The activity of the scs and scs' insulator elements is not dependent on chromosomal context.
AUTOR(ES)
Dunaway, M
RESUMO
Sequence elements that protect a reporter gene from chromosomal position effects or that block enhancer-activated transcription are called insulators. Using a plasmid-based microinjection assay with Xenopus laevis oocytes, we show that the heterologous Drosophila melanogaster scs and scs' insulator elements do not require chromosomal context to block enhancer-activated transcription. A single insulator element partially blocks enhancer-activated transcription, indicating that each element operates independently rather than as part of a pair. Deletion analysis of the 1.8-kb scs element identified a 220-bp fragment from one of the DNase I-hypersensitive regions that has full blocking activity in the oocyte assay. This fragment corresponds to the critical region of the scs mapped in previous studies with Drosophila. A time course of transcription shows that the scs blocks enhancer-activated transcription as early as transcription can be detected, about 30 min after injection. Complete assembly of the DNA template into nucleosomes requires 4 h. The scs and scs' sequences do not block site-specific recombination by FLP recombinase, implying that insulators do not operate by a general mechanism that physically sequesters the DNA. These data are most consistent with a model for insulator action in which direct interaction between the insulator and either the enhancer or promoter confers directionality to enhancer-activated transcription.
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