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Mamm Genome ; 19(7-8): 552-60, 2008 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18594913

RESUMO

Micro-RNAs (miRNAs) are short, single-stranded, noncoding RNAs that are involved in the regulation of protein-coding genes at the level of messenger RNA (mRNA). They are involved in the regulation of numerous traits, including developmental timing, apoptosis, immune function, and neuronal development. To better understand how the expression of the miRNAs themselves is regulated, we looked for miRNA expression differences among four mouse inbred strains, A/J, BALB/cJ, C57BL/6J, and DBA/2J, in one tissue, the hippocampus. A total of 166 miRNA RT-PCR assays were used to screen RNA pools for each strain. Twenty miRNA species that were markedly different between strains were further investigated using eight individual samples per strain, and 11 miRNAs showed significant differences across strains (p < 0.05). This is the first observation of miRNA expression differences across inbred mice strains. We conducted an in silico correlation analysis of the expression of these differentially expressed miRNAs with phenotype data and mRNA expression to better characterise the effects of these miRNAs on both phenotype and the regulation of mRNA expression. This approach has allowed us to nominate miRNAs that have potential roles in anxiety, exploration, and learning and memory.


Assuntos
Hipocampo/metabolismo , MicroRNAs/genética , MicroRNAs/metabolismo , Análise de Variância , Animais , Feminino , Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Testes Genéticos , Masculino , Redes e Vias Metabólicas/genética , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos , Fenótipo , RNA Mensageiro/genética , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , Caracteres Sexuais , Especificidade da Espécie
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J Cell Biochem ; 104(3): 1022-33, 2008 Jun 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18275040

RESUMO

The T-box family of transcription factors has been shown to have major impact on human development and disease. In animal studies Tbx20 is essential for the development of the atrioventricular channel, the outflow tract and valves, suggesting its potential causative role for the development of Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) in humans. In the presented study, we analyzed TBX20 in cardiac biopsies derived from patients with TOF, ventricular septal defects (VSDs) and normal hearts. Mutation analysis did not reveal any disease causing sequence variation, however, TBX20 is significantly upregulated in tissue samples of patients with TOF, but not VSD. In depth analysis of TBX20 transcripts lead to the identification of two new exons 3' to the known TBX20 message resembling the mouse variant Tbx20a, as well as an extended 5'UTR. Functional analysis of the human TBX20 promoter revealed a 100 bp region that contains strong activating elements. Within this core promoter region we recognized functional binding sites for TFAP2 transcription factors and identified TFAP2 as repressors of the TBX20 gene in vitro and in vivo. Moreover, decreased TFAP2C levels in cardiac biopsies of TOF patients underline the biological significance of the pathway described. In summary, we provide first insights into the regulation of TBX20 and show its potential for human congenital heart diseases.


Assuntos
Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Cardiopatias/genética , Miocárdio/metabolismo , Proteínas com Domínio T/biossíntese , Fator de Transcrição AP-2/fisiologia , Regiões 5' não Traduzidas , Processamento Alternativo , Animais , Biópsia , Análise Mutacional de DNA , Coração/fisiologia , Cardiopatias/congênito , Humanos , Camundongos , Mutação , Proteínas com Domínio T/metabolismo , Fator de Transcrição AP-2/metabolismo
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J Immunol ; 179(6): 3896-903, 2007 Sep 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17785827

RESUMO

The Idd6 locus on mouse chromosome 6, which controls the development of type 1 diabetes in the NOD mouse, affects proliferation rates of T cells and the activity of regulatory CD4+CD25+ T cells. Using a transcriptional profiling approach, we show that splenocytes and thymocytes from diabetes-resistant Idd6 NOD.C3H-congenic mouse strains exhibit a constitutive and specific down-regulation of Toll-like receptor 1 (Tlr1) gene expression compared with diabetes prone NOD mice. This phenotype correlates with a diminished proliferation capacity of both CD4+CD25- effector and CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells upon in vitro stimulation of the TLR1/TLR2 pathway by the ligand palmitoyl-3-cysteine-serine-lysine 4, and with the constitutive down-regulation of Tnf-alpha and IL-6 in macrophages of Idd6- congenic mice. These data suggest that TLR1 is involved in the regulation of mechanisms that impinge on diabetes development in the NOD mouse.


