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mef2 activity levels differentially regulate gene expression during Drosophila muscle development

Elgar, S. J., Han, Jun and Taylor, Michael Victor ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1351-939X 2008. mef2 activity levels differentially regulate gene expression during Drosophila muscle development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105 (3) , pp. 918-923. 10.1073/pnas.0711255105

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Abstract

Cell differentiation is controlled by key transcription factors, and a major question is how they orchestrate cell-type-specific genetic programs. Muscle differentiation is a well studied paradigm in which the conserved Mef2 transcription factor plays a pivotal role. Recent genomic studies have identified a large number of mef2-regulated target genes with distinct temporal expression profiles during Drosophila myogenesis. However, the question remains as to how a single transcription factor can control such diverse patterns of gene expression. In this study we used a strategy combining genomics and developmental genetics to address this issue in vivo during Drosophila muscle development. We found that groups of mef2-regulated genes respond differently to changes in mef2 activity levels: some require higher levels for their expression than others. Furthermore, this differential requirement correlates with when the gene is first expressed during the muscle differentiation program. Genes that require higher levels are activated later. These results implicate mef2 in the temporal regulation of muscle gene expression, and, consistent with this, we show that changes in mef2 activity levels can alter the start of gene expression in a predictable manner. Together these results indicate that Mef2 is not an all-or-none regulator; rather, its action is more subtle, and levels of its activity are important in the differential expression of muscle genes. This suggests a route by which mef2 can orchestrate the muscle differentiation program and contribute to the stringent regulation of gene expression during myogenesis.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Biosciences
Subjects: Q Science > QH Natural history > QH426 Genetics
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
ISSN: 0027-8424
Last Modified: 17 Oct 2022 10:43
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/9018

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