title: In vitro and in vivo analysis of murine lipoprotein lipase gene promoter: tissue-specific expression.
abstract: Lipoprotein lipase, an enzyme of central importance to lipid metabolism, is most abundant in adipose tissues, cardiac and skeletal muscle, and portions of the brain. The current work examined the murine lipoprotein lipase promoter using transient transfection, gel-retention analyses, and transgenic mice. Maximum expression of the luciferase reporter gene in transfected cells was observed with -101 bp of the promoter. Nuclear extracts from tissues expressing lipoprotein lipase contained DNA binding proteins that recognize the CCAAT box (-64 bp) and an octamer motif (-46 bp); this combination of factors was absent in nonexpressing tissues. Transgenic mice from three of five founders prepared with -1,824-bp promoter constructs expressed the luciferase reporter gene at highest levels in brown adipose tissue and brain. These findings suggest that the -1,824-bp promoter region contains sequence elements responsible for the tissue-specific transcription of lipoprotein lipase in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Immunobiology and Cancer Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gimble
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hua
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wanker
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nadon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D008071:Lipoprotein Lipase / Q000235:genetics*; D008156:Luciferases / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D015335:Molecular Probes / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D013997:Time Factors; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D015335:Molecular Probes; D008156:Luciferases; D008071:Lipoprotein Lipase