Structure of the rainbow trout metallothionein B gene and characterization of its metal-responsive region.
AUTOR(ES)
Zafarullah, M
RESUMO
The trout metallothionein (MT) genes consist of two members. We describe the structure of the first fish MT (tMT-B) gene which shows an overall resemblance but some remarkable differences with mammalian MT genes. The similarities included (i) tripartite structure of the gene, (ii) conservation of cysteine residues, and (iii) a TATAAA signal and two copies of metal-responsive elements (MREs). The differences consisted of (i) an AT-rich tMT-B promoter compared with highly GC-rich mammalian MT promoters and (ii) a lack of SP1-binding sites in the tMT-B promoter. Functional analysis of the tMT-B 5'-flanking region following fusion with the bacterial chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene and its transfection into the rainbow trout hepatoma cell line revealed that sequences from positions -600 to +8 are sufficient for regulation by metals. Further deletion analyses of this fragment suggested that a minimum of 100 nucleotides upstream of the transcription initiation site are required for induction by cadmium and zinc. The tMT-B promoter was also functional in the human hepatoblastoma cell line, suggesting that an MT regulatory factor(s) is conserved in phylogenetically distant species like humans and fish.
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