Undifferentiated embryonic cell transcription factor 1 is a protein in humans that is encoded by the UTF1 gene. [5] UTF1, first reported in 1998, is expressed in pluripotent cells including embryonic stem cells and embryonic carcinoma cells.[6] Its expression is rapidly reduced upon differentiation. UTF1 protein is localized to the cell nucleus, where it functions to regulate the pluripotent chromatin state and buffer mRNA levels by promoting degradation of mRNA.[7]

UTF1
Identifiers
AliasesUTF1, undifferentiated embryonic cell transcription factor 1
External IDsOMIM: 604130; MGI: 1276125; HomoloGene: 48226; GeneCards: UTF1; OMA:UTF1 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_003577

NM_009482

RefSeq (protein)

NP_003568

NP_033508

Location (UCSC)Chr 10: 133.23 – 133.23 MbChr 7: 139.52 – 139.53 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Aberrant expression of UTF1 has also been reported in cervical cancer cells, where the UTF1 gene promoter loses methylation and becomes abnormally expressed compared to normal cervical cells.[8]

In rat testis, UTF1 expression is limited to a subpopulation of early type A spermatogonia.[9] Further, in adult human testis, UTF1 gene and protein expression has been shown to be restricted to the earliest state of spermatogonium.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000171794Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000047751Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ "Entrez Gene: Undifferentiated embryonic cell transcription factor 1". Retrieved 2013-05-30.
  6. ^ Okuda A, Fukushima A, Nishimoto M, Orimo A, Yamagishi T, Nabeshima Y, et al. (April 1998). "UTF1, a novel transcriptional coactivator expressed in pluripotent embryonic stem cells and extra-embryonic cells". The EMBO Journal. 17 (7): 2019–2032. doi:10.1093/emboj/17.7.2019. PMC 1170547. PMID 9524124.
  7. ^ Jia J, Zheng X, Hu G, Cui K, Zhang J, Zhang A, et al. (October 2012). "Regulation of pluripotency and self- renewal of ESCs through epigenetic-threshold modulation and mRNA pruning". Cell. 151 (3): 576–589. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2012.09.023. PMC 3575637. PMID 23101626.
  8. ^ Guenin S, Mouallif M, Deplus R, Lampe X, Krusy N, Calonne E, et al. (August 2012). "Aberrant promoter methylation and expression of UTF1 during cervical carcinogenesis". PLOS ONE. 7 (8): e42704. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...742704G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042704. PMC 3411846. PMID 22880087.
  9. ^ von Kopylow K, Spiess AN (December 2017). "Human spermatogonial markers". Stem Cell Research. 25: 300–309. doi:10.1016/j.scr.2017.11.011. PMID 29239848.
  10. ^ Guo J, Grow EJ, Mlcochova H, Maher GJ, Lindskog C, Nie X, et al. (December 2018). "The adult human testis transcriptional cell atlas". Cell Research. 28 (12): 1141–1157. doi:10.1038/s41422-018-0099-2. PMC 6274646. PMID 30315278.

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