Who is the Solitary Long Terminal Repeats of ERV-9 Endogenous Retrovirus? 석사 1 년 김 우 연
Contents Identification of ERV9 LTR Identification of R within ERV9 LTR Mutational Analysis of ERV9 Promoter Region Mobilization of ERV9 during Primate Evolution ERV9 LTR in β-globin gene and Axin gene Evolution of ERV9 Future study
1. Identification of ERV9 in undifferentiated embryonal carcinoma cells
Assay of ERV9 LTR promoter activity in different human cell lines
2. Identification of R within ERV9 LTR Identification of R within HERV9 LTR ( LTR12 )
Identification of transcription start sites - Transfection in NT2/D1 cells - Total RNA isolation - Primer extension analysis Using a primer complementary to the CAT coding region
CAT expression assay CAT gene Chloramphenicol Acetyltransferase counting the amount of [14C] Chloramphenicol converted to the mono-acetylated forms Efficient promoter activity region : -70/+6, -70/-7
DNase I footprint analysis : +7 ~ -10 : -33 ~ -54 Sp1 transcription factor binds to -54 ~ -33
Sp1 transcription factor binds to -54 ~ -33
3. Mutational Analysis of ERV9 Promoter Region
The potential of different transcription factors
4. Mobilization of ERV9 during Primate Evolution
zinc finger protein 80 (ZNF80) gene
ZNF80 in the primate species
Alignment of LTRs regions
Phylogenetic tree of radiation, insertion time Insertion time of the ERV9 element
5. ERV9 LTR in β-globin gene and Axin gene ERV9 LTR is conserved during primate evolution and possess enhancer activities
β-globin gene region A. B. nuclease hypersensitive site 5,4,3,2,1 HBE1, HBG2,1 HBBP1, HBD, HBB B. Human, Chimpanzee, Gorilla, Orangutan – LTR12 Gibbon, Monkey – no LTR12
Axin gene - HESAS Result of HESAS
Axin gene – axin LTR
By FACS
Enhancer and promoter activities
6. Evolution of HERV9
Identified ERV9 Elements Synapomorphic combination of character states i.e. Diagnostic nucleotide substritutions
Ages of ERV9 Subfamilies
Phylogenetic relationships
Divergence
Future study ERV9 LTR ( LTR11, LTR12, LTR17, pTR5 ) 분석 U5 영역의 repeat sequence 분석 Human genome 전체에서 ERV9 LTR 삽입 상태 분석 Gene 과 연결된 ERV9 LTR 분석 Gene 과 연결된 상태에 따라 분석 ERV9 LTR의 Expression 분석