摘要
HELcells,ahumanerythroleukemiacellline,mainlyexpressthefetal(γ)globingeneandtraceamountoftheembryonic(ε)globingene,butnotadult(β)globingene.Hereweshowthathydroxyurea(HU)caninduceHELcellstoexpressadult(β)globingeneandleadthesecellstoterminaldifferentiation.ResultsshowedinGelmobilityshiftassaysthatGATAfactorscouldspecificallybindtotheregulatoryelementsofhumanβ-globingene,includingtheproximalregulatoryelement(theβ-promoter)andthedistalregulatoryelements(theDNaseIhypersensitivesitesintheLCR,HS2-HS4coresequences).However,theDNAbindingpatternsofGATAfactorswerequitedifferentbetweenHU-inducedanduninducedHELcells.Western-blotanalysisofnuclearextractsfromboththeuninducedandHU-inducedHELcellsrevealedthatthelevelofGATA-2transcriptionfactordecreased,whereasthelevelofGATA-1transcriptionfactorincreasedfollowingthetimeofhydroxyureainduction.Furthermore,usingRT-PCRanalysistheexpressionofhumanβ-globingeneinHU-inducedHELcellscouldbeblockedagainwhenHELcellswereincubatedinthepresenceofantisenseoligonucleotidesforhGATA-1,suggestingthattheupregulationofhGATA-1transcriptionfactormightbecriticalfortheexpressionofhumanβ-globingeneinHU-inducedHELcells.
出版日期
2001年04月14日(中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)