Marcelo T Moura, Roberta L O Silva, Ludymila F Cantanhêde, José C Ferreira-Silva, Pábola S Nascimento, Ana M Benko-Iseppon, Marcos A L Oliveira
Scientific reports 2020 Jul 06The extent to which mammalian cells share similar transcriptomes remains unclear. Notwithstanding, such cross-species gene expression inquiries have been scarce for defined cell types and most lack the dissection of gene regulatory landscapes. Therefore, the work was aimed to determine C-MYC relative expression across mammalian fibroblasts (Ovis aries and Bos taurus) via cross-species RT-qPCR and comprehensively explore its regulatory landscape by in silico tools. The prediction of transcription factor binding sites in C-MYC and its 2.5 kb upstream sequence revealed substantial variation, thus indicating evolutionary-driven re-wiring of cis-regulatory elements. C-MYC and its downstream target TBX3 were up-regulated in Bos taurus fibroblasts. The relative expression of C-MYC regulators [RONIN (also known as THAP11), RXRβ, and TCF3] and the C-MYC-associated transcript elongation factor CDK9 did not differ between species. Additional in silico analyses suggested Bos taurus-specific C-MYC exonization, alternative splicing, and binding sites for non-coding RNAs. C-MYC protein orthologs were highly conserved, while variation was in the transactivation domain and the leucine zipper motif. Altogether, mammalian fibroblasts display evolutionary-driven C-MYC relative expression that should be instructive for understanding cellular physiology, cellular reprogramming, and C-MYC-related diseases.
Marcelo T Moura, Roberta L O Silva, Ludymila F Cantanhêde, José C Ferreira-Silva, Pábola S Nascimento, Ana M Benko-Iseppon, Marcos A L Oliveira. Evolutionary-driven C-MYC gene expression in mammalian fibroblasts. Scientific reports. 2020 Jul 06;10(1):11056
PMID: 32632086
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