Reprogrammed gene expression in a somatic cell-free extract
AUTOR(ES)
Landsverk, Helga B.
FONTE
Oxford University Press
RESUMO
We have developed a somatic cell-free system that remodels chromatin and activates gene expression in heterologous differentiated nuclei. Extracts of stimulated human T cells elicit chromatin binding of transcriptional activators of the interleukin-2 (IL-2) gene, anchoring and activity of a chromatin-remodeling complex and hyperacetylation of the IL-2 promoter in purified exogenous resting T-cell nuclei. The normally repressed IL-2 gene is transcribed in nuclei from quiescent human T cells and from various non-T-cell lines. This demonstrates that somatic cell extracts can be used to reprogram gene expression in differentiated nuclei. In vitro reprogramming may be useful for investigating regulation of gene expression and for producing replacement cells for the treatment of a wide variety of diseases.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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