title: Characterization of the murine PIG-A promoter region high constitutive PIG-A gene expression in brain.
abstract: PIG-A is an X-linked gene that encodes a synthetic element required to initiate glycoinositol phospholipid (GPI) anchor assembly. In this study we characterized genomic sequence flanking the previously identified 5' end of the murine PIG-A gene and analyzed constitutive levels of PIG-A gene expression in vivo in different tissues. We found that the 5'-flanking sequence contains 1) alternative transcriptional start sites at -154 and -34/-33 relative to previously known exon 1 sequence, 2) an MRE and multiple GRE, Ap-2 and Sp-1 consensuses, and 3) a 100-bp-long GC-rich segment bounded by NF-IL6 sites. Our survey of PIG-A mRNA levels in vivo unexpectedly revealed that PIG-A expression levels are 2-4 fold higher in the brain than in other tissues.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D005260:Female; D005347:Fibroblasts; D015870:Gene Expression; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009928:Organ Specificity; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014162:Transfection; D014960:X Chromosome
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; C080086:phosphatidylinositol glycan-class A protein; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase