title: Dissection of positive regulatory elements in the upstream region of the HLA-DPB1 gene.
abstract: We investigated the cis-acting sequences that function in the B-cell-specific expression of the HLA-DPB1 gene. Class II B major histocompatibility genes contain a conserved upstream sequence that is important in the expression of these genes. This region has been divided into three major elements, the W, X, and Y boxes. In this paper, we identified an additional positive regulatory element upstream from the DPB1 W box. Using 5' deletion mutants and a substitution mutant, we mapped a positive element, called the W' box, between -184 approximately -169 bp. Sequence comparison revealed that the W' box shares homology with the W box. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay confirmed that the W box binds proteins that also recognize the W' box. Furthermore, deletion and substitution mutants indicate that the W and W' boxes effectively enhance CAT activities only when the X and Y boxes exist.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Koide
authors.forename: T O
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Yoshida
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA; D006682:HLA-DP Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D059868:HLA-DP beta-Chains; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D006682:HLA-DP Antigens; D059868:HLA-DP beta-Chains; C071170:HLA-DPB1 antigen; D004247:DNA