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Deletion analysis of the mouse alpha 1(III) collagen promoter.   总被引:3,自引:2,他引:1       下载免费PDF全文
A chimeric gene was constructed by fusing the DNA sequences containing the 5' flanking region of the mouse alpha 1(III) collagen gene to the coding sequence of the bacterial chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) gene. Transient transfection experiments indicated that the alpha 1(III) promoter is active in NIH 3T3 fibroblasts and BC3H1 smooth muscle cells. The activity of the alpha 1(III) collagen promoter-CAT plasmid is stimulated approximately ten fold by the presence of the SV40 enhancer element. Removing sequences upstream of -200 stimulates the activity of the chimeric gene eight fold. Further deletion analysis identified sequences located between -350 and -300 that were instrumental in repressing the activity of the promoter. This 50 bp region contains a direct repeat sequence that may be involved in the regulation of the mouse alpha 1(III) collagen gene. Truncating the alpha 1(III) promoter to -80 further stimulated expression. We propose that the positive regulatory elements of this gene appear to be located within the first 80 bp of the promoter, whereas elements located further upstream exert a negative effect on the expression of the gene. Regulation of the alpha 1(III) gene contrasts with that of the alpha 2(I) collagen gene, which appears to be regulated by several positive elements located in various regions of the promoter.  相似文献   

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During normal developmental tissue growth and in a number of diseases of the cardiopulmonary system, adventitial and interstitial fibroblasts are subjected to increased mechanical strain. This leads to fibroblast activation and enhanced collagen synthesis, but the underlying mechanisms involved remain poorly understood. In this study, we have begun to identify and characterize mechanical strain-responsive elements in the rat procollagen alpha 1(I) (COL1A1) gene and show that the activity of COL1A1 promoter constructs, transiently transfected into cardiac fibroblasts, was increased between 2- and 4-fold by continuous cyclic mechanical strain. This was accompanied by an approximately 3-fold increase in the levels of total active transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) released into the medium. Inclusion of a pan-specific TGF-beta neutralizing antibody inhibited strain-induced COL1A1 promoter activation. Deletion analysis revealed the presence of two potential strain response regions within the proximal promoter, one of which contains an inverted CCAAT-box overlapping a GC-rich element. Both mechanical strain and exogenously added TGF-beta1 enhanced the binding activity of CCAAT-binding factor, CBF/NF-Y, at this site. Moreover, this element was sufficient to confer strain-responsiveness to an otherwise unresponsive SV40 promoter. In summary, this study demonstrates that strain-induced COL1A1 promoter activation in cardiac fibroblasts is TGF-beta-dependent and involves increased binding of CCAAT-binding factor at the proximal promoter. Furthermore, these findings suggest a novel and potentially important TGF-beta response element in the rat COL1A1 gene.  相似文献   

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The human β-like globin genes are arranged as a clusterof five genes (ε, Gγ, Aγ, δ and β) in the order of theirtemporal expression. The human embryonic ε-globin geneis expressed in the blood island of the embryonic yolk sacand is silenced completel  相似文献   

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