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Growth factor signaling leads to the induction or repression of immediate early genes, but how these genes act collectively as effectors of downstream processes remains unresolved. We have used gene trap-coupled microarray analysis to identify and mutate multiple platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) intermediate early genes in mice. Mutations in these genes lead to a high frequency of phenotypes that affect the same cell types and processes as those controlled by the PDGF pathway. We conclude that these genes form a network that controls specific processes downstream of PDGF signaling. 相似文献
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Chambers JC Zhang W Sehmi J Li X Wass MN Van der Harst P Holm H Sanna S Kavousi M Baumeister SE Coin LJ Deng G Gieger C Heard-Costa NL Hottenga JJ Kühnel B Kumar V Lagou V Liang L Luan J Vidal PM Mateo Leach I O'Reilly PF Peden JF Rahmioglu N Soininen P Speliotes EK Yuan X Thorleifsson G Alizadeh BZ Atwood LD Borecki IB Brown MJ Charoen P Cucca F Das D de Geus EJ Dixon AL Döring A Ehret G Eyjolfsson GI Farrall M Forouhi NG Friedrich N Goessling W Gudbjartsson DF Harris TB Hartikainen AL Heath S 《Nature genetics》2011,43(11):1131-1138
Concentrations of liver enzymes in plasma are widely used as indicators of liver disease. We carried out a genome-wide association study in 61,089 individuals, identifying 42 loci associated with concentrations of liver enzymes in plasma, of which 32 are new associations (P = 10(-8) to P = 10(-190)). We used functional genomic approaches including metabonomic profiling and gene expression analyses to identify probable candidate genes at these regions. We identified 69 candidate genes, including genes involved in biliary transport (ATP8B1 and ABCB11), glucose, carbohydrate and lipid metabolism (FADS1, FADS2, GCKR, JMJD1C, HNF1A, MLXIPL, PNPLA3, PPP1R3B, SLC2A2 and TRIB1), glycoprotein biosynthesis and cell surface glycobiology (ABO, ASGR1, FUT2, GPLD1 and ST3GAL4), inflammation and immunity (CD276, CDH6, GCKR, HNF1A, HPR, ITGA1, RORA and STAT4) and glutathione metabolism (GSTT1, GSTT2 and GGT), as well as several genes of uncertain or unknown function (including ABHD12, EFHD1, EFNA1, EPHA2, MICAL3 and ZNF827). Our results provide new insight into genetic mechanisms and pathways influencing markers of liver function. 相似文献
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The melanocyte differentiation program predisposes to metastasis after neoplastic transformation 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Gupta PB Kuperwasser C Brunet JP Ramaswamy S Kuo WL Gray JW Naber SP Weinberg RA 《Nature genetics》2005,37(10):1047-1054
The aggressive clinical behavior of melanoma suggests that the developmental origins of melanocytes in the neural crest might be relevant to their metastatic propensity. Here we show that primary human melanocytes, transformed using a specific set of introduced genes, form melanomas that frequently metastasize to multiple secondary sites, whereas human fibroblasts and epithelial cells transformed using an identical set of genes generate primary tumors that rarely do so. Notably, these melanomas have a metastasis spectrum similar to that observed in humans with melanoma. These observations indicate that part of the metastatic proclivity of melanoma is attributable to lineage-specific factors expressed in melanocytes and not in other cell types analyzed. Analysis of microarray data from human nevi shows that the expression pattern of Slug, a master regulator of neural crest cell specification and migration, correlates with those of other genes that are important for neural crest cell migrations during development. Moreover, Slug is required for the metastasis of the transformed melanoma cells. These findings indicate that melanocyte-specific factors present before neoplastic transformation can have a pivotal role in governing melanoma progression. 相似文献
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Mammalian SWI/SNF complexes are ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling enzymes that have been implicated in the regulation of gene expression, cell-cycle control and oncogenesis. MyoD is a muscle-specific regulator able to induce myogenesis in numerous cell types. To ascertain the requirement for chromatin remodeling enzymes in cellular differentiation processes, we examined MyoD-mediated induction of muscle differentiation in fibroblasts expressing dominant-negative versions of the human brahma-related gene-1 (BRG1) or human brahma (BRM), the ATPase subunits of two distinct SWI/SNF enzymes. We find that induction of the myogenic phenotype is completely abrogated in the presence of the mutant enzymes. We further demonstrate that failure to induce muscle-specific gene expression correlates with inhibition of chromatin remodeling in the promoter region of an endogenous muscle-specific gene. Our results demonstrate that SWI/SNF enzymes promote MyoD-mediated muscle differentiation and indicate that these enzymes function by altering chromatin structure in promoter regions of endogenous, differentiation-specific loci. 相似文献
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J A Camacho C Obie B Biery B K Goodman C A Hu S Almashanu G Steel R Casey M Lambert G A Mitchell D Valle 《Nature genetics》1999,22(2):151-158
Neurospora crassa ARG13 and Saccharomyces cerevisiae ARG11 encode mitochondrial carrier family (MCF) proteins that transport ornithine across the mitochondrial inner membrane. We used their sequences to identify EST candidates that partially encode orthologous mammalian transporters. We thereby identified such a gene (ORNT1) that maps to 13q14 and whose expression, similar to that of other urea cycle (UC) components, was high in liver and varied with changes in dietary protein. ORNT1 expression restores ornithine metabolism in fibroblasts from patients with hyperammonaemia-hyperornithinaemia-homocitrullinuria (HHH) syndrome. In a survey of 11 HHH probands, we identified 3 ORNT1 mutant alleles that account for 21 of 22 possible mutant ORNT1 genes in our patients: F188delta, which is common in French-Canadian HHH patients and encodes an unstable protein; E180K, which encodes a stable, properly targeted protein that is inactive; and a 13q14 microdeletion. Our results show that ORNT1 encodes the mitochondrial ornithine transporter involved in UC function and is defective in HHH syndrome. 相似文献
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Individual variation in gene expression is important for evolutionary adaptation and susceptibility to diseases and pathologies. In this study, we address the functional importance of this variation by comparing cardiac metabolism to patterns of mRNA expression using microarrays. There is extensive variation in both cardiac metabolism and the expression of metabolic genes among individuals of the teleost fish Fundulus heteroclitus from natural outbred populations raised in a common environment: metabolism differed among individuals by a factor of more than 2, and expression levels of 94% of genes were significantly different (P < 0.01) between individuals in a population. This unexpectedly high variation in metabolic gene expression explains much of the variation in metabolism, suggesting that it is biologically relevant. The patterns of gene expression that are most important in explaining cardiac metabolism differ between groups of individuals. Apparently, the variation in metabolism seems to be related to different patterns of gene expression in the different groups of individuals. The magnitude of differences in gene expression in these groups is not important; large changes in expression have no greater predictive value than small changes. These data suggest that variation in physiological performance is related to the subtle variation in gene expression and that this relationship differs among individuals. 相似文献
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Numerous microRNAs (miRNAs) have been discovered in the genomes of higher eukaryotes, and functional studies indicate that they are important during development. However, little is known concerning the function of individual miRNAs. We approached this problem in zebrafish by combining identification of miRNA expression, functional analyses and experimental validation of potential targets. We show that miR-214 is expressed during early segmentation stages in somites and that varying its expression alters the expression of genes regulated by Hedgehog signaling. Inhibition of miR-214 results in a reduction or loss of slow-muscle cell types. We show that su(fu) mRNA, encoding a negative regulator of Hedgehog signaling, is targeted by miR-214. Through regulation of su(fu), miR-214 enables precise specification of muscle cell types by sharpening cellular responses to Hedgehog. 相似文献
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The Pristionchus pacificus genome provides a unique perspective on nematode lifestyle and parasitism
Dieterich C Clifton SW Schuster LN Chinwalla A Delehaunty K Dinkelacker I Fulton L Fulton R Godfrey J Minx P Mitreva M Roeseler W Tian H Witte H Yang SP Wilson RK Sommer RJ 《Nature genetics》2008,40(10):1193-1198
Here we present a draft genome sequence of the nematode Pristionchus pacificus, a species that is associated with beetles and is used as a model system in evolutionary biology. With 169 Mb and 23,500 predicted protein-coding genes, the P. pacificus genome is larger than those of Caenorhabditis elegans and the human parasite Brugia malayi. Compared to C. elegans, the P. pacificus genome has more genes encoding cytochrome P450 enzymes, glucosyltransferases, sulfotransferases and ABC transporters, many of which were experimentally validated. The P. pacificus genome contains genes encoding cellulase and diapausin, and cellulase activity is found in P. pacificus secretions, indicating that cellulases can be found in nematodes beyond plant parasites. The relatively higher number of detoxification and degradation enzymes in P. pacificus is consistent with its necromenic lifestyle and might represent a preadaptation for parasitism. Thus, comparative genomics analysis of three ecologically distinct nematodes offers a unique opportunity to investigate the association between genome structure and lifestyle. 相似文献
