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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7126
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-1-25
pubmed:abstractText
Regulation of ribosomal RNA genes is a fundamental process that supports the growth of cells and is tightly coupled with cell differentiation. Although rRNA transcriptional control by RNA polymerase I (Pol I) and associated factors is well studied, the lineage-specific mechanisms governing rRNA expression remain elusive. Runt-related transcription factors Runx1, Runx2 and Runx3 establish and maintain cell identity, and convey phenotypic information through successive cell divisions for regulatory events that determine cell cycle progression or exit in progeny cells. Here we establish that mammalian Runx2 not only controls lineage commitment and cell proliferation by regulating genes transcribed by RNA Pol II, but also acts as a repressor of RNA Pol I mediated rRNA synthesis. Within the condensed mitotic chromosomes we find that Runx2 is retained in large discrete foci at nucleolar organizing regions where rRNA genes reside. These Runx2 chromosomal foci are associated with open chromatin, co-localize with the RNA Pol I transcription factor UBF1, and undergo transition into nucleoli at sites of rRNA synthesis during interphase. Ribosomal RNA transcription and protein synthesis are enhanced by Runx2 deficiency that results from gene ablation or RNA interference, whereas induction of Runx2 specifically and directly represses rDNA promoter activity. Runx2 forms complexes containing the RNA Pol I transcription factors UBF1 and SL1, co-occupies the rRNA gene promoter with these factors in vivo, and affects local chromatin histone modifications at rDNA regulatory regions. Thus Runx2 is a critical mechanistic link between cell fate, proliferation and growth control. Our results suggest that lineage-specific control of ribosomal biogenesis may be a fundamental function of transcription factors that govern cell fate.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1476-4687
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
445
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
442-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17251981-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17251981-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:17251981-Cell Lineage, pubmed-meshheading:17251981-Chromatids, pubmed-meshheading:17251981-Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit, pubmed-meshheading:17251981-DNA, Ribosomal, pubmed-meshheading:17251981-Genes, rRNA, pubmed-meshheading:17251981-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17251981-Interphase, pubmed-meshheading:17251981-Metaphase, pubmed-meshheading:17251981-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17251981-Mitosis, pubmed-meshheading:17251981-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:17251981-Multienzyme Complexes, pubmed-meshheading:17251981-Pol1 Transcription Initiation Complex Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17251981-RNA, Ribosomal, pubmed-meshheading:17251981-RNA Polymerase I, pubmed-meshheading:17251981-Repressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17251981-Transcription, Genetic
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Mitotic occupancy and lineage-specific transcriptional control of rRNA genes by Runx2.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cell Biology and Cancer Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural