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ArticleNucleic acids research2012

A role for insulator elements in the regulation of gene expression response to hypoxia.

Maria Tiana, Diego Villar, Eva Pérez-Guijarro, Laura Gómez-Maldonado, Eduardo Moltó, Ana Fernández-Miñán, Jose Luis Gómez-Skarmeta, Lluís Montoliu, Luis del Peso

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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9 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Maria TianaDepartamento de Bioquímica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas Alberto Sols, CSIC-UAM, 28029 Madrid, Spain.
Diego Villar
Eva Pérez-Guijarro
Laura Gómez-Maldonado
Eduardo Moltó
Ana Fernández-Miñán
Jose Luis Gómez-Skarmeta
Lluís Montoliu
Luis del Peso
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas · ESUnidades Centrales Científico-Técnicas · ESCentro Nacional de Biotecnología · ESHospital Universitario La Paz · ESInstituto de Investigación de Enfermedades Raras · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) up-regulates the transcription of a few hundred genes required for the adaptation to hypoxia. This restricted set of targets is in sharp contrast with the widespread distribution of the HIF binding motif throughout the genome. Here, we investigated the transcriptional response of GYS1 and RUVBL2 genes to hypoxia to understand the mechanisms that restrict HIF activity toward specific genes. GYS1 and RUVBL2 genes are encoded by opposite DNA strands and separated by a short intergenic region (~1 kb) that contains a functional hypoxia response element equidistant to both genes. However, hypoxia induced the expression of GYS1 gene only. Analysis of the transcriptional response of chimeric constructs derived from the intergenic region revealed an inhibitory sequence whose deletion allowed RUVBL2 induction by HIF. Enhancer blocking assays, performed in cell culture and transgenic zebrafish, confirmed the existence of an insulator element within this inhibitory region that could explain the differential regulation of GYS1 and RUVBL2 by hypoxia. Hence, in this model, the selective response to HIF is achieved with the aid of insulator elements. This is the first report suggesting a role for insulators in the regulation of differential gene expression in response to environmental signals.

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Gene Expression RegulationInsulator ElementsATPases Associated with Diverse Cellular ActivitiesCarrier ProteinsCell HypoxiaCell LineDNA HelicasesDNA, IntergenicGene SilencingGlycogen SynthaseHumansATPases Associated with Diverse Cellular ActivitiesCarrier ProteinsDNA HelicasesDNA, IntergenicGlycogen SynthaseRUVBL2 protein, human

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PMID22067454
PMCPMC3300008
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