期刊
BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
卷 416, 期 -, 页码 85-97出版社
PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20081012
关键词
Bombyx mori; DNA bending; follicular epithelium; high-mobility group A (HMGA); insect choriogenesis; transcriptional regulation
资金
- General Secretariat of Research and Technology of Greece [03EDelta124]
- E. U
- Greek government
- SSF (State Scholarship Foundation)
A protein displaying significant similarity to mammalian HMGA (high-mobility group A) proteins, but also bearing unique structural features, was isolated from silkmoth (Bombyx mori) follicular cells. This factor, named BmHMGA, exhibits specific binding preference for chorion gene promoter elements and induces DNA bending thereon. BmHMGA deploys temporal-specific interaction with transcription factors BmC/EBP (C/EBP is CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein) and BmGATA beta during follicle maturation. The respective protein complexes can be detected on chorion gene promoters in vivo, with different developmental profiles each time. Analogous interaction takes place on the putative promoter of the BmC/EBP gene, hinting towards a transcriptional circuit that is responsible for the progress of choriogenesis as a whole. Finally, transient Suppression of BmHMGA expression led to down-regulation of chorion genes and the BmC/EBP gene, and revealed recruitment of BmC/EBP, BrnGATA beta and THID (transcription factor IID)/TBP (TATA-box-binding protein) by BmHMGA. A revised model for chorion gene regulation is discussed in view of these findings.
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