論文 - 詳細
| RRC ID | 38722 |
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| 著者 | Yokoyama K, Yasumoto K, Suzuki H, Shibahara S. |
| タイトル | Cloning of the human DOPAchrome tautomerase/tyrosinase-related protein 2 gene and identification of two regulatory regions required for its pigment cell-specific expression. |
| ジャーナル | J Biol Chem |
| Abstract |
We have cloned and sequenced the human genomic DNA segments encoding the 5'-flanking region and the first two exons of the DOPAchrome tautomerase (DT)/tyrosinase-related protein 2 (TRP-2) gene. The DT gene is a member of the tyrosinase gene family and specifically expressed in melanin-producing cells. A transcriptional initiation site of the DT gene was identified by S1 nuclease-mapping and primer-extension analyses using RNA prepared from human pigmented melanoma cells. To study the mechanism for pigment cell-specific expression of the human DT gene, we analyzed the promoter function of its 5'-flanking region by transient expression assays. The fusion genes, containing the DT gene promoter upstream from a firefly luciferase reporter gene, were introduced into human pigmented melanoma cells and HeLa cells, and the pigment cell-specific promoter activity was evaluated by comparing the luciferase activity expressed in both cell lines. A series of 5' deletion studies of the human DT gene promoter revealed that the 32-bp element, located between -447 and -415, is sufficient to confer pigment cell-specific expression of a reporter gene on a homologous promoter, but not on a heterologous simian virus 40 promoter. Internal deletion studies using a homologous or a heterologous promoter revealed that the pigment cell-specific expression of a reporter gene mediated by the 32-bp element is dependent on the presence of another region of the DT gene spanning from -268 to -56, which was termed the proximal region. However, the proximal region by itself is not sufficient to confer cell type-specific expression. These results indicate that the presence of two regulatory regions, the 32-bp element and the proximal region, is required for pigment cell-specific expression of the DT gene. Both regulatory regions contain a CANNTG motif, a well known binding site for a large family of transcription factors possessing a basic helix-loop-helix structure. |
| 巻・号 | 269(43) |
| ページ | 27080-7 |
| 公開日 | 1994-10-28 |
| PII | S0021-9258(18)47128-1 |
| PMID | 7929451 |
| MeSH | Base Sequence Cloning, Molecular DNA Mutational Analysis Gene Expression Regulation* Genes, Reporter Humans Indolequinones* Indoles / metabolism Intramolecular Oxidoreductases* Isomerases / genetics* Melanoma, Experimental / metabolism* Molecular Sequence Data Monophenol Monooxygenase / genetics Multigene Family / genetics Promoter Regions, Genetic / genetics* Quinones / metabolism Restriction Mapping Sequence Analysis, DNA Tissue Distribution Transcription, Genetic Tumor Cells, Cultured |
| IF | 4.238 |
| 引用数 | 97 |
| WOS 分野 | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
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| 最多言及媒体 | Patent(IFI CLAIMS) |
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| ヒト・動物細胞 | HMV-II(RCB0777) |