title: Human p150,95 alpha-subunit: genomic organization and analysis of the 5'-flanking region.
abstract: LFA-1, Mac-1, and p150,95 comprise a family of cell-surface glycoproteins that mediate adhesive interactions of myeloid and lymphoid cells. These glycoproteins are heterodimers composed of a common beta-subunit and distinct alpha-subunits. The chromosomal gene for the alpha-subunit of p150,95 was isolated to provide a framework from which to study the mechanisms for expression of the gene. The gene spans 30 kb of DNA and contains 31 exons. In agreement with a previous report by Corbi et al. (1990), the exons were found to be divided into five groups separated by large introns. The extracellular domains are encoded in exons 2 through 30 while the transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains are encoded in exons 30 and 31. We have expanded these findings in a number of ways. The first exon contains the 5' untranslated region. The 2,163-bp 5'-flanking sequence contains the first intron and several putative transcriptional initiation sites preceded by two TATA sequences and two GC-like boxes. Additional sequence motifs for a variety of DNA-binding proteins are present and discussed. Fusions of the bacterial chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene (CAT) to approximately 5.3 kb of 5'-flanking DNA and also to subcloned fragments of this region were constructed and transfected into the human promonocytic cell line, U937. CAT expression was inducible with phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA) and full expression was dependent on the presence of intron 1 and sequences upstream from the 2,163-bp flanking DNA. Additionally, intron 1 and a region further upstream contain functional cis-acting sequences.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Guthrie Foundation for Medical Research, Sayre, PA 18840.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Noti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003360:Cosmids; D004247:DNA; D005091:Exons; D015870:Gene Expression; D015894:Genome, Human; D006801:Humans; D016167:Integrin alphaXbeta2; D007438:Introns; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D016167:Integrin alphaXbeta2; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D004247:DNA; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase