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Yeast | 1997

Rapid amplification of uncharacterized transposon-tagged DNA sequences from genomic DNA

Kristin T. Chun; Howard J. Edenberg; Mark R. Kelley; Mark G. Goebl

Although the entire DNA sequence of the yeast genome has been determined, the functions of nearly a third of the identified genes are unknown. Recently, we described a collection of mutants, each with a transposon‐tagged disruption in an essential gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Identification of these essential genes and characterization of their mutant phenotypes should help assign functions to these thousands of novel genes, and since each mutation in our collection is physically marked by the uniform, unique DNA sequence of the transposable element, it should be possible to use the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify the DNA adjacent to the transposon. However, existing PCR methods include steps that make their use on a large scale cumbersome. In this report, we describe a semi‐random, two‐step PCR protocol, ST‐PCR. This method is simpler and more specific than current methods, requiring only genomic DNA and two pairs of PCR primers, and involving two successive PCR reactions. Using this method, we have rapidly and easily identified the essential genes identified by several of our mutants. ©1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Blood | 2008

Cul4A is required for hematopoietic cell viability and its deficiency leads to apoptosis.

David L. Waning; Binghui Li; Nan Jia; Yahaira Naaldijk; Goebel Ws; Harm HogenEsch; Kristin T. Chun

In vitro studies indicate that Cul4A ubiquitin ligases target for ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis regulators of cell-cycle progression, apoptosis, development, and DNA repair. In hematopoietic cell lines, studies by our group and others showed that Cul4A ligases regulate proliferation and differentiation in maturing myeloid and erythroid cells. In vivo, Cul4A-deficient embryos die in utero. Cul4A haploinsufficient mice are viable but have fewer erythroid and primitive myeloid progenitors. Yet, little more is known about Cul4A function in vivo. To examine Cul4A function in adults, we generated mice with interferon-inducible deletion of Cul4A. Cul4A deficiency resulted in DNA damage and apoptosis of rapidly dividing cells, and mutant mice died within 3 to 10 days after induction with dramatic atrophy of the intestinal villi, bone marrow, and spleen, and with hematopoietic failure. Cul4A deletion in vivo specifically increased cellular levels of the Cul4A ligase targets Cdt1 and p27(Kip1) but not other known targets. Bone marrow transplantation studies with Cul4A deletion in engrafted cells specifically isolated analysis of Cul4A function to hematopoietic cells and resulted in hematopoietic failure. These recipients died within 9 to 11 days, demonstrating that in hematopoietic cells, Cul4A is essential for survival.


PLOS ONE | 2014

The epigenetic regulator CXXC finger protein 1 is essential for murine hematopoiesis.

Kristin T. Chun; Binghui Li; Erika Dobrota; Courtney M. Tate; Jeong Heon Lee; Shehnaz Khan; Laura S. Haneline; Harm HogenEsch; David G. Skalnik

CXXC finger protein 1 (Cfp1), encoded by the Cxxc1 gene, binds to DNA sequences containing an unmethylated CpG dinucleotide and is an epigenetic regulator of both cytosine and histone methylation. Cxxc1-null mouse embryos fail to gastrulate, and Cxxc1-null embryonic stem cells are viable but cannot differentiate, suggesting that Cfp1 is required for chromatin remodeling associated with stem cell differentiation and embryogenesis. Mice homozygous for a conditional Cxxc1 deletion allele and carrying the inducible Mx1-Cre transgene were generated to assess Cfp1 function in adult animals. Induction of Cre expression in adult animals led to Cfp1 depletion in hematopoietic cells, a failure of hematopoiesis with a nearly complete loss of lineage-committed progenitors and mature cells, elevated levels of apoptosis, and death within two weeks. A similar pathology resulted following transplantation of conditional Cxxc1 bone marrow cells into wild type recipients, demonstrating this phenotype is intrinsic to Cfp1 function within bone marrow cells. Remarkably, the Lin−Sca-1+c-Kit+ population of cells in the bone marrow, which is enriched for hematopoietic stem cells and multi-potential progenitor cells, persists and expands in the absence of Cfp1 during this time frame. Thus, Cfp1 is necessary for hematopoietic stem and multi-potential progenitor cell function and for the developmental potential of differentiating hematopoietic cells.


Journal of Biological Chemistry | 1998

Mitochondrial Respiratory Mutants in Yeast Inhibit Glycogen Accumulation by Blocking Activation of Glycogen Synthase

Ruojing Yang; Kristin T. Chun; Ronald C. Wek

Control of glycogen synthase activity by protein phosphorylation is important for regulating the synthesis of glycogen. In this report, we describe a regulatory linkage between the ability of yeast cells to respire and activation of glycogen synthase. Strains containing respiration-deficient mutations in genes such asCOQ3, required for the synthesis of coenzyme Q, were reduced in their ability to accumulate glycogen in response to limiting glucose. This lowered glycogen accumulation results from inactivation of the rate-determining enzyme, glycogen synthase (Gsy2p). Reduced glycogen synthase activity is coincident with lowered glucose 6-phosphate and ATP levels in the respiration-deficient cells deprived of glucose. Alanine substitutions of three previously characterized phosphorylation sites in Gsy2p, Ser-650, Ser-654, or Thr-667, each suppressed the glycogen defect in cells unable to respire, suggesting that inactivation of this enzyme is mediated by phosphorylation of these residues. Inactivation of glycogen synthase requires theRAS signaling pathway that controls cAMP-dependent protein kinase and is independent of Pho85p previously identified as a Gsy2p kinase. These results suggest that yeast cells unable to shift from a fermentative to a respiratory metabolic regimen block accumulation of glycogen by inactivating Gsy2p through protein phosphorylation.


Progress in cell cycle research | 1996

Ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis and cell cycle control in yeast

Kristin T. Chun; Neal Mathias; Mark G. Goebl

Genetic and biochemical data indicate that ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis is involved in the regulated turnover of proteins required for controlling cell cycle progression. In general, mutations in some genes that encode proteins involved in the ubiquitin pathway cause cell cycle defects and affect the turnover of cell cycle regulatory proteins. Furthermore, some cell cycle regulatory proteins are short-lived, ubiquitinated, and degraded by the ubiquitin pathway. This review will examine how the ubiquitin pathway plays a role in regulating progression from the G1 to the S phase of the cell cycle, as well as the G2 to M phase transition.


Journal of Cellular Biochemistry | 2018

The proto-oncogene function of Mdm2 in bone: OLIVOS et al.

David J. Olivos; Daniel S. Perrien; Adam Hooker; Ying Hua Cheng; Robyn K. Fuchs; Jung Min Hong; Angela Bruzzaniti; Kristin T. Chun; Christine M. Eischen; Melissa A. Kacena; Lindsey D. Mayo

Mouse double minute 2 (Mdm2) is a multifaceted oncoprotein that is highly regulated with distinct domains capable of cellular transformation. Loss of Mdm2 is embryonically lethal, making it difficult to study in a mouse model without additional genetic alterations. Global overexpression through increased Mdm2 gene copy number (Mdm2Tg) results in the development of hematopoietic neoplasms and sarcomas in adult animals. In these mice, we found an increase in osteoblastogenesis, differentiation, and a high bone mass phenotype. Since it was difficult to discern the cell lineage that generated this phenotype, we generated osteoblast‐specific Mdm2 overexpressing (Mdm2TgOb) mice in 2 different strains, C57BL/6 and DBA. These mice did not develop malignancies; however, these animals and the MG63 human osteosarcoma cell line with high levels of Mdm2 showed an increase in bone mineralization. Importantly, overexpression of Mdm2 corrected age‐related bone loss in mice, providing a role for the proto‐oncogenic activity of Mdm2 in bone health of adult animals.


Blood | 2006

Cul4A targets p27 for degradation and regulates proliferation, cell cycle exit, and differentiation during erythropoiesis

Binghui Li; Nan Jia; Reuben Kapur; Kristin T. Chun


Genetics | 1996

Genetic Interactions Between REG1/HEX2 and GLC7, the Gene Encoding the Protein Phosphatase Type 1 Catalytic Subunit in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Dongqing Huang; Kristin T. Chun; Mark G. Goebl; Peter J. Roach


Journal of Biological Chemistry | 1992

The role of the membrane domain in the regulated degradation of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase

Kristin T. Chun; Robert D. Simoni


Genetics | 1996

THE IDENTIFICATION OF TRANSPOSON-TAGGED MUTATIONS IN ESSENTIAL GENES THAT AFFECT CELL MORPHOLOGY IN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE

Kristin T. Chun; Mark G. Goebl

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Indiana University Bloomington

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