title: Transcriptional regulation of the neuronal L-type calcium channel alpha 1D subunit gene.
abstract: 1. The transcriptional regulation of the rat brain L-type calcium channel alpha 1D subunit (RB alpha 1D) gene was investigated using NG108-15 neuroblastoma-glioma cells. 2. Differentiation of NG108-15 cells in the presence of prostaglandin E1 or retinoic acid resulted in the appearance of mRNA encoding the RB alpha 1D subunit detected using Northern blot analysis. 3. A rat genomic DNA library was screened, and a 15.2-kb clone was isolated and partially sequenced which included part of the 5' upstream sequence through the initial part of intron 2 of the RB alpha 1D gene. 4. Deletion analysis, using a CAT reporter gene and transfected NG108-15 cells, revealed that the 1.2-kb 5'-upstream sequence from the RB alpha 1D gene contains cis-acting positive and negative regulatory elements. A deletion of the 3' end of exon 1 also suggested the presence of regulatory elements in the first exon. 5. DNase footprinting of exon 1 of the RB alpha 1D gene revealed two regions protected from digestion by specific protein binding, and the second region included an (ATG)7 trinucleotide repeat sequence. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays confirmed nuclear protein(s) binding to the (ATG)7 sequence. 6. The (ATG)7 sequence functions as a enhancer when linked to a thymidine kinase promoter and a CAT reporter gene. 7. These results provide the initial description of the transcriptional regulation of the RB alpha 1D gene and identify a novel enhancer that consists of an (ATG)7 trinucleotide repeat sequence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Kamp
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mitas
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Fields
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Asoh
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chin
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marban
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nirenberg
mesh_terms: D000527:Alprostadil / Q000494:pharmacology; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D020746:Calcium Channels, L-Type; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase / Q000096:biosynthesis; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004742:Enhancer Elements, Genetic; D005091:Exons; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D015698:Genomic Library; D005910:Glioma; D006822:Hybrid Cells; D007438:Introns; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009447:Neuroblastoma; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014162:Transfection; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D020746:Calcium Channels, L-Type; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D014212:Tretinoin; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase; D000527:Alprostadil