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Two functionally identical modular enhancers in Drosophila troponin T gene establish the correct protein levels in different muscle types.

ABSTRACT: The control of muscle-specific expression is one of the principal mechanisms by which diversity is generated among muscle types. In an attempt to elucidate the regulatory mechanisms that control fiber diversity in any given muscle, we have focused our attention on the transcriptional regulation of the Drosophila Troponin T gene. Two, nonredundant, functionally identical, enhancer-like elements activate Troponin T transcription independently in all major muscles of the embryo and larvae as well as in adult somatic and visceral muscles. Here, we propose that the differential but concerted interaction of these two elements underlies the mechanism by which a particular muscle-type establish the correct levels of Troponin T expression, adapting these levels to their specific needs. This mechanism is not exclusive to the Troponin T gene, but is also relevant to the muscle-specific Troponin I gene. In conjunction with in vivo transgenic studies, an in silico analysis of the Troponin T enhancer-like sequences revealed that both these elements are organized in a modular manner. Extending this analysis to the Troponin I and Tropomyosin regulatory elements, the two other components of the muscle-regulatory complex, we have discovered a similar modular organization of phylogenetically conserved domains.

SUBMITTER: Mas JA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC379288 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Two functionally identical modular enhancers in Drosophila troponin T gene establish the correct protein levels in different muscle types.

Mas José-Antonio JA García-Zaragoza Elena E Cervera Margarita M

Molecular biology of the cell 20040112 4

The control of muscle-specific expression is one of the principal mechanisms by which diversity is generated among muscle types. In an attempt to elucidate the regulatory mechanisms that control fiber diversity in any given muscle, we have focused our attention on the transcriptional regulation of the Drosophila Troponin T gene. Two, nonredundant, functionally identical, enhancer-like elements activate Troponin T transcription independently in all major muscles of the embryo and larvae as well a ...[more]

PMID: 14718560

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Project description:Development and homeostasis of all multicellular organisms rely on differential cell-type-specific gene expression that is regulated by non-coding genomic enhancer elements. Enhancers function through the transcription-factor-mediated recruitment of cofactors, a structurally and functionally diverse set of proteins that activate RNA polymerase II transcription at promoters. Despite the important roles of enhancers and cofactors in transcriptional regulation, it is still not clear if all cofactors are required for all enhancers or if different enhancers have distinct cofactor dependencies and whether differential cofactor dependencies could be used to functionally categorize enhancers. Here, we quantified enhancer activities along the entire human genome using the massively parallel enhancer-activity assay STARR-seq in HCT116 cells, following the rapid auxin-inducible degradation of eight different cofactors. We identified groups of enhancers with distinct cofactor requirements, including enhancers whose activity is insensitive to the depletion of the core Mediator subunit MED14 or the bromodomain protein BRD4, respectively. In particular, Mediator seemed dispensable for P53-responsive enhancers and MED14-depleted cells in which transcription globally failed were still able to induce endogenous P53 target genes such as p21. Similarly, BRD4 was not required for genes with a CCAAT- and TATA-box proximal enhancer, including histone genes and LTR12 family retrotransposons, and for the induction of TATA-box containing heat-shock genes. Taken together, we show that different types of enhancers with distinct cofactor dependencies exist, including enhancer types that function in the absence of well-known cofactors and are employed to regulate specific gene classes and transcriptional programs. This represents the first functional categorization of enhancers by their cofactor dependencies that improves our understanding of alternative ways to activate transcription, which can aid in developing more precise interventions to modulate gene expression.

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Two functionally identical modular enhancers in Drosophila troponin T gene establish the correct protein levels in different muscle types.

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Two functionally identical modular enhancers in Drosophila troponin T gene establish the correct protein levels in different muscle types.

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