AIRE is a transcriptional activator that directs the ectopic expression of many tissue-specific genes in medullary thymic epithelial cells, which plays an important role in the negative selection of autoreactive T cells. However, its mechanism of action remains poorly understood. In this study, we found that AIRE regulates the step of elongation rather than initiation of RNA polymerase II. For these effects, AIRE bound and recruited P-TEFb to target promoters in medullary thymic epithelial cells. In these cells, AIRE activated the ectopic transcription of insulin and salivary protein 1 genes. Indeed, by chromatin immunoprecipitation, we found that RNA polymerase II was already engaged on these promoters but was unable to elongate in the absence of AIRE. Moreover, the genetic inactivation of cyclin T1 from P-TEFb abolished the transcription of AIRE-responsive genes and led to lymphocytic infiltration of lacrimal and salivary glands in the CycT1 ؊/؊ mouse. Our findings reveal critical steps by which AIRE regulates the transcription of genes that control central tolerance in the thymus.
The deficiency of clinical relevance of detected DDIs should be addressed in the upcoming research as it would provide more relevant information to the prescribers' in clinical practice.
Halophilic adaptations have been studied almost exclusively on prokaryotic
microorganisms. Discovery of the black yeast Hortaea werneckii as the
dominant fungal species in hypersaline waters enabled the introduction of a
new model organism to study the mechanisms of salt tolerance in eukaryotes.
Its strategies of cellular osmotic adaptations on the physiological and
molecular level revealed novel, intricate mechanisms to combat fluctuating
salinity. H. werneckii is an extremely halotolerant eukaryotic
microorganism and thus a promising source of transgenes for osmotolerance
improvement of industrially important yeasts, as well as in crops.
Background: Fluctuations in external salinity force eukaryotic cells to respond by changes in the gene expression of proteins acting in protective biochemical processes, thus counteracting the changing osmotic pressure. The high-osmolarity glycerol (HOG) signaling pathway is essential for the efficient up-regulation of the osmoresponsive genes. In this study, the differential gene expression of the extremely halotolerant black yeast Hortaea werneckii was explored. Furthermore, the interaction of mitogen-activated protein kinase HwHog1 and RNA polymerase II with the chromatin in cells adapted to an extremely hypersaline environment was analyzed.
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