Differential activity of a tissue-specific extinguisher locus in hepatic and nonhepatic cells.
Tissue-specific extinguisher 1 (Tse-1) is a genetic locus on mouse chromosome 11 that can repress expression of several liver genes in trans. This locus is clearly active in fibroblasts, as hepatoma cells retaining fibroblast chromosome 11 are extinguished for both tyrosine aminotransferase and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase gene expression. To assess the activity of Tse-1 in other tissues, we transferred mouse chromosome 11 from several different cell types into rat hepatoma recipients. Tse-1 was active in nonhepatic cell lines derived from each primary germ layer, but Tse-1 activity was not apparent in hybrids between hepatoma cells and primary mouse hepatocytes. These differences in the genetic activity of murine Tse-1 were apparently heritable in cis.
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Department of Molecular Medicine, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98104.
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D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005809:Genes, Regulator; D006822:Hybrid Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D010641:Phenotype; D010729:Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase (GTP) / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014444:Tyrosine Transaminase / Q000235:genetics
D014444:Tyrosine Transaminase; D010729:Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase (GTP)