title: Identification of cis-acting DNA elements involved in the regulation of angiotensinogen gene expression.
abstract: Angiotensinogen is the precursor molecule of one of the most potent vasoactive substances, angiotensin-II. Angiotensinogen is normally synthesized in the liver and secreted into the plasma where it is converted into angiotensin-II by the combined proteolytic action of renin and angiotensin converting enzyme. Angiotensinogen levels in the plasma are modulated by a number of pathological and physiological factors. In order to understand the regulation of angiotensinogen gene expression, we have constructed an expression vector in which 688 bp of the 5'-flanking region of the rat angiotensinogen gene were attached to the chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) coding sequence. We have also obtained 5'-sequential deletion mutants from the rat angiotensinogen promoter attached to the CAT gene, and have identified multiple cis-acting DNA sequences involved in the regulation of angiotensinogen gene expression by transient transfection of these recombinant DNA molecules in human hepatoma cell lines, Hep3B, and HepG2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn 11203.
authors.forename: Y Y
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Siddiqui
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000808:Angiotensinogen / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000808:Angiotensinogen; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase