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Biol Res ; 39(1): 125-42, 2006.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16629173

RESUMO

The role of metallothioneins (MT) in copper homeostasis is of great interest, as it appears to be partially responsible for the regulation of intracellular copper levels during adaptation to extracellular excess of the metal. To further investigate a possible role of MTs in copper metabolism, a genomics approach was utilized to evaluate the role of MT on gene expression. Microarray analysis was used to examine the effects of copper overload in fibroblast cells from normal and MT I and II double knock-out mice (MT-/-). As a first step, we compared genes that were significantly upregulated in wild-type and MT-/- cells exposed to copper. Even though wild-type and mutant cells are undistinguishable in terms of their morphological features and rates of growth, our results show that MT-/- cells do not respond with induction of typical markers of cellular stress under copper excess conditions, as observed in the wild-type cell line, suggesting that the transcription initiation rate or the mRNA stability of stress genes is affected when there is an alteration in the copper store capacity. The functional classification of other up-regulated genes in both cell lines indicates that a large proportion (>80%) belong to two major categories: 1) metabolism; and 2) cellular physiological processes, suggesting that at the transcriptional level copper overload induces the expression of genes associated with diverse molecular functions. These results open the possibility to understand how copper homeostasis is being coordinated with other metabolic pathways.


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Cobre/metabolismo , Fibroblastos/química , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica/métodos , Homeostase , Metalotioneína/fisiologia , Animais , Linhagem Celular , Imunofluorescência , Metalotioneína/genética , Metalotioneína/metabolismo , Camundongos , Análise em Microsséries , Mutação , RNA Mensageiro/análise
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Biol. Res ; 39(1): 125-142, 2006. ilus, tab
Artigo em Inglês | LILACS | ID: lil-430706

RESUMO

The role of metallothioneins (MT) in copper homeostasis is of great interest, as it appears to be partially responsible for the regulation of intracellular copper levels during adaptation to extracellular excess of the metal. To further investigate a possible role of MTs in copper metabolism, a genomics approach was utilized to evaluate the role of MT on gene expression. Microarray analysis was used to examine the effects of copper overload in fibroblast cells from normal and MT I and II double knock-out mice (MT-/-). As a first step, we compared genes that were significantly upregulated in wild-type and MT-/- cells exposed to copper. Even though wild-type and mutant cells are undistinguishable in terms of their morphological features and rates of growth, our results show that MT-/- cells do not respond with induction of typical markers of cellular stress under copper excess conditions, as observed in the wild-type cell line, suggesting that the transcription initiation rate or the mRNA stability of stress genes is affected when there is an alteration in the copper store capacity. The functional classification of other up-regulated genes in both cell lines indicates that a large proportion (>80 percent) belong to two major categories: 1) metabolism; and 2) cellular physiological processes, suggesting that at the transcriptional level copper overload induces the expression of genes associated with diverse molecular functions. These results open the possibility to understand how copper homeostasis is being coordinated with other metabolic pathways.


Assuntos
Animais , Camundongos , Cobre/metabolismo , Fibroblastos/química , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica/métodos , Homeostase , Metalotioneína/fisiologia , Linhagem Celular , Imunofluorescência , Análise em Microsséries , Mutação , Metalotioneína/genética , Metalotioneína/metabolismo , RNA Mensageiro/análise
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