Abstract
The spatial organization of a 250 Kb region of chicken chromosome 14, which includes the alpha globin gene cluster, was studied using in situ hybridization of a corresponding BAC probe with nuclear halos. It was found that in non-erythroid cells (DT40) and cultured erythroid cells of definite lineage (HD3) the genomic region under study was partially (DT40 cells) or fully (HD3 cells) associated with the nuclear matrix. In contrast, in embryonic red blood cells (10-day RBC) the same area was located in the crown of DNA loops surrounding the nuclear matrix, although both globin genes and surrounding house-keeping genes were actively transcribed in these cells. This spatial organization was associated with the virtual absence of RNA polymerase II in nuclear matrices prepared from 10-day RBC. In contrast, in HD3 cells a significant portion of RNA polymerase II was present in nuclear matrices. Taken together, these observations suggest that in embryonic erythroid cells transcription does not occur in association with the nuclear matrix.
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