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Hox transcription factor Antp regulates sericin-1 gene expression in the terminal differentiated silk gland of Bombyx mori
Title: | Hox transcription factor Antp regulates sericin-1 gene expression in the terminal differentiated silk gland of Bombyx mori |
Authors: | Kimoto, Mai Browse this author | Tsubota, Takuya Browse this author | Uchino, Keiro Browse this author | Sezutsu, Hideki Browse this author →KAKEN DB | Takiya, Shigeharu Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
Keywords: | Bombyx mori | Silk gland | Sericin-1 | Antp | Transgenic |
Issue Date: | 1-Feb-2014 |
Publisher: | Academic press inc elsevier science |
Journal Title: | Developmental biology |
Volume: | 386 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page: | 64 |
End Page: | 71 |
Publisher DOI: | 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.12.002 |
PMID: | 24333180 |
Abstract: | Hox genes are well-known master regulators in developmental morphogenesis along the anteroposterior axis of animals. However, the molecular mechanisms by which Hox proteins regulate their target genes and determine cell fates are not fully understood. The silk gland of Bombyx mori is a tubular tissue divided into several subparts along the anteroposterior axis, and the silk genes are expressed with specific patterns. The sericin-1 gene (ser1) is expressed in the middle silk gland (MSG) with sublocal specificity. Here we show that the Hox protein Antp is a component of the middle silk gland-specific complex, MIC (MSG-intermolt-specific complex), binds to the essential promoter element of ser1, and activates its expression. Ectopic expression of Antp in transgenic silkworms induced the expression of ser1 in the posterior silk gland (PSG), but not in the anterior part of MSG (MSG-A). Correspondingly, a MIC-like complex was formed by the addition of recombinant Antp in extracts from PSG with its cofactors Exd and Hth, but not in extracts from MSG-A. Splicing patterns of ser1 mRNA induced by the ectopic expression of Antp in PSG were almost the same as those in MSG at the fifth instar and altered depending on the induction timing of Antp. Other Hox genes were expressed with sublocal specificity in the silk gland. The Bombyx silk gland might provide a useful system for understanding how Hox proteins select and regulate their target genes. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
Relation: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012160613006477 |
Type: | article (author version) |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/54945 |
Appears in Collections: | 理学院・理学研究院 (Graduate School of Science / Faculty of Science) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 瀧谷 重治
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