HMGA1 (high-mobility-group A1) proteins are architectural transcription factors that are found overexpressed in embryogenesis and malignant tumours. We have shown previously that they have a role in lymphopoiesis, since the loss of HMGA1 expression leads to an impairment of T-cell development and to an increase in B-cell population. Since RAGs (recombination activating genes) are key regulators of lymphoid differentiation, in the present study we investigate whether RAG2 expression is dependent on HMGA1 activity. We show that RAG2 gene expression is up-regulated in Hmga1-/- ES (embryonic stem) cells and EBs (embryoid bodies) as well as in yolk sacs and fibroblasts from Hmga1-/- mice, suggesting that HMGA1 proteins control RAG2 gene expression both in vitro and in vivo. We show that the effect of HMGA1 on RAG2 expression is direct, identify the responsible region in the RAG2 promoter and demonstrate binding to the promoter in vivo using chromatin immunoprecipitation. Since RAG2 is necessary for lymphoid cell development, our results suggest a novel mechanism by which HMGA1 might regulate lymphoid differentiation.

High-mobility-group A1 (HMGA1) proteins down-regulate the expression of the recombination activating gene 2 (RAG2)

PENTIMALLI, FRANCESCA;
2005-01-01

Abstract

HMGA1 (high-mobility-group A1) proteins are architectural transcription factors that are found overexpressed in embryogenesis and malignant tumours. We have shown previously that they have a role in lymphopoiesis, since the loss of HMGA1 expression leads to an impairment of T-cell development and to an increase in B-cell population. Since RAGs (recombination activating genes) are key regulators of lymphoid differentiation, in the present study we investigate whether RAG2 expression is dependent on HMGA1 activity. We show that RAG2 gene expression is up-regulated in Hmga1-/- ES (embryonic stem) cells and EBs (embryoid bodies) as well as in yolk sacs and fibroblasts from Hmga1-/- mice, suggesting that HMGA1 proteins control RAG2 gene expression both in vitro and in vivo. We show that the effect of HMGA1 on RAG2 expression is direct, identify the responsible region in the RAG2 promoter and demonstrate binding to the promoter in vivo using chromatin immunoprecipitation. Since RAG2 is necessary for lymphoid cell development, our results suggest a novel mechanism by which HMGA1 might regulate lymphoid differentiation.
2005
electrophoretic mobility-shift assay (EMSA)
embryonic stem cell
high-mobility-group A1 (HMGA1)
lymphopoiesis
MEF
recombination activating gene 2 (RAG2)
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