Bioquímico, Universidad de Concepción,
Chile (1996)
Doctor en Ciencias Biológicas,
Universidad de Concepción, Chile (2003)
Distinciones
obtenidas:
Premio Hermann Niemeyer F., otorgado
por la Sociedad de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular de Chile
en su XXIV Reunión Anual (24-27 de septiembre de 2001, Termas de
Chillán, Chile).
Beca "Pew Latin American Fellows Program"
(septiembre 2003 a septiembre 2005), para realización de estadía
postdoctoral en The Stowers Institute, Kansas City, MO, USA.
Publicaciones:
Gutiérrez, J., Paredes,
R., Cruzat, F., Hill, D., van Wijnen, A., Lian, J., Stein, G., Stein, J.,
Imbalzano, A., and Montecino, M. (2007) Chromatin remodeling by SWI/SNF
results in nucleosome mobilization to preferential positions in the rat
osteocalcin gene promoter. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 282
(13): 9445-9457.
Gutiérrez, J., Chandy,
M., Carrozza, M., and Workman, J. (2007) Activation domains drive nucleosome
eviction by SWI/SNF. The EMBO Journal, 26 (3): 730-740.
Chandy, M., Gutiérrez, J.,
Prochasson, P., and Workman, J. (2006) SWI/SNF displaces SAGA acetylated
nucleosomes. Eukaryotic Cell, 5 (10): 1738-1747.
Li, B., Pattenden, S., Lee, D.,
Gutiérrez,
J., Chen, J., Seidel, C., Gerton, J., and Workman, J. (2005) Preferential
occupancy of histone variant H2AZ at inactive promoters influences local
histone modifications and chromatin remodeling. Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences, 102 (51): 18385-18390.
Jin, J., Cai, Y., Yao, T., Gottschalk,
A., Florens, L.,Swanson, S., Gutiérrez, J., Coleman, M.,
Workman, J., Mushegian, A., Washburn, M., Conaway, R., and Conaway, J.
(2005) A mammalian chromatin remodeling complex with similarities to the
yeast INO80 complex. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 280 (50):
41207-41212.
Pattenden, S., Chandy, M., Gutiérrez,
J., and Workman, J. (2005) Chromatin dynamics rule the genome. Genome
Biology, 6 (11): 355.
Paredes, R., Gutiérrez, J.,
Gutierrez, S., Allison, L., Puchi, M., Imschenetzky, M., van Wijnen, A.,
Lian, J., Stein, G., Stein, J., and Montecino, M. (2002) Interaction of
the 1a,
25-dihydroxy vitamin D3 receptor, Runx/Cbfa, and YY1 transcription factors
at the distal promoter region of the bone-specific osteocalcin gene requires
nucleosomal remodeling. Biochemical Journal, 363: 667-676.
Villagra, A., Gutiérrez, J.,
Paredes, R., Sierra, J., Puchi, M., Imschenetzky, M., van Wijnen, A., Lian,
J., Stein, G., Stein, J., and Montecino, M. (2002) Reduced CpG methylation
is associated with transcriptional activation of the bone-specific rat
osteocalcin gene in osteoblasts. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry,
85: 112-122.
Medina, R., Gutiérrez, J.,
Puchi, M., Imschenetzky, M., and Montecino, M. (2001) Cytoplasm of sea
urchin unfertilized eggs contains a nucleosome remodeling activity.
Journal
of Cellular Biochemistry, 83:554-562.
Gutiérrez, J., Sierra,
J., Medina, R., Puchi, M., Imschenetzky, M., van Wijnen, A., Lian, J.,
Stein, G., Stein, J., and Montecino, M. (2000) Interaction of CBFa/AML/PEBP2a
transcription factors with nucleosomes containing promoter sequences requires
flexibility in the translational positioning of the histone octamer and
exposure of the CBFa
site. Biochemistry, 39 (44): 13565-13574.