageiro
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Dados de Sequência Molecular
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Sequência de Bases
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Íntrons
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Transfecção
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Ativação Transcricional
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Núcleo Celular
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Células Cultivadas
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Éxons
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Sequência de Aminoácidos
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Humans
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En
Revista:
Experimental & Molecular Medicine
Ano de publicação:
2005
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Article