Krejcí Alena, Bray Sarah
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3DY, United Kingdom.
Genes Dev. 2007 Jun 1;21(11):1322-7. doi: 10.1101/gad.424607.
The CSL [CBF1/Su(H)/Lag2] proteins [Su(H) in Drosophila] are implicated in repression and activation of Notch target loci. Prevailing models imply a static association of these DNA-binding transcription factors with their target enhancers. Our analysis of Su(H) binding and chromatin-associated features at 11 E(spl) Notch target genes before and after Notch revealed large differences in Su(H) occupancy at target loci that correlated with the presence of polymerase II and other marks of transcriptional activity. Unexpectedly, Su(H) occupancy was significantly and transiently increased following Notch activation, suggesting a more dynamic interaction with targets than hitherto proposed.
CSL[CBF1/Su(H)/Lag2]蛋白(果蝇中的Su(H))与Notch靶基因座的抑制和激活有关。普遍的模型表明这些DNA结合转录因子与其靶增强子存在静态关联。我们对11个E(spl)Notch靶基因在Notch激活前后的Su(H)结合及染色质相关特征进行分析,发现靶基因座上Su(H)的占据情况存在很大差异,这与聚合酶II的存在及其他转录活性标记相关。出乎意料的是,Notch激活后Su(H)的占据显著且短暂增加,这表明与靶标的相互作用比迄今所提出的更为动态。