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Table 1 A citation record that shows the MEDLINE fields. Fukagawa T, Nogami M, Yoshikawa M, Ikeno M, Okazaki T, Takami Y, Nakayama T, Oshimura M. Dicer is essential for formation of the heterochromatin structure in vertebrate cells. Nat Cell Biol. 2004 Aug;6(8):784-91.

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PMID

15247924

OWN

NLM

STAT

MEDLINE

DA

20040810

DCOM

20040827

LR

20051122

PUBM

Print-Electronic

IS

1465–7392 (Print)

VI

6

IP

8

DP

2004 Aug

TI

Dicer is essential for formation of the heterochromatin structure in vertebrate cells.

PG

784-91

AB

RNA interference is an evolutionarily conserved gene-silencing pathway in which the nuclease Dicer cleaves double-stranded RNA into small interfering RNAs. The biological function of the RNAi-related pathway in vertebrate cells is not fully understood. Here, we report the generation of a conditional loss-of-function Dicer mutant in a chicken-human hybrid DT40 cell line that contains human chromosome 21. We show that loss of Dicer results in cell death with the accumulation of abnormal mitotic cells that show premature sister chromatid separation. Aberrant accumulation of transcripts from alpha-satellite sequences, which consist of human centromeric repeat DNAs, was detected in Dicer-deficient cells. Immunocytochemical analysis revealed abnormalities in the localization of two heterochromatin proteins, Rad21 cohesin protein and BubR1 checkpoint protein, but the localization of core kinetochore proteins such as centromere protein (CENP)-A and -C was normal. We conclude that Dicer-related RNA interference machinery is involved in the formation of the heterochromatin structure in higher vertebrate cells.

AD

Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology of Japan Science and Technology Agency, National Institute of Genetics and The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan. tfukagaw@lab.nig.ac.jp

FAU

Fukagawa, Tatsuo

AU

Fukagawa T

FAU

Nogami, Masahiro

AU

Nogami M

FAU

Yoshikawa, Mitsuko

AU

Yoshikawa M

FAU

Ikeno, Masashi

AU

Ikeno M

FAU

Okazaki, Tuneko

AU

Okazaki T

FAU

Takami, Yasunari

AU

Takami Y

FAU

Nakayama, Tatsuo

AU

Nakayama T

FAU

Oshimura, Mitsuo

AU

Oshimura M

LA

eng

PT

Journal Article

DEP

20040711

PL

England

TA

Nat Cell Biol

JT

Nature cell biology.

JID

100890575

RN

0 (Cell Cycle Proteins)

RN

0 (Heterochromatin)

RN

0 (Nuclear Proteins)

RN

0 (Phosphoproteins)

RN

0 (RAD21 protein, human)

RN

EC 2.7.1.- (Bub1 spindle checkpoint protein)

RN

EC 2.7.1.37 (Protein Kinases)

RN

EC 3.1.- (Endoribonucleases)

SB

IM

CIN

Nat Cell Biol. 2004 Aug;6(8):696-7. PMID: 15303098

MH

Animals

MH

Blotting, Western

MH

Cell Cycle Proteins/genetics/metabolism

MH

Cell Death/genetics

MH

Cell Line

MH

Cell Survival

MH

Centromere/chemistry

MH

Chickens

MH

Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21

MH

Endoribonucleases/deficiency/*genetics/*physiology

MH

Gene Silencing

MH

Heterochromatin/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism

MH

Humans

MH

Immunohistochemistry

MH

In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence

MH

Models, Biological

MH

Mutation

MH

Nuclear Proteins/genetics/metabolism

MH

Phosphoproteins/genetics/metabolism

MH

Protein Kinases/genetics/metabolism

MH

RNA Interference

MH

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MH

Restriction Mapping

MH

Transgenes

EDAT

7/13/2004 5:00

MHDA

8/28/2004 5:00

PHST

2004/05/29 [received]

PHST

2004/06/29 [accepted]

PHST

2004/07/11 [aheadofprint]

AID

10.1038/ncb1155 [doi]

AID

ncb1155 [pii]

PST

ppublish

SO

Nat Cell Biol. 2004 Aug;6(8):784-91. Epub 2004 Jul 11.