Identification of an enhancer required for the expression of a mouse major urinary protein gene in the submaxillary gland.
AUTOR(ES)
Son, H J
RESUMO
The MUP1.5b gene was previously found to be expressed specifically in the submaxillary gland and at high levels when introduced into mice as a transgene including 4.7 kb of 5'-flanking DNA and 0.3 kb of 3'-flanking DNA. To localize regulatory elements responsible for this tissue-specific pattern of expression, we tested the expression of three additional MUP1.5b transgenes including various amounts of 5'-flanking DNA. These experiments indicated that sequences between -1.85 and -3.46 kb from the transcription initiation site were required for high-level expression in the submaxillary gland. The presence of regulatory elements in this region was also suggested by the detection of a DNase I-hypersensitive site, seen only in submaxillary gland nuclei, at position -2.5 kb upstream from the MUP1.5a gene, a member of the same MUP gene subfamily and virtually identical to the MUP1.5b gene. Further evidence for enhancer activity was provided by the ability of the 1.6-kb DNA fragment including sequences between -1.85 and -3.46 kb to stimulate the expression of an otherwise inactive MUP1.5b-chloramphenicol acetyltransferase fusion gene specifically in the submaxillary gland. The nucleotide sequence of this 1.6-kb DNA fragment was found to be identical for the MUP1.5a and MUP1.5b genes. Together, these results provide the first localization of a cis-acting regulatory sequence involved in the differential tissue-specific expression of the MUP gene family.
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