Title
Delineation of a human histone H4 cell cycle element in vivo: the master switch for H4 gene transcription
UMMS Affiliation
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; Department of Cell Biology
Publication Date
1994-05-10
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Life Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences
Abstract
Histone gene expression is cell cycle regulated at the transcriptional and the post-transcriptional levels. Upon entry into S phase, histone gene transcription is stimulated 2- to 5-fold and peaks within 1-3 hr of the initiation of DNA synthesis. We have delineated the proximal promoter element responsible for cell cycle-dependent transcription of a human histone H4 gene in vivo. Our results indicate that H4 cell cycle-dependent transcriptional regulation is mediated by an 11-base-pair element, the cell cycle element (5'-CTTTCG-GTTTT-3'), that resides in the in vivo protein-DNA interaction site, site II (nucleotides -64 to -24). The H4 cell cycle element functions as a master switch for expression of the FO108 human histone H4 gene in vivo; mutations within the H4 cell cycle element drastically reduce the level of expression as well as abrogate cell cycle-regulated transcription. Furthermore, these mutations result in a loss of binding in vitro of the cognate nuclear factor HiNF-M. In vivo competition analysis indicates that the cell cycle element mediates specific competition for a DNA-binding factor, presumably HiNF-M, that is a rate-limiting step in transcription of this H4 gene.
DOI of Published Version
10.1073/pnas.91.10.4475
Source
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994 May 10;91(10):4475-9.
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Related Resources
PubMed ID
8183933
Repository Citation
Ramsey-Ewing AL, Van Wijnen AJ, Stein GS, Stein JL. (1994). Delineation of a human histone H4 cell cycle element in vivo: the master switch for H4 gene transcription. Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Student Publications. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.91.10.4475. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsbs_sp/1011