Pan Zhizhong Z
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Transcription. 2012 Mar-Apr;3(2):68-72. doi: 10.4161/trns.19511. Epub 2012 Mar 1.
Gad2 encodes GAD65, which is present preferentially in presynaptic terminals for synthesis of GABA for vesicle release. Gad2 is a regulatory target of cell activities in various brain functions and in GABA perturbation-related neurological diseases. However, our understanding of how Gad2 is transcriptionally regulated and how Gad2 transcription responds to changing cell environment under these conditions is still limited. This review discusses recent advances in the regulatory mechanisms for Gad2 transcription and highlights the characteristics of TATA-less Gad2 promoters and regulation of Gad2 transcription by CREB and by activity-dependent epigenetic modification of the chromatin structure in regulatory elements of the Gad2 gene.
Gad2编码GAD65,GAD65优先存在于突触前终末,用于合成γ-氨基丁酸(GABA)以供囊泡释放。Gad2是各种脑功能以及与GABA紊乱相关的神经疾病中细胞活动的调控靶点。然而,我们对Gad2转录调控的方式以及在这些情况下Gad2转录如何响应不断变化的细胞环境的了解仍然有限。本文综述讨论了Gad2转录调控机制的最新进展,并强调了无TATA框的Gad2启动子的特征,以及CREB对Gad2转录的调控,以及Gad2基因调控元件中染色质结构的活性依赖性表观遗传修饰对Gad2转录的调控。