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ArticleJournal of neurochemistry2008

Proteomic analysis of nuclear factors binding to an intronic enhancer in the myelin proteolipid protein gene.

Anna Dobretsova, Jennifer W Johnson, Richard C Jones, Ricky D Edmondson, Patricia A Wight

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Article in Journal of neurochemistry, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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14citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Anna DobretsovaDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA.
Jennifer W Johnson
Richard C Jones
Ricky D Edmondson
Patricia A Wight
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences · USNational Center for Toxicological Research · US

Funding

NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER CORE FACILITY AT UAMSP30NS047546 · NINDS · UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS · PI ZHANG, JUN-MING · 2004 to 2008
$3.1M
ANTISILENCING OF PLP GENE EXPRESSION IN OLIGODENDROCYTESR01NS037821 · NINDS · UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS · PI WIGHT, PATRICIA A. · 1998 to 2010
$2.0M
NINDS NIH HHS NS037821NINDS NIH HHS NS047546NINDS NIH HHS P30 NS047546NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS037821
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The myelin proteolipid protein gene (Plp1) encodes the most abundant protein found in CNS myelin, accounting for nearly one-half of the total protein. Its expression in oligodendrocytes is developmentally regulated - peaking during the active myelination period of CNS development. Previously, we have identified a novel enhancer (designated ASE) in intron 1 DNA that appears to be important in mediating the surge of Plp1 gene activity during the active myelination period. Evidence suggests that the ASE participates in the formation of a specialized multi-protein/DNA complex called an enhanceosome. The current study describes an optimized, five-step, DNA affinity chromatography purification procedure to purify nuclear proteins from mouse brain that bind to the 85-bp ASE sequence, specifically. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay analysis demonstrated that specific DNA-binding activity was retained throughout the purification procedure, resulting in concomitant enrichment of nucleoprotein complexes. Identification of the purported regulatory factors was achieved through mass spectrometry analysis and included over 20 sequence-specific DNA-binding proteins. Supplementary western blot analyses to determine which of these sequence-specific factors are present in oligodendrocytes, and their developmental and regional expression in whole brain, suggest that Puralpha and Purbeta rank highest among the candidate factors as constituents of the multi-protein complex formed on the ASE.

Indexed as

AnimalsEnhancer Elements, GeneticIntronsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMyelin Proteolipid ProteinNuclear ProteinsProtein BindingProteomicsMyelin Proteolipid ProteinNuclear Proteins

Identifiers

PMID18266931
PMCPMC4634561
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