Assuntos
Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/genética , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/metabolismo , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Receptor 1 Toll-Like/biossíntese , Fatores Etários , Animais , Proliferação de Células , Regulação para Baixo/genética , Regulação para Baixo/imunologia , Feminino , Macrófagos/imunologia , Macrófagos/metabolismo , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Congênicos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C3H , Camundongos Endogâmicos NOD , Especificidade de Órgãos/genética , Especificidade de Órgãos/imunologia , Estado Pré-Diabético/genética , Estado Pré-Diabético/metabolismo , Baço/citologia , Baço/imunologia , Baço/metabolismo , Timo/citologia , Timo/imunologia , Timo/metabolismo , Receptor 1 Toll-Like/antagonistas & inibidores , Receptor 1 Toll-Like/genética , Receptor 1 Toll-Like/fisiologia
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Hum Mutat ; 26(6): 575-82, 2005 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16287139

RESUMO

Recent reports have demonstrated that mice lacking the transcription factor Cited2 die in utero showing various cardiac malformations. We present for the first time functionally relevant mutations of CITED2 in patients with congenital heart defects (CHDs). CITED2 encodes a CREBBP/EP300 interacting transcriptional modulator of HIF1A and TFAP2. To study the potential impact of sequence variations in CITED2 for CHDs in humans, we screened a cohort of 392 well-characterized patients and 192 control individuals using DHPLC, sequencing, and Amplifluor genotyping techniques. We identified 15 CITED2 nucleotide alterations. Seven of these alterations were found only in CHD patients and were not detected in controls, including three mutations leading to alterations of the amino acid sequence (p.Ser170_Gly178del, p.Gly178_Ser179ins9, and p.Ser198_Gly199del). All three of these amino acid changing mutations cluster in the serine-glycine-rich junction of the protein, to which no functionality had heretofore been assigned. Here we show that these mutations significantly reduce the capacity of CITED2 to transrepress HIF1A, and that the p.Ser170_Gly178del mutation significantly diminishes TFAP2C coactivation. This reveals a modifying role for the serine-glycine-rich region in CITED2 function. In summary, the observation of these mutations in patients with septal defects indicates that CITED2 has a causative impact in the development of CHD in humans.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/genética , Cardiopatias Congênitas/genética , Mutação , Proteínas Repressoras/genética , Transativadores/genética , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Linhagem Celular , Estudos de Coortes , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/fisiologia , Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Frequência do Gene , Testes Genéticos , Haplótipos , Humanos , Subunidade alfa do Fator 1 Induzível por Hipóxia/genética , Subunidade alfa do Fator 1 Induzível por Hipóxia/metabolismo , Fenótipo , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusão/análise , Proteínas Repressoras/metabolismo , Proteínas Repressoras/fisiologia , Transativadores/metabolismo , Transativadores/fisiologia , Fator de Transcrição AP-2/genética , Fator de Transcrição AP-2/metabolismo
5.
Autoimmunity ; 36(4): 241-6, 2003 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14563018

RESUMO

Three type 1 diabetes associated regions on distal mouse chromosome 6 have recently been defined by the construction and analysis of a series of congenic strains, carrying C3H/HeJ genomic material on a NOD/Lt genetic background. Whilst NOD/Lt alleles at the most distal locus Idd6 confer susceptibility, C3H/HeJ alleles confer resistance to diabetes. Idd6 overlaps with a locus controlling low rates of proliferation in immature NOD-thymocytes, suggesting that Idd6 could be controlling diabetes development through an effect on T cell proliferation rates. Candidates for Idd6 therefore include genes, which are implicated in the immune system and/or in the control of cell proliferation rates, such as Lrmp (Jaw1), Bcat1 and Kras2 that map to the Idd6 candidate region. In the present study, we have undertaken an expression and mutational analysis of all three genes. A surprisingly large number of polymorphisms and amino acid changes were identified in both Lrmp and Bcat1 indicating that they are candidates for Idd6. The two genes are located within a genomic interval of about 3 Mb that contains a large number of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) and which has possibly been derived from distinct ancestral haplotypes in the C3H/HeJ and NOD/Lt strains.


Assuntos
Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/genética , Proteínas de Membrana/genética , Proteínas de Membrana/imunologia , Proteínas/genética , Proteínas/imunologia , Transaminases , Animais , Mapeamento Cromossômico , Feminino , Predisposição Genética para Doença/genética , Humanos , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Camundongos Endogâmicos C3H , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Endogâmicos NOD , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , RNA/química , RNA/genética , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Análise de Sequência de DNA
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