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A lentivirus-based system to functionally silence genes in primary mammalian cells,stem cells and transgenic mice by RNA interference 总被引:87,自引:0,他引:87
Rubinson DA Dillon CP Kwiatkowski AV Sievers C Yang L Kopinja J Rooney DL Zhang M Ihrig MM McManus MT Gertler FB Scott ML Van Parijs L 《Nature genetics》2003,33(3):401-406
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Ross DT Scherf U Eisen MB Perou CM Rees C Spellman P Iyer V Jeffrey SS Van de Rijn M Waltham M Pergamenschikov A Lee JC Lashkari D Shalon D Myers TG Weinstein JN Botstein D Brown PO 《Nature genetics》2000,24(3):227-235
We used cDNA microarrays to explore the variation in expression of approximately 8,000 unique genes among the 60 cell lines used in the National Cancer Institute's screen for anti-cancer drugs. Classification of the cell lines based solely on the observed patterns of gene expression revealed a correspondence to the ostensible origins of the tumours from which the cell lines were derived. The consistent relationship between the gene expression patterns and the tissue of origin allowed us to recognize outliers whose previous classification appeared incorrect. Specific features of the gene expression patterns appeared to be related to physiological properties of the cell lines, such as their doubling time in culture, drug metabolism or the interferon response. Comparison of gene expression patterns in the cell lines to those observed in normal breast tissue or in breast tumour specimens revealed features of the expression patterns in the tumours that had recognizable counterparts in specific cell lines, reflecting the tumour, stromal and inflammatory components of the tumour tissue. These results provided a novel molecular characterization of this important group of human cell lines and their relationships to tumours in vivo. 相似文献
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The developmental dynamics of the maize leaf transcriptome 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
Li P Ponnala L Gandotra N Wang L Si Y Tausta SL Kebrom TH Provart N Patel R Myers CR Reidel EJ Turgeon R Liu P Sun Q Nelson T Brutnell TP 《Nature genetics》2010,42(12):1060-1067
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Cortina C Palomo-Ponce S Iglesias M Fernández-Masip JL Vivancos A Whissell G Humà M Peiró N Gallego L Jonkheer S Davy A Lloreta J Sancho E Batlle E 《Nature genetics》2007,39(11):1376-1383
The genes encoding tyrosine kinase receptors EphB2 and EphB3 are beta-catenin and Tcf4 target genes in colorectal cancer (CRC) and in normal intestinal cells. In the intestinal epithelium, EphB signaling controls the positioning of cell types along the crypt-villus axis. In CRC, EphB activity suppresses tumor progression beyond the earliest stages. Here we show that EphB receptors compartmentalize the expansion of CRC cells through a mechanism dependent on E-cadherin-mediated adhesion. We demonstrate that EphB-mediated compartmentalization restricts the spreading of EphB-expressing tumor cells into ephrin-B1-positive territories in vitro and in vivo. Our results indicate that CRC cells must silence EphB expression to avoid repulsive interactions imposed by normal ephrin-B1-expressing intestinal cells at the onset of tumorigenesis. 相似文献
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PGC-1alpha-responsive genes involved in oxidative phosphorylation are coordinately downregulated in human diabetes 总被引:36,自引:0,他引:36
Mootha VK Lindgren CM Eriksson KF Subramanian A Sihag S Lehar J Puigserver P Carlsson E Ridderstråle M Laurila E Houstis N Daly MJ Patterson N Mesirov JP Golub TR Tamayo P Spiegelman B Lander ES Hirschhorn JN Altshuler D Groop LC 《Nature genetics》2003,34(3):267-273
DNA microarrays can be used to identify gene expression changes characteristic of human disease. This is challenging, however, when relevant differences are subtle at the level of individual genes. We introduce an analytical strategy, Gene Set Enrichment Analysis, designed to detect modest but coordinate changes in the expression of groups of functionally related genes. Using this approach, we identify a set of genes involved in oxidative phosphorylation whose expression is coordinately decreased in human diabetic muscle. Expression of these genes is high at sites of insulin-mediated glucose disposal, activated by PGC-1alpha and correlated with total-body aerobic capacity. Our results associate this gene set with clinically important variation in human metabolism and illustrate the value of pathway relationships in the analysis of genomic profiling experiments. 相似文献
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Extensive and coordinated transcription of noncoding RNAs within cell-cycle promoters 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
Hung T Wang Y Lin MF Koegel AK Kotake Y Grant GD Horlings HM Shah N Umbricht C Wang P Wang Y Kong B Langerød A Børresen-Dale AL Kim SK van de Vijver M Sukumar S Whitfield ML Kellis M Xiong Y Wong DJ Chang HY 《Nature genetics》2011,43(7):621-629