RRC ID 22819
著者 Kojima K, Oritani K, Nakatsukasa T, Asano S, Sahara K, Bando H.
タイトル Ecdysone response element in a baculovirus immediate-early gene, ie1, promoter.
ジャーナル Virus Res
Abstract A computer-assisted analysis identified tentative target sequences for regulatory proteins including ecdysone-inducible factors such as BmFTZ-F1 and Broad-Complex Z4 (BR-C Z4) in the ie1 promoter of BmNPV. A transient expression experiment using BmN cells and a series of truncated ie1 promoter constructs demonstrated that the activity of the ie1 promoter responded to alpha-ecdysone and 20-hydroxyecdysone, which required a tridecameric nucleotide stretch (ie1EcRE, 5'-GTGTTATCGACCT-3') homologous to the ecdysone response element reported for Drosophila (DmEcRE). RT-PCR demonstrated the expression of BmEcR and BmUSP, which are required as ecdysone-specific activators for EcRE-mediated activation, in BmN cells. Furthermore, the ie1 EcRE-mediated response was confirmed by using a recombinant BmNPV possessing a luciferase gene under the control of the ie1 promoter with or without ie1 EcRE. This is the first report of an ecdysone response element in a baculoviral gene promoter. These results also suggested that the regulation of the ie1 by ecdysone may militate viral replication at least under certain conditions during natural infections in vivo.
巻・号 130(1-2)
ページ 202-9
公開日 2007-12-1
DOI 10.1016/j.virusres.2007.06.012
PII S0168-1702(07)00226-2
PMID 17658648
MeSH Animals Artificial Gene Fusion Baculoviridae / genetics* Baculoviridae / physiology Bombyx Cell Line Ecdysone / metabolism* Ecdysterone / metabolism Gene Expression Regulation Genes, Immediate-Early* Genes, Reporter Luciferases / biosynthesis Luciferases / genetics Promoter Regions, Genetic* Response Elements / genetics*
IF 2.934
引用数 4
WOS 分野 VIROLOGY
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