Human Molecular Genetics, Vol 5, 115-121, Copyright © 1996 by Oxford University Press
LT Timchenko, NA Timchenko, CT Caskey and R Roberts
While an unstable CTG triplet repeat expansion is responsible for myotonic
dystrophy, the mechanism whereby this genetic defect induces the disease
remains unknown. To detect proteins binding to CTG triplet repeats, we
performed bandshift analysis using as probes double- stranded DNA fragments
having CTG repeats [ds(CTG)6-10] and single- stranded oligonucleotides
having CTG repeats ss(CTG)8 or RNA CUG triplet repeats (CUG)8. The source
of protein was nuclear and cytoplasmic extracts of HeLa cells, fibroblasts
and myotubes. Proteins binding to the double-stranded DNA repeat
[ds(CTG)6-10], were inhibited by nonlabeled ds(CTG)6-10, but not by a
non-specific DNA fragment (USF/AD-ML). Another protein binding to ssCTG
probe and RNA CUG probe was inhibited by nonlabeled (CTG)8 and (CUG)8.
Nonlabeled oligos with different triplet repeat sequences, ss(CAG)8 or
ss(CGG)8, did not inhibit binding to the ss(CTG)8 probe. However, when
labeled as probes, the (CAG)8 and (CGG)8 bound to proteins distinct from
the CTG proteins and binding was inhibited by nonlabeled (CAG)8 or (CGG)8
respectively. The protein binding only to the RNA repeat (CUG)8 was
inhibited by nonlabeled (CUG)8 but not by nonlabeled single- or
double-stranded CTG repeats. Furthermore, the CUG-BP exhibited no binding
to an RNA oligonucleotide of triplet repeats of the same length but having
a different sequence, CGG. The CUG binding protein was localized to the
cytoplasm, whereas dsDNA binding proteins were localized to the nuclear
extract. Thus, several trinucleotide binding proteins exist and their
specificity is determined by the triplet sequence. The novel protein,
CUG-BP, is particularly interesting since it binds to triplet repeats known
to be present in myotonin protein kinase mRNA which is responsible for
myotonic dystrophy.
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Novel proteins with binding specificity for DNA CTG repeats and RNA CUG repeats: implications for myotonic dystrophy
Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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