期刊
DNA REPAIR
卷 4, 期 10, 页码 1075-1087出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2005.05.007
关键词
transcription; transcription-coupled repair; UV photoproducts; transcription factor SII
资金
- NCI NIH HHS [R01 CA077712, CA77712, CA63503] Funding Source: Medline
Upon prolonged arrest at a cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer (CPD), RNAPII can reverse-translocate, misaligning the 3 '-end of the RNA from its active site. Transcription factor SII (TFIIS) is required for cleavage of the disengaged 3 '-end and restoration of its correct positioning. We have previously shown in vitro that when RNAPII is arrested at a CPD, TFIIS-induced cleavage results in shortened transcripts. Here, we hypothesized that the pattern of transcript cleavage does not depend solely upon TFIIS itself, but also on some other general transcription factors (GTFs) and/or their effects on RNAPII. To test this hypothesis we compared three in vitro transcription systems which differ with respect to the mode of initiation and the requirement for GTFs. The first consisted of RNAPII and GTFs from rat liver, and required a eukaryotic promoter for initiation. The other two supported transcription in the absence of any GTFs or promoter sequences. In each case, a CPD on the transcribed strand was a complete block for RNAPII translocation. However, the effect of TFIIS on transcript cleavage varied. In the promoter-initiated system, distinct transcripts up to about 20 nucleotides shorter than the uncleaved original one were produced. In the other two systems, the transcripts were degraded nearly completely. Introduction of GTFs partially interfered with cleavage, but failed to reproduce the pattern of transcript lengths observed with the promoter-initiated system. Our results suggest that the extent of TFIIS-mediated transcript cleavage is a well-orchestrated process, depending upon other factors (or their effects on RNAPII), in addition to TFIIS itself. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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