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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
23
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-6-26
pubmed:abstractText
During the process of 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (5aCdr)-induced reactivation of the X-linked human hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) gene on the inactive X chromosome, acquisition of a nuclease-sensitive chromatin conformation in the 5' region occurs before the appearance of HPRT mRNA. In vivo footprinting experiments reported here show that the 5aCdr-induced change in HPRT chromatin structure precedes the appearance of three footprints in the immediate 5' flanking region that are characteristic of the active HPRT allele. These and other data suggest the following sequence of events that lead to the reactivation of the HPRT gene after 5aCdr treatment: (a) hemi-demethylation of the promoter, (b) an "opening" of chromatin structure detectable as increased nuclease sensitivity, (c) transcription factor binding to the promoter, (d) assembly of the transcription complex, and (e) synthesis of HPRT RNA. This sequence of events supports the view that inactive X-linked genes are silenced by a repressive chromatin structure that prevents the binding of transcriptional activators to the promoter.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
6
pubmed:volume
272
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
14921-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9169463-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9169463-Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:9169463-Azacitidine, pubmed-meshheading:9169463-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:9169463-Chromatin, pubmed-meshheading:9169463-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:9169463-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:9169463-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9169463-Hybrid Cells, pubmed-meshheading:9169463-Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:9169463-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:9169463-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9169463-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:9169463-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:9169463-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:9169463-Restriction Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:9169463-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:9169463-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9169463-X Chromosome
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
5-Azadeoxycytidine-induced chromatin remodeling of the inactive X-linked HPRT gene promoter occurs prior to transcription factor binding and gene reactivation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't