title: Expression profiling of BEN regulated genes in mouse embryonic fibroblasts.
abstract: BEN is a member of the TFII-I family of helix-loop-helix transcription factors. Both TFII-I and BEN are involved in gene regulation through interactions with tissue-specific transcription factors and chromatin remodeling complexes. Identification of the downstream target genes of TFII-I proteins is critical in delineating the regulatory effects of these proteins. In this study, we conducted a microarray analysis to determine gene expression alterations following the overexpression of BEN in primary mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs). We found the BEN-dependent modulation in the expression of large groups of genes representing a wide variety of functional categories including genes important in the immune response, cell cycle, transcriptional regulation and cell signaling. A set of genes identified by the microarray analysis was validated by independent real-time PCR analysis. Among upregulated genes were Shrm, Tgfb2, Ube2l6, G1p2, Ccl7 while downregulated genes were Folr1, Tgfbr2, Csrp2, and Dlk1. These results support a versatile function of TFII-I proteins in vertebrate physiology and lead to an increased understanding of the BEN-dependent molecular events.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
authors.forename: Nyam-Osor
authors.initials: NO
authors.lastname: Chimge
authors.forename: Ognoon
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mungunsukh
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ruddle
authors.forename: Dashzeveg
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bayarsaihan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000166:cytology; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005796:Genes / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C486558:Gtf2ird1 protein, mouse; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators