SW13 Cells Can Transition between Two Distinct Subtypes by Switching Expression of BRG1 andBrm Genes at the Post-transcriptional Level
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The human adrenal carcinoma cell line, SW13, has been reported to be deficient in both BRG1 and Brm expression and therefore is considered to lack a functional SWI/SNF complex. We found that the original cell line of SW13 is composed of two subtypes, one that expresses neither BRG1 nor Brm (SW13(vim-)) and the another, which does express both (SW13(vim+)). The presence of BRG1 and Brm in SW13 correlates completely with the cellular ability to express such genes as vimentin, collagenase, c-met, and CD44 that were under the control of a transcription factor, AP-1, which was shown previously to require a functional SWI/SNF complex for its transactivating activity. Transient treatment with inhibitors of histone deacetylase induced a stable transition of SW13(vim-) to a cell type indistinguishable from SW13(vim+), suggesting that these two subtypes are epigenetically different. Run-on analysis indicated that, unlike these four genes driven by AP-1, transcription of the BRG1 and Brm genes in SW13(vim-) are initiated at a frequency comparable with SW13(vim+). In both SW13(vim-) and SW13(vim+) cells, the BRG1 and Brm genes were transcribed through the entire gene at a similar efficiency, indicating that their expression was completely suppressed at the post-transcriptional level in SW13(vim-) cells. We would like to propose that SW13 can spontaneously transition between two subtypes by switching expression of BRG1 and Brm at the post-transcriptional level.
- University of Tokyo Japan
Cell Nucleus, Models, Genetic, Blotting, Western, DNA Helicases, Nuclear Proteins, Cell Cycle Proteins, DNA, Blotting, Northern, Immunohistochemistry, Coculture Techniques, Hyaluronan Receptors, Retroviridae, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Drosophila Proteins, Humans, RNA, RNA, Messenger, RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional, In Situ Hybridization, Plasmids
Cell Nucleus, Models, Genetic, Blotting, Western, DNA Helicases, Nuclear Proteins, Cell Cycle Proteins, DNA, Blotting, Northern, Immunohistochemistry, Coculture Techniques, Hyaluronan Receptors, Retroviridae, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Drosophila Proteins, Humans, RNA, RNA, Messenger, RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional, In Situ Hybridization, Plasmids
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