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Query: EC:2.3.1.28 (chloramphenicol acetyltransferase)
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The translational regulation of ferritin expression currently represents the only well characterized example for eukaryotic translational control by high affinity interactions between a specific cytoplasmic protein, iron regulatory factor [IRF], and an mRNA-binding site, the iron-responsive element [IRE], located in the 5' untranslated region [UTR] of ferritin mRNAs. To elucidate whether IRE/IRF may represent the first physiological example of a more general mechanism for mRNA-specific translational control, high affinity RNA-binding sites for the bacteriophage MS2 coat protein or the spliceosomal protein U1A were introduced into the 5' UTR of capped chloramphenicol acetyltransferase [CAT] transcripts. In the absence of these RNA-binding proteins, CAT mRNA was efficiently translated. Addition of purified MS2 coat protein or U1A caused a specific, dose-dependent repression of CAT biosynthesis in rabbit reticulocyte and wheat germ in vitro translation systems. The translational blockage imposed by the RNA/protein complex was reversible and did not alter the stability of the repressed mRNAs. Translational repression caused by binding of U1A or MS2 proteins to their target mRNAs is shown to be position-dependent in vitro. Thus, mRNA/protein complexes without an a priori role in eukaryotic mRNA translation function as translational effectors with characteristics resembling those of IRE/IRF.
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PMID:Bacteriophage and spliceosomal proteins function as position-dependent cis/trans repressors of mRNA translation in vitro. 145 20

The cytokine tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) alone does not induce class II major histocompatibility complex (MHC) expression in most primary cells but can regulate ongoing class II expression in either a positive or negative fashion. The mechanism(s) by which TNF-alpha enhances interferon gamma (IFN-gamma)-induced class II expression was examined in a primary cell type, the astrocyte, by transient transfection of the HLA-DRA promoter linked to a chloramphenicol acetyltransferase reporter gene (DRA-CAT). We show that TNF-alpha, while having no effect on its own, can synergize with IFN-gamma to increase the level of promoter activity of a DRA-CAT construct. Three known sequences--W, X, and Y--are required for TNF-alpha enhancement of IFN-gamma-induced promoter activity. The corollary effect of TNF-alpha on DNA-binding proteins specific for these elements was examined. A previous report described a DNA-binding protein, IFN-gamma-enhanced factor X (IFNEX), which is upregulated by IFN-gamma in astrocytes and is specific for the X box of the DRA promoter. In this study, we found that TNF-alpha alone did not induce any nuclear proteins; however, combined treatment of astrocytes with both IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha induced a DNA-protein complex of slower electrophoretic mobility than IFNEX. The TNF-alpha-induced complex (TIC-X) has specificity for the X element of the DRA promoter. These results suggest a mechanism by which TNF-alpha enhances IFN-gamma-induced class II MHC expression via the formation of TIC-X.
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PMID:Tumor necrosis factor alpha response elements in the HLA-DRA promoter: identification of a tumor necrosis factor alpha-induced DNA-protein complex in astrocytes. 145 41

Previously we have shown that bovine vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) express c-myb mRNA (Reilly, C. F., Kindy, M. S., Brown, K. E., Rosenberg, R. D., and Sonenshein, G. E. (1989) J. Biol. Chem. 264, 6990-6995). Here we have characterized changes in the low level of c-myb mRNA expressed in quiescent serum-deprived subconfluent SMCs upon entry into the cell cycle. After serum stimulation, levels of c-myb mRNA increased 3-4-fold during late G1 and remained at this level during S phase. A 1.5-kilobase partial c-myb cDNA clone, isolated from a bovine SMC library, was partially sequenced and found to be 89 and 85% homologous to the human and murine c-myb genes, respectively. Using bovine and murine c-myb clones, no change in the rate of c-myb gene transcription or mRNA stability was detected during the cell cycle. Thus, the regulation of changes in c-myb mRNA levels in SMCs appears distinct from mechanisms seen in hematopoietic or fibroblastic cells. Vectors containing myb binding sites linked to the thymidine kinase promoter and the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase reporter gene were transiently transfected into SMC cultures. KHK-CAT-dAX, which contains nine concatenated myb binding sites, exhibited 7-fold more activity than the parental dAX-TK-CAT vector in exponentially growing SMCs. The levels of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase activity in exponentially growing cells were approximately 2-fold higher than in cells that had been serum deprived for 24 h and were entering quiescence. Thus SMCs produce a functional c-myb protein that can activate transcription from a heterologous promoter. Furthermore, introduction of antisense c-myb oligonucleotides to quiescent serum-deprived SMC cultures severely inhibited entry of cells into S phase upon serum addition. Thus, expression of the c-myb oncogene plays an important role in cell cycle progression of SMCs.
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PMID:Expression of the c-myb proto-oncogene in bovine vascular smooth muscle cells. 153 45

Human selenium-dependent glutathione peroxidase (hGPx1) (EC 1.11.1.9) is thought to be involved in many critical cellular functions as a result of its role in glutathione-mediated reduction of toxic peroxides, and it is implicated as a mechanism of resistance against oxygen free radicals. Previous studies have demonstrated that the gene encoding hGPx1 (hgpx1) is more highly expressed in multidrug-resistant AdrR MCF-7 human breast cancer cells than in the parental WT MCF-7 cell line. In order to further study the transcriptional regulation of hgpx1, we have cloned the genomic hgpx1 gene and determined its nucleotide sequence. The 2550-base pair (bp) 5'-flanking sequence of hgpx1 contained the terminal 511 bp of the 3' end of a previously reported rhoH12 cDNA (Yeramian, P., Chardin, P., Madaule, P., and Tavitian, A. (1987) Nucleic Acids Res. 15, 1989), a ras-related oncogene. Further downstream from rhoH12, but before the start of transcription of hgpx1, RNase protection analysis revealed a transcribed sequence of at least 270 bp which we have called mid. RNA transcripts homologous to both rhoH12 (1.8 and 1.5 kilobase pairs (kb)) and mid (1.8 kb) are also more highly expressed in AdrR MCF-7 cells than in WT MCF-7 cells. We screened an AdrR MCF-7 cDNA library with the mid sequence and isolated a partial cDNA clone which contains both mid and rhoH12 sequences and is colinear with the genomic sequence which extends from 10 bp 3' to the rhoH12 stop codon to 810 bp 5' to the start of transcription of hgpx1. The start of transcription of hgpx1 in AdrR MCF-7 cells was determined by primer extension analysis. The promoter and 2 kb of the 5'-flanking sequence of hgpx1 was fused to the bacterial chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene (hGPx1-CAT1). Analysis of deletion constructs of hGPx1-CAT1 revealed three possible cis-acting regulatory regions. The transcriptional regulation of hgpx1 was examined using the hGPx1-CAT hybrid genes and nuclear run-on studies. We found no evidence that increased mRNA transcript formation could account for different levels of hgpx1 RNA either in different breast cancer cell lines or in response to selenium.
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PMID:Structure and function of the 5'-flanking sequence of the human cytosolic selenium-dependent glutathione peroxidase gene (hgpx1). 155 8

The two 4.6 kb chloramphenicol resistance (CmR) plasmids pSCS6 and pSCS7, previously identified in Staphylococcus aureus from subclinical bovine mastitis, both encoded an inducible chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT, EC 2.3.1.28). The pSCS6- and pSCS7-encoded CAT variants were purified by ammonium sulphate precipitation, ion-exchange chromatography and fast protein liquid chromatography (FPLC). Both native enzymes showed Mr values of 70,000 on FPLC and were composed of three identical subunits, each of Mr approximately 23,000. The CAT variants from pSCS6 and pSCS7 differed in their net charges and in their isoelectric points. The isoelectric point of the CAT from pSCS6 was pH 5.7 and that of the CAT from pSCS7 pH 5.2. Both CAT variants exhibited highest enzyme activities at pH 8.0. The Km values for chloramphenicol and acetyl-CoA of the CAT from pSCS6 were 2.5 microM and 58.8 microM, respectively, while those of the CAT from pSCS7 were 2.7 microM and 55.5 microM. Both CAT variants were relatively thermostable. The CAT from pSCS6 was less sensitive to mercuric ions than the CAT from pSCS7.
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PMID:Characterization of the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase variants encoded by the plasmids pSCS6 and pSCS7 from Staphylococcus aureus. 156 39

Bacteroides fragilis and other gastrointestinal tract Bacteroides are unusual gram-negative eubacteria in that genes from other gram-negative eubacteria are not expressed when introduced into these organisms. To analyze gene expression in Bacteroides, expression vector and promoter probe (detection) vector systems were developed. The essential feature of the expression vector was the incorporation of a Bacteroides insertion sequence element, IS4351, which possesses promoter activity directed outward from its ends. Genes inserted into the multiple cloning site downstream from an IS4351 DNA fragment were readily expressed in B. fragilis. The chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (cat) structural gene from Tn9 was tested and conferred chloramphenicol resistance on B. fragilis. Both chloramphenicol resistance and CAT activity were shown to be dependent on the IS4351 promoters. Similar results were obtained with the Escherichia coli beta-glucuronidase gene (uidA) but activity was just 30% of the levels seen with cat. Two tetracycline resistance determinants, tetM from Streptococcus agalactiae and tetC from E. coli, also were examined. tetC did not result in detectable tetracycline resistance but the gram-positive tetM gene conferred high-level resistance to tetracycline and minocycline in Bacteroides hosts. Based on the cat results, promoter probe vectors containing the promoterless cat gene were constructed. These vectors were used to clone random B. fragilis promoters from partial genomic libraries and the recombinants displayed a range of CAT activities and chloramphenicol MICs in B. fragilis hosts. In addition, known E. coli promoters (Ptet, Ptac, Ptrc, Psyn, and P1P2rrnB) were tested for activity in B. fragilis. No chloramphenicol resistance or CAT activity was observed in B. fragilis with these promoters.
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PMID:Heterologous gene expression in Bacteroides fragilis. 161 64

The brain tissues of the rat and mouse express two types of corticosteroid binding proteins, the glucocorticoid (GR) and aldosterone (MR) receptors. Unlike the type II (GR) receptor, type I receptor has a high affinity for aldosterone (ALDO) and corticosterone and is structurally similar to the kidney mineralocorticoid receptor (MR). The results reported in this study provide direct evidence for the interaction of dexamethasone (DEX), triamcinolone acetonide (TA), dexamethasone-21-mesylate (DXM) and 11-deoxycorticosterone (DOC) with human MR expressed in cells by transient co-transfection of a hMR expression vector. The interactions of hMR with DEX, TA, DXM, DOC, promegestone (R5020) and methyltrienelone (R1881) were measured by trans-activation of mouse mammary tumor virus long terminal repeat fused to bacterial chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (MMTV-tk-CAT) in gene co-transfection experiments and by cell free hormone binding assay. The incubation of various steroid hormones in the presence of [3H]ALDO in a competition assay with extracts prepared from HeLa cells co-transfected with hMR expression vector, showed that hMR expressed under these conditions has a high relative affinity for DEX which is similar to ALDO, TA and DOC. Incubation with DXM under these conditions showed very little competition, as was observed with R1881 and R5020. Incubation of the co-transfected cells with DEX, ALDO, DOC, R5020, TA, R1881 and DXM demonstrated that the level of trans-activation did not reflect the previously observed order of binding affinity for the hMR. The level of transactivation was always higher with DEX and TA compared to ALDO and DOC. Analysis of the binding of labeled glucocorticoid regulatory element (GRE) and hMR incubated with DEX, ALDO and DXM by gel shift analysis demonstrated that the trans-activation of MMTV-tk-CAT by hMR is a result of the interaction of hMR with GRE in the MMTV-LTR.
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PMID:Differential regulation of mouse mammary tumor virus-bacterial chloramphenicol acetyltransferase chimeric gene by human mineralocorticoid hormone-receptor complexes. 164 51

cis-acting inhibitory region (IR) sequences were identified within the gag/pol gene of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) by using a novel feedback-stimulated, rev-independent tat reporter gene to screen HIV-1 sequences in transient expression assays. Two regions, a 1,295-nucleotide segment in the gag gene (IR-1) and a 1,932-nucleotide segment of the pol gene (IR-2), each inhibited reporter gene expression 10- to 20-fold. IR-1 and IR-2 both contained subsequences which inhibited reporter gene expression. Introduction of IR sequences into a heterologous reporter plasmid, pCMV-CAT, resulted in decreased chloramphenicol acetyltransferase expression, suggesting that the inhibitory effect was not restricted to a reporter gene under the control of the HIV-1 promoter. The presence of HIV IR sequences in cis did not alter relative levels of reporter gene RNA; however, fractionation studies revealed IR-containing RNA accumulated in the nucleus. These findings demonstrate that IR sequences within the gag/pol region affect gene expression by altering the cellular distribution of viral RNA.
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PMID:Identification of posttranscriptionally active inhibitory sequences in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA: novel level of gene regulation. 165 66

We have been studying the role of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) as a potential cofactor in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related disease. The clinical relevance of HCMV is highlighted by the fact that it is a principal viral pathogen in patients with AIDS and is known to infect the same cells as HIV. In this study, we focused on the molecular interactions between HIV and HCMV in human fibroblasts and in the human glioblastoma/astrocytoma-derived cell line U373 MG, cells which can be productively infected by both viruses. Because these cells are CD4-, we used HIV pseudotyped with a murine amphotropic retrovirus as described previously (D. H. Spector, E. Wade, D. A. Wright, V. Koval, C. Clark, D. Jaquish, and S. A. Spector, J. Virol. 64:2298-2308, 1990). Initial studies showed that when cells were preinfected with HIV (Ampho-1B) for 5 days and then superinfected with HCMV, HIV antigen production dropped significantly in the coinfected cells but continued to rise in cells infected with HIV (Ampho-1B) alone. HCMV production, however, was unaffected by the presence of HIV. Further analysis showed that HIV steady-state RNA levels and gag and env protein production were also inhibited in the presence of HCMV. The transcriptional inhibition of HIV was particularly surprising in view of the previous results of several other laboratories as well as our own that HCMV infection stimulates HIV long terminal repeat-chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (LTR-CAT) expression in transient expression assays. To investigate this further, we transfected the HIV LTR-CAT construct into either uninfected cells or cells which had been preinfected with HIV. The cells were infected with HCMV 24 h posttransfection and assayed for CAT gene expression at 48 h after HCMV infection. Although there was some stimulation of the LTR-CAT in cells that were dually infected by HIV and HCMV, it was 16-fold less than that in the cells infected only with HCMV. This suggests that in the presence of the HIV infection, the stimulation of the HIV LTR-CAT gene by HCMV is significantly reduced. Experiments with UV-irradiated HCMV and the HCMV DNA polymerase inhibitor ganciclovir showed that HCMV transcription is necessary for the reduction in HIV production to occur; however, replication of the HCMV genome or any events which take place after DNA replication are not necessary. These results, coupled with the observation that inhibition is usually first seen between 8 and 24 h after HCMV infection, suggest that an HCMV early protein is involved in repression of HIV.
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PMID:Human cytomegalovirus inhibits human immunodeficiency virus replication in cells productively infected by both viruses. 165 86

Rous sarcoma virus-based retroviral vectors were constructed to compare three different approaches for coexpressing two genes in individual infected cells. All vectors expressed the upstream gene (lacZ) from the Rous sarcoma virus long terminal repeat, while the downstream gene (the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene [cat] or v-src) was expressed in one of three ways: from a subgenomic mRNA generated by regulated splicing, from a strong internal promoter, or from the encephalomyocarditis virus internal ribosome entry site (IRES). Both biochemical and immunohistochemical assays of cultured cells showed that the encephalomyocarditis virus IRES provided the most efficient means for coexpressing two genes from a single provirus. Most importantly, most cells infected by a LacZ-IRES-CAT virus expressed both LacZ and CAT, whereas most cells infected by internal promoter or regulated splicing vectors expressed either LacZ or CAT but not both. In addition, viral titers were highest with IRES vectors. Presumably, use of the IRES avoids transcriptional controls and RNA processing steps that differentially affect expression of multiple genes from internal promoter and regulated splicing vectors. Finally, we injected a LacZ-IRES-v-Src virus into chicken embryos and then identified the progeny of infected cells with a histochemical stain for LacZ. LacZ-positive cells in both skin and mesenchyme displayed morphological abnormalities attributable to expression of v-src. Thus, IRES vectors can be used to coexpress a reporter gene and a bioactive gene in vivo.
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PMID:The encephalomyocarditis virus internal ribosome entry site allows efficient coexpression of two genes from a recombinant provirus in cultured cells and in embryos. 165 18


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