Characterization of an enhancer upstream from the muscle-type promoter of a gene encoding 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase.

The muscle-type isozyme of rat 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase is encoded by a mRNA transcribed from the M promoter of a 55-kb gene, which also produces the liver-type isozyme from an alternative promoter. By transient transfection and in vitro protein-DNA binding assays we have delineated, within 4.7 kb of 5' flanking sequence, the M promoter proper and an enhancer located between -1615 and -1809. This enhancer stimulated up to 12-fold the activity of the promoter in the context of an intact 5' flanking sequence and close to 900-fold the activity of the minimal (+41 to -40) M promoter cloned directly downstream from it. A functional dissection of the enhancer by site-directed mutagenesis and use of oligonucleotides suggested that its activity involves the cooperative effect of six binding sites for trans-acting factors clustered within 150 bp. These sites contain either an EF-1A/E4TF1 motif (also known to bind the ets oncogene product) or a Sp1 motif, or both. The activity of the enhancer could be demonstrated in L6 myoblasts and myocytes and in FTO2B hepatoma cells. When left within the intact 5' flanking sequence, however, enhancer activity was inhibited upon differentiation of myoblasts into myocytes.     

准噶尔雅罗鱼β-肌动蛋白基因启动子克隆及序列分析

利用PCR方法克隆了准噶尔雅罗鱼(Leuciscus merzbacheri)的β-actin基因启动子片段SZ21,大小是2398bp。对克隆的启动子序列进行了转录调控元件的生物信息学预测分析,同时,基于启动子中包含的开放阅读框和内含子序列,探讨了准噶尔雅罗鱼与鲤鱼(Cyprinus carpio)、草鱼(Ctenopharyngodon idella)、青鱼(Mylopharyngodon piceus)、团头鲂(Megalobrama amblycephala)、泥鳅(Misgurnus mizolepis)间的系统进化关系。结果显示,该启动子序列的3个核心启动子转录元件:CAAT-box、CArGmotif和TATA-box分别在转录起始位点(+1)上游的-89、-59、-26处,序列中还含有MEF2、SATB、CHRF、INRE、MTEN、E-box、RU49、ZBPF、CREB、Enhance region、CEBP位点等多种转录调控元件。在剪接体内含子中,剪接位点遵循GT…AG法则。启动子SZ21序列含有3个内含子和155个氨基酸。内含子1、内含子2、内含子3的系统发育分析表明,团头鲂与草鱼和青鱼的亲缘关系要比与准噶尔雅罗鱼的更近一些,这与传统分类中的亲缘关系显示不一致,其原因尚需探讨。