Examinando por Autor "Krauskopf, M."

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    Gene structure of the carp fish ribosomal protein L41: Seasonally regulated expression
    (Elsevier Science, 2002-07) Molina, A.; Corta, A.; Martin, R.; Alvarez, M.; Burzio, L.; Krauskopf, M.; Vera, M.
    The seasonal acclimatization of the carp fish demands physiological compensatory responses. The process involves profound nucleolar adjustments and remarkable changes in rRNA synthesis, which affect ribosomal biogenesis. We have documented that protein kinase CK2, whose activity is related to ribosomal protein L41 and the regulation of rRNA synthesis, was expressed in notably higher amounts in summer-acclimatized carp compared to the cold-season adapted fish. Thus, we approached the study of the functional genomics of carp L41 protein. We report the first cloning of a fish L41 gene encoding the highly conserved 25 amino acids, including approximately 1700 bp regulatory upstream region and the 3′ polyadenylation signal, plus the isolation and characterization of two different L41 cDNAs. We found a clear differential expression of L41, which follows the same pattern as protein kinase CK2β that transcribes at higher levels in the summer-acclimatized carp than it does in the winter-adapted fish.
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    Seasonal environmental changes regulate the expression of the histone variant macroH2A in an eurythermal fish
    (Elsevier [Former Publisher] Federation of European Biochemical Societies [Associate Organisation] Wiley [Commercial Publisher], 2005-10) Pinto, R.; Ivaldi, C.; Reyes, M.; Doyen, C.; Mietton, F.; Mongelard, F.; Alvarez, M.; Molina, A.; Dimitrov, S.; Krauskopf, M.; Vera, M.; Bouvet, P.
    Adaptation to cold and warm conditions requires dramatic change in gene expression. The acclimatization process of the common carp Cyprinus carpio L. in its natural habitat has been used to study how organisms respond to natural environmental changes. At the cellular level, adaptation to cold condition is accompanied by a dramatic alteration in nucleolar structure and a down regulation of the expression of ribosomal genes. We show that the enrichment of condensed chromatin in winter adapted cells is not correlated with an increase of the heterochromatin marker trimethyl and monomethyl K20H4. However, the expression of the tri methyl K4 H3 and of the variant histone macroH2A is significantly increased during the winter season together with a hypermethylation of CpG residues. Taking into account the properties of macroH2A toward chromatin structure and dynamics and its role in gene repression our data suggest that the increased expression of macroH2A and the hypermethylation of DNA which occurs upon winter-acclimatization plays a major role for the reorganization of chromatin structure and the regulation of gene expression during the physiological adaptation to a colder environment.