Cloning and characterization of a novel MyoD enhancer-binding factor
| Autor: | Roger L. Miesfeld, Christopher D. Watt, David J. Goldhamer, Ryan J. Schmidt, Unsal Kuscuoglu, Masakazu Yamamoto |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
Embryology
animal structures Molecular Sequence Data Mice Transgenic Biology MyoD Article Cell Line Mice MyoD Protein Cell Line Tumor Enhancer binding Notochord medicine Animals Humans Amino Acid Sequence Cloning Molecular Enhancer Floor plate PITX2 Myogenesis Gene Expression Regulation Developmental Molecular biology DNA-Binding Proteins Enhancer Elements Genetic medicine.anatomical_structure Multigene Family Gene Targeting embryonic structures Protein Binding Transcription Factors Developmental Biology |
| Zdroj: | Mechanisms of Development. 124:715-728 |
| ISSN: | 0925-4773 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.mod.2007.07.002 |
| Popis: | Glucocorticoid-induced gene-1 (Gig1) was identified in a yeast one-hybrid screen for factors that interact with the MyoD core enhancer. The Gig1 gene encodes a novel C2H2 zinc finger protein that shares a high degree of sequence similarity with two known DNA binding proteins in humans, Glut4 enhancer factor and papillomavirus binding factor (PBF). The mouse ortholog of PBF was also isolated in the screen. The DNA binding domain of Gig1, which contains TCF-E-tail CR1 and CR2 motifs shown to mediate promoter specificity of TCF-E-tail isoforms, was mapped to a C-terminal domain that is highly conserved in Glut4 enhancer factor and PBF. In mouse embryos, in situ hybridization revealed a restricted pattern of expression of Gig1 that overlaps with MyoD expression. A nuclear-localized lacZ knockin null allele of Gig1 was produced to study Gig1 expression with greater resolution and to assess Gig1 functions. X-gal staining of Gig1nlacZ heterozygous embryos revealed Gig1 expression in myotomal myocytes, skeletal muscle precursors in the limb, and in nascent muscle fibers of the body wall, head and neck, and limbs through E14.5 (latest stage examined). Gig1 was also expressed in a subset of Scleraxis-positive tendon precursors/rudiments of the limbs, but not in the earliest tendon precursors of the somite (syndetome) defined by Scleraxis expression. Additional regions of Gig1 expression included the apical ectodermal ridge, neural tube roof plate and floor plate, apparent motor neurons in the ventral neural tube, otic vesicles, notochord, and several other tissues representing all three germ layers. Gig1 expression was particularly well represented in epithelial tissues and in a number of cells/tissues of neural crest origin. Expression of both the endogenous MyoD gene and a reporter gene driven by MyoD regulatory elements was similar in wild-type and homozygous null Gig1nlacZ embryos, and mutant mice were viable and fertile, indicating that the functions of Gig1 are redundant with other factors. |
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