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ArticlePloS one2012

Spare PRELI gene loci: failsafe chromosome insurance?

Wenbin Ma, Morgan R McKeller, Roberto Rangel, Blanca Ortiz-Quintero, Michael R Blackburn, Hector Martinez-Valdez

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wenbin MaDepartment of Immunology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America.
Morgan R McKeller
Roberto Rangel
Blanca Ortiz-Quintero
Michael R Blackburn
Hector Martinez-Valdez
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Fabien Delerue · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
Training Program in Cancer ImmunobiologyT32CA009598 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI ALLISON, JAMES P · 1988 to 2014
$4.9M
Studies of germinal center B cell survivalR01AI065796 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI MARTINEZ-VALDEZ, HECTOR · 2005 to 2009
$1.7M
AKNA, germinal center reaction and immunity.R01AI056125 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI MARTINEZ-VALDEZ, HECTOR · 2003 to 2007
$1.2M
NCI NIH HHS NIH CA-16672NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009598NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009598-15NIAID NIH HHS AI056125-01NIAID NIH HHS AI065796-01NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI056125NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI065796
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLEA (late embryogenesis abundant) proteins encode conserved N-terminal mitochondrial signal domains and C-terminal (A/TAEKAK) motif repeats, long-presumed to confer cell resistance to stress and death cues. This prompted the hypothesis that LEA proteins are central to mitochondria mechanisms that connect bioenergetics with cell responses to stress and death signaling. In support of this hypothesis, recent studies have demonstrated that mammalian LEA protein PRELI can act as a biochemical hub, which upholds mitochondria energy metabolism, while concomitantly promoting B cell resistance to stress and induced death. Hence, it is important to define in vivo the physiological relevance of PRELI expression. METHODS AND

findingsGiven the ubiquitous PRELI expression during mouse development, embryo lethality could be anticipated. Thus, conditional gene targeting was engineered by insertion of flanking loxP (flox)/Cre recognition sites on PRELI chromosome 13 (Chr 13) locus to abort its expression in a tissue-specific manner. After obtaining mouse lines with homozygous PRELI floxed alleles (PRELI(f/f)), the animals were crossed with CD19-driven Cre-recombinase transgenic mice to investigate whether PRELI inactivation could affect B-lymphocyte physiology and survival. Mice with homozygous B cell-specific PRELI deletion (CD19-Cre/Chr13 PRELI(-/-)) bred normally and did not show any signs of morbidity. Histopathology and flow cytometry analyses revealed that cell lineage identity, morphology, and viability were indistinguishable between wild type CD19-Cre/Chr13 PRELI(+/+) and CD19-Cre/Chr13 PRELI(-/-) deficient mice. Furthermore, B cell PRELI gene expression seemed unaffected by Chr13 PRELI gene targeting. However, identification of additional PRELI loci in mouse Chr1 and Chr5 provided an explanation for the paradox between LEA-dependent cytoprotection and the seemingly futile consequences of Chr 13 PRELI gene inactivation. Importantly, PRELI expression from spare gene loci appeared ample to surmount Chr 13 PRELI gene deficiency.

conclusionsThese findings suggest that PRELI is a vital LEA B cell protein with failsafe genetics.

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Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceCell SurvivalChromosomes, HumanGene DeletionGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGenetic LociGenomic ImprintingHumansMiceMitochondrial ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataRNA, MessengerMitochondrial ProteinsPRELID1 protein, humanPRELI protein, mouseRNA, Messenger

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PMID22666421
PMCPMC3364194
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