Kuhnert, Peter; Peterhans, Ernst; Pauli, U (1992). Chromatin structure and DNase I hypersensitivity in the transcriptionally active and inactive porcine tumor necrosis factor gene locus. Nucleic acids research, 20(8), pp. 1943-1948. Information Retrieval Ltd.
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We have analyzed the chromatin structure of the porcine tumor necrosis factor gene locus (TNF-alpha and TNF-beta). Nuclei from porcine peripheral blood mononuclear cells were digested with different nucleases. As assessed with micrococcal nuclease, the two TNF genes displayed slightly faster digestion kinetics than bulk DNA. Studies with DNaseI revealed distinct DNaseI hypersensitive sites (DH-sites) within the porcine TNF locus. Four DH-sites could be observed in the promoter and mRNA leader regions of the TNF-beta gene. Two DH-sites could be observed for the TNF-alpha gene, one located in the promoter region close to the TATA-box and the other site in intron 3. This pattern of DH-sites was present independently of the activation state of the cells. Interestingly in a porcine macrophage-like cell line, we found that the TNF-alpha promoter DH-site disappeared and another DH-site appeared in the region of intron 1. Additionally, the DH-site of intron 3 could be enhanced by PMA-stimulation in these cells. TNF-beta sites were not detected in this cell line. However, DH-sites were totally absent in fibroblasts (freshly isolated from testicles) and in porcine kidney cells (PK15 cell line) both of which do not transcribe the TNF genes. Therefore, the pattern of DH-sites corresponds to the transcriptional activity of analyzed cells.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) 05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) > Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology 05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) > Institute of Virology and Immunology 05 Veterinary Medicine > Other Institutions > Emeriti, Vetsuisse Faculty |
UniBE Contributor: |
Kuhnert, Peter, Peterhans, Ernst |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 630 Agriculture 500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology |
ISSN: |
0305-1048 |
Publisher: |
Information Retrieval Ltd. |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Peter Kuhnert-Ryser |
Date Deposited: |
09 Feb 2015 13:05 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:39 |
PubMed ID: |
1579496 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.62560 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/62560 |
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