title: Human arylhydrocarbon receptor: functional expression and chromosomal assignment to 7p21.
abstract: We isolated the human arylhydrocarbon receptor (AhR) cDNA from a human lung cDNA library, by using mouse AhR cDNA as a labeled probe. The nucleotide sequence of cloned human AhR cDNA is identical to the previously reported human AhR sequence [Dolwick et al. (1993), Mol. Pharmacol. 44, 911-917] from cell line HepG2. The overall amino acid identity with mouse AhR from cell line Hepa-1 is 72.5%. The human AhR expressed either in COS-7 cells or in a reticulocyte lysate in vitro translation system showed specific dioxin-binding activity and Arnt-dependent DNA-binding activity. Chromosomal localization of the AhR gene was determined to be chromosome 7p21 by fluorescent in situ hybridization and DNA blot hybridization using 23 human x mouse or Chinese hamster hybrid cell DNAs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ema
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matsushita
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sogawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ariyama
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Inazawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nemoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ota
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oshimura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujii-Kuriyama
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002897:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D015342:DNA Probes; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D006822:Hybrid Cells / Q000502:physiology; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000378:metabolism; D018336:Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D018336:Